4 PREFACE. 



for a lonij tinio felt the necessity of this index and liad con- 

 templated the niaking of it, when T)r. H. G. Dyar told me 

 he had made a provisional MSS., one for his own conven- 

 ience. The use of this, which he kindly accorded me, and 

 my own subsequent careful hdx)ur, have eventuated in the 

 present index, which I have reason to believe will be found 

 accurate, and in consequence I trust satisfactory. 



HERMAN STRECKER. 



Reading, 

 Pennsylvania, 

 U. S. N. Am., 

 October 13, 1899. 



