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some nusettled problems in regard to tlie salmonidas of the coast. His 

 observations proved entirely sufficient for the purpose of informing ns 

 of the character of the trout of Wallowa Lake, which turns out to be not 

 a peculiar species of the lake, as was supposed, but an anadromous sal- 

 mon found along the entire coast of Washington Territory and elsewhere, 

 and characterized during the breeding season by a peculiar red color. 



Captain Bendire having again offered his services to the Institution, 

 he was authorized by the War Department to visit certain regions, es- 

 pecially that of the valley of John Day River. With a grant of money 

 from the United States Geological Survey for necessary and incidental 

 exiienses. Captain Bendire made his expedition, and sent in a large 

 number of packages of well-selected specimens, which will shortlj' be- 

 come the subject of investigation. Some collections of fishes and other 

 objects in alcohol were also gathered and forwarded by Captain Ben- 

 dire. 



Private Charles Euby, of the Army, while at Fort Laramie, exer- 

 cised his skill as a taxidermist in collecting specimens of the wild ani- 

 mals of the country and sending them to the Smithsonian Institution. 

 An arrangement was made by which he was transferred to a region 

 better adapted to his work, near Fort Shaw, in Montana. Here he has 

 continned his co-operation, and has furnished a large number of skins 

 of larger mammals, a number of which havebeen mounted and introduced 

 in the National Museum. 



The usual co-operation of the medical branch of the Army in the 

 matter of exploration has also been continued, many medical officers 

 having forwarded collections of greater or less magnitude, among these 

 are included a number of contributions of living reptiles to the Institu- 

 tion, for the purpose of being cast in plaster and placed in the appro- 

 priate gallery of the Museum. 



Mention should not be omitted of the service rendered by officers of 

 the Army in New Mexico and Arizona, as stated in the report of Mr. 

 Stevenson, of his explorations in Arizona. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



It may not be deemed superfluous to repeat frequently, for the infor- 

 mation of those who may not have ready access to previous volumes 

 of the annual rei)ort, that the publications nnide directly or indirectly 

 by the Institution (always regarded as the most important of its agen- 

 cies for the " increase and diffusion of knowledge among men"), are dis- 

 tributed into three series. The first series comprises the "Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge," published in quarto size, and designed 

 to embrace only the discussions of original investigations, constituting 

 new additions to knowledge. This series now numbers twenty-three 

 volumes, averaging about GOO pages. The second series comprises the 

 "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections," published in octavo size, and 

 including, in addition to other original memoirs, the bulletins and pro- 



