INDEX. 783 



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 Snares, kind u^ed l)y Indians of California for snaring quail, rabbits, and other 



small game ISO 



use of, for capturing pigeons, by Indians of California 179 



Snuff bottles, Chinese porcelain, miscellaneous collection ol 411 



Soapstone quarries at Potts Valley, California 1 83 



use of, in California Ifi4 



Socoloff, T>., invertebrate fossils received fnnn (U 



Sodalite, description of 527 



• Soltau. Hugo, coleoptera collection presented by 37 



Somatology, division of 21 



investigations in 29 



South America, distribution of specimens in 125 



not favorable to harpoon 212 



South American harpoon arrow, type used by tribes of British (Guiana 218 



Venezuelan type 517 



harpoons 212 



Brazilian type 216 



Chilean type 214 



Fuegian type 213 



Peruvian type 214, 215 



type of British ( iuiana 218 



Venezuelan type 217 



lepidoptera, purchase of specimens of 37 



South Australian shells, specimens of 36 



Southeast range, change in 31 



Specimens, distribution of, during year ending June 30, 1900, list of 119 



in several divisions of ^luseum on June 30, 1900, table of 61 



sent to each State and foreign country, table showing numl)er of 



lots of 63 



Sphene, description of 530 



Spiders, purchase of !Marx collection of 35 



Spinel, description of 527 



mystical properties of 585 



rubies, description of 528 



Spinning, process of, by Agua Caliente Indians of California 186 



Spi )dumen((, description of 529 



Ssuchow-yao porcelain, descrijition of 329 



Staff of National Museum ■- 77 



Stanford University, expedition sent out by 41 



Stanton, Timothy W. , title of jiaper h\ 1 44 



Starks, Edwin Chapin, titles of i>apers by 145 



State Department, cooperation of, with National ?kluseuiii 67 



Staurolite, description of 530 



mystical properties of 585 



Stearns, Roljert E. C, titles of papers by 145 



Steatite found at Potts Valley, California 183 



Stegosaur, study of 52 



Steiger, George, titles of joint jiapers by 134 



Stein, Robert, collecting outfit furnished to 70 



Steiner, Roland, loan by 24 



Stejneger, Leonhard, c(jllections made by, for Pan-American Exposition. 17, 35, 44, 68 



titles of i>apers by 146 



treaties of, on rejitilcs of Japan 41 



