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place names, 2,650 in number, and the index. Considerable progress has been 

 made in the final reading of the page proof. The number of pages in the vol- 

 ume (estimated) will be 660, with 21 plates, 31 maps, and 1 diagram. 



Thirtieth annual report. This report, which contains as " accompanying 

 papers " " The Ethnobotany of the Zuiii Indians," by Mrs. M. C. Stevenson, and 

 "Animism and Folklore of the Guiana Indians," by Walter B. Roth, has been 

 " made up " and read through three page proofs. At the end of the year the 

 report (453 pages) was practically ready for the bindery. 



Thirty-first annual report. With this report is incorporated a memoir on 

 " Tsimshian Mythology," by Dr. Franz Boas. Of this material less than half 

 (365 pages) had been paged at the beginning of the fiscal year. With the 

 progress of the work a large amount of new matter has been inserted, necessi- 

 tating considerable revision from time to time and the reading of several gal- 

 ley and page proofs of the greater part of the memoir. At this writing the 

 make-up has been carried through page 682, and Dr. Boas looks forward to 

 paging the remaining material at an early day. The memoir will contain in all 

 about 850 pages, with 3 plates and 24 text figures. 



Thirty-second annual report. The memoir accompanying this report is en- 

 titled " Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths," the material of which was col- 

 lected by the late .Teremiah Curtin and J. N. B. Hewitt and edited by the 

 latter. The manuscript reached the bureau for publication about the middle 

 of October and when the fiscal year closed more than one-fourth (82 galleys) 

 had been set up. The number of pages will approximate 900. 



Bulletin 40. "Handbook of American Indian Languages," part 2 (Boas). 

 During the year two sections of the above-named handbook have received atten- 

 tion — the Chukchee (Bogoras) and the Siuslaw (Frachtenberg). After the 

 former had been put into page form to the extent of 50 pages work thereon 

 had to be suspended by reason of the impossibility of communicating with the 

 author of the section, who is in Russia. The Siuslaw section (75 galleys) is 

 now at the Government Printing Oflfice for paging. Two of the " illustrative 

 sketches" of part 2 of this bulletin, namely, Takelma (Sapir), 298 pages, and 

 Coos (Frachtenberg), 133 pages, have already appeared in separate form. 



Bulletin 55. "The Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians" (Robbins, Harrington, 

 and Freire-Marreco). After the manuscript of this bulletin had been prepared 

 by the other authors here named and had passed into galley proof. Miss 

 Freire-Marreco incorporated therewith additional material to the extent of 

 greatly enlarging and practically recasting the memoir. Subsequently, on 

 account of the European war it was found impracticable to get from Miss 

 Freire-Marreco the proof sent to her for correction and in the absence of her 

 revision the task of putting the bulletin into final form has proved difficult. 

 Half of the material, however, has been paged and it will be possible to com- 

 plete the work in the near future. 



Bulletin 57. "An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs" (Mor- 

 ley). The first proof of this publication bearing the author's corrections 

 reached the bureau the middle of September. Since then two additional proofs 

 have been revised, the character of the material being such as to require great 

 care and exactness in the work. The author is now engaged in a final reading 

 of the pages. Unfortunately the progress of the work has been delayed several 

 months by his absence in Central America. The volume will contain, when 

 completed, about 320 pages, with 32 plates and 85 figures. 



Bulletin 59. " Kutenai Tales" (Boas and Chamberlain). The manuscript of 

 this bulletin was received in March and, after being edited, was placed in the 

 hands of the Public Printer. By the middle of June the first proof, complete 

 (125 galleys), had been forwarded to Dr. Boas. 



