PAET III, 



PAPERS DESCRIBING AND ILLUSTRATING THE COLLECTIONS IN THE 

 U. S, NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



I. The Meteorite Collection in the National Museum; a Catalogue of 

 Meteorites represented November 1, 1886. By F. W. Clarke. 

 II. The Gem Collection. By George F. Kunz. 



III. The Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones; a Hand-book 



and Catalogue. By George P. Merrill. 



IV, The Collection of Textiles; List of Fibers and Fabrics. By Bufus 



W. Deering. 

 V. Instructions for Preparing Microscopical Mounts of Vegetable 



Textile Fibers. By Eomyn Hitchcock. 

 VI. Instructions for Collecting Skins of Mammals, for Study or Mount- 

 ing. By William T. Hornaday. 



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