396 INDEX. 



Alton, Indian Territory, spring, formations 241 



fossil remains 242 



fragmentary condition of the fossil bones 243 



freshly sharpened implements 245 



knives 245, 246 



mammoth teeth encountered in the gravels. 241, 243 



mastodon teeth 243 



peoples concerned in the deposit 248 



section of, and associated geological formations 241 



significance of the deposit 247 



spearheads 245 



stone implements 244 



traditions regarding the 239 



springs, the 238 



village of, description 238 



location 238 



Agassiz, Alexander, expedition under direction of 51 



Loan to 88 



specimens of rocks sent to 32 



Agriculture, Department of, plants transferred by 20 



use of Herbarium made by officials of 80 



Agulha 199 



Alaska moose 190 



Alaskan Eskimo, description of figures of group of 203 



earth house of the 207 



Albatross, collections by 18, 19,51, 70, 71, 73, 7(5, 78, 79 



Alexander, W. II., reptiles presented by 19, 69 



Al'jui', Father Jose, corals and sponges received in exchange from 71 



Allen, J. A., sheep described by 190 



title of paper by 1 49 



Alligator snapper 196 



Almiqui 191 



Altars < >1 itained by Museum through exchange 54 



Amazon River turtle 196 



America, distribution of specimens in 137 



American arctic and subarctic mammals, series of 191 



carnivi >ra, relabeling of the 34 



Ethnology, Bureau of, pottery purchased by 303 



Institute of Electrical Engineers, specimens of electrical apparatus 



belonging to 61 



lizards 197 



( Ornithologists' Union, work by committee on nomenclature of the. . 30, 79 



Ancient ruins, preservation of 357 



action taken by legislature of Arizona 358 



archeological field work in Arizona 357 



Arizona Antiquarian Society, endeavors of 358 



bill before congress several times 358 



New Mexico 358 



service of Interior Department 358 



Andre. Ernest, collection received in exchange from 25, 70 



A ngel fishes 1 98 



Anhinga 194 



