XLVI REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



and Mr Pilling has carried forward his researches relating- to 

 the bibliography of aboriginal linguistics and has sent another 

 memoir to press. 



The arts of the American Indians have remained nnder inves- 

 tigation by Professor Holmes and Dr Thomas, and incidentally 

 by other collaborators of the Bureau, and a large number of 

 facts have been arranged and systemized for publication. 



The beliefs of the aborigines have been studied by Mrs 

 Stevenson, Mr Gushing, Mr Mooney, and Dr Hoffman, and 

 thereby knowledge concerning this interesting subject has been 

 extended and classified. 



The institutions of the American Indians, have continued to 

 receive attention cliiefl'S'b\' the Ethnologist in Charge, and the 

 synonymy of Indian tribes, which nnist form a basis of definite 

 research relating- to this subject, has been advanced and is in 

 part practically ready for publication. 



The administrative Avork of the Bureau has been conducted, 

 as heretofore, with the aim of facilitating to the fullest extent 

 the scientific researches. The library is arranged in such man- 

 ner that the books, pamphlets, and manuscripts are readily 

 accessible. All the linguistic manuscripts and a part of the 

 other mamiscript documents are systematically arranged in 

 fireproof vaults and a reference catalog is in preparation, and a 

 simple and definite system of time records has been introduced. 



Publications — No reports have been issued during the month, 

 though the j)rinting of the Tenth Annual was advanced and the 

 administrative |)ortions of tlie Eleventh and Twelfth were com- 

 posed. The l)ulletin on the " Panninkey Indians," by J. Gar- 

 land Pollard, is in })roof, and Mr Pilling's Bibliography of the 

 Wakashan Languages was sent to the printer and a batch of 

 galley proofs has been received. Two bulletins were j)i-epared 

 for the press during the month, viz, "Chinook Texts," by Dr 

 Franz Boas, and "The Maya Year," by Dr Cyrus Thomas. 



OPKIIATIONS DlllIXC; JAXHAKY 



Work in sif/ii lanqmiqe — Colonel Garrick Mallery has con- 

 tiiuied the collation of material relating to gesture signs and 

 sig-nals collected by him and other officers of the Bureau dur- 

 ing" the last decade. The arrangement of this matter is now 



