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INDEX. 



Kunz, G. F., sent titanimn minerals, 223. 

 Kunle Islauds skin coat, 118. 

 Kuskoqiiira, Eskimo bow described, 309. 

 Kyak and accouteiments, 111. 



L. 



Labeling; in museums, 11, 12. 

 Labels, 19, 27, 28. 29. 

 care of, 29. 



for birds exhibited, IM. 

 Loudon exhibition, 29. 

 naval architocturo material, 100. 

 vessels, &c., samples of, 100, 101, 102, 

 103,104. 

 printed, 28. 

 Labrador birds from Lucien Turuer, 60. 

 explorations, 68. 

 fishes fiom L. M. Turner, 162. 



rare species of, 162. 

 insects obtained, 63, 185, 187. 

 seals studied by Dr. Meriiam, 68. 

 Laboratories of the U. S'.,I''ish Commission, 198. 

 Laboratory work of curators, 23. 

 Lace mitsi 80. 



nnbias, 80. 

 Laces from England, 80. 



Jennings & Sons, 80. 

 machine-made, 80. 

 Lacoe, Prof. R. 1)., coal from, 261. 

 Laemann, Louis, French rocks from, 237. 

 Lazoa operculata from North Carolina, 187. 

 Lazopodes, review of, 307. 



Lake Superior native copper works collection, 255. 

 region copper ores, 254. 



free copper series, 255. 

 LamelUbrancbiata, Carboniferous, obtained, 212. 

 Devonian, received, 210, 211, 

 213. 

 Land areas from Middle Paleozoic, 207. 

 Land shells, American, identified, 180. 



southern and south oasteni, paper on, 

 180. 

 snail said to have fallen during rain, 183. 

 Landrns, H. J., favors from, 267. 

 La Patera antiquities exhibited 126. 

 obtained, 123. 

 Lapham, Hon. Elbridge G., 35. 

 Laramie fossil plants, 220. 

 Larco, Capt. Andrea, collected Santa Barbara 



fishes, 171. 

 Lari, Arctic, 366. 



Laridai and Procellariidfe, notes,on, 349. 

 Larks, shore, 373. 

 Lartigue, Dr. G. B., ceremonial object from, 124. 



reptiles from, 158. 

 Larns nelsoni, 373. 



schistisagus, a new North Pacific gull, 366. 

 Lavack, F, , sent ininerals, 222. 

 Lavas, 233. 



from trtah, 66. 

 Lawlor, D. J., "meteor" model from, 92. 



steam yacht models from, 93. 

 vessel models from, 91. 

 Lea, Dr. Isaac, contributed shells, 181. 

 Lead, argentiferous, smelting series, 252. 

 collections from Centennial, 254. 



Missouri, 253. 

 ores, 271. 



argentiferous, 271. 

 smelting argentiferous, 240. 

 paints, 241. 



preparations received, 2.54. 

 products, 275. 



series from Saint -Joe "Works, 253. 

 Leathers shown at Louisville, 49. 

 Lecture-room, air in, 38, 39. 



ventilation of, 39. 

 Lectures in the Museum, 33. 

 Lee, Prof. L. A., 198. 



studying foraminifera, 197, 200. 

 Lee, Thomas, volunteer work of, 194. 

 Lefroy, General Sir John Henry, on Bermuda 



botany, 340, 376. 

 Lehnert, Ilev. E., niollusks from, 03. 

 Lemmings from Point Barrow, 130. 

 Lepus tiraidus from Labradoi-, 130. 

 Leslie, Charles (;,, presented Charleston fishes, 

 172. 



Lesquereux, Leo, 220. 



Lesson and Gaiiiot named a dolphin, 322. 



Leucania unipuncta, 303. 



papers on, 359, 360. 

 Lewis, Dr. .Tames, arranged shells, 181. 

 Lexington Mill methods with ores, 251. 

 Library, 19. 



improvement, 29. 

 system, 29, 30. 

 Lichens of Alaska and Siberia, 377. 

 Life-boat, Netherlands, model, 104. 

 car model, 86. 

 Saving Service mammals, 129. 



station-keepers, suggestions to, 367. 

 Light-House Board exhibits returned, 30. 



sorvicf; mammals, 129. 

 Lilienberg, N., sent Swedish irons, 257. 

 Limestone, lithographic, 228. 



Lower Caibonifei'ous, with fossils, 203. 

 Chinese fossiliferous, 228. 

 Limonite from Maine, 229. 

 Lind, G. D., sent Halysites catenulata, 204. 

 Lindsley, Dr. J. B., sent meteoric iron, 223. 

 Linnaeus truneatnlus received, 193. 

 Linton, Prof Edwin, 198. 



studying fish entozoa, 200. 

 Lippitt "Woolen Company collection, 82. 

 Lithological and geological accessions, 66. 



collection, 232. 

 Lithology and physical geology, 17, 66. 



alph.abetical list 

 of accession.s 

 to, 227. 

 collections, local- 

 ities of, 238. 

 entries in cata- 

 logue, 227. 

 i-eport on, 227. 

 routiue work in, 

 234. 

 Little, Brown & Co., publications by, 346. 

 Little Hook and Fort Smith Kailroad mineral col- 

 lections, 240. 

 Lobster of curious colors, 190. 

 Lobsters, decrease of, 356. 



Lockington, William N., fishes collected by, 171. 

 Locust, 363. 



London, disposition of collections from, 52. 

 exhibits returned, 35. 

 Fisheries collections, 6. 



Exhibition birds returned, 150. 

 boats, &c.,from, 85, 



106. 

 catalogues, 340. 

 fishing craft for, 106. 

 report on, 52. 

 Lone Elm Works lead collection, 243, 254, 275. 

 Lougdalo Furnaces coke series, 257. 

 Long Island fishes obtained, 61, 164. 



invertebrates obtained, 190. 

 Long Valley coal-mining views, 266. 



mines coal, 243. 

 Longstreet, Captain, harbor seal from, 131. 

 Loj)liolatilus chamseleonticeps sought for, 199. 

 LorJllardCharnay collection, 368. 

 Louisville exhibits, 36, 48. 



disposition of, 49. 

 Exposition, Conoressional action on, 48. 

 work, 47. 

 Lovett, Edward, sent stalk-eyed Crustacea, 193. 

 Low & Co., raw silks from, 81. 

 Lowell Manufacturing Company, carpets, 82. 

 Loxia curvirostra americana, breeding of, 357. 

 Loyal Sock mine coal, 243. 

 Lucas, F. A., 18, 4,5, 133. 



osteological work of, 62. 

 papers of, 353. 



(True, F. W.. &), on Monachua, 331. 

 Lneilia macellaiia infesting man, 362. 

 Lnnulicardium fr.agosum, 206. 

 Lur.iy Caves, stalactites and stalagmites from. 



228. 

 Luthor, R. C, assisted to collect coal, 267. 

 Lutjauiute, osteological characteristics of, 373. 



review of, 375. 

 Lygajus fascial us from Illinois, 187. 

 Lyman, Hon. Theodore, address by, 35. 



studied ophiurans, 200. 

 Lymnocodium Sowerbii obtained, 193. 



