790 



INDEX. 



Patents, Commissioner of. typewriting 



machines lent to 203 



Pavlow, Prof. A., mesozoic fossils from. . . C4 



Peale, A.C 71 



Pentield, S. L 71 



Pennsylvania, University of 91 



Peracca, M. G., experiments by 347 



Perry. Harry W., reptiles from 150 



Persepolitan casts in the Museum, Two. 



By Cyrus Adler J"*© 



Phillips, W. H 139 



Photographer 1^2 



Pigeon, pugnacity of the 656 



Pilling, James C 72 



Pilsbry, Henry A., reference to paper by. 899 

 si)ecimens of chitons 



sent to 203 



Pisa, University of 43 



Pit vipers of United States 363,401 



Plectropterus 657 



Poison of snakes, elimination of the 474 



Poisonous snakes, definition of 346 



extermination of 481 



poison of the 457 



The. By L. Stejneger. 337 



Polynesia, list of accessions from 273 



Pond, Lieut. C. F 71 



Post-Laramie beds, list of plants of 178 



Potomac formation, exploration of the. .. 177 



P6 tsz' 507 



Powell, Maj. J.W 71, 72, 126, 127 



Prague Exposition, groups of animals 



exhibited at the 48 



Prairie rattlesnake 383, 440 



Prayer wheels used in Tibet 738 



Preble, E. A 72 



Prehistoric anthropology, department of. 132 



Preparation of labels 35 



Preparators 191, 194 



Preservation of collections, statement of 



expenditures for 194, 195 



Primitive American armor. By Walter 



Hough 635 



Pringle, C. G., plants from southern Mex- 

 ico purchased from 176 



Proceedings of U. S. National Museum. . . 77 



Progress, summary of 7 



Publications of National Museum 76 



Quackenbush, John 71 



Quelch, J. J., bitten by E. venustissimus . 350 



experiments with snakes by. 385, 386 

 on tlie young of Opisthoso- 



muscristatus 662 



Ralph, Dr. William L., collections of eggs 



and nests presented by 148, 149 



Ramsay, Dr. Edward P 61 



Randall, Hon. James B., model of quick- 

 silver mine in Califoi'uia lent to 2ii3 



Randolph. Hon. G. \V 121 



Rathbun, Miss M. J., assistant curator. . . 164 

 reference to paper 



by .300 



work of 166 



Eathbun, Dr. Richard 69,72 



Page. 

 Rathbun, Dr. Richard, honorary curator of 

 departmen t of 

 marine inverte- 

 brates 164 



reference to papers 



by 300 



Rattlesnake, poisonous apparatus of 369 



Rattlesnakes 421 



Rau, Charles, reference to 1.32 



Recent advances in Museum method 21 



Recent plants, department of 174 



Rectangular jars 33 



Red diamond rattlesnake 439 



Red-ej'ed cowbird 599 



Red rattlesnake 456 



Reed, H. F., views of Alaskan glaciers ob- 

 tained from 184 



Registration and distribution of speci- 

 mens 189 



Religion of Tibetans 730 



Religions, basis for collection illustrating 



a comparative study of 136 



Religious ceremonial objects, collection of. 136 



ceremonials, collection of 135 



removal of collec- 

 tion of 74 



history and cermouials. Museum 



collections to illustrate 755 



Rembrandt 122 



Report, changes in the form of annual ... .59 



Reptiles and batracbians, department of. 149 



Rhoads, S. N 80 



skins and skull of Cooper's 



mouse lent to 144 



skull of mammal transmit- 

 ted to 203 



Richardson, Clitlbrd, rocks from Trinidad 



presented by 183 



Richmond, Charles W., crustaceans and 

 worms of Nica- 

 ragua received 



from 165 



Nicaraguan mol- 

 lusks contrib- 

 uted by 157 



Nicaraguan rep- 

 tiles collected 



by 150 



Ridgway, John L 148 



Ridgway, Robert, curator of department of 



birds 147 



reference to papers by . 300 



Riley, Charles V 69, 72, 296 



collection of insects re- 

 ceived from 159 



honorary curator of the 



department of insects. 159 

 reference to papers by . . . 30O 

 Robinson, B. L., botanical collections ob- 

 tained from 176 



Robinson, S. A 354 



Robinson. Lieut. Wirt, U. S. A 71 



Robinson, Lieut. Wirt, U. S. A., birds re- 

 ceived from 147 



