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lem of flying," by Otto Lilienthal; "Practical experiments in soaring/' by Otto 

 Lilientbal; "Phenomena connected with cloudy condensation," by John Aitken, 

 F. R. S.; "On chemical energy," by Dr. W. Ostwald; "The American chemist," 

 by Prof. G. C. Caldwell; "The highest meteorological station in the world," by A. 

 Lawrence Rotch; "The Mont Blanc observatory;" "Relations of air and water 

 to temperature and life," by Gardiner G. Hubbard; "The ice age and its work/' 

 by A. R.Wallace; "Geologic time, as indicated by the sedimentary rocks of North 

 America," by Charles D. Walcott; "The age of the earth," by Clarence King; 

 "The renewal of Antarctic exploration," by John Murray, LL. D. ; "The North 

 Polar Basin," by Henry Seebohm, F. L. S., F. Z. S. ; "The present standpoint of 

 geography," by Clements R. Markham; "How maps are made," byW. B. Blakie; 

 "Biology in relation to other natural sciences," by J. S. Burdon-Sanderson; 

 "Field study in ornithology," by H. B. Tristram, F. R. S. ; " The so-called Bugonia 

 of the ancients," by C. R. Osten-Sacken ; "Comparative locomotion of different 

 animals," by E. J. Marey; "The marine biological stations of Europe," by Bash- 

 ford Dean; "The air and life," by Henry deVarigny; "Deep-sea deposits," by A. 

 Daubrde; " The migrations of the races of men considered historically," by Prof. 

 James Brice; "The Nation as an element in anthropology," by Dauiel G. Brinton; 

 "Summary of progress in anthropology," by Otis Tufton Mason; " North American 

 bows, arrows, and quivers," by Otis Tufton Mason; "Oriental scholarship during 

 the present century,"by Prof. Frederick Max Miiller; "Stone age basis for oriental 

 studies," by Prof. E. B. Tylor, F. R. S. ; "Biographical sketch of Henry Milne- 

 Edwards," by M. Berthelot; the whole forming an octavo volume of xliv-f-763 

 pages ; illustrated with 10 figures in the text and 94 plates. 



No. 967. Report of the United States National Museum ; Annual Report of the Board 

 of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, 

 and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1893. This volume 

 comprises two parts : Part I. Report of the Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

 National Museum, showing recent advances in museum methods, special topics of the 

 year, work of the scientific departments, administration, etc. Part II. Papers 

 describing and illustrating collections in the Museum, as follows: "The poisonous 

 snakes of North America," by Leonhard Stejneger; "Chinese games with dice and 

 dominoes," by Stewart Culin; "The onyx marbles, their origin, composition, and 

 uses, both ancient and modern," by George P. Merrill; "The cowbirds," by Maj. 

 Charles Bendire; "Primitive American armor," by Walter Hough; "The weapons 

 and wings of birds," by Frederic A. Lucas ; " Notes on the ethnology of Tibet, based 

 on the collections in the United States National Museum," by William Woodville 

 Rockhill; "Two Persepolitan casts in the United States National Museum," by 

 Cyrus Adler; Museum collections to illustrate religious history and ceremonials," 

 by Cyrus Adler; "If public libraries, why not public museums?" by Edward S. 

 Morse. The whole forms an octavo volume of xxi + 794 pages, illustrated with 116 

 test figures and 187 plates. (This volume had been issued as a public document but 

 the Smithsonian had not received its quota for distribution atthe close of the year.) 



IV. PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



The Bureau of Ethnology publications during the year included the eleventh and 

 twelfth Annual Reports, Volume IX of Contribution to North American Ethnology, 

 and five Bulletins as enumerated by the Director of the Bureau in his report. 



V. PROCEEDINGS AND BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The Museum publications are enumerated in detail in Appendix I and need not be 

 repeated here. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. Howard Clark. 

 Mr. S. P. Langlev, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



