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Birds. — Inspected April 2, 1888; contains 462 volumes and pam- 

 phlets and 183 parts of serials. These are generally in good condition, 

 though many of the large books are of necessity exposed to dust from 

 lack of suitable cases. This seQi;ional library was founded before the 

 Museum library was organized, and was found to contain many books 

 belonging to the Smithsonian Institution of which the librarian had no 

 record. These were all properly catalogued and recorded. 



Editor Smithsonian Institution. — Inspected June 8, 1888 ; contains 

 642 volumes and pamphlets and 390 parts of serials, all in good order. 



Ethnology. — Inspected April 28, 1888; contains 61 volumes and pam- 

 phlets, 98 parts of serials, and 1 chart, in good condition. 



^is/ies.— Inspected April 18, 1888 ; contains 137 volumes and pam- 

 phlets and 12 parts of serials, in good conditioa, kept in suitable cases 

 with standard Museum locks. 



Insects. — Inspected June 5, 1888; contains 390 volumes and pam- 

 phlets and 343 parts of serials, in good condition, kept in a case with 

 standard Museum lock. More case room is needed. 



lAthology and physical geology. — Inspected May 3, 1888; contains 312 

 volumes and pamphlets and 127 parts of serials, in good condition. The 

 curator has two cases with standard Museum locks, which hold about 

 three- fourths of these books, while the rest are on open shelves. 



Mammals. — Inspected May 28, 1888 ; contains 410 volumes and pam- 

 phlets, in good order. The curator has not a sufficient number of cases 

 to contain these books. 



Marine invertebrates. — Inspected April 14, 1888; contains 115 vol- 

 umes and jiamphlets and 118 charts, all in good condition, and kept in 

 cases with standard Museum locks. 



Materia medica. — Inspected April 23, 1888 ; contains 194 volumes 

 and pamphlets and 130 parts of serials, in good condition. About half 

 of the books are kept in a suitable case, provided with the standard 

 Museum lock, and the rest are on open shelves. 



Mesozoic fossils. — Inspected May 17, 1888 ; contains 36 volumes and 

 pamphlets in good order, kept on open shelves. 



Metallurgy and economic geology. — Inspected May 10, 1888 ; contains 

 349 volumes and pamphlets and 94 parts of serials, in good condition 

 and very carefully arranged by the curator. There are six good cases, 

 amply sufficient to hold all these books. 



Mineralogy. — {a) Inspected June 4, 1888 ; contains 142 volumes and 

 pamphlets and 228 parts of serials, in good order and kept in suitable 

 cases, (ft) Inspected May 16, 1888 ; contains 98 volumes and pam- 

 phlets in good order and kept in a suitable case, with standard Museum 

 locks. 



MollusTcs and Genozoic fossils. — Inspected April 21, 1888 ; contains 74 

 volumes and pamphlets and 34 parts of serials, in good order, kept in 

 a locked case. 



Plants, recent aw^/ossi/.— Inspected May 18, 1888 ; contains 320 vol- 



