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INDEX. 



Kunz, G-. F., sent titanium minerals, 223. 

 Kurile Islands skin coat, 118. 

 Kuskoquim, Eskimo bow described, 309. 

 Kyak and accouterments, 111. 



Labeling in museums, 11, 12. 

 Labels, 19, 27, 28. 29. 

 care of, 29. 



for birds exhibited, 154. 

 London exhibition, 29. 

 naval architecture material, 100. 

 vessels, &c, samples of, 100,101,102, 

 103.104. 

 printed, 28. 

 Labfador birds from Lucien Turner, 60. 

 explorations, 68. 

 fishes from L. M. Turner, 162. 



rare species of, 162. 

 insects obtained, 63, 185, 187. 

 seals studied by Dr. Merriam, 68. 

 Laboratories of the U. S. Fish Commission, 198. 

 Laboratory work of curators, 23. 

 Lace mils, 80. 



nubias, 80. 

 Laces from England, 80. 



Jennings & Sons, 80. 

 machine-made, 80. 

 Lacoe, Prof. E. D., coal from, 261. 

 Laemann, Louis, French rocks from, 237. 

 Lazoa operculata from North Carolina, 187. 

 Lazopodes, review of, 307. 



Lake Superior native copper works collection, 255. 

 region copper ores, 254. 



free copper series, 255. 

 Lamellibranchiata, Carboniferous, obtained, 212. 

 Devonian, received, 210, 211, 

 213. 

 Land areas from Middle Paleozoic, 207. 

 Land shells, American, identified, 180. 



southern and southeastern, paper on, 

 180. 

 snail said to have fallen during rain, 183. 

 Landms, H. J., favors from, 267. 

 La Patera 'antiquities exhibited, 126. 

 obtained, 123. 

 Lapham, Hon. Elbridge G-., 35. 

 Laramie fossil plants, 220. 

 Larco, Capt. Andrea, collected Santa Barbara 



fishes, 171. 

 Lari, Arctic, 366. 



Laridae and Procellariidas, notes on, 349. 

 Larks, shore, 373. 

 Lartigue, Dr. G. B., ceremonial object from, 124. 



reptiles from, 158. 

 Larua nelsoni, 373. 



schistisagus, a new North Pacific gull, 366. 

 Lavack, F., sent minerals, 222. 

 Lavas, 233. 



from Utah, 66. 

 Lawlor, D. J., "meteor" model from, 92. 



steam yacht models from, 93. 

 vessel models from, 91. 

 Lea, Dr. Isaac, contributed shells,' 181. 

 Lead, argentiferous, smelting scries, 252. 

 collections from Centennial, 254. 



Missouri, 253. 

 ores, 271. 



argentiferous, 271. 

 smelting argentiferous, 240. 

 paints, 241. 



preparations received, 254. 

 products, 275. 



series from Saint Joe "Works, 253. 

 Leathers shown at Louisville, 49. 

 Lecture-room, air in, 38, 39. 



ventilation of, 39. 

 Lectures in the Museum, 33. 

 Leo, Prof. L. A., 198. 



studying foraminifera, 197, 200. 

 Lee, Thomas, volunteer work of, 194. 

 Lefroy, General Sir John Henry, on Bermuda 



botany, 340, 376. 

 Lehncrt, Rev. E., mollusks from, 63. 

 Lemmings from Point Barrow, 130. 

 Lepus timidus from Labrador, 130. 

 Leslie, Charles C, presented Charleston fishes, 

 172. 



Lesquereux, Leo, 220. 



Lesson and Garnot named a dolphin, 322. 



Leucania unipuncta, 363. 



papers on, 359, 360. 

 Lewis, Dr. James, arranged shells, 181. 

 Lexington Mill methods with ores, 251. 

 Library, 19. 



improvement, 29. 

 system, 29, 30. 

 Lichens of Alaska and Siberia, 377. 

 Life-boat, Netherlands, model, 104. 

 car model, 86. 

 Saving Service mammals, 129. 



" station-keepers, suggestions to, 367. 

 Light-House Board exhibits returned, 36. 



service mammals, 129. 

 Lilienberg, N., sent Swedish irons, 257. 

 Limestone, lithographic, 228. 



Lower Carboniferous, with fossils, 203. 

 Chinese fossiliferous, 228. 

 Limouite from Maine, 229. 

 Lind, G. D., sent Halysites catenulata, 204. 

 Lindsley, Dr. J.B., sent meteoric iron, 223. 

 Linnaeus truncatulus received, 193. 

 Linton, Pfof. Edwin, 198. 



studying fish entozoa, 200. 

 Lippitt Woolen Company collection, 82. 

 Lithological and geological accessions, 66. 



collection, 232. 

 Lithology and physical geology, 17, 66. 



alphabetical list 

 of accessions 

 to, 227. 

 collections, local- 

 ities of, 238. 

 entries in cata- 

 logue, 227. 

 report on, 227. 

 routine work in, 

 234. 

 Little, Brown & Co., publications by, 346. 

 Little Bock and Fort Smith Railroad mineral col- 

 lections, 240. 

 Lobster of curious colors, 190. 

 Lobsters, decrease of, 356. 



Lockington, William N., fishes collected by, 171. 

 Locust, 363. 



London, disposition of collections from, 52. 

 exhibits returned, 35. 

 Fisheries collections, 6. 



Exhibition birds returned, 150. 

 boats, <fcc, from, 85, 



106. 

 catalogues, 340. 

 fishing craft for, 106. 

 report on, 52. 

 Lone Elm Works lead collection, 243, 254, 275. 

 Longdale Furnaces coke series, 257. 

 Long Island fishes obtained, 61, 164. 



invertebrates obtained, 190. 

 Long Valley coal-mining views, 266. 



mines coal^ 243. 

 Longstreet, Captain, harbor seal from, 131. 

 Lopholatilus chamaaleonticeps sought for, 199. 

 Lorillard-Charnay collection, 368. 

 Louisville exhibits, 30, 48. 



disposition of, 49. 

 Exposition, Congressional action on, 48. 

 work, 47. 

 Lovett, Edward, sent stalk-eyed Crustacea, 193. 

 Low & Co., raw silks from, 81. 

 Lowell Manufacturing Company, carpets, 82. 

 Loxia curvii ostra amerioana, breeding of, 357. 

 Loyal Sock mine coal, 243. 

 Lucas, F. A., 18, 45, 133 1 . 



osteological work of, 62. 

 papers of, 353. 



(True, F. W., &), on Monachus, 331. 

 Lucilia macellaria infesting man, 362. 

 Lunulicardium fragosum, 206. 

 Luray Caves, stalactites and stalagmites from. 



228. 

 Luther, It. C, assisted to collect coal, 267. 

 Lutjaninse, osteological characteristics of, 373. 



review of, 375. 

 Lygmus fasciatus from Illinois, 187. 

 Lyman, Hon. Theodore, address by, 35. 



studied ophiurana, 200. 

 Lvmnocodium Sowerbii obtained, 193. 



