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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



SCLATER, Philip Litlky Mr. P. L. 

 Jouy's collectiou. 



Ibis, IV. No. 16, p. 577. 

 Editorial notice of ihc acquiring of the col 

 lection of Korean and Tsusliimji birds by the 

 National Museum, with brief reference to the 

 more important species mentioned 



Stejneger on Mr. Hensou's collection 



irom Yezo, Japan. 



Ibis. V. No. 18, pp. 272-273. 

 Editorial notice and commentary on pajier in 

 Pioc. V.S.Xat. Mus., xv, p. 289. 



SCOLLICK, J. W. On the mnking of 

 gelatin casts. 



Proc.IT.S.Xat.2Itiii.,x\i.'Sn. 92G, June 1.3, 

 1893, PI). 61-02. 

 Describes a method of making cast.s of inver- 

 tebrates, combs of fowls, etc. 



SHUFELDT, Robert W. Move inspira- 

 tional archeology. 



Religio-Fhilosophical Jouni., 3, No. 11, Chi- 

 cago, Augu.st 6, 1892. p. 166. 

 A study of the Iiulian pestles in the collec- 

 tion of the U.S. National Museinn, pointing out 

 the fraud of certain parties who claimed to 

 have discovered one, assisted by spirit influ- 

 ence, near Unadilla, N. Y. Written at the 

 request of a member of the Society of Psychical 

 Research of London. 



A maid of Walpai. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Jfws., xv, No. 889, August4, 

 pp. 29-31, pi. 1. 

 A popular description of the life of one of the 

 young girls of the Wolpai Pueblo of Arizona. 



The evolution of honse-buildiug 



among the Navajo Indians. 



I'roc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. xv, No. 902, August 

 2, 1892, pp. 279-282. pis. xli-xlhi. 

 An account which goes to show the i)rogress- 

 ivochanges which have taken place in the build- 

 ing of primitive Indian houses, due to the 

 advances of civilization. Plates give figures 

 of the original "hogan" and the modified 

 houses now built by the Nava.joes, from photo 

 graphic views by the author. 



Review of some recent publications 



of the U. S. National Museum. 



,Vci>)ic«, XX, No. 498, New York. August 19, 

 1892, pp. 106-107. 



A discussion of Mr. Ridgway's notions 



in regard to the systematic position of 

 the Humming Birds. 



7*1)/). Sci Newt, xxvi, No. 9, Boston. Septein 

 her, 1892. p. 131. 



Studying ])irds with an opera glass. 



Observer, hi, No. 9, Portland, Conn , Sej) 

 tember, 1892, pp. 283-284. 



SHUFELDT, R. W. A comparative 

 study of some Indian homes. 



Pop. Sci. Monthly, XLi, No. 6. New York, 



October, 18:)2, pp. 798-810, 5 figures. 



Compares the houses built by the Moquis, 



the Acomas, the Apaches, the Navajoes, and 



other pueblan and field Indians of Arizona and 



New Mexico. 



Ridgway on the Humming Birds. 



Nature. No. 1194, vol. 46, Loudon, Septem 

 ber 15, 1892, p. 465. 

 A brief criticism of Mr. Ridgway's work on 

 "Tlie Humming Birds. ' 



Ridgway on the anatomy of Hnm- 



ming Birds and Swifts. 



Am. Naturalist. Philadelphia, October, 1892, 

 pp. 869-870. 



Scientific Taxidermy. 



Great Divide, vui. No. 4, Denver, Colo., De 

 cember, 1892, pp. 197-198. 

 This article is illustrated by the reproduc- 

 tion of a photograph of the p(dar bear, one of 

 the mounted specimens in the collection of the 

 U. S. National iluseum. The article comments 

 upon the progress being made in the science 

 of taxidermy at the National iiuiseums in 

 AYashingtou. 



On the vernacular name of the genus 



Harporhynchus. 



Science, xx. No. 54, New York, December 9, 



1892, p. 333. 



The systematic position of the Hum- 

 ming Birds: A rejoinder to Mr. Ridg- 

 way. 



Poji. Sci. News, XXVII, No. 1, Boston, Jan- 

 uary, 1893, pp. 3-4. 



Sittii cauadeiisi-f apiieariug in num- 

 bers in the Disti'ict of Columbia. 



Auk. No. 1, Janimry, 1893, ji. 88. 



Comparative notes on the Swifts and 



Humming Birds. 



Ibis, V, No. 17, Art. vil, London, January, 



1893, pp. 84-100, 6 figures in the text. 

 This pai)er is based upon Museum ma- 

 terial. 



Notes on Pahcopathology. 



Pup. Sci. Montlibj, XLll, No. 5, New York, 



^larch. 1893, pp. 679-684, 2 figures in the 



text. 



Pahvopathology is a word coined by the 



author to indicate the science which takes into 



coiisideiation the study of the evidences of 



accidents and diseases in the fossil remains of 



animals, and comi)aring them with those afiect- 



ing the corresponding tissues in existing forms. 



Fossil fractures are figured and described. 



