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INDEX. 



Eskimo collections from Alaska, 57. 



dog from Greely Belief Expedition, 132. 

 hitches on bows, spears, &c, 311. 

 house model, 57. 

 illustrations at Cincinnati, 50. 



New Orleans, 51. 

 from Ungava, 57. 

 implements and ornaments, 112. 



from Bristol Bay, 112, 113. 

 Norton Sound, 112. 

 objects from Greenland, 111. 



Point Barrow, 111, 112. 

 specimens from Point Barrow, 57. 

 throwing-stick described, 279. 



simplest in central area, 

 283. 

 Esperanza Marble Company, gifts from, 66, 231. 

 Essex model of fishing schooner, 103. 

 Estimates from dealers, 37. 

 Etheostominae, new forms of, 173. 

 Ethnologica from Costa Pica, 71. 

 Ethnological accessions, 57, 110. 



geographically arranged, 

 111. 

 collection at New Orleans, 51. 

 exhibits at expositions, 57. 

 guide-book recommended, 110. 

 material, classified report of, 110. 

 gaps in, 111. 

 nomenclature of, 110. 

 preservation of, 110. 

 Museum exhibits, 13. 

 objects, foreign, 53. 

 specimens available, 109. 

 received, 57, 120. 

 transferred, 36. 

 Ethnology, 16, 18. 



antiquities from the Bureau of, 126. 

 Bureau of, 354. 

 department of, 56. 

 pottery from Bureau of, 121. 

 report on, 109. 

 Etka (fishing dug-out) from Bengal, 87. 

 Etta mine tin collection promised, 253. 

 Eumetopias Stelleri obtained, 131. 

 European bats and insectivores obtained, 131. 

 exchanges effected, 1 96. 

 invertebrates obtained, 64. 

 museum policy, 9. 

 shells from Mr. Jeffries, 71. 

 Eureka district paleontology, 64. 

 Eurypharyngidas are what ?', 373. 

 Eurypharynx, note on, 373. 

 Evans, W. W. , antiquities from, 123. 

 Evermann, B. W., collected fishes, 171. 

 Evolution of industries studied, 54. 

 objects, how shown, 54. 

 Exhibition, general rules for, 12. 



series of specimens, 24, 25. 

 Exhibits for Cincinnati, 36. 

 Louisville, 36. 

 New Orleans, 36. 

 Exoceetus volador described, 374. 

 Experimental physiology, 72. 

 Exploration and field work, 67. 

 Exposition packages shipped, 30. 

 work, 36,47. 



by the National Museum, 4. 

 Expositions, casts painted for, 47. 



influence on museum growth, 47. 



Fagersta steel tests, 240. 



Fairbanks, C, courtesies of, 83. 



Fairhurst, A., Kentucky stone implements from, 



124. 

 Falls of tho Ohio, fishes from, 17C. 

 Farallone Islands birds, 60. 



seals, &c, 70. 



shells received, 184. 

 Fasoiola hepatiea obtained, 193. 

 Fauna! succession observed in Nevada fossils, 205. 

 Faxon, Walter, paper by, 371. 



returned oray-flshes, 201. 

 Feather exhibit at Louisville', iQ, 

 Feldspar quarries of Conned lent visited, 223. 

 Felidaj repaired, 11. 



Felis concolor from Lewis Sells, 130. 



yaguarundi obtained, 130. 

 Fencker, Governor, birds' eggs from, 60. 

 Fernald, C. II., on collecting moths, 343. 



paper by, 372. 

 Fern leaf impressions received, 263. 

 Fiber, 326, 327, 328 329, 330, 367. 

 generic characters of, 329. 

 zibethicus, 326, 327, 328, 330. 

 eats carp, 371. 

 Fibers, accessions to, 80. 

 animal, 79. 

 exhibited, 79. 



from Boston custom-house, 81. 

 labelled, 79. 

 list of vegetable, 84. 

 mineral, 79. 



photographed from microscope, 83. 

 position of, used in classification, 79. 

 provisionally classified, 80. 

 textile, classified, 79. 

 vegetable, 79. 

 Field sparrow, new, from New Mexico, 358. 

 Fiji weapons, IIP. 



Fillmore, John H., assisted Mr. Merrill, 234. 

 Fin-back whale skull obtained, 132. 

 Fire-alarm telegraph company connection, 37. 

 Fire-brick, 245. 

 Fish accessions, 161. 



attended to, 165. 

 summary of, 161. 

 synopsis of, 161. 

 analyses at New Orleans, 51. 

 and reptile casts painted, 47. 

 capture apparatus, 342, 352. 

 casts at Cincinnati, 51. 



New Orleans, 55. 

 collecting, Government aid for, 170. 

 collections of Jordan and others classified, 



174. 

 collectors cautioned, 169. 

 Commission collections, 6. 

 cultural exhibit of U. S. Fish Commission, 



342, 352. 

 culture aims and limitations, 352. 

 at New Orleans, 55. 

 exhibit at Louisville, 49. 



New Orleans, 51. 

 shown by photographs, 50. 

 department, recommendations for, 169. 

 drawings examined, 164. 

 made, 61. 



of H. L. Todd, 16.5-168. 

 Miss Smith, 165. 

 embryos, forces determining survival of, 364. 

 guano analysis, 346. 



Hawk collections of Florida invertebrates, 

 190. 

 marine invertebrates, 

 190. 

 exploration, 348. 

 Gulf Stream exploration, 380. 

 ladders shown at New Orleans, 51. 

 migrations studied by the Albatross, 199. 

 notes, European, arranged, 164. 

 nutritive value of, 346. 

 parasites from Vineyard Sound, 190. 

 series work, 165. 

 skeletons, storage of, 169. 

 trap stylo of basket, 297, 298. 

 Fisher, William J., Alaskan collections from, 69. 

 Bristol Bay ethnologica from, 



113. 

 collections from, 57. 

 Katmai objects from, 113. 

 Kenai objects from, 113. 

 Kotliak ethnologica from, 113. 

 mollusk collections of, 181. 

 throwing-sticks from, 289. 

 Fisheries collection, catalogue of, 52. 



completeness of, 52. 

 department at New Orleans, 55. 

 exhibit at Louisville, 49. 

 gallery opened, 52. 

 section, 16. 



installed, 55. 

 opening, 36. 

 report, 55. 



