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INDEX. 



Q 



QnadmpedB, faults in mounting, 353. 



Quail and grouae, southern limit of, 357. 



Qnartzite from Italy, 236. 



Quarternary mollusks compared with recent, 62. 



shells arranged, 180. 

 Queen, J. "W., & Co., favors from, 267. 



presented safety lamps, 263. 

 Quicksilver, 271. 



Quil, James B., sent Orthoceras, 204. 

 Qnincy granite shown, 236. 



R. 



Rag f-arpets, specimens of, 80. 



Rainbow trout from Roanoke River, 163. 



Rajah of Tagore sent musical instruments, 72. 



Rannia from China, 192. 



Ratchet-drill received, 264. 



Rathbun, Miss M. J., assigned to invertebrate 



work, 194. 

 Rathbun, Richard, 17, 18, 63. 



field work of, 194. 

 identified copepods, 200. 

 laboratory assistant, 198. 

 on Crustacea, woi-ms, &c., 341. 

 sea and fresh water investi- 

 gation, 341. 

 papers of 355. 

 report of, 189. 

 studying Echini, 197, 200. 

 Ran, Dr. Charles, 16. 



curator, 58. 



de La St61e de Palenqu*^, 356. 



on aboriginal antiquities, 356. 



prehistoric fishing, 356. 

 report of, 123. 



studying prehistoric fishing, 126. 

 writings of, 356. 

 Rau's arrangement of antiquities, 58. 



paper on archaeological collection illns- 

 trated, 58. 

 Raw silk fabrics, specimens of, 81. 



specimens from Low &. Co., 81. 

 Ray, Lieut. P. H., 279. 



birds' eggs from, 60. 

 collected Arctic shells, 184. 



throwing-sticks, 283. 

 Eskimo objects from, 57, 111. 

 explains sinew-twisters, 316. 

 leport of, 201. 

 throwiug-stiok from, 289. 

 Reckhart, D. W., made lead smelling collection, 

 252. 

 made Utah collections, 244. 

 silver ores from, 2j0. 

 Reckhart & Pearis smelting collection, 252. 

 Red Ash Coal Company's peacock coal, 263. 

 Ree hoe, 116. 

 Reeves, Paul S., Babbitt collection, 276. 



sent Babbitt serie-s, 268. 

 Registers, autom.atic, for visitors, 32. 

 Registry and storage, 19. 

 Reiche, C. and E., sent mammals, 131. 

 Reid, Capt. Savile G.. on Bermuda birds, 340, 377. 

 Reptile accessions, 61. . 



department routine, 158. 

 records kept, 159. 

 series, 158. 

 Reptiles and Batrachians, 17. 



department of, 60. 

 card catalogue of, 159. 

 condition of, 159. 

 contributions of, 157. 

 correspondence about, 159. 

 from the Albatross, 157. 



Utah, 61. 

 in the Museum, 159. 

 of Bermuda, 340, 372. 

 Reserve series, 24. 



Respiratory impurity of air in lecture room, 40. 

 Retzia radialis, 206. 



Rbees, William J., directing Museum accounts, 37. 

 Rhode Island Ilorseshoe Company horseshoes, 240. 

 Rhus aromatica, var. triloba in basketry, 303. 



in basket hats, 301. 

 Rhynchonella (Leiorbynchus) quadricostata, 206. 



Rhynchoporus cruentatua from Florida, 1S6. 

 Rhyolitos from Mexico, 231. 

 Rhyssa lunator from Massachusetts, 186. 

 South Carolina, 187. 

 Rich Hill Zinc Furnaces, collection from, 243, 259, 



275. 

 Richardson, J., sent reptiles, 158. 

 Richardson, Nathan, steorer from, 95. 

 Richardson's challenge steerer, 95. 

 Rice, Hon. "WiUiam T., prepared Italian marbles, 



236. 

 Rice, Prof. William North, on Bermuda geology, 

 340, 377. 

 sent minerals, 223. 

 Richmond & Potts, furnace drawings from, 269. 

 Richmond coal-fleJds, collections from, 267. 

 Ridgway, Robert, 17. 



edited Nicaragua birds list, 376. 

 Indiana arrow-heads from, 125. 

 on London Fisheries birds, 341. 

 on water birds. 346. 

 papers of, 356, 357 

 publications of, 152. 

 report of, 143. 

 sent reptiles, 158. 

 work of, 59. 

 Rigging (standing) for fishing schooner, 95. 

 Riggs, P., Sioux head-dress from, 116. 

 Riley, C. V., 17. 



honorary curator, 63, 185. 

 report by, 362. 

 of, 185. 

 writings of, 359-364. 

 Roane Iron Company coke collection, 257. 

 Robertson, A., English laces from, 80. 



fabrics from, 80. 

 Robinson, Prof. Thomas, collected rock samples, 

 231. 

 contribution from, 66. 

 Roccus septentrionalis from Mississippi, 163. 

 Rock bored by mollusks, 229. 



forming minerals exhibited, 233. 

 prepared, 232. 

 labels, 233. 

 photographs, 66. 

 sections and labels prepared, 66. 



shown by enlarged photomicro- 

 graphs, 232. 

 Rocks and geological .specimens, number of, 07. 

 tufas from Geological Survey, 06. 

 Western States, 230. 

 &c., number in collection, 234. 

 present condition of, 234. 

 classified, 232. 

 clastic, 232. 

 crystalline, 232. 



divided by structure and texture, 232. 

 educational series, 232. 

 exhibited in Museum, 66. 

 foreign, 230. 

 from Abert collection, 227. 



Dr. Hawes's estate, 228. 

 in exhibition seiies, 232. 

 of Canad.a, New Brunswick, and Kov^ 



Scotia, 237. 

 Tellowstone National Park, 236. 

 prepared as .specimens, 232. 

 safety of, from fire, 238. 

 thin sections prepared, 234. 

 types of, for reference. 238. 

 vitreous, 232. 

 Rockwell, Colonel, 37. 

 Rockwood Fuiuace coke series, 257. 



iron collection, 275. 

 Rodentia mounted in 1884, 42, 43. 



secured iu 1884, 44. 

 Rodgers, Commodore John, collected throwiug- 



stick, 284. 

 Rogers, William, Oregon model from, 94. 

 Romero, Sefior, Mexican cards from, 70. 

 Rope specimens from Bailey & Co., 80. 

 Rosenbusch collection of rocks, &c., 237. 

 Ross, Bernard, Eskimo bows from, 307, 310, 312. 

 Rothrock, Dr. J. T., collected antiquities, 123. 

 on Alaskan lichens, 377. 



distribution of Elymus, 

 292. 

 Roxbury Carpet Company, specimens from, SI. 



