1050 INDEX. 



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Bi'lxula, sisauk- dance of the --- 647 



the 646 



Biological Station, Heligoland, exchange with the 27 



Birds, catalogue entries of 56 



eggs and nests, number of accessions to collection of 56 



catalogue entries of 57 



review of work in department of 56 



exchanges of 27 



increased accessions of 53 



of North and Middle America, preparation of a treatise on 55 



present condition of exhibits of . 55 



received, number of specimens of 56 



relation bet ween the tongue and food of 1013, 1015 



review of work in dei)artment of 53 



special exhibit of, in south tower 54 



"The Tongues of," by Frederic A. Lucas 1001 



tongues, bones of the 1004 



changes during development of . . 1018 



comparison of the various- types of 1014 



modification of, according to nature of food 1017 



skin of --..' -.. 1005 



use of 1003 



various types of -.- - 1006 



Blair, R. A., fossils, including specimen of Dictyonema, presented by 72 



Blanchard, Prof. R. , exchange with . 89 



Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institution, resolution of January, 1847, 



in regard to gathering collections 4 



Boas, Dr. Franz, reference to publication of paper on "Indians of the 



Northwest Coast," by . 84 



study of ethnology of Indians of the Northwest Coast by 44 

 " The social organization and the secret societies of the 



Kwakiutl Indians," by 311 



Boettger, Dr. O. , Chinese lizards transmitted by 58 



exchange with 27 



Bone grass comb, ornamentation of . . 832 



ornamentation and pictorial work by the Eskimos on . . 777 



Boucard , A. , exchange with 27 



specimens of birds presented by .... 54 



Brackenridge, W. I. D 75 



Bradley, Edgar J. , exchange with 28 



Brewster, William, specimens lent to 39 



of birds studied by 42 



title of paper by 208 



Brezina, Dr. Aristides, exchange with . 29 



Brimley, H. H. and C. S., specimen of Amhlyostonia annulat am purchased 



from , _ 57 



Brinton, Dr. D. G-., quoted 818 



reference to address on " The American Race " by. _ _ 1041 



British America, accessions from 145 



to Museum library from institutions in 163 



coins, designs engraved on . . . . 799, 819 



Guiana Commission to the "World's Columbian Exposition, Lepi- 



doptera from Guiana presented by the 63 



