Appendix 8. 

 REPOKT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the pub- 

 lications of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1912: 



The Institution has published one memoir of the " Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge," 35 papers of the " Smithsonian Mis- 

 cellaneous Collections," and one annual report. There were also 

 issued by the Bureau of Ethnology 1 annual report and 2 bulletins, 

 and by the United States National Museum 53 miscellaneous papers 

 of the Proceedings, 3 bulletins, and 5 parts of volumes pertaining to 

 the National Herbarium. 



SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



QUARTO. 



1948. Langley memoir on mechanical flight. Part I, 1887 to 1896. by Samuel 

 Pierpont Langley, edited by Charles M. Manly. Part II, 1S97 to 1903, by 

 Charles M. Manly. Published August 18, 1911. Pages i to x, 320. with 101 

 plates. Vol. 27. No. 3. 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



In the series of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections there were 

 published (1) 17 papers, cover and preliminary pages for volume 

 56; (2) 4 papers of volume 57; and (3) 14 papers of volume 59, as 

 follows : 



2014. Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. No. 5: Middle Cambrian An- 

 nelids. By Charles D. Walcott. Published September 4. 1911. Pages 109 to 

 144. Tlates 18 to 23. Vol. 57, No. 5. 



2015. Description of a new genus and species of hummingbird from Panama. 

 By E. W. Nelson. Published July 8, 1911. Pages 2. Vol. 50. No. 21. 



2051. Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. No. 6: Middle Cambrian 

 Branchiopoda, Malacostraca. Trilobita, and Merostomata. By Charles D. 

 Walcott. Published March 13, 1912. Pages 145 to 228. with unpaged index. 

 Plates 24 to 34. Vol. 57, No. G. 



2053. Two new subspecies of birds from Panama. By E. W. Nelson. Pub- 

 lished September 7, 1911. One page. Vol. 56, No. 22. 



2054. On Psomiocarpa, a neglected genus of ferns. By Dr. H. Christ, Basel. 

 Published November 21. 1911. Pages 4. Plate 1. Vol. 56, No. 23. 



2055. A remarkable new fern from Panama. By William R. Maxon. Pub- 

 lished November 22, 1911. Pages 5. Plates 3. Vol. 56, No. 24. 



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