50 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



contains, besides the administrative report, the following - live papers, 

 constituting the general appendix to the volume: "An account of the 

 exhibit of the National Museum at the Pan-American Exposition in 

 Buffalo in 1901," by F. W. True, William H. Holmes, and George P. 

 Merrill; "Flint Implements and Fossil Remains from a Sulphur 

 Spring at Afton, Indian Territory," by Mr. William H. Holmes; 

 "Classification and Arrangement of the Exhibits of an Anthropolog- 

 ical Museum," by Mr. William H. Holmes; "Archeological Field 

 Work in Northeastern Arizona," by Dr. Walter Hough; "Narrative 

 of a Visit to Indian Tribes of the Purus River, Brazil," by Prof. J. B. 

 Steere. The appendix to the report for 1902 consists of a paper on 

 "Aboriginal American Basketry," by Prof. O. T. Mason; one on the 

 " Herpetolog}' of Porto Rico," by Dr. Leonhard Stejneger; and one 

 on " Wokas, a Primitive Food of the Klamath Indians," by Mr. F. V. 

 Coville. 



Of the volumes of Proceedings, No. 25 was issued on July 24, 1903; 

 No. 26 on August 27, 1903; and No. 27 on June 30, 1904. The total 

 number of papers comprised in the three volumes is 107, numbered 

 consecutivel} 7 from 1275 to 1381, inclusive. They are descriptive, 

 either wholly or in part, of collections belonging to the Museum. 

 The subjects treated of and the number of papers relating to each are 

 as follows: Mammals, 5; birds, 10; reptiles, 2; tishes, 39; insects, 19; 

 marine invertebrates, including mollusks, 21; plants, 4; fossils, 2; 

 meteorites, 2; miscellaneous, 3. The authors are partly members of 

 the Museum staff and partly collaborators connected with other estab- 

 lishments. 



The Proceedings papers are first issued separately, in a limited 

 edition, as soon as each can be printed, in order to insure their early 

 distribution. The papers in the annual reports are also published in 

 separate form, but not until the volume is completed. Except for this 

 practice, which has long been followed, it would be impossible to sup- 

 ply the requests of specialists, the completed volumes being mostly 

 distributed to libraries and educational institutions. 



In Appendix III will be found the titles of all publications for 

 the year by members of the staff and collaborators of the Museum. 

 The number of papers cited is 315 and the number of authors 89. The 

 papers are grouped by subjects in the following table: 



