INDEX. 431 



Page. 



Dayton, E. A. , Collcctious made by 46 



De la Batiit, Madame, Annuity to 70 



Dew, Directions for observing 234: 



Directions for Meteorological Observations 215 



Directions for Eegistry of Periodical Phenomena 259 



Distribution of Collections - - 56 



Donations for Publication of Researches 22 



Downing Monument _ 17 



Dudley Observatory _ _ _ 22 



Earthquakes, Directions for observing- - - 245 



Education, Barnard's Report on - , 25 



Promotion of - -- 25 



Eggs of Birds, Paper on 19 



Emory, Maj. W. H. , Mexican Boundary Survey 42 



English, Hon. W. H., api^ointed a Regent 76 



Entomologists, Names of American 137 



Entomology, Importance of study of _ 137 



Ei-osions of the Surface of the Earth, Paper on 22 



Estimates of Appropriations for 1856 71 



Ethnological Society, Letter from on Publication of Works on New Mexico 307 



Evans, Dr. J. , Geological Survey of Oregon 45 



Exchanges, Account of .- 23,36.41 



Exchanges of Specimens desired 56 



Exchanges, Resolution of American Academy on 79 



Executive Committee, Report of _ _ 67 



Expenditures during 1855 68 



Experiments on Estimated Size of Luminous Bodies 171 



Explorations. 32,42,45.46.47 



Fair of Illinois Agricultm-al Society - - 46 



Felton, Prof. C. C, elected a Regent 76 



Finances, Condition of. _ 16. 67 



Fishes, Observation of First Appearance and Spawning 262 



Specimens added to Museum - -17 



Fliigel, Dr. J. G., Death of 24 



Fliigel, Dr. Felix, appointed Agent - _ 24 



Fog, Directions for observing 234 



Force, Peter, Auroral record by 18 



Library of. _ - 30 



Fort Defiance, Meteorological Observations at. - 286 



Fossils and Minerals added to the Museum 49 



Freeman, J. M & Co. , Aid rendered to the Institution by.. — — 45 



Galvanism, Translation of Dr. Miiller' s Memoir on - 311 



Geological Exploration by Prof. Hitchcock 21 



Gibbes, Prof. Lewis R., Valuable aid rendered by - 18 



Girard, Dr. Chas. , Assistance in Museum rendered by 22 



Glaciers, Paper on - 22 



Gould, Dr. B. A., on Meech's paper 20 



Gotteri, Frederick, Plan proposed for Silk Culture '^" 



