68 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



The Extermination of the American Bison, witli a sketch of its discovery and life- 

 history. Bj^ William T. Hornaday. 



The Preservation of Musenm specimens from insects and the eftect of dampness. By 

 Walter Hough. 



18BB. 



The Coast Indians of Southern Alaska and Norlhcni British Columhia. liy Lieut- 

 Albert P. Nibhick, U. S. Navy. 



A Catalogne of the Hippisley Colled ion of Chinese Porcelain, Avith a sketch of the 

 history of the ceramic art in China. By Alfred E. Hippisley, of the Imjicrial 

 Chinese customs service. 



The Expedition to Funk Island, witli observations upon the history and anatomy of 

 the Great Auk. By Frederick A. Lucas. 



Fire-making Apparatus iu the IT. S. National Museum. By Walter Hough. 



The Collection of Korean Mortuary Pottery in the IT. S. National Museum. By Pierre 

 Louis Jouy. 



A study of Prehistoric Anthropology. By Thomas Wilson. 



Ancient Indian Matting; from Petit Ause Island, Lcmisiana. By Thomas Wilson. 



Results of an inquiry as to the existence of man in North America during the paleo- 

 lithic period of the stone age. By Thomas Wilson. 



1889. 



The Museums of the Future. By G. Brown Goode. 



The Ethnology an<l Antiquities of Easter Islaiul. By William J. Thomson, paymas- 

 ter, IT. S. Navy. 



Aboriginal Skin-dressing. By Otis T. Mason. 



The Puma or American lion. By Frederick W. True. 



Animals recently extinct or threatened Avith extermination. By Frederic A. Lucas. 



The development of the American rail and track, as illusti'ated by the collection in 

 the U. S. National Museum. By J. Elfreth Watkins. 



Explorations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1887 made in connection witli the 

 cruise of the U. S. Fish Connnission schooner (TrampuH. By Frederic A. Lucas. 



On a bronze Buddha in the U. S. National Museum. By Charles De Kay. 



1800. 



The Hunnning Birds. By Robert Ridgway. 



White-line engraving for relief printing in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. By 



S. R. Koehler. 

 The methods of tiro-making. By Walter Hough. 

 The Ulu, or wonuin's knife, of the Eskimo. By Otis T. Mason. 

 The Ancient Pit-dwellers of Yezo. By Rorayu Hitchcock. 

 The Ainos of Yezo, Japan. By Roniyn Hitchcock. 

 Hand-book for the department of geology in the U. S. National Museum. Part 1. 



Geognosy. The Materials of the Earth's Crust. By George P. Merrill. 

 Tlie Catlin collection of Indian paintings. By Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. Army. 

 The Log of the Savannah. By J. E. Watkins. 

 Anthroi)dIogy at the Paris Exposition. By Tliomas Wilson. 



A list of tlie special papers published in this Keport will be found at 

 the beginning of section iii. 



FINANCE, PROPERTY, SUPPLIES, ANT) ACCOUNTS. 



The following statement relating to cases and other furniture, and to 

 the supplies and accounts of th(> Museum for the fiscal year 1890-91 

 has been prepared by Mr. VV. V. Cox, chief clerk. 



