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SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS. 



Owing to the congestion of work at the Government Printing 

 Office on account of the war, the Smithsonian Report for 1916, which 

 was ready for printing in April, was not yet off the press at the 

 close of the fiscal year. 



SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS. 



The following special publications were issued during the year : 



Publications of the Smithsonian Institution issued between January 1 and 



June 30, 1916. 3 pp. (Publ. 2422.) 

 Publications of the Smithsonian Institution issued between January 1 and 



September 30, 1916. 3 pp. (Publ. 2425.) 

 Publications of the Smithsonian Institution issued between January 1 and 



December 31, 1916. 3 pp. (Publ. 2537.) 

 Publications of the Smithsonian Institution issued between January 1 and 



March 31, 1917. 1 p. (Publ. 2448.) 

 Classified list of Smithsonian publications available for distribution December 



15, 1916. vi+32 pp. (Publ. 2434.) 

 The Smithsonian Institution (descriptive folder). 17 pp. (Publ. AQ.) 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The publications of the National Museum are: (a) The annual 

 report to Congress; (&) the Proceedings of the United States Na- 

 tional Museum; and (c) the Bulletin of the United States National 

 Museum, which includes the Contributions from the United States 

 National Herbarium. The editorship of these publications is vested 

 in Dr. Marcus Benjamin. 



During the year the Museum published 1 volume of the Proceed- 

 ings and 73 separate papers forming parts of this and other volumes, 

 and 6 bulletins. 



The issues of the Proceedings were as follows : Volume 50 ; volume 

 51, papers 2139-2172; volume 52, papers 2173-2193; volume 53, 

 papers 2194-2206, 2208, and 2210-2212. 



The Bulletins were as follows : ' 



Bulletin 71, A monograph of the foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean, Part 

 VI, Miliolidae, by Joseph A. Cushman. 



Bulletin 93, The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of 

 the U. S. National Museum ; including a monograph of the American species, 

 by Henry A. Pilsbry. 



Bulletin 96, A synopsis of American early Tertiary Cheilostome Bryozoa, by 

 Ferdinand Canu and Ray S. Bassler. 



Bulletin 98, The birds of the Anamba Islands, by Harry C. Oberholser. 



Volume 16, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium, entitled " Sys- 

 tematic investigations in Phanerogams ; ferns, and mosses," by various 

 authors. 



Volume 17, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium entitled " Sys- 

 tematic investigations in lichens and ferns, grasses, and other Phanerogams," 

 by various authors. 



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