760 INDEX. 



Page. 



Poteat, W. C, sends minerals and shells 51 



Potomac formation, study of fossil wood from the 145 



Potter Valley cradle 181 



Powell, Maj. J. W., discusses classification of ethnological collections 14 



pottery specimens received from 15 



transfers collections of paleozoic fossils 22 



to Museum 58 



Powel'sSons & Co., Robert Hare 51,157 



Powers, H. C, presents fossils 139 



Poyner's Hill Life-saving Station, skeletons of blackfish from 56 



Poyner, T. J., sends minerals 51 



Prang, Louis, presents collection illustrating methods of lithography 12 



Prehistoric carriers 253 



Preliminary catalogue of the Eskimo collection in National Museum 335 



Preparator in department of arts and industries 43 



Preparators, work of the 38 



Present value of bison to cattle-growers 451 



Preservation of collections, appropriation for 33 



Museum specimens from insects and the effects of dampness.. . 549 



the bison from absolute extinction 527 



President of the United States, message concerning the Grant relics from the. 11 



Pricker, use of 337 



Pringle, C.G 147 



expedition to Mexico of 62 



plants from Mexico collected by 23 



Primitive money, a study of 297 



Proceedings of U. S. National Museum, vol. viii, contents of 29 



vol. ix 29 



vol. x, signatures published 29 



Proctor, J. R., sends piece of rope with chalcedony crystals adhering 49 



Progress of extermination of American bison 484 



Property and supplies, department of 35 



Publications added to the library 25 



of the National Museum, 1887 28,561 



Pueblo Indians, carrying-appliances of 270 



milkmaid's pads used by 271 



pottery collected by James Stevenson 77 



Pulley, primitive form of 255 



Puma, color variation of the 93 



Putnam, Prof. F. W., sends archaeological objects 83 



Pygmy sperm whale obtained 137 



Pyramid Lake, Utes of 189 



Pyrula 306,307 



canaliculata 308 



carica 308 



Quahog 307 



derivation of 308 



Quinaielt Indian Agency, ethnological collection from 58 



Indians, ethnological objects from the 67 



used by 65 



methods of carrying employed by 262 



Ragsdale, G. H , mammals identified for 93 



Rails, special study of the 96 



Railways in United States, development of 79 



Hangifertarandus groenlandicus mounted in Museum workshop 39 



