VI CONTENTS. 



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 The Smithaonian Institution— Continued. 



Explorations 5 



Exitloratiou for American bisou 5 



Other lields of exploration 7 



Aid for collecting antiquities from the Isthmus of Panama 7 



Publications 8 



Classes of publications 8 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 8 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections , 8 



List of institutions in United States receiving publicatious 8 



Volume XXVIII of Miscellaneous Collections 8 



List of Astronomical Observatories 8 



Volume XXIX of Miscellaneous Collections - 9 



Scientific Writings of Joseph Henry 9 



Volume XXX of Miscellaneous Collections 9 



Miscellaneous Papers relating to Anthropology 9 



Bulletins of the U. S. National Museum 9 



Bulletin No. :50 9 



BulletinNo. 31 10 



Proceeding.? of the U. S. National Museum 10 



Circular respecting exchanges of birds or birds' eggs 10 



Circular on the lending of typical specimens 10 



Volume IX of National Museum Proceedings 10 



Smithsonian Annual Reports 10 



Eeport for 1884, Part ii (National Museum Report) 10 



Report for 1885, Part I (Smithsonian Report) 11 



Report of Secretary, S. F. Baird, for 1885-'86 11 



Publications of the Bureau of Ethnology 11 



Fourth annual report (for 1882-'83) 11 



International exchanges 12 



Foreign and domestic exchanges for the fiscal year 12 



Trausi)ortation facilities 13 



Government exchanges 13 



Assistance by the Government 14 



Insu fficiency of the Government exchanges 15 



Library of the Institution 16 



Additions for the fiscal year 16 



United States National Museum 17 



Great increase of the Museum accessions 17 



Insufficiency of space for the exhibits 17 



Number of accessions during the past year 18 



Increase in the number of visitors to the Museum 18 



Museum publications during the p.ist year 18 



Increase in the number of books added to the Museum Library 18 



Facilities ottered to students of natural history 18 



The Saturday lectures in the Museum building 19 



Bureau of Ethnology 20 



Field work 20 



Office work 22 



Appendix to the Secretary's Report 29 



Report on Smithsonian exchanges for the year ending June 30, 1887 29 



Personnel and duties 29 



Statistics of 8ci«ntific psriodicals 31 



