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INDEX TO PARTS I-IV. 



Spirifera obtained, 129. 



Spizella atrigulai is, neat and eggs obtained, 86. 



Spofford, H. W., 10. 



assistant librarian, 16. 

 Sponge (?), Devonian, obtained, 130. 



new fresb- water, 118. 

 Sponges, catalogued, 119. 



from tbo "Albatross," 117. 

 of United States, 101. 

 Squirrel obtained, Abei't's, 7!t. 

 Arizona, 79. 

 Staff, administrative, 9. 

 Star-flslies I'rum the Pacific, 118. 



west coast of Mexico, 48. 

 obtaioed by G. H. Townseud, 118. 

 Statbmonotus described, 151. 

 Station boxes visited hourly, 28. 

 Steam transportation section, 7, 8, 40. 

 Stearns, Dr. K. E. C, adjunct curator, 8, 103. 

 at New Orleans, 46, 104. 

 collected corals, 119. 

 fossils, 131. 

 invertebrates from, 48. 

 Pacific invertebrates from, 



118. 

 paper by, 23. 

 presented birch-bark bos, 



65. 

 reported upon fossils, 110. 

 •work of, 45, 46. 

 Silas, new fishes from, 158. 



sent spotted dolphin, 80. 

 Stejneger, Dr. Leonhard, Analecta ornithologica, 

 171. 

 assistant curator, 8. 

 at New Orleans, 42. 

 auf eine Umsegclungder 



Beringlnsel, 171. 

 birds' skeletons from, 



102. 

 Bulletin by, 18. 

 installed ijirds at New 



Orleans, «8. 

 obtained Kbytina, 45. 

 on birds of standard nat- 

 ural history, 171. 

 Comnianiler Islands 



plants, 171. 

 Lanius robustus, 171. 

 new birds, 171. 

 Passer saturatns, 171. 

 shedding claws in 

 ptarmigan, 171. 

 paper on plants of, 157. 

 services of, 90. 

 Stenothcca elongata obtained, 129 

 Stephens, P., paper on birds of, 155. 

 Sternberg, Dr. George M., lecture by, 21. 

 Stevenson, James, sentZiifii ethnologica, (>4, 65. 

 Stewart, Bert, sent stone implements, 74. 

 Stibnite from Arkansas, 145. 



Nevada, 146. 

 Stimpson, Dr. W. G., work of, 82, 101. 

 " Sting rays," generic name of, 156. 

 Stoasodon uarinaii, note on, 154. 

 Stolephorus mitchillii, 97. 



Stone antiquities, contemplated work upon, 78. 

 cutters added to Museum force, 141. 



shed built, 11,27. 

 implements shown at Now Orleans, 37. 

 Stones at New Orleans, cut and polished, 51. 



building and ornamental, 52. 

 Stoney, Lieut. G. M., Alaskan ethnologica from, 64. 

 collected Alaskan inverte- 

 brates, 124. 

 rocks, 139. 

 invertebrates from, 48, 118. 

 outfit supplied to, 124. 

 Saint Michael's ethnologica 



from, 64. 

 sent batrachians, 93. 

 insects, 113. 

 Storage loft, 27. 



Stotsenberg, J. H., sent bone implements, 73. 

 Streptorhynchus crenistria obtained, 129, 131. 

 Scruthio camelus, 32. 

 Stuart, Harry, Guatemala ethnologica from, 06. 



W. E., sent salmon from Potomac, 96. 

 Students and lectures, 21. 



Saartze & "Whitney, Mexican ethnologica from, 66. 



Sunfishes, notes on, 158. 



Superintendent's report quoted, 27. 



Surf-fish, notes on, 158. 



Surinam reptiles obtained, 93. 



Swain, Joseph, on new Pensacola fishes, 158. 



see under D. S. Jordan, 171. 

 Swan, J. G., ethnologica from, 65. 

 Swash, J. C, sent Oregon ores, 146. 

 Sweeney, T. W., 30. 

 Sylviidse invoiced, 91. 

 Syncarida, 22. 



T. 



Tampa Bay fishes obtained, 96. 

 Tanner, Lieut. Com. Z. L., abstract of report by, 

 174. 

 commanded exploring 

 steamer, 123. 

 Tasmania, mammals obtained from, 80. 



reptiles, 93. 

 Taussig, Lieut. E. D., outfit supplied to, 124. 

 Taxidermic department, accessions to, 30. 

 Taxidermists, 30. 



exhibit of American, 36. 

 space increased, 33. 

 Taylor, Dr. Thomas, papers by, 24, 25. 



Fred. W., sent Paleozoic fossils, 129. 

 Telegraph olfice opened, 28. 

 Teleost embryo, axis of, 169. 

 Telephone system, 29. 



Temperature in relation to heart's action, 58. 

 Temperatures taken at sea, 123. 

 Tennessee, discoidal stone from, 75. 



ores obtained, 146. 

 Teoyamiqui (Goddess of Death), 41. 

 Terebratula obtained, 129. 

 Terra-cotta collections installed, 27. 

 Terrapin, experiment on heart of, 58. 

 Tertiary fossils identified, 105. 



report upon, 110. 

 Tetrodon spengleri, 97. 

 Teuthis hepatus, 97. 

 Texas coals obtained, 146. 



reptiles from G. H. Ragsdale, 93. 

 Textile display at New Orleans, 36. 

 exhibit arranged, 27. 

 installed, 11. 

 fibers from Agricultural Department, 38, 

 59. 

 Brazil, 59. 

 industries, report on, 157. 

 section, 8. 



report on, 59. 

 loutine work in, 59. 

 Textiles, additions to, 59-60. 



shown at New Orleans, 36, 38. 

 to be displayed, 14. 

 work on, 38. 

 Thamnophilus lent for study, 87. 

 Thomas, Oldfield, correspondence with, 83. 

 Throwing-sticks exhibited, 40. 

 Mason on, 19. 

 Thyridopteryx, bags of, 113. 



ephemerasformis, 26. 



remarks on, 168. 

 Tiger cubs obtained, 32. 

 Time service, 28. 

 Tin ores obtained, 145. 

 Tingis eggs, 26. 



Tischeria beliopsisella from Mexico, 113. 

 Tisdel, W. P., African ethnologica from, 66. 



brought Congo ethnologica, 64. 

 Todd, H. L., drawings by, 9rf. 

 Townsend, Charles H., birds exchanged with, 86. 

 collected Ibssils, 131. 

 notes on fislies of, 170. 

 on catbird on Parallones, 

 171. 

 sea-elephant capture, 

 171. 

 seals from, 80. 

 sent reptiles, 93. 



soa-urchina, &c., 118. 

 whale skulls, 101. 

 Trachurops crnmenophthalmus, 97. 

 Trachynotus goreensis, 97. 

 Trageiaphus scripta, 31. 



