INDEX. 711 



Page. 



Electrii'ity, liijhtin.ij; by, of bird oasop 16 



p]li()t, Sir Charles, niollusk collection tunieil over to Musemn by oo, 70 



Elotheriuni, purchase of portion of 46 



Emerakl, description of -" - 490 



mystical properties of 574 



Enstatite, description of 507 



Entomology, division of, cooperation of, with National Museum 68 



Ephydridfe, monographs of flies of family 41 



Epidote, description of " 508 



Equus excelsus, loan of specimen of 56 



Eskimo harpooning, process of ^67 



harpoons, description of - 258 



hinged-lance variety 237 



varieties of 236 



AVest Greenland type 238 



present method of, in killing whale, seal, etc 303 



seal hunting, description of 259-291 



Ethnographic chart of North America 231 



Ethnology, assistant curator of, concerning 28 



curator of, progress made by 28 



division of, installation work of 26 



investigations in 29 



Euclase, description of - - - 508 



Europe, distribution of specimens in 125 



introduction of Chinese porcelain into 350 



European and Chinese systems of porcelain manufacture compared 357 



mandolin 424 



Evermaun, Barton Warren, publii-ation by - 71 



specimens of plants lent to 67 



title of joint paper by - 137 



Exhibition cases of department of anthroi)ology 22 



halls of department of biology, improvement of 31 



series of National Museum, changes in 16 



Expenditures of National Museum during year ending June 30, 1900, table of. 60 



Exi)lorations by department of biology 33 



Exposition, Pan-American, preparation for, made by deiiartment of biology.. 44 



Expositions 74 



Fairy stone, description of 530 



Fernald, C. H., specimens su[)plied to 66 



Field Columbian Museum, Tlopi o))je(;ts in 406 



work in department of anthropology 28 



biology 34 



Fisii collection -^6 



added to National Museum 15 



Connnission, collections contributed to Museum liy 69 



cooperation of, with National ^fuseum 67 



lish collections transmitted by 36 



exhiljition of National Museum 16 



Fish-eye stone, description of 489 



Fishes of North and Middle America, comi^letion of manual of 40 



when printed 71 



Five dynasties, the, history of ceramic art in ("hina during 318 



Flat toggle head harpoon from west Greenland 244 



NAT MUS 1900 48 



