700 INDEX. 



Page. 



Adler, Cyrui?, title of paper by 130 



Administrative staff of National Mnsenm 78 



Adularia, descriiition of 519 



Aeroides, description of 491 



^Erolites, si^ecimens of, ol)tained 46 



^rosiderites, specimens of, obtained 46 



Africa, distribution of specimens in 119 



Agate, description of 522 



moss, description of 524 



mystical properties of - 508 



Agatized wood, description of 522 



Agriculture, department of, mammal collections of . . , 33 



Aht or Nutka division of Wakasban family of Nortb America, location of 231 



Alabaster, description of 512 



mystical ])roperties of 564 



Albite, description of 487 



Alexandrite, description of 495, 496 



Allegan stone, purchase of 46 



Alloo, or breathing place of Arctic seal, description of 268 



Almandine, description of 528 



Alpheida,', loan of 43 



Amazon Indians of South America, harpooning ))y 216 



Amazonstone, descrii)tion of 515 



Amber, description of ^ 488 



mystical i)roperties of 565 



America, distribution of specimens in 119 



American Commissioner-General, loan to 29 



Electrical Works, insulated elec'trical condui-tors presented by 23 



Ethnology, Bureau of, objects obtained by Museum through 16 



Harpoons, Aboriginal: A Study in P^thnic Distribution and Inven- 

 tion, by Otis Tufton Mason ^ 189 



historv, section of, report on 27 



Ames, Azel, collecting outfit furnished to 70 



Amethiste basal tine, des(tription of 491 



Amethyst, description of 523 



mystical i>roi)erties of 565 



Anatast', description of 517 



Ancient village sites numerous in Tuohunne Tal)le Mountain Region, California 170 



Andalusite, description of 488 



Anhydrite, descriptit )n of 489 



Annelida .■ 40 



Annual rei)ort for 1897, volume 1 of, when received 71 



report (1897), part 1, j^ublished , 129 



Anonuira, report on, completed 40 



Anthracite coal, description of 496 



Anthropological accessions, by coUectif )n 23 



gift 23 



permanent deposit 24 



purchase 23 



loans from private sources 24 



conditions on Tacific coast of California 161 



Studies in California, by William Henry Holmes 155 



