732 INDEX. 



Page. 



Bigelo-w, Dr. H. J., reptiles received from 103 



Big Swan Island, iguana from 44 



Bilkhula cradle 170 



Binney, W. G., information furnished to 113 



notice of paper by 568 



Biological Society of Washington, meetings of the 33 



Birch-bark cradle 167 



Bird department, taxidermic work in 95 



Birds, accessions to department of 96 



classification of • 95 



condition of the collection of 99- 



distribution of 27 



number of specimens in department of 100 



report on the department of 95 



researches upon material in department of 96 



review of work in department of 17 



Eobert Eidgway, curator of department of 5 



Birds' eggs, additions to collection of 102 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, honorary curator of department of 5 



condition of collection of 102 



distribution of _ , 27 



principal accessions of 101 



report on the section of 101 



review of work in section of 18 



specimens added to the collection of 18 



Bird-skeletons, classification of 137 



Birds' nests, additions to collection of 102 



Birkenshaw's malleable rail, section of 80 



Bishop, G. Curtis, sends a hawk 47 



Bison americanus in Europe 463,464 



obtained by Mr. Hornaday 22 



Bison herds in captivity 458 



result of exploration for 40 



skulls and skeletons obtained 137 



Blackfeet cradle 199" 



Black wampum „ 306 



Blake, E. W., jr., sends birds 47,97 



Blake, mollusks dredged by U. S. steamer 20 



Blake, W. W., Fischer collection obtained from 83 



Blakiston, Thomas, notice of paper by , 569 



Blenheim spaniel presented 90 



Bleuse - 310 



Blood-pins, meaning of 336 



Blubber knife 336 



Board of Eegents, appointment of Assistant Secretaries by 3 



Boas, Dr. Franz, discusses classification of ethnological collections 14 



Boehmer, George H., notics of paper by 569 



Bolivia, ethnological objects from 45, 68 



Bolles, Lieut. T. Dix, acknowledgement of services of 58 



arranges the Eskimo collection 65 



assistance of 13 



paper by 335 



presents coins 57 



receives instruction in photography 32 



