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Barclay Sound liarpoon of North America 231 



Barite, description of 490 



Barnhart Bro!^. and Spindler, accessions in anthropology through 23 



Bartsch, Paul, titles of papers by 131, 132 



revision of shells by 40 



Basanite, description of 523 



Basket colleetions of California, private 174 



secured from Nevada City, California 165 



making by Coahnila Indians of California, process of 185 



Tulare Indians of CaHfornia 180 



Indian children of California engaged in 186 



of Pomo Indians, California 174 



Basketry of California 163 



Hi-eet Indians of California 165 



Indians at Todd's Valley, California 169 



Paiute Indians of California 172 



Ukiah, ^lendocino County, California 174 



Bass, method of catching, l)y New England Indians 235 



Batracliian exlulntion of National Museum 16 



Bats, collection of 15, 35 



Bean, Barton A., explorations of, in Vineyard Sound region 69 



fish collections made by 17, 36 



ichthyological investigations of 34, 40 



title of joint paper by 144 



paper by 132 



Beans, process of thrashing by Indians of California 179 



Beckwith, Paul, assignment of, to duties of aid 21 



Beecher, Dr. C. E. , model of stylonurus restored by 46 



Beekite, description of 523 



Benient, C. S., private meteorite collections of 50 



Benedict, J. E., monograph of the galatheida-, nearly completed by 40 



report on anomura completed by 40 



Benguiat collection of Jewish ceremonial objects, catalogue of complet^jd 28 



Benson, H. C, collecting outfit furnished to 70 



Bering Sea harpoons 283, 289 



Beryl, description of 490 



mystical properties of 566 



BeryDonite, descrii>tion of 491 



Beutenmiiller, William, specimens supplied to 66 



Bibliography, list of authors of papers in 148 



of gems 649 



National Museum for year ending June 30, 1900 129 



Biological Survey, cooperation of, with National Museum 68 



of the Department of Agriculture, mammal collections of. . 31 



Biology, dei)artment of, accessions to 34, 36 



distribution (jf duplicates in 44 



exploratic )ns by 33 



field work in 34 



head curator of 77 



improvement of exhibition halls of 31 



loan of specimens of 42 



personnel of 44 



preparation for the Pan-American Exposition made by. 44 



preservation and arrangement of collections in 4 



