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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1«93. 



referretl to in tho biblioj^caidiy immber .m, and i-elate t<> tlie follow inj^ 

 subjects : 



■^ub.jec't.- 



Administration .' 



American aboriginal pottery 



Arcliivology 



Biography 



Birds 



Cliemist ry 



Coinparati v<^ anatomy 



Ethnology 



Fishes 



Fossils 



Geology 



Graphic arts — 



Historical collections 



Insects 



Mammals 



Marine invertebrates 



Materia medica 



Mineralogy 



Mollnsks 



Oology 



Oriental anti<iuities and religious ceremonial 



Plants 



Reptiles and batrachians 



'i'ransi)ortation and engineering 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM. 



The publicatioiis are issued in four series, us follows: 



Annual report. — This report constitutes the second part of the 

 rei^ort of the Smithsonian Institution to Congress, and, commencing 

 with the year 1884, has been printed as a separate volume. The reports 

 for 1881, 1882, and 1883 were printed in the reports of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for those years, and were reprinted in pamphlet form. The 

 series of Annual Keports of tlie Museum now consists of nine volumes 

 (1884-'9l*, inclusive). 



It is customary to send a copy of the report to eacli ]>erson who lias 

 sent specimens to the Museum during the year. 



In the api)endix to each volume are printed papers, usually illus- 

 trated, and based upon, or ex])lauatory of, collections in the National 

 jNIuseum. A limited edition of each paper is i)rinted in separate form 

 for special distribution, and is found especially useful in the encourage- 

 ment of gifts and in exchange for publications. 



The edition of the report, which was in 181*0 10,(HK), and in 1891 

 11),U00, was in 1892 reduced to lO.OOO, thereby greatly diminishing its 

 usefulness. Of the 10,()()(> now printed, 7,000 copies are for the use of 

 the Institution and the ^Museum, the remaining .■>,()0() copies being 



