XXXVIII BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
indexes reaching the second-revise stage during the month. 
The bulletin entitled ‘‘ List of the Publications of the Bureau 
of Ethnology,” by Mr Hodge, was received from the bindery 
and its distribution partially made. 
OPERATIONS DURING DECEMBER 
No field work of consequence was performed during this 
month. During the earlier days of December Mr William 
Dinwiddie finished packing the Seri and Papago collection 
already described, and returned to the city. On the 25th of 
the month Mr James Mooney left the office for field work in 
Oklahoma. 
Work in Indian hieroglyphics—Dr Cyrus Vhomas divided his 
time between the continuation of researches relating to the 
Mexican codices and of the revision for the press of the mono- 
graph on ‘Indian Land Cessions,” by C.C. Royce. A bulletin 
on the day and month names of the Maya calendar has been for 
some time substantially complete, but it has been deemed better 
to withhold publication pending the completion of collateral 
researches on which Dr Thomas has recently been engaged. 
The revision of the text of the Royce monograph was practi- 
cally completed during the month, but the voluminous series 
of maps require further work. 
Work in archeology—My Cosmos Mindeleff spent the month 
in the preparation of areport on the ‘Cliff Ruins of Canyon de 
Chelly.” This report comprises the results of researches in that 
district during the last year and a half, during which period a 

large number of surveys were made, yielding some 80 plans 
and maps, and in addition a considerable series of photographs 
were made. The elaboration of this voluminous material in 
the form of a report has progressed satisfactorily. 
Mr F. W. Hodge was able to devote a 
considerable part of the month to the revision of cards pertain- 

Work in synonymy 
ing to several southwestern stocks and to the collection of 
additional material. A part of his time, however, was devoted 
to editorial work. 
Mr J. Owen Dorsey continued the preparation of the intro- 
duction to the Siouan synonymy, bringing this work nearly 
