EEPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 91 



1579. Notes on the Nomenflature of Certain Genera of Birds. By II. C. 

 Oberholser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly 

 Issue), Vol. XLVIII. 



1580. The Bibliography of Ilalley's Comet. By E. F. McPike. Keprintetl 

 from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. 

 Pages 09-73. 



1581. The Ancestral Origin of the North American Unionida\ By C. A. 

 White. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly 

 Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 89-112. 



1584. Smithsonian Exploration in 1901: in search of Mammoth and other 

 Eossil Remains. By A. G. iNIaddren. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 

 part of Vol. XLIX. City of Washington : Published by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 1905. Pages 1-117, plates i-vi. 



1586. The Diplomatic Service of the United States, with some Hints toward 

 its Reform. By Hon. Andrew D. White. Hamilton Lecture. Reprinted from 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 

 117-138. 



1587. The History of the Whale Shark (Rhinodon Typicus Smith). By 

 Barton A. Bean. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 

 (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 139-148, plates xxxiv-xxxvi. 



1588. The Avian Genus Bleda Bonaparte and some of its Allies. By Harry 

 C. Oberholser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quar- 

 terly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 149-172. 



1589. Scaphoceros Tyrelli, an Extinct Ruminant from the Klondike Gravels. 

 By Wilfred II. Osgood. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 

 (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 173-185, plates xxxvii-xlii. 



1590. A New Genus and several New Species of Landshells collected in 

 Central Mexico by Dr. Edward Palmer. By William Healey Dall. Reprinted 

 from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. 

 Pages 18G-194, plates xliii-xliv. 



1591. The Family of Cyprinids and the Carp as its Type. By Theodore Gill. 

 Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. 

 XLVIII. (In press.) 



1.592. The International Catalogue of Scientitic Literature. By Cyrus Adler. 

 Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. 

 XLVIII. (In press.) 



1593. Instances of Hermaphroditism in Crayfislies. By W. P. Hay. Re- 

 printed from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. 

 XLVIII. (In press.) 



III. SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL KEPORT. 



The annual report, as usual, is issued in two volumes : Part I being devoted 

 to the Institution proper. Part II to the National Museum. The contents of 

 the Smithsonian volume for 1903 were listed in last year's report, although the 

 book itself was still in the hands of the iirinler. Th(> same is ii(>re true witli 

 regard to the volume for 1904. 



1595. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the 

 year ending June 30, 1904. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1905. 

 Octavo. Pages i-lxxix, 1-804 ; 140 plates, 02 text figures. 



The Secretary's Report for the year ending June 30, 1904, was put in type 

 in November, 1904, for the use of the Regents. The General Appendix to 



