CONTENTS. XI 



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VIII. — Lectures and meetings of societies 314 



IX. — Documents relating to the World's Columbian Exposition 316 



X. — Documents in relation to the Columbian Historical Exposition iu 



Madrid, 1892 324 



PART II. 

 Papers Describing and Illustrating Collections in the U. S. National 



MrSELM. 



1. The poisonous snakes of North America. By Leonhard Stejneger 337 



2. Chinese games with dice and dominoes. By Stewart Culiu 489 



3. The onyx marbles : Their origin, composition, and uses, both ancient and 



modern. By George P. Merrill 539 



4. The cowbirds. By Charles Bendire, Major, U. S. Army (Retired) 587 



5. Primitive American armor. By Walter Hough 625 



6. The weapons and wings of birds. By Frederic A. Lucas 653 



7. Notes on the ethnology of Tibet, based on the collections iu the Uuited 



States National Museum. By William Woodville Rockhill 665 



8. Two Persepolitan casts in the U. S. National Museum. By Cyrus Adler .. 749 



9. Museum collections to illustrate religious history and ceremonials. By 



Cyrus Adler 755 



10. If public libraries, why not public museums? By Edward S. Morse 769 



