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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



being an increase of $5,000 over the i)receding- year. This will render 

 possible a somewhat wider distribution of the "Proceedings" and 

 " Bulletin," though the increased number of copies is still tar from suf- 

 ficient to meet all legitimate demands. 



REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The Museum re]iort for 1.S88 was issued during the current year, and 

 those for 1889 and 1890 are now in type. The delay in issuing the last 

 two reports has been occasioned by the overcrowded condition of the 

 Government Printing Oftice and the increased amount of engrav- 

 ing needed for these reports. The report for 1888 contains xxii + 876 

 pages. The following special papers, based upon collections in the 

 Museum, are published in this rei)ort : 



1. The Coast Indians of Southern Alaska aud Northern British Columbia. By Lieut. 



Albert P. Niblack, U. S. Navy. 



2. A catalogue of the Hippisley collection of Chinese Porcelains, with a sketch of the 



history of the ceramic art in China. By Alfred E. Hippisley (of the Imperial 

 Chinese customs service). 



3. The expcKlition to Funk Island, with observations upon the history and anatomy 



of the Great Auk. By Frederic A. Lucas. 



4. Fire-uiakiug Apparatus in the U. S. National Museum. By Walter Hough. 



.5. The collection of Korean mortuary pottery in the U. S. National Museum. By 



Pierre Louis .louy. 

 r>. A study of prehistoric anthropology. By Thomas Wilson. 



7. Ancient Indian matting, from Petit Anse Island, Louisiana. By Thomas Wilson. 



8. Results of au iuriuiry as to the existence of man in Nortli America during the 



paleolithic period of the stone age. By Thomas W^ilson. 



PKOCEEDINGS OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The papers published in the " Proceedings " consist chiefly of tech- 

 nical descriptions of specimens, prepared by the curators of the National 

 Museum or by other investigators, founded upon the collections in the 

 National Museum. Vol. xii of the "Proceedings" was issued in No- 

 vember, 1890, although a few unbound copies were printed before the 

 end of the previous fiscal year. It contains GSd pages (23 plates, 19 

 text figures) aud embraces 32 papers by 26 authors, 10 of whom are 

 connected with the National Museum. A list of the papers is given 

 on pp. 51-56 of the last report. The i)apers relate to the following sub- 

 jects : 



Subject. 



Arcba3ology 



TJirds 



Fishes 



Fossil invertebrates 



Fossil plants 



Geology 



Insects 



No. of 

 papers. 



Subject. 



Mammals 



Marine invertebrates 



Mollusks 



Osteolooy 



Recent plants 



Reptiles 



No. of 

 papers. 



