732 INDEX. 



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Sea-otter spear from Ugashik, Bristol Bay, Alaska 294 



Sea shells, use of, by California aborigines as personal ornaments 163 



Seal harpoon from Point Barrow, Alaska 279 



west Greenland 241 



harpooning, process of 268 



lance of P'skimo, from Cumberland Sound 264 



Sealing harpoon from Point Barrow, Alaska 276 



Sealskin floats or pokes of Alaskan Eskimo, process of making 269 



Selenite, description of 511 



Sellards, E. H., researches of 56, 67 



Seminole Indians of the Everglades, fishing devices of 234 



Seri Indians harpooning turtle, account of 221 



of North America, turtle harpoon of 220 



Serpentine, description of 527 



Shell ornaments found near Springfield, California 171 



Shells 36 



Shepard, Charles U., jr., meteorite collection deposited ])y 52 



mineral collection deposited by 46, 52 



Shepard collection of minerals 15 



Shindler, A. Zeno, reference to death of 21 , 75 



Shoshone and Ute crania, collection of 29 



Siatko of Eskimo harpoon, description of 259 



Siderite, description of 525 



Sierra Nevada valleys of California 166 



Silurian fossils, specimens of 46 



Simpson, Charles Torrey, coni])letion of revision of river mussels by 40 



titles of papers by 1 44 



Sketch of the History of Ceramic Art in China, with a Catalogue of the Hip- 



pisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains, A, by Alfred E. Hippisley 305 



Sloth, skeleton of, found in Mercer's cave, California 172 



Smillie, T. W. , photographer, report of \ 73 



Smith, Franklin W., investigations in division of religions pursued by 29 



Smith, Hugh INI., title of joint paper by 144 



Smith, John B., noctuidse presented by 37 



specimens supplied to 66 



title of joint paper 1)y 131 



title of paper by 144 



Smithson, James, mineral collection of 5,6 



Suiithsonian Building, bird collection in 16 



number of visitors during jiast year t(^ 16 



reorganization of exhibition series of birds in 33 



table showing number of visitors to, during fiscal year 



1899-1900.".... 64 



since 1881 (V. 



Institution, act of Congress, 1846, to establish 3 



amount allotted to, by Congress for Pan-American 



Exi>osition 17 



donations by friends of, to National Museum 34 



explorations under auspices of 8 



historical deposit from 24 



l^lana for organization of 5 



transfer to, of government collei-tions 6 



Smithsonite, description of 527 



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