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1698. The letter of Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, dated 1494, relating to the 
second voyage of Columbus to America (being the first written document on 
the natural history, ethnography, and ethnology of America). Translated, with 
rotes, by A. M. Fernandez de Ybarra. Published May 4, 1907. Octavo. Pages 
428-457, with plate LXvI. ‘ 
1699. The origin of the so-called Atlantic animals and plants of western 
Norway. By Leonhard Stejneger. Published May 4, 1907. Octavo. Pages 
458-513, with plates LXVII-Lxx. 
1700. Manners and customs of the Tagbanuas and other tribes of the Island 
of Paiawan, Philippines. By Manuel Hugo Venturello. Published May 4, 
1907. Octavo. Pages 514-558. 
1701. Notes to Quarterly Issue, Vol. III, Part 4. Octavo. Pages 559-562. 
1702. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. (Quarterly Issue. Vol. III), 
Vol. XLVIII. Octavo. Pages vii, 1-567, with plates I-1Lxx. 
1703. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. (Quarterly Issue), Vol. IV, 
Part 1 (containing Nos. 1704-1716). Octavo. Pages 1-131, with plates I-xIv. 
1704. Notes on some Upper Cretaceous Volutidse, with descriptions of a new 
species and a revision of the groups to which they belong. By W. H. Dail. 
Published March 17, 1907. Octavo. Pages 1-23. 
1705. Notes on some squirrels of the Sciurus hippurus group, with descrip- 
tions of two new species. By Marcus W. Lyon, jr. Published April 8, 1907. 
Octavo. Pages 24-29. ° 
1706. A new Calamarine snake from the Philippine Islands. By Leonhard 
Stejneger. Published April 8, 1907. Octavo. Pages 30-31. 
1707. Additional notes on Mexican plants of the genus Ribes. By J. N. 
Rose. Published May 1, 1907. Octavo. Page 82. 
1708. Morkillia, a new name for the genus Chitonia; with description of a 
new species. By J. N. Rose and Joseph H. Painter. Published May 1, 1907. 
Octavo. Pages 33-34. 
1709. The “ Webster” ruin in Southern Rhodesia, Africa. By Edward M. 
Andrews. Published May i, 1907. Octavo. Pages 35-47, with plates I-11. 
1710. The Bororo Indians of Matto Grosso, Brazil. By W. A. Cook. Pub- 
lished May 1, 1907. Octavo. Pages 48-62, with plates Iv, v. 
1711. Cactus Maxonii, 2 new cactus from Guatemala. By J. N. Rose. Pub- 
jished June 15, 1907. Octavo. Pages 63-64, with plate vr. 
1712. On the clasping organs attaching the hind to the fore wings in Hyme- 
noptera. By Leo Walter. Published June 24, 1907. Octavo. Pages 65-87, 
with plates viI—x. ; 
1713. Notes on Mammais collected at Mount Rainier, Washington. By M. W. 
Lyon, jr. Published June 27, 1907. Octavo. Pages 89-92. 
1714. The Archaic monetary terms of the United States. By C. A. White. 
Published June 27, 1907. Octavo. Pages 93-104. 
1715. Description of a collection of Kootanie plants from the Great Falls coal 
field of Montana. By F. H. Knowlton. Published June 27, 1907. Octavo. 
Pages 105-128, with plates xI—xiv. 
1716. Notes to Quarterly Issue, Vol. IV, Part 1. Octavo. Pages 129-131. 
Among the papers in press for the Quarterly Issue at the close of the fiscal 
year may be mentioned; The Air-Sacs of the Pigeon, by Bruno Miiller; and 
Excavations at Casa Grande, Arizona, in 1906 and 1907, by J. Walter Fewkes. 
There was also published in the regular series of the Smithsonian Miscel- 
laneous Collections the following report of researches under a grant from the 
Hodgkins fund: 
1654. Researches on the Attainment of Very Low Temperatures. Part II.— 
Further notes on the Self Intensive Process for Liquefying Gases. By Morris 
