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Variolite, mystical properties of 587 



Variscite, description of 535 



Vaughaii, T. W. , researches of (36 



titles of papers by 1 46 



work of, on American corals 46 



West Indian corals 42 



Venezuelan Indians, harpoon arrow of 217 



Verde antique, description of 527 



Verner, S. P. , ethnological purchase from 23 



Verrill, A. E., titles of papers by 146 



Vertebrate fossils, section of, accessions to 46 



paleontology, section of, arrangement of specimens in 50 



form of label adopted by 49 



progress in installation in 47 



remains, mode of procedure in collecting 55 



Vesuvianite, description of 536 



Volvocidpe 37 



Vulpinite, description of 489 



Wakashan Indians of North America, harpoons of 230 



Walcott, Charles D., letter from, regarding transfer of Marsh collection of 



vertelirates 53 



title of paper by '. 146 



Walcott, Mrs. Henrietta D. , shells presented by 36 



Walla Walla, harpooning at 225 



Walrus harpoon from Bristol Bay, Alaska, bone foreshaft of 303 



Point Barrow, Alaska 274 



toggle head of harpoon from Diomede Island 272 



Wanli period, history of ceramic art in China during 340 



War Department, cooperation of, with National Museum 67 



Ward, H. A., private meteorite collections of 50 



Ward, Lester F., fossils collected by 17, 47, 69 



titles of papers by 147 



Water sapphire, description of 512 



mystical properties of 587 



Watkins, J. E., report on installation works by 26 



Wead, Charles Kasson, on Contributions to the History of Musical Scales 417 



Weather Bureau, collections V)y ol)servers of 34 



Wei dynasty, history of ceramic art in China during 311 



Wernerite, description of 526 



West Greenland harpoons 238 



Indian corals, work on 42 



Whale fishing of Arctic Alaska, time carried on 269 



harpoon from Hudson Bay 262 



toggle head of, from Greenland 240 



harpooning in North America 227 



lance from CumV)erlaud Sound 263, 265 



Whaling harpoon from Bristol Bay, Alaska, b<jne foreshaft of 303 



White, David, titles of papers by 14/ 



Whited, Kirk, collection of plants received from 70 



plants collected l)y 38 



Willemite, description of ^3" 



Williamsite, description of ^27 



