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REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Bulletin 32, Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Cen- 

 tral America and Mexico, by Prof. E. D. Cope, is in type and 

 ready for printing. 



The manuscript for Bulletin 33, entitled Catalogue of Minerals 

 and Synonyms, by Thomas Egleston, as well as that for Bulletin 34, 

 Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of North America, 

 by Prof. E. D. Cope, has been sent to the Printing Office. 



In Section iv of the report will be found a list of the publications of 

 the Museum, and also a bibliography of the papers by officers of the Mu- 

 seum and by others whose writings have a bearing upon Museum ma- 

 terial. The authors of these papers number 84, 32 of whom are con- 

 nected with the Museum, 10 being honorary officers. The papers num- 

 ber 345, and are thus distributed under the following subjects: 



Subjects. 



Textiles 



Foods 



Materia medica .. 



Naval architecture 



Fisheries , 



Ethnology 



Antiquities 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles and batrachians.. 



Fishes 



Mollusks (including crustaceans) 



Insects 



In vertebrates 



Invertebrate fossils 



Plants 



Minerals 



Lithology and physical geology . 



Exploration '.. 



Chemistry 



Metallurgy 



Physiology and histology 



Taxidermy 



Biography 



General 



Total 



By 



Museum 

 officers. 



1 

 1 



7 



1 



9 



37 



5 



12 



59 



2 



5 



5 



50 



5 



11 



12 



4 



6 



2 



3 



1 







o 



260 



By other 

 investiga- 

 tors. 





 

 

 

 5 

 6 

 

 1 



37 

 1 



20 

 4 

 

 3 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6 

 1 

 

 



85 



Total. 



1 

 1 



7 



1 



14 



43 



5 



13 



% 



3 



25 



9 



50 



8 



12 



12 



4 



6 



2 



3 



1 



6 



3 



5 



15 



345 



Visitors. 



The total number of visitors to the National Museum during the fis- 

 cal year ending June 30, 1887, was 216,562, giving a daily average of 

 691+ , and to the Smithsonian building, 98,552, giving a daily average 

 of nearly 315. 



