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INDEX. 



Eskimo collections from Alaska, 57. 



(log from Greely Kelief Expedition, 132. 

 hitches on how.s, spears, &c., 311. 

 house model, 57. 

 illustrations at Cincinnati, 50. 



New Orleans, 51. 

 from Ungava, 57. 

 implements and ornaments, 112. 



from Bristol Cay, 112, 113. 

 Korton Sound, 112. 

 objects from Greenland, 111. 



Point Barrow, 111,112. 

 specimens from Point Barrow, 57. 

 throwing-stiek described, 279. 



simplest in central area, 

 283. 

 EsperauzaMarhle Company, gifts from, 66, 231. 

 Essex modil (if tisliing schooner, 103. 

 Estimates from dealers, 37. 

 Etheostomiiuv, new forms of. 173. 

 Ethnologica from Costa IJica, 71. 

 Ethnological accessions, 57, 110. 



geographically arranged, 

 111. 

 collection at Now Orleans, 51. 

 exhibits at expositions, 57. 

 guide-book recommended, 110. 

 material, classified report of, 110. 

 gaps in, HI. 

 nomenclature of, 110. 

 preservation of, 110. 

 Museum exhibits, 13. 

 objects, foreign, 53. 

 specimens available, 109. 

 received, 57, 120. 

 transferred, 36. 

 Ethnology, 16, 18. 



antiquities from the Bureau of, 126. 

 Bureau of, 354. 

 department of, 56. 

 pottery from Bureau of, 121. 

 report' on, 109. 

 Etka (li.sbing dug-out) from Bengal, 87. 

 Etta mine tin rollection promised, 253. 

 Eumetopias Stcllcri olitained, 131. 

 European bats and iiisict ivores obtained, 131. 

 exchanges clU'cted, 190. 

 invert clirati's obtained, 64. 

 mu.seuiii iiolicy, 9. 

 shells from Ml-. Jeffries, 71. 

 Eureka district paleontology, 64. 

 Eurypharyngidai an; what .', 373. 

 Eurypharynx, note on, 373. 

 Evans, W. W., antiquities from, 123. 

 Evermann, B. W., collected fishes, 171. 

 Evolution of industries studied, 54. 

 objects, how shown, 54. 

 Exhibition, general rules fox-, 12. 



series of specimens, 24, 25. 

 Exhibits for Cincinnati, 36. 

 Louisville, 36. 

 New Orleans, .16. 

 Exocoetus voladoi' described, 374. 

 Experimental ]ih\ sinlogy, 72. 

 Exploration and iUeld work, 07. 

 Exposition packages shipped, 30. 

 work, 30,47. 



by the National Museum, 4. 

 Expositions, casts painted for, 47. 



influence on museum growth, 47. 



E. 



Eagersta steel tests, 240. 



Fairbanks, C, courtesies of, 83. 



Fairhurst, A., Kentucky stone implements from, 



124. 

 Falls of the Ohio, fishes from, 17C. 

 Farallone Islands birds, 00. 



seals, &c, 70. 



shells received, 184. 

 Fasciola hepatica obtained, 193. 

 Faunal succession observed in Nevada fossils, 205, 

 Faxon, Walter, paper by, 371. 



returned crav- fishes, 201. 

 Feath(>r exhibit at Louisville, 49. 

 Feld.sjKn- (|ii:irries of Connecticut visited, 223. 

 Felidie rep.iired, 44. 



Felis concolor from Lewis Sells, 130. 



yaguarundi obtained, 130. 

 Fencker, Governor, birds' eggs from, 60. 

 Feruald, C. II., on collecting moths, 343. 



paper by, 372. 

 Fern -leaf impressions received, 263. 

 Fiber, 326, 327, 328 329, 330, 307. 

 generic characters of, 329. 

 zibethicus, 326, 327, 328, 330. 

 eats carp, 371. 

 Ifibers, accessions to, 80. 

 animal, 79. 

 exhibited, 79. 



from Boston custom-liouso, 81. 

 labelled, 79. 

 list of vegetable, 84. 

 mineral, 79. 



photographed from microscope, 83. 

 position of, used in classification, 79, 

 provisionally classified, 80. 

 textile, classified, 79. 

 vegetable, 79. 

 Field sparrow, new, from New Mexico, 358. 

 Fiji weapons, 110. 



Fillmore, John H., assisted Mr. Merrill, 234. 

 Fin-back whale skull obtained, 132. 

 Fire-alarm telegraph company connection, 37. 

 Fire-brick, 245. 

 Fish accessions, 161. 



attended to, 165. 

 summary of, 161. 

 synopsis of, 161. 

 analyses at New Orleans, 51. 

 and reptile casts painted, 47. 

 capture apparatus, 342, 352. 

 casts at Cincinnati, 51. 



Now Orleans, 55. 

 collecting. Government aid foi", 170. 

 collections of Jordan and others classified, 



174. 

 collectors cautioned, 169. 

 Commission collections, 6. 

 cultural exhibit of U. S. Fish Commission, 



342, 352. 

 culture aims and limitations, 352. 

 at New Orleans, 55. 

 exhibit at Louisville, 49. 



New Orleans, 51. 

 shown by photographs, 50. 

 department, recommendations for, 169. 

 drawings examined, 164. 

 made, 61. 



of H. L. Todd, 165-168. 

 Mi.ssSmitli, 165. 

 embryos, forces determining survival of, 364. 

 guano analysis, 346. 



Hawk collections of Florida invertebrates, 

 190. 

 marine invertebrates, 

 190. 

 exploration, 348. 

 Gulf Stream exploration, 380. 

 ladders shown at New Orleans, 51. 

 migrations studied by the Albatross, 199. 

 notes, European, arrange*!, 164. 

 nutritive value of 346. 

 pai'asites from Vineyard Sound, 190. 

 series work, 105. 

 skeletons, storage of, 169. 

 trap stylo of basket, 297, 298. 

 Fisher, William J., Alaskan collections from, 69. 

 Bristol Bay ethnologica from, 



113. 

 collections from, 57. 

 Katmai objects from, 113. 

 Kenai objects from, 113. 

 Eortiak ethnologica from, 113. 

 mollnsk collections of, 181. 

 throwing-sticks from, 289. 

 Fisheries collection, catalogue of, 52. 



completeness of, 52. 

 department at New Orleans, 55. 

 exliibit at Louisville, 49. 

 gallery opened, 52. 

 section, 16. 



installed, 55. 

 opening, 36. 

 report, 55. 



