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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Appendix TV. Eighty-seven authors are represented in this Bibliogra- 

 phy. The following table shows the subjects to which the papers relate : 



Subject. 



Administration 



Archa'ology 



Bibliograi)hy 



BiograiiLy 



Biology 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Botany 



Ethnology 



Exploration 



Fishes 



Fossils 



Geology 



Insects 



Mammals 



Marine invcrtel)rates 



Mollusks 



P.arasite8 



Rejitiles 



Total 



By Mu- 

 seum 

 oBicers. 



By other 

 investi- 

 gators. 



Total. 



It has been found impracticable to issue hereafter ^'advance sheets" 

 containing diagnoses of new species of animals, plants, minerals, etc., 

 received in the Museum, as has been occasionally done in the past for 

 the purpose of securing priority of publication. In order that prompt 

 I)ublication may still be secured, arrangements have been made Avliere- 

 by, when necessary, authors can publish such descriptions elsewhere, 

 with tlie provision that this action first have the ai)proval of the Secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The Keijort of the Museum for 1894: was published during the year, 

 and on June 30 the lleport for 1S95 was practically all in type. The 

 manuscript for the administrative portion of the volume for 1S9G is 

 nearly ready for the printer. Volume XVIII of the Proceedings was 

 issned in bound form, and papers 10G9 to 1071 and 1083 to 1100, con- 

 tained in this volume, have been distributed in the form of separates. 

 Copies of the other papers belonging to this volume were issued x)rior 

 to the commencement of the present fiscal year. Nos. 1101 to 1119, 

 mclusive, of Volume XIX have also been published, together with 

 advance editions of five papers (Nos. 1120-1129 and 1132 bolonging to 

 Volume XX. ' 



' The titles of all the .sejtaiate papers is.sued fliiriug the year are ylvcii in A])pen 

 dix \'. 



