7U4 INDEX. 



Page. 



Biology, department of, report of liead curator on 31 



researches and i)ublications of 40 



study collections of 38 



use of collections in 42 



Bird collection in Smithsonian l)uilding 16 



collections added to National Museum 15 



Birds, division of 38 



Bishop, Dr. Loiiis B. , researches of 42, 66 



title of paper by 132 



Bishop Memorial Museum, shells received from 36 



Bloodstone, description of 524 



mystical properties of 566 



Bluefish, method of catching, by New England Indians 235 



Bone turquoise, description of 517 



Bororo Indians of South America, harpoon arrows of 217 



Botanical laboratory, improvements in 39 



Botany, Division of, cooperation of, with National Museum 68 



Bowdish, B. S. , collecting outfit furnished to 70 



Bowenite, description of 527 



Brachyura, report on 40 



Branner- Agftssiz Expedition of 1899 37 



Branner, Dr. J. C. , collection of crustaceans presented by 37 



(crustacean collection made by 40, 70 



Brazilian harpoons 216 



sapphire, description of 533 



Bread making by Pomo Indians of California 1, 75 



Brewerton, large number of harpoon heads found at 235 



Bridle harpoon, from mouth of Yukon River 286 



British Coluinbia sponges ^ 37 



Guiana, harpoon arrows of 218 



Britton, N. L., specimens of plants lent to 67 



Brockett, Paul, in.stallation work of 27 



Bronzes, ( 'hinese, catalogue of Hippisley collection of 414 



Bronzite, description of 507 



Brookite, description of 492 



Brown coal, description of 497 



Buildings of National Museum 61 



Bulletin No. 39, papers published in separate form from 152 



No. 39, Parts M, N, and O published 129 



No. 47, Part IV, when printed 71 



No. 47, Part IV published 129 



Bureau of American Ethnology, loans made to 29 



Burial pit at Mercer's cave, California 172 



Busck, August, insects collected by 37, 69 



Cabot Steam Whaling Company 34 



Cairngorm, description of 524 



Calcite, description of :. 494 



California, aborigines, culture of 161 



food of, exclusively animal 164 



origin of 163 



uniformity in physical characters of 162 



Academy of Sciences, specimens received from 37 



Anthropological Studies in, by William Henry Holmes 155 



