REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 115 



Recent Foraminifera. A Descriptive Catalogue of Specimens dredged Vjv the U. S. 

 Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. By James i\I. Flint, M.D., U. S. N., honorary 

 curator, Division of Medicine, TJ. S. National Museum. (From the Annual Report 

 of the U. S. National Museum for 1897, pages 249-349, with 80 plates.) Octavo 

 pamphlet. 



Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Aborigines, based on material in the 

 U. S. National iNIuseum, by Joseph D. McGuire. (From the Annual Report of the 

 U. S. National IVIuseum for 1897, jjages 351-645, with 5 plates.) Oetav(j pamphlet. 



Catalogue of the Series Illustrating the Properties of Minerals, by Wirt Tassin, 

 assistant curator. Division of Mineralogy. (From the Annual Rejwrt of the U. S. 

 National Museum for 1897, pages 647-688.) Octavo pamphlet. 



Te Pito Te Henna, known as Rapa Nui; commonly called Easter Island, South 

 Pacific Ocean, by George H. Cooke, surgeon, U. S. Navy. (From the Annual Report 

 of the U. S. National Museum for 1897, pages 689-723. ) Octavo pamphlet. 



The Man's Knife among the North American Indians, a Study in the Collections 

 of the U. S. National Museum, by Otis Tufton Mason, curator. Division of Ethnology. 

 (From the Annual Report of the F. S. National ^luseuna for 1897, pages 725-745.) 

 Octavo pamphlet. 



Classification of the Mineral Collections in the U. S. National Museum, by Wirt 

 Tassin, assistant curator. Division of Mineralogy. (From the Annual Report of the 

 U. S. National jNIuseum for 1897, pages 747-810. ) Octavo pamphlet. 



Arrowpoints, Spearheads, and Knives of Prehistoric Times, by Thomas Wilson, 

 curator. Division of Prehistoric Archaeology. (From the Annual Report of the IT. S. 

 National Museum for 1897, pages 811-988, with 65 plates.) Octavo pamphlet. 



v. PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Volume XXI. Published 

 under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington : Government 

 Printing Office. 1899. 8". XIII + 933 pages, with 89 plates. 



The contents of this volume were enumerated in the editor's report for last year. 



During the present fiscal year the following articles from Volume XXII of Pro- 

 ceedings have l)een printed and distributed: 



Proc. 1179. The Osteological Characters of the Fishes of the Sulxn-der Percesoces, 

 by Edwin Chapin Starks. 8". jip. 1-10, with plates I-III. 



Proc. 1180. Notes on Birds from the Cameroons District, West Africa, by Harry 

 C. Oberholser. 8". pp. 11-19. 



Proc. 1181. Descriptions of two new Species of Tortoises from the Tertiary of the 

 United States, by O. P. Hay. 8°. pp. 21-24, with plates IV-VI. 



Proc. 1182. A List of the Birds collected by Mr. R. P. Currie in Liberia. S". pp. 

 25-37, with plate VII. 



Proc. 1183. A List of the Biting Lice (Malloiihaga) taken from Birds and ^NFam- 

 mals of North America, by Vernon L. Kellogg. 8". pp. 39-100. 



Proc. 1184. New Species of Nocturnal Moths of the Genus Campometra, and 

 Notes, by John B. Smith. 8°. pp. 101-105. 



Proc. 1185. Synopsis of the Solenida; of North America and tlu^ Antilles, by 

 William H. Dall. 8«. pp. 107-112. 



Proc. 1186. The Osteology and Relationship of the Percoidean Fish, Dinolestes 

 lewini, Ijy Edwin Chapin Starks. 8". pp. 113-120, with plates VIII-XI. 



Proc. 1187. Description of two New Species of Crayfish, by W. P. Hay. 8". pp. 

 121-123. 



Proc. 1188. Contributions to the Natural History of the Commander Islands. 

 No. XIII. A New Species of Stalked Medusae, Haliclystus stejneseri, by K. Kishi- 

 nouye. 8°. pp. 125-129. 



Proc. 1189. Description of a New Species of Idotea from Hakodate Bay, Japan, 

 by Harriet Richardson. 8°. pp. 131-134. 



