REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 109 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 

 There were issued six papers in this series, as follows : 



VOLUME 104 



No. 5. Weather predetermined by solar variation, by C. G. Abbot. 44 pp., 24 

 figs. (Publ. 3771.) July 3, 1944. 



No. 6. Smithsonian pyrheliometry and the Andean volcanic eruptions of 

 April 1932, by L. B. Aldrich. 5 pp. (Publ. 3772.) July 3, 1944. 



No. 7. The feeding apparatus of the biting and sucking insects affecting man 

 and animals, by R. E. Snodgrass. 113 pp., 39 figs. (Publ. 3773.) October 24, 

 1944. 



No. 8. A new shipworm from the Panama Canal, by Paul Bartsch. 3 pp., 



1 pi. (Publ. 3774.) September 7, 1944. 



No. 9. On the 27.0074-day cycle in Washington precipitation, by C. G. Abbot. 



2 pp. (Publ. 3800.) February 8, 1945. 



No. 10. Influence of various substances on sugar determination by copper 

 and ferricyanide reagents, by Robert L. Weintraub and Leonard Price. 17 pp., 

 9 figs. (Publ. 3801.) March 28, 1945. 



The following volumes were reprinted : 



VOLUME 79 



World Weather Records, assembled and arranged by H. Helm Clayton. First 

 Reprint, xii+1199 pp. (Publ. 2913.) 



VOLUME 90 



World Weather Records, 1921-1930, assembled and arranged by H. Helm 

 Clayton. First Reprint, svii+616 pp. (Pub. 3218.) 



WAR BACKGROUND STUDIES 



In this series the following papers were issued: 



No. 20. China, by A. G. Wenley and John A. Pope. 85 pp., 25 pis., 10 figs. 

 (Publ. 3770.) July 27, 1944. 



No. 21. The Aleutian Islands: Their people and natural history. (With keys 

 for the identification of the birds and plants), by Henry B. Collins, Jr., Austin 

 H. Clark, and Egbert H. Walker. 131 pp., 21 pis., 8 figs. (Publ. 3775.) Feb- 

 ruary 5, 1945. 



The following War Background Studies papers were reprinted : 



No. 1. Origin of the Far Eastern civilizations: A brief handbook, by Carl 

 Whiting Bishop. 

 No. 2. The evolution of nations, by John R. Swanton. 

 No. 3. The peoples of the Soviet Union, by Ales Hrdlicka. 

 No. 4. Peoples of the Philippines, by Herbert W. Krieger. 

 No. 5. The natural-history background of camouflage, by Herbert Friedmann. 

 No. 6. Polynesians — explorers of the Pacific, by J. E. Weckler. 

 No. 7. The Japanese, by John F. Embree. 

 No. 8. Siam — land of free men, by H. G. Deignan. 

 No. 9. The native peoples of New Guinea, by M. W. Stirling. 

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