X CONTENTS. 



Pago. 



Questions of oorrespoudouts aud requests for ideutilUiUiou 83 



Meetings of associations in Washington during the year 84 



Necrology 85 



Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid 86 



The World's Columbian Exposition 108 



IV.-REVIEW OF THE WOKK OF THE SCIENTIFIC DEPAKTMEKTS, INCLUDING THEIR 

 PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



Department of arts and industries 11.5 



The historical collections 120 



The graphic arts collection 122 



The materia medica collection 12.3 



Department of ethnology 125 



Department of prehistoric anthropology 132 



The collection of oriental antiquities 135 



The collection of religious ceremonial objects 136 



The collection of American aboriginal pottery 138 



Department of — 



Mammals 139 



Birds 144 



Birds' eggs 148 



Reptiles and batrachiaus 149 



Fishes 1.53 



Vertebrate fossils 1 .55 



Mollusks 15G 



Insects 159 



Marine invertebrates 164 



Comparative anatomy 169 



Invertebrate ibssils — 



Paleozoic 173 



Mcso/oic 174 



Recent plants 174 



Fossil plants 176 



Minerals 178 



Geology 180 



v.— ADMINISTRATION. 



Review of the work of the administrative bureaus 187 



Office of the chief clerk 187 



Correspondence and reports 187 



Registration and distribution 189 



Buildings and labor; police aud public comfort 191 



Work of the Museum preparators 191 



APPENDICES. 



I. — The acientific and adnuniatrative staff 193 



II. — Finanei^, property, 8U])]»lies, and accounts 194 



III. — Statement of the distribution of specimens during the year ending .June 



30, 1893 197 



W. — Buildings and labor — police and public comfort 204 



V. — i^pecimens sent to the Museum for examination and report 205 



VI. — List of accessions to the U. S. National Museum during the year end- 



ingJune 30, 1893 -'19 



VII. — Bibliography of the IJ. S. National Museum for the year ending June 



30, 1893 285 



