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ticola " and " Description of a new species of sunbird, Helionympha 

 raineyi, from British East Africa," by Edgar A. Mearns; "The 

 names of the large wolves of northern and western North America," 

 by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. ; " Description of a new genus and species of 

 hummingbird from Panama," " Two new subspecies of birds from 

 Panama," and " Descriptions of two new species of nun birds from 

 Panama," by E. W. Nelson ; " New decapod crustaceans from 

 Panama," by Mary J. Rathbun ; " Sawflies from Panama, with de- 

 scriptions of new genera and species," by S. A. Rohwer ; " Three new 

 plants from Alberta " and " A new leather flower from Illinois," 

 by Paul C. Standley ; " The genera of fossil whalebone whales allied 

 to Baleen optera," by Frederick W. True; "New genus and species 

 of Hymenoptera of the family Braconidse from Panama," by H. 

 L. Viereck ; " Observations on the habits of the crustacean Emerita 

 analoga," by Frank Walter Weymouth and Charles Howard Rich- 

 ardson, jr. 



The editorial office has charge of the printing cf all miscellaneous 

 matters as well as of publications, and among these at present labels 

 form an especially prominent item, owing to the exceptional demand 

 on account of the installation of the exhibition collections in the new 

 building. 



LIBRARY. 



The arrangements which are in progress in the new building for 

 that part of the Museum library relating to anthropology, .biology, 

 and geology will, it is expected, be comjDleted in time to permit of 

 its transfer early in the autumn of 1912. The rooms assigned to 

 this purpose are located in the ground storj^ of the east range and 

 furnish an aggregate of nearly 4,000 square feet of floor space. The 

 fittings will be mainly of steel, and the facilities will accord with 

 those expected of the modern library. Besides the bookstacks sepa- 

 rate rooms will be provided for reading and reference, and for cata- 

 loguing and other routine business. The quarters in the older 

 building heretofore occupied by the library will continue to be used 

 for the publications bearing upon the arts and industries, the subjects 

 to which that building is now assigned. 



The library contains 42,002 volumes and 69,670 unbound papers, 

 of which 1,791 volumes. 3,608 pamphlets, and 276 parts of volumes 

 were added (luring the year. The number of titles assigned to the 

 sectional libraries during the year was 4,560. 



CONGRESSES AND MEETINGS. 



The new building was used during the year for a number of meet- 

 ings and other functions held under the auspices of the Smithsonian 

 Institution or of organizations having kindred objects. Besides the 



