826 INDEX. 



Page. 



Beyer, Dr. H. G 29,113 



acknowledgment of services of 79 



notice of report of 708 



recalled by tlie Navy Department - 27 



Bible, coins mentioned in the , 115 



Bibliography of papers on prehistoric anthropology 599 



the U. S. National Museum during the fiscal year ending June 



30, 1888 703 



traditions among Indians 381 



Biddle, Dr. Clement, drawing ot Pilocarpus pennatifolius lent for study to 52 



Bien, allusion to 118 



Bierstadt, allusion to 118 



Bigelow, Robert P., work-room granted to 53 



Billings, Dr. J. S., assistance rendered by 78 



member of lecture committee 50 



Binding of volumes for Museum library 44 



Biographical papers published during the year 48 



Biological Society, annual meeting of the 51 



Biology, paper on, published, during the year 48 



Bird collection, enumeration of 150 



exhibit for the Cincinnati Exposition 145 



Bird Rocks and Funk Island in 1887, cruise to 493 



Birds, additions to the collection of 33 



catalogue entries in department of 23 



curator of 28 



distribution of 45 



Birds' eggs, accession to collection of 151 



additions to the collection of 33 



catalogue entries in section of 23 



Charles E. Bendire, honorary curator of 28 



collected for food by Indians, 278 



condition of the collection. , 152 



distribution of 45 



number of specimens in the collection of 22 



papers on, published during the year , , . 48 



report on section of 151 



review of work in section of 33 



Bird-shaped objects 650 



skeletons cleaned and mounted. _ 64 



skulls cleaned and mounted 64 



Birds, labels printed for department of 59 



living, deposited in the Museum 222 



obtained by purchase 222 



presented 221 



mounted during the year 62 



number of specimens in the department of 22 



papers on, in Proceedings, vol. 9 47 



published during the year 48 



permits granted to shoot 51 



rearrangement of exhibition series of 149 



report on department of 145 



review of work in the department of 32 



sectionallibrary of department of 43 



study series of 149 



used as food by Indians 278 



