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Papers on Oriental philology, archeology, history, geography, sociology, 
etc., may be presented in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, 
or Arabic. 
On April 23 and 24 two excursions will be made, one to Western Kabylia 
and the other to Shiffa (Gorge de Chiffa), Shershel, and Tipaza. After the 
Congress two tours will be conducted, one to Oran and the others to Tunis. 
The Western Caravan will go to Oran by way of Perregaux, visiting Ain- 
Sefra, Beni-Oonif, Figig, in the south; then Tlemcen, in the north (Sidi 
Boo Mediine, Sidi-Yakoob, Mansoorah). It will last eight days (April 27 
to May 4) and cost about $22.00, including meals, lodgings, and transporta- 
tion (except by rail). The Eastern Caravan will go to Tunis, visiting 
Biskra, Batna, Timgad, Constantine. This tour will last five days (April 27 
to May 1) and will cost about $20.00, including meals, lodgings, and trans- 
portation (except by rail). Special excursions to Carthage, the Boo-Kor- 
nine, Kairooan, etc., at the rate of about $2.00 per day (except railroad tick- 
ets), will be arranged at Tunis, May 2-8. 
The Algerian, Tunisian, French, and Italian railroads will allow the mem- 
bers of the Congress a reduction of 50 per cent. from April 10 to May Io. 
The Mediterranean lines between Marseilles and Algeria will grant a reduc- 
tion of 30 per cent. (Adria Line, Fiume, 50 per cent.). 
Cards of membership ($4.00 for.men) entitle the holder to all the publi- 
cations of the Congress, the receptions, fetes, etc., and reduced rates of trans- 
portation. Tickets for ladies, granting the same privileges, except copies of 
the transactions of the Congress, are issued at $2.00. It will be necessary 
to indicate the French railways by which the member of the Congress intends 
to go to Marseilles, and the European address to which the cards and cer- 
tificates are to be sent. 
Dr. Cyrus Adler, Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 
D. C., has been appointed the official representative in the United States of 
the Committee on Organization of the Congress. Blanks for application for 
membership and for transportation certificates, and circulars giving lists of 
sections, their respective Presidents and Secretaries, programs of excursions, 
may be obtained from him, and he will also receive and transmit payments 
for membership certificates and titles of communications to be presented to 
the Congress. \ 
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
CoNTINUED FROM List oF May, 1905, IN PuBLicATION No. 1559 
No. Title Series Price 
1571 BRowNING, P. E. Index to the Literature of 
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1572 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. xtvt. M.C. XLVI 
1573 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quar- 
Len yl SSthe> VOL. AI); “VGle xCViLIn ster ee etary M.C. XLVII 
1574 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Quarterly 
Issue, vol. 111, part I (containing 1575-1583).. M.C. XLVIII .50 
1575 Mascua, E. The Structure of Wing Feathers 
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