INDEX. 



Abbott, Mr., contribution from, 06. 

 Abert, Col. J. J., mineral* from, 65, 221. 



Abrading and polish inn materials, 209, 276. 

 Aoanthiaops bairdi, 877. 



Acanthis. notes on, 360. 



Acanthocinus spectabilia from California, 187. 



Accessions, list of, 881. 



Accounts. 18 



Aohorntefl from Colorado, 165. 



Maine, 187. 

 Ackerman, A. A., 68. 

 Acronycta lietula?, 301. 

 Actinozoa. Devonian, 213. 



Aetodromas maculate, bleeding of, 376. 

 Adams, W. II.. 280. 

 Aden boat models, 89. 

 Administrative staff of Museum, 35. 

 Administrative work in the Museum, 35. 

 JElurichth,\s < ■ydouxii, note on, 374. 

 Africa, arrows from, 119. 



collections from, 72. 



dugout canoe from, 90. 



weapons from, lis, 119. 



■whips from. 119. 

 Apissiz. Alexander, moiiusks obtained by, 62, 180. 

 Agekciua- reviewed, 377. 

 Agricultural Department, drugs from, 76. 

 Aht baskt try want in > in the collections, 298. 

 Air ill lecture room, analysis of, 38, 39, 40. 

 Ajax Company 'a metal bearings, 242, 268. 

 Alabama fishes received. 164, 170. 

 Alaska antiquities exhibited, 125. 



birds from, 60. 



mo basket ornamentation iu, 293. 

 basket -work in, 293. 

 bows from, 307. 

 collections, 57. 



exploration, 69. 



fishes of Captain Nichols, 347. 



fishing-boat models, 87. 



invertebrate* 192. 



mammals obtained. 130. 



km k- from 



salmon collected, 172. 



Thlinkel objects, 114. 



wdlow wren, 69. 



"Albatross" birds from West Indies, 60. 

 bottom samplei 



brought West Indian hats. 130. 

 collection of bird - 



d. * p-aea fish, 163. 

 collections assoi ted, H)7. 



in Cult of Mexico, 197. 

 of Invertebrates, 63, 189, 190. 

 reptiles, 81, 157. 

 crinoids from off Havana, 190. 

 deep 

 explorations, 187, 198. 



Off I stern CO is- 

 land collecting, 70. 



preparing Pot < talf cruise, 199. 



report d spotted dolphin, 317. 



shore collect sons, 197. 



sounding operations, 187 



•work dtst 



zoological material, 188 

 Albion. N. V., building stone. 

 Albite from Main- 

 Alcoholic building net did, 22. 



Aleut baskets, 292. 



grass wallets, 292. 

 inut material, 292. 



ornamentation, 292. 

 weaving and embroidery, 293. 

 throwing-sticks, 288. 

 Aleutian Islands basket work, 292. 

 Algonkin and Iroquois basketry, 305. 



basket ornamentation li>6 

 Alleghany region of Southern States, flshe- 



170. 

 report on 

 fishes of 

 170. 

 Allen, Dr. Harrison, studying Museum bats, 136. 

 Allen, J. A., made analyses, 246. 

 Alligator obtained in 1884, 44. 

 Alloys collected, 242, 268. 



manufacture of, 276. 

 Altamaha Basin fishes collected, 175. 

 Alvord, S. W., favors from, 267. 

 Amboccelia urn bona, 206. 

 America, prehistoric, 351. 

 American Dental Association meetings, 35. 



Fish Cultural Association in Museum, 



34. 

 Institute of Mining Engineers, collec- 

 tion from, 67. 

 Museum of Natural History, 10. 



'birds in, 153. 

 Ship "Windlass Company models, 95. 

 Surgical Association inMuseum, 34. 

 Taxidermists, gift from, 41. 

 Ammonia in lecture room, 39. 

 Ampullaria Powell! associated with Phvsa, fee.. 



207. 

 Amygdaloid mines copper, 254. 



series, 255, 270. 

 Anilecta Ornitbologica, 366. 

 Anas boschas and obscura, 378. 

 Anatomy, comparative, department of, 62. 

 Ancistrodou contortrix, poisoning by, 370. 

 Ancon, Peru, pottery from. 121. 



Peruvian antiquities, 116, 117, 118. 

 Andaman Islands, TurbineUapyrum from, 183. 

 Anderson River throwing stick,' 288. 

 Andesito and pumice from Mount Shasta, 231. 

 Andesites from Mount Shasta, 228. 

 Andrade, Joseph, and Co., 47. 

 Andrews, YV. II., sent minerals, 222. 

 Auguillula, 360. 

 Animal fibers, 79. 



products at Louisville, 49. 



Mew <)i leans, 51. 

 collection reorganized, M. 



size of, 56. 

 gifts of, M 

 section, 16, 18. 

 Animals from Costa Pica. 71. 

 Aniscalina- reviewed, ii77. 

 Anisoptervx pometaria. 360. 

 Annelids from Bermuda, 840, 381. 

 Florida, 181. 

 studied bv Mi Benedict, 197. 

 Annex building, 21 

 Ansenia I'.ia-s and Copper Company collection, 



256, 275, 276. 

 Anthozoa, new species of, 380. 

 of the Albatross, 197. 

 returned by Professor Veil ill, 190. 

 studied byProfossor \ '• trill. 200. 



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