REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 93 
1762. The Founding of Colonies by Atta sexdens. By Jakob Huber. Octavo. 
Pages 355-372, with plates I-v. 
1763. Quaternary Human Remains in Central Europe. By Hugues Obermaier. 
Octavo. Pages 373-397. 
1764. The Origin of the Slavs. By Professor Zaborowski. Octavo. Pages 
399-422. 
1765. Scalping in America. By Georg Friederici. Octavo. Pages 423-438. 
1766. Zoology and Medicine. By Raphael Blanchard. Octavo. Pages 439- 
452. 
1767. The Role of Chemistry in Painting. By Eugene Lemaire. Octayo. 
Pages 453-458, with plate I. 
1768. Oils, Varnishes, and Mediums Used in the Painting of Pictures. By 
A. P. Laurie. Octavo. Pages 459-468, with plate 1. 
1769. National Reclamation of Arid Lands. By C. J. Blanchard. Octavo. 
Pages 469-492, with plates I-vi. 
1770. International Science. By Arthur Schuster. Octavo. Pages 493-514. 
1771. Samuel Pierpont Langley. By Cyrus Adler. Octayo. Pages 515-533. 
IV. Special Publications. 
There was issued during the year a special publication in the form of the 
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, but it was not included in that series 
since only a limited number of copies of the accompanying plate were available. 
The work is entitled: 
1694. Remarks on the Type of the Fossil Cetacean Agorophius pygmaeus 
(Miiller). By Frederick W. True. City of Washington: Published by the 
Smithsonian Institution, 1907. Quarto. Pages 8, with 1 plate. 
The author in the first paragraph of the work says: 
Somewhat more than fifty years ago the Smithsonian Institution, then 
recently founded, undertook the publication of a number of memoirs by Prof. 
Louis Agassiz, and prepared some lithographie plates to accompany them. 
Before the work had proceeded very far, Professor Agassiz made other arrange- 
ments for the publication of his writings and the plates were never issued. One 
of these unpublished plates represents the type specimen of a very remarkable 
species of fossil cetacean, now known as Agorophius pygmaeus (Miiller), and 
on account of circumstances which are detailed below it has been thought 
desirable to issue it, with a brief explanation as to its importance. 
As a special publication, No. 1722, there was printed an octavo pamphlet of 
388 pages entitled ‘‘ Classified List of Smithsonian Publications available for 
Distribution April, 1907.” : 
For general distribution to correspondents there was published, without bear- 
ing a serial number, a duodecimo pamphlet of six pages entitled “ The Smith- 
sonian Institution, at Washington, for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge , 
among Men.” This pamphlet gives a brief description of the functions of the 
Institution and its branches for the general information of the public. 
VY. Publications of United States National Museum. 
The publications of the National Museum are: (a) The Annual Report, form- 
ing a separate volume of the Report to Congress by the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; (0b) the Proceedings of the United States National 
Museum; (c) the Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 
The publications issued during the year are enumerated in the Report on the 
National Museum. These included the Annual Reports for 1905 and 1906; 
volumes 31 and 32 of the Proceedings; volume 2 of Bulletin 53; Part 1 of Bul- 
letin 56; Bulletin 57; a supplement to Bulletin 51; Volume XI of Contributions 
to the National Herbarium and three parts of Volume X of the same series. 
Three other bulletins were in press at the close of the year. 
