INDEX. 857 



Museum d'Histoire Naturelle sends casts of humau heads 74 



of Arts and Manufactures in Paris, allusion to 6 



Economic Botany in London, allusion to 6 



Marine Architecture in the Louvre, allusion to 6 



Natural History and Comparative Anatomy in Paris, allusion to. .. 6 



Naval Architecture in Loudon, allusion to 6 



Practical Geology in London, allusion to 6 



the City of Paris, allusion to 6 



Louvre, allusion to ^ 



staff - ■-- 26 



Musical instruments, extent of collection of 22 



Music of the ludians of the northwest coast 329 



Musophaga rossce 147 



Mylodon in equus beds 127 



Naiuf^ng-yao porcelain. ..., 407 



Nantes museums, reference to 133 



National Academy of Sciences, meetings of 51 



preparation for meetings of the 54 



Cabinet, Congressional appropriations for maintenance of 4 



of Curiosities 4 



Gallery of Art in London, allusion to • 6 



Institution, organization of the - 4 



Museum, appreciation by foreign nations of 11 



classification of materials in the 5 



distribution of duplicate specimens from the 17 



early history of the 4 



educational work of the 16 



exchanges of specimens with the 17 



expenditures for purchase of specimens in the 9 



extent of collections in the 8 



future aims of the --- 4,7 



increase and improvement of the 7 



necessity for a 6 



need of money to secure collections for the 9 



official recognition of the 15 



of Fisheries in London, allusion to the 6 



organization and scope of the 5, 17 



papers published by officers of the - . 706 



principal sources of the collections in the 18 



progress in the work of the 5 



publications of the, during the year ending June 30, 1888 .. 705 



report of librarian of the 40 



for 1885, publication of. 47 



staff of the 17,26 



table showing the number of specimens in the 22 



to the Smithsonian Institution, relations of the 12 



Portrait Gallery in London, allusion to 6 



Natural History Museum in London, allusion to 6 



history (general), papers on, published during the year 49 



Naushon Island, until recently habitat of Heath Hen 33 



Navajo fire tools 542 



Indians, ethnological objects from the 89 



papers prepared relating to the arts of the 88 



T^aval architecture, curator of 27 



number of specimens in section of 22 



