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INDEX. 



Hitchcock, Eomyn, paper of, 353. 



studied fibers microscopi- 

 cally, 83. 

 visited mills, 83. 

 "work of, 55. 

 Hitchcock, Williams & Co., 80. 

 Hobhs, George S., 37. 

 Hodge, R. S., sent minerals, 222. 

 Hodgson, Thomas, sent photographs, 265. 

 Hoek, Dr. P. P. C, to examine barnacles, 190. 

 Holmes, W. H., 17,18. 



honorary curator, 58. 

 Mexican pottery from, 121. 

 Mohawk wampum belt from, 1 1C. 

 papers by, 122. 

 presented rocks, 236. 

 report of, 121. 

 studies of, 122. 

 work of, 58. 

 Holothuroidea , new species of, 379. 

 Holsteinberg Eskimo objects, 111. 

 Hornbron and Jacquinot described a dolphin, 323. 

 Hong Kutchin Indian baskets, 295. 

 Hopkins, G. N.,Ponea ax from, 110. 

 Hoplopazrimc, review of, 375. 

 Horan, Henry, at New Orleans Exposition, 52. 

 report of, 35. 



superintendent of buildings, 19, 35. 

 Horn Silver Smelter collection, 252. 

 Hornadav, William T., 41, 43, 133. 

 gift by, 41. 

 papers of, 353. 

 Hornblende andesite from Bozosloff, 355. 

 Horse-hair in manufacture, 82. 

 Horseshoe collections, 240. 

 Hot Springs, Ark., minerals collected, 222. 

 Hotchkiss, Maj. Jed., 268. 

 Hotham Inlet collections, 69. 

 Houghton, Mr., contribution from, 66. 

 Howald, F., 268. 



Howell, William, favors from, 267. 

 Huaca objects from Pern, 57. 

 Hudson Bay fishes received, 162. 

 region mammals, 130. 

 territory, Anodonta from, 183. 

 Hudson, George, A., carp from, 162. 

 Hudson River group fossils received, 203. 

 Humidity of air in lecture room, 40. 

 Hunter, Captain, Kamtchatkan sheep from, 69. 

 Humphrey Bros. & Tracey presented miner's 



boots, 264. 

 Hnssey, C. G., Works, copper-refining series, 255. 

 Husscy, Wells & Co. steel exhibit, 245. 

 Hydrographic Bureau, bottom samples from, 189. 

 sent surface specimens, 



192. 

 soundings for, 197. 



Tlnses discussed, 357. 



Ice Springs Butte lava, 23G. 



lavas from Utah, 234. 

 Ichthyography, terminology of, 373. 

 Icteridae reviewed, 377. 

 Ideal fishing schooner New Era, 102, 103. 

 Idiopsar brachyurus, 377. 

 Iglesias, P., Chiriqui pnttery from, 71. 

 Illinois coals collected] 267. 



fishes from C. H. Gilbert, 163. 

 Impure air in lecture room, 40. 

 India birds received, 60. 



cashmere shawls exhibited, 47, 

 collections of Bev\ C. H. A. Ball, 72. 

 " dalls" obtained, 108. 

 Indian basketry, Southern, 305. 



blanket ornamentation, 299. 

 boats and canoes from J. G. Swan, 106. 

 bust and portraits at Cincinnati, 50. 

 busts exhibited, 57. 



painted, 17. 

 cards from Mexico, 70. 

 carvings from Rev. J. L. Gould, 69. 

 collection at Cincinnati, 50. 

 ethnology, growth of collect ions illustrat- 

 ing, 53. 

 foods, North American, arrangement of, 



10H. 



Indian group, cast of, 45. 



hemp for baskets, 301. 

 illustrations at New Orleans, 51. 



from Ungava, 57. 

 pottery from New Mexico, 70. 

 Territory fishes obtained, 61. 

 trap from Yukon Piver, 113. 

 Indiana arrow-heads obtained, 125. 

 fishes obtained, Gl, 170, 173. 

 State Universitv aided to collect fishes, 

 170. 

 birds selected for, 150. 

 Industrial collections from Philadelphia, 6. 



museum exhibits, 12. 

 Ingersoll, Ernest, paper by, 374. 

 Ingrain carpet specimens," 80. 

 Insect collections bought, 188. 

 Insectivores exchanged, 131. 



mounted in 1884, 42. 

 Insects, 17. 



accessions to, 63, 185. 

 care of, 187. 

 department of, 63. 

 for New Orleans Exposition, 63. 

 from New Orleans, 378. 

 in relation to agriculture, 363. 

 injurious to forest trees, 63. 

 report upon, 185. 

 International Exhibition, drugs, 76. 



Eisheries Exhibition, Bengal pipe 

 from, 118. 

 Invertebrate accessions, extent of, 64. 

 collection overhauled, 194. 

 department routine work, 193. 

 duplicates prepared, 194. 

 entries, nature of, 195. 

 fishery industries reported upon, 200. 

 fossils. Mesozoic and Cenozoic, 17, 

 64. 

 Paleozoic, 17, 64. 

 palaeontology, progress of, 353. 

 Paleozoic fossils, Cambrian, 208. 



Carboniferous, 208. 

 Devonian, 208. 

 from U. S. Geologi- 

 cal Survey, 210. 

 Green's casts (plas- 

 ter), 208. 

 Permian, 208. 

 Silurian, 208. 

 Invertebrates, accessions of marine, 189. 



added by JL S. Fish Commission, 



189. 

 administered upon, 193. 

 alcoholic, stored, 201. 

 belonging to the Museum, 189. 

 card catalogue of, 195. 

 catalogued, 194. 



distribution of duplicate, 195, 196. 

 exchanged with Edinburgh Uni- 

 versity, 195. 

 exchanges of, 195. 

 from Florida, 70, 190. 

 identified collections received, 189. 

 in keoping of the Museum, 189. 

 marine, 63. 



report upon, 189. 

 obtained by exchange, 193. 

 outfits for collecting, 194. 

 rearranged for exhibition, 194. 

 recorded, 194. 



researches upon marine, 200. 

 table showing entries of, 195. 

 Iowa insects obtained, 187. 

 Iridium collection, 250, 271. 

 Iridosmine from California, 250, 271. 

 Iron and steel manufacture in Sweden, 241. 

 busheled or refined, from scrap, 239. 

 furnaces by-products, 257. 

 globules, chilled, 230. 

 metallurgical collections, 258. 

 mine, Sterling, collections from, 222. 

 ores, 272. 



collected by Tenth Census, 239, 245, 257. 

 from California, 239. 



Pennsylvania and New York fur- 

 naces, 257. 

 pyrite collections, 242. 



