XVIII INTRODUCTION. 
the shape of suggestions or of extended communications, will 
be gratefully ncenomledecd! and will always receive proper 
credit if published either in the series of reports or in mono- 
graphs or bulletins, as the liberality of Congress may in future 
allow. 
The items now reported upon are presented in three princi- 
pal divisions. The first relates to the publication made; the 
second, to the work prosecuted in the field; and the third, to 
the office work, which largely consists of the preparation for 
publication of the results of field work, with the corrections 
and additions obtained from the literature relating to the sub- 
jects discussed and by correspondence. 
PUBLICATION. 
The only publication actually issued during the year was 
the Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Bitnoloe ey to the 
Smithsonian Institution, 188283. It is an imperial octavo 
volume of xiii + 532 pages, illustrated by 83 plates, of which 
11 are colored, and 564 figures in the text. The official report 
of the Director, occupying 39 pages (pp. xxv—Lxiii), is accom- 
panied by the following papers : 
Pictographs of the North American Indians, a preliminary 
paper, by Garrick Mallery; pp.3-256, Pls. 1-Lxxxu, Figs. 1-209. 
Pottery of the Ancient Pueblos, by William H, Holmes; 
pp. 257-360, Figs. 210-360. 
Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley, by William H. 
Holmes; pp. 361-436, Figs. 361-463 
Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic 
Art, by William H. Holmes; pp. 487-465, Figs. 464-489. 
A Study of Pueblo Pottery, as illustrative of Zuni culture 
growth, by Frank Hamilton Cushing; pp. 467-521, Figs. 490— 
564. 
FIELD WORK. 
The field work of the year is divided into (1) mound explo- 
rations and (2) general field studies, embracing those relating 
to social customs, institutions, linguistics, pictography, and 
other divisions of anthropology 
