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INDEX. 



Quadrupeds, faults in mounting, 353. 



Quail and grouse, southern limit of, 357. 



Quartzite from Italy, 236. 



Quarternary mollusks compared with recent, 62. 



shells arranged, 180. 

 Queen, J. W., & Co., favors from, 267. 



presented safety lamps, 263. 

 Quicksilver, 271. 



Quil, James B., sent Orthoceras, 204. 

 Quincy granite shown, 236. 



R. 



Rag carpets, specimens of, 80. 



Rainbow trout from Roanoke River, 163. 



Rajah of Tagore sent musical instruments, 72. 



Rannia from China, 192. 



Ratchet-drill received, 264. 



Rathbun, Miss M. J., assigned to invertebrate 



work, 194. 

 Rathbun, Richard, 17, 18, 63. 



field work of, 194. 

 identified copepods, 200. 

 laboratory assistant, 198. 

 on Crustacea, worms, &c, 341. 

 sea and fresh water investi- 

 gation, 341. 

 papers of, 355. 

 report of, 189. 

 studying Echini, 197, 200. 

 Rau, Dr. Charles, 16. 



curator, 58. 



de La Stele de Palenque\ 356. 



on aboriginal antiquities, 356. 



prehistoric fishing, 356. 

 report of, 123. 



studying prehistoric fishing, 126. 

 writings of, 356. 

 Rau's arrangement of antiquities, 58. 



paper on archaeological collection illus- 

 trated, 58. 

 Raw silk fabrics, specimens of, 81. 



specimens from Low & Co., 81. 

 Ray, Lieut. P. H., 279. 



birds' eggs from, 60. 

 collected Arctic shells, 184. 



thro wing-sticks, 283. 

 Eskimo objects from, 57, 111. 

 explains sinew- twisters, 316. 

 report of, 201. 

 throwing-stick from, 289. 

 Reckhart, D. W., made lead smelting collection, 

 252. 

 made Utah collections, 244. 

 silver ores from, 250. 

 Reckhart & Pearis smelting collection, 252. 

 Red Ash Coal Company's peacock coal, 263. 

 Ree boe, 116. 

 Reeves, Paul S., Babbitt collection, 276. 



sent Babbitt series, 268. 

 Registers, automatic, for visitors, 32. 

 Registry and storage, 19. 

 Reiche, C. and E., sent mammals, 131. 

 Reid, Capt. Savile G., on Bermuda birds, 340, 377. 

 Reptile accessions, 61. 



department routine, 158. 

 records kept, 159. 

 series, 158. 

 Reptiles and Batrachians, 17. 



department of, 60. 

 card catalogue of, 159. 

 condition of, 159. 

 contributions of, 157. 

 correspondence about, 159. 

 from tbe Albatross, 157. 



Utah, 61. 

 in the Museum, 159. 

 of Bermuda, 340, 372. 

 Reserve series, 24. 



Respiratory impurity of air in lecture room, 40. 

 Retzia radialis, 206. 



Rhees, William J., directing Museum accounts, 37. 

 Rbode Island Horseshoe Company borsesboes, 240. 

 Rhus aromatica, var. triloba in basketry, 303. 



in basket hats, 301. 

 Rhynchouella (Leiorbynchus) quadricostata, 206. 



Rhynchoporus cruentatus from Florida, 186. 

 Rhyolites from Mexico, 231. 

 Rhyssa lunator from Massachusetts, 186. 

 South Carolina, 187. 

 Rich Hill Zinc Eurnaces, collection from, 243, 259, 



275. 

 Richardson, J., sent reptiles, 158. 

 Richardson, Nathan, steerer from, 95. 

 Richardson's challenge steerer, 95. 

 Rice, Hon. William T., prepared Italian marbles, 



236. 

 Rice, Prof. William North, on Bermuda geology, 

 340, 377. 

 sent minerals, 223. 

 Richmond & Potts, furnace drawings from, 269. 

 Richmond coal-fields, collections from, 267. 

 Ridgway, Robert, 17. 



edited Nicaragua birds list, 376. 

 Indiana arrow-heads from, 125. 

 on London Fisheries birds, 341. 

 on water birds. 346. 

 papers of, 356, 357. 

 publications of, 152. 

 report of, 143. 

 sent reptiles, 158. 

 work of, 59. 

 Rigging (standing) for fishing schooner, 95. 

 Riggs, P., Sioux head-dress from, 116. 

 Riley, C. V., 17. 



honorary curator, 63, 185. 

 report by, 362. 

 of, 185. 

 writings of, 359-364. 

 Roane Iron Company coke collection, 257. 

 Robertson, A., English laces from, 80. 



fabrics from, 80. 

 Robinson, Prof. Thomas, collected rock samples, 

 231. 

 contribution from, 66. 

 Roccus septentrionalis from Mississippi, 163. 

 Rock bored by mollusks, 229. 



forming minerals exhibited, 233. 

 prepared, 232. 

 labels, 233. 

 photographs, 66. 

 sections and labels prepared, 66. 



shown by enlarged photomicro- 

 graphs, 232. 

 Rocks and geological specimens, number of, 67. 

 tufas from Geological Survey, 66. 

 Western States, 230. 

 &c, number in collection, 234. 

 present condition of, 234. 

 classified, 232. 

 clastic, 232. 

 crystalline, 232. 



divided by structure and texture, 232. ' 

 educational series, 232. 

 exhibited in Museum, 66. 

 foreign, 230. 

 from Abert collection, 227. 



Dr. Hawes's estate, 228. 

 in exhibition series, 232. 

 of Canada, New Brunswick, and !Nova 



Scotia, 237. 

 Yellowstone National Park, 236. 

 prepared as specimens, 232. 

 safety of, from fire, 238. 

 thin sections prepared, 234. 

 types of, for reference. 238. 

 vitreous, 232. 

 Rockwell, Colonel, 37. 

 Rockwood Furnace coke series, 257. 



iron collection, 275. 

 Rodentia mounted in 1884, 42, 43. 



secured in 1884, 44. 

 Rodgers, Commodore John, collected throwing- 

 stick, 284. 

 Rogers, William, Oregon model from, 94. 

 Romero, Sefior, Mexican cards from, 70. 

 Rope specimens from Bailey & Co., 80. 

 Rosenbusch collection of rocks, <fcc, 237. 

 Ross, Bernard, Eskimo bows from, 307, 310, 312. 

 Rothrock, Dr. J. T., collected antiquities, 123. 

 on Alaskan lichens, 377. 



distribution of Elymus, 

 292. 

 Roxbury Carpet Company, specimens from, 81. 



