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Organizations and the Secret Societies of the KwaMutI Indians, hy Franz Boas, pp. 

 311-738; The Graphic Art of the Eskimo, by Walter James Hoffman, pp. 739-968; 

 Notes on the Geology and Natural History of the Peninsula of Lower California, by 

 George P. Merrill, pp. 969-994: The Mineralogical Collections in the United States 

 National Museum, by Wirt Tassin, pp. 995-1000; The Tongues of Birds, by Frederic 

 A. Lucas, pp. 1001-1020; The Ontonagon Copper Bowlder in the United States 

 National Museum, by Charles Moore, pp. 1021-1030; Taxidermical Methods in the 

 Leyden Museum, Holland, by R. W. Shufeldt, pp. 1031-1037; The Antiquity of the 

 Red Race in America, by Thomas Wilson, pp. 1039-1045. 



IV. PAPERS FROM ANNUAL RKPORT. 



No. 1074. Report of S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for 

 the year ending June 30, 1896. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo 

 pamphlet of 77 pages, with 6 plates. 



No. 1094. Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Report of executive committee. Acts and resolutions of Congress. 

 (From the Smithsonian Report of 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 41 pages. 



No. 1095. The Problems of Astronomy, by Simon Newcomb. (From the Smithso- 

 nian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages. 



No. 1096. The Investigations of Herman von Helmholtz on the Fundamental 

 Principles of Mathematics and Mechanics, by Leo Koeuigsberger. (From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 32 pages. 



No. 1097. Physical Phenomena of the Upper Regions of the Atmosphere, by Alfred 

 Cornu. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896. ) Octavo pamphlet of 9 pages, with 

 1 plate. 



No. 1098. New Researches on Liquid Air, by Professor Dewar. (From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 14 pages, with 6 plates. 



No. 1099. Meteorological Observatories, by Rjcbard Inwards. (From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 18 pages. 



No. 1100. Color Photography by means of Body Colors, and Mechanical Adapta- 

 tion in Nature, by Otto Wiener. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896. ) Octavo 

 pamphlet of 39 pages. 



No. 1101. Present Status of the Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Energy, 

 by Louis Duncan. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 

 15 pages. 



No. 1102. The Utilization of Niagara, by Thomas Commerford Martin. (From the 

 Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages, with 3 plates. 



No. 1103. Earth-crust Movements and their Causes, by Joseph Le Conte. (From 

 the Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 12 pages. 



No. 1104. The Physical Geography of Australia, by J. P. Thomson. (From the 

 Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 28 pages. 



No. 1105. Arctic Explorations, by A. H. Markham. (From the Smithsonian Report 

 for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 24 pages. 



No. 1106. The Animal as a Prime Mover, by R. H. Thurston. (From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 42 pages. 



No. 1107. Recent Advances in Science, and their Bearing on Medicine and Surgery, 

 by Michael Foster. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 

 26 pages. 



No. 1108. Ludwig and Modern Physiology, by J. Burdon Sanderson. (From the 

 Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages. 



No. 1109. The Processes of Life Revealed by the Microscope; a Plea for Physiolo- 

 gical Histology, by Simon Henry Gage. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896.) 

 Octavo pamphlet of 16 pages, with 6 plates. 



No. 1110. The General Conditions of Existence and Distribution of Marine Organ- 

 isms, by Dr. John Murray. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pam- 

 phlet of 13 pages. 



