SECTION III. 



PAPERS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE COLLECTIONS IN THE U, S. NATIONAL 



MUSEUM, 1887, 



1. Cradles of the American Aborigines. By Otis T. Mason. 



2. Notes on the artificial deformation of children among savage and 



civilized peoples. [With a bibliography.] By Dr. J. H. Porter. 



3. The Human Beast of Burden. By Otis T. Mason. 



4. Ethno-Conchology: A Study of Primitive Money. By Eobert E. 



0. Stearns. 



5. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Eskimo Collection in the U. S. 



National Museum arranged geographically and by uses. By Lieut. 

 T. Dix Bolles, U. S. Navy. 



6. The Extermination of the American Bison, with a sketch of its dis- 



covery and life history. By William T. Hornaday. 



7. The Preservation of Museum Specimens from insects and the effects 



of dampness. By Walter Hough. 



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