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Abbott, William L., collection, number of specimens in 60 



donations by, of zoological material continued 2s, 77 



ethnological collections received from 26,70,80 



field work in Sumatra continued by 45 



Accessions, biological 28, 79 



ge< (logical 31 



museum, list of 107 



received annually since 1 SSI, table showing number 33 



sources of 25 



Acquisitions to Museum as a result of the war with Spain 6f< 



Act of Congress, 1846, founding Smithsonian Institution 3 



Acting head curator, Department of Anthropology, attention called by, to 



need for help in several divisions 72 



Additions to the collections 25 



Adler, Cyrus, honorary assistant curator, Division of Historic Archeology 105 



honorary curator, Division of Historic Religions 55, 105 



librarian 106 



Administrative assistant, V. S. National Museum .• 105 



staff 107 



Agriculture, Department of, Biological Survey, collection of birds' eggs and 



reptiles transmitted by 29 



collection of Mexican fresh- 

 water crabs received from . . 30 



botanical accessions received from 30 



natural history bureaus of, collections made by . . 45 



specimens of insects received from 30, 85 



Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa, exchange received from 46 



Allen, J. A. , specimens sent for examination to 39 



Allen, Richard A., appointed preparator in Department of Anthropology 75 



A 1 lison, Andrew, collecting outfit supplied to 45 



American Ethnology, Bureau of, cooperation with 34 



American Geology, Contributions to the History of, by George P. Merrill 189 



American Museum of Natural History, exchange received from 29, 70, 82 



American ( )riental Society, annual meeting of, held in lecture hall 49 



American Ornithologists' Union, committee on nomenclature, bird collection 



consulted by 40 



Americanists, Congress of, delegate to 55 



Ames, Oakes, specimens of orchids loaned to 43, 90 



Anderson, E. M., collection of lepidoptera presented to Museum by 30, 84 



"As an index to Dr. G. P. Merrill's paper, Contributions to the History of American (ieology (this 

 volume, pp. 189-734), was specially prepared by its author and appears ai I lie close of his paper (pp. 

 717-731 1, the titles in that paper are omitted in this index. 



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