CONTENTS. XI 



Page. 

 H. — Geographical review of the more important accessions— Continued. 



Oceanica 7^ 



Australasia 75 



Malaysia 75 



Polynesia 75 



I. — Co-operation of the Departments and Bureaus of the Government 76 



Department of State 76 



Treasury Department 76 



War Department 77 



Navy Department 79 



Interior Department 79 



U. S. Fish Commission 79 



U.' S. Geological Survey 80 



J, — Explorations . 81 



K. — Report upon the participation of the Smithsonian Institution in the Indus- 

 trial Exposition at Minneapolis, lt87 82 



Sectiox II. — Reports of the Curators. 



Ethnology 87 



Oriental antiquities 93 



American aboriginal pottery 105 



Transportation and engineering 107 



Materia medica 113 



Historical relics, coins and medals 115 



Graphic arts 117 



Preh istoric an thropology 123 



Mammals 139 



Birds 145 



Birds' eggs 151 



Reptiles and batraehiaus 153 



Fishes 155 



Mollusks (including tert'ary fossils) 159 



Insects 165 



Marine invertebrates 173 



Comparative anatomy , 181 



Invertebrate fossils : 



Paleozoic , 163 



Mesozoic 187 



Fossil plants 189 



Recent plants 191 



Minerals 195 



Lithology and physical geology 199 



Metallurgy and economic geology 209 



Living animals 213 



Section III.— Papers Describixg and Illustrating the Collec- 

 tions IN THE U. S. National Museum. 



1. The Coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. By 



Albert P. Niblack, ensign, U. S. Navy 225 



2. A catalogue of the Hippisley collection of Chinese porcelains, with a sketch 



of the history of the ceramic art in China. By Alfred E. Hippisley, of 



the Imperial Chinese customs service 387 



3. The expedition to Funk Island, with observations upon the history and an- 



atomy of the Great Auk. By Frederic A. Lucas -. 493 



