822 INDEX. 



Page. 



History, bibliographical, of tbe Museum 96 



of the Museum, periods in 81 



of the Smithsonian exchanges, by George H. Boehmer 703 



Hoar, Hon. George F., Regent Viii, ix 



appointed Eegent ix,xv, 4,5 



Hodgden, Captain, specimens received from , 42 



Holdeu, Prof. Edward S. ; on progress of astronomy in 1881 191 



Homsher, G. W. ; anthropological correspondence 682 



Hooper, Captain, assistance given by ^ 41 



thanks due to 20 



Horan, Henry, superintendent of the National Museum building 97 



Howard, Captain, specimens received from , 42 



Howe, Hon. Timothy O., member ex officio xv 



Hubbard, H. B. ; shell dejjosits at the mouth of Short Creek, West Virginia, . . 637 



Hunt, Hon. William H., member ex officio xv 



Huxley, Professor; definition of term "museum" 85 



Hyatt, Prof. A. , labeled corals 108 



I. 



Ice industry, collection of 101 



Ichthyology 468 



bibliography of 468,470,471,472 



Illinois, ancient remains near Cobden 584 



Bureau County, mounds in 556 



Cass County, buried flints in 563 



Indian remains in 568 



Henry County, mounds in, 552 



Jackson County, antiquities of 580 



stone fort in 582 



Knox County, mounds in 554 



La Salle County, antiquities in 549 



mounds in 544 



mounds in Spoon Eiver Valley 558 



Stark County, mounds in 552 



stone fort near Makanda 582 



Union County, ancient remains in 584 



Wayne County, antiquities of 587 



Whiteside County, mounds in 544 



Inaugural reception of the President 1 



Independence County, Arkansas, mounds in 541 



Indian bread or tuckahoe 687 



grave mound in Georgia, silver crosses from 619 



remains in Cass County, Illinois 568 



Indiana, mounds and earthworks in Vanderburg County 591 



Industries illustrated in Museum 90, 92 



Ingersoll, Ernest, employed in Fisheries Census 53 



title of paper by 127 



Inorganic chemistry 383 



Inscriptions, ancient rock, in Johnson County, Arkansas 538 



Insectarium 445 



Insects, blood of 445 



department of 106 



devastations by 448 



relation of Devonian, to existing types 451 



stigmata of 445 



