REPORT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL MUSEUM. 125 



Ward, Lester F. — Pre-Social Man. 



(Abstract of Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, 

 for the years ending January 20, 1880, and January 18, 1881, pp. G8-71, being 

 the abstract of a paper read before the Society April 20, 1880.) 



The anatomical characters distinguishing the human form from that of the 

 most highly developed anthropoids are enumerated, and the several physical 

 causes considered which seem to have been most potent in securing their de- 

 velopment. 



Savage and Civilized Orthoepy. 



(Loc. cit., pp. 106-111 being the abstract of a paper read before the Society 

 December 21, 1880.) 



This paper consisted, principally, of remarks and strictures on the first 

 chapter of the Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, by J. TV. Powell, 

 Ph. D., Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, which treats of the pronuncia- 

 tion of Indian and other languages. 



Politico-Social Functions. 



(Penn. Monthly, May, pp. 321-336. Read before the Anthropological So- 

 ciety of Washington March 15, 1881.) 



The right, power, and duty of society to regulate its own operations are 

 argued, and the progress which has taken place toward this end in various 

 countries is reviewed. 



Field and Closet Notes on the Flora of Washington and 



Vicinity. 



(Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington, 1881, vol. iv, pp. 64- 

 119. Read before the Society January 22, 1881.) 



The paper embraces, among other sub-titles, a Comparison of Flora of 1830, 

 with that of 1880; a description of the Localities of Special Interest to the Bot- 

 anist; a consideration of the Flotvei-ing-time of Plants ; a Statistical View of the 

 Flora as compared with other floras; an enumeration of the most Abundant 

 Species; a statement of the most approved Classification Adopted by botanists; 

 remarks on Common Names, and a Summary by Orders and larger groups of the 

 number of genera and species found growing in the vicinity of Washington. 



White, Charles A., on certain Cretaceous fossils from Arkansas and 

 Colorado. 



(Proc. U. S. N. M., iv, p. 13&-139. 1 pi.) 



II.— PAPERS BY INVESTIGATORS NOT OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM. 



Bendire, Capt. Charles, U. S. A.— Noles on Salmonidae of the Up- 

 per Columbia. 



(Proc. U. S. N. M., iv, pp. 81-87.) 



Brewster, William. — Notes on some Birds from Arizona and New 

 Mexico, with a description of a supposed new Whip-poor-will. 



(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1881, vol. vi, pp. 65-73.) 

 Antrostomus vociferus arizonce, var. nov. (p. 69), is based partly on the ex- 

 amination of specimens contained in the collection of the National Mi seum. 



