﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  85 
  

  

  The 
  genes 
  and 
  the 
  hOpe 
  of 
  mankind, 
  by 
  Bruce 
  Bliven. 
  

  

  Care 
  of 
  captive 
  animals, 
  by 
  Ernest 
  P. 
  Walker. 
  

  

  The 
  influence 
  of 
  insects 
  on 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  forest 
  protection 
  and 
  forest 
  

   management, 
  by 
  F. 
  C. 
  Craighead. 
  

  

  Growth 
  hormones 
  in 
  plants, 
  by 
  Kenneth 
  V. 
  Thimann. 
  

  

  Useful 
  algae, 
  by 
  Florence 
  Meier 
  Chase. 
  

  

  The 
  excavations 
  of 
  Solomon's 
  seaport 
  : 
  Ezion-geber, 
  by 
  Nelson 
  Glueck. 
  

  

  Decipherment 
  of 
  the 
  linguistic 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Maya 
  hieroglyphs, 
  by 
  Ben- 
  

   jamin 
  Lee 
  Whorf. 
  

  

  Contacts 
  between 
  Iroquois 
  herbalism 
  and 
  colonial 
  medicine, 
  by 
  William 
  

   N. 
  Fenton. 
  

  

  The 
  study 
  of 
  Indian 
  music, 
  by 
  Frances 
  Densmore. 
  

  

  Snake 
  bites 
  and 
  the 
  Hopi 
  Snake 
  Dance, 
  by 
  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling. 
  

  

  The 
  Eskimo 
  child, 
  by 
  Ale5 
  Hrdlieka. 
  

  

  Wings 
  for 
  transportation 
  (Recent 
  developments 
  in 
  air 
  transportation 
  

   equipment), 
  by 
  Theodore 
  P. 
  Wright. 
  

  

  Report 
  for 
  19^2. 
  — 
  The 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  which 
  included 
  the 
  

   financial 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents, 
  

   and 
  which 
  will 
  form 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Re- 
  

   gents 
  to 
  Congress, 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  January 
  1943. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  and 
  financial 
  report 
  of 
  

   the 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  

   1942. 
  iii+112pp. 
  2 
  pis. 
  (Publ. 
  3G9S.) 
  

  

  The 
  Report 
  volume, 
  containing 
  the 
  general 
  appendix, 
  was 
  in 
  press 
  

   at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  PUBLICATIONS 
  

  

  Songs 
  from 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Longhouse 
  : 
  Program 
  notes 
  for 
  an 
  album 
  of 
  American 
  

   Indian 
  music 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  woodlands 
  (issued 
  by 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress), 
  

   by 
  William 
  N. 
  Fenton. 
  34 
  pp., 
  9 
  pis. 
  (Publ. 
  3691.) 
  September 
  11, 
  1942. 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  welcome 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  our 
  armed 
  forces. 
  4 
  pp. 
  April 
  1943. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  special 
  publication 
  was 
  reprinted 
  : 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Mathematical 
  Tables 
  — 
  hyperbolic 
  functions, 
  prepared 
  by 
  George 
  

   F. 
  Becker 
  and 
  C. 
  E. 
  Van 
  Orstrand. 
  Fifth 
  reprint, 
  lii+321 
  pp. 
  (Publ. 
  1871.) 
  

   August 
  21, 
  1942. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  editorial 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  has 
  continued 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  under 
  the 
  immediate 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  editor, 
  Paul 
  H. 
  Oehser. 
  

   There 
  were 
  issued 
  1 
  Annual 
  Report, 
  25 
  Proceedings 
  papers, 
  3 
  Bulle- 
  

   tins, 
  and 
  1 
  separate 
  paper 
  in 
  the 
  Bulletin 
  series 
  of 
  Contributions 
  from 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Herbarium, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  MUSEUM 
  REPORT 
  

  

  Report 
  on 
  the 
  progress 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1942. 
  iii+118 
  pp. 
  January 
  1943. 
  

  

  PROCEEDINGS: 
  VOLUME 
  88 
  

  

  Title 
  page, 
  table 
  of 
  contents, 
  and 
  index. 
  Pp. 
  i-viii, 
  587-615. 
  August 
  18, 
  1942. 
  

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