INDEX. 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Chicago 61,62 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 45, 62, 63, 66, 1 22 



Academy of Natural Sciences, San Francisco 66 



Addresses of foreign institutions 89 



Aerolites. Account of ]24 



Agricultural Department. Aid rendered by - 73 



Ainsa-meteoritc, name to be " Irwin- Ainsa " 67 



Alexander, B. S. Construction of part of building by 15, 111 



Alexander, C. A. Translations by 175, 189, 200, 249, 291, 346, 409 



American Geographical and Statistical Society. Map referred to 124 



American Philosophical Society, publish Wood on Mynapoda 43 



Anatomy. Blaiuville's Eesearches 178 



Antiquities of Switzerland, &c 346 



Ai'chffiology. American 48, 49, 50 



Architect. A. Cluss appointed Ill 



Plans by 112 



Estimates 114 



Arctic Expedition. Hayes's results of 23,26 



Arroyo, J. Miguel. Letter from 122 



Assistants in the Institution 71,72,73,74 



Astronomical results of Hayes's Arctic observations 28 



Aurora Borealis, or polar light ; its phenomena and laws, by Prof. E. Loomis 208 



Australia. Donation /rom mining department of 124 



Bache, A. D. Discussion of magnetic and meteorological observations at Girard College. 23, 28 



Baird, Prof. S. F. , appointed tirst assistant, and duties - 72 



Review of American birds 24,63 



Statistics of exchanges - 75 



Services rendered telegraph company by 61 



Barnard, General J. G. Eulogy on General Totten 137 



Bauerk, J. E. Watch detector presented by 19 



Bequest of Smithson - 107,119,121 



Berendt, Dr. H. Explorations by 62, 129, 130 



Binney, W. G. Works on shells 24,40 



Birds, review of American, by Prof. S. F. Baird 24,40,63 



Keview of class of, by Lilljeborg 434 



Bison, specimens of, wanted by museum of Bern 128 



Blainville, Ducrotay de. Memoir of, by M. Flourens _ 175 



Bond, Geo. P. Comparison of instruments by 29 



Bossange, Gustavo, agent for exchanges at Paris 74, 76 



Brainard, R. C. Notice relative to Wynn estate 115 



Brazil. Donations from 127, 128 



Brazilian Natural History Museum. Letter from 128 



Bremen. Donations from j — 132 



Scientific society formed in 132 



Brewer, T. M., on Oology 60,63 



British meteorological system 54,50 



British Museum. Letter from 133 



