Appendix VII. 



REPORT OF THE EDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1896. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1896: 



I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



The first memoir of the Contributions to Knowledge was by Messrs. Squier and 

 Davis on Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, published in 1848. Thirty 

 quarto volumes and parts of two additional volumes have since been published, com- 

 prising 129 memoirs pertaining to nearly every branch of knowledge. 



Volumes XXX, XXXI, and XXXII were completed during tbis year, the first 

 two being the text and plates of an exhaustive treatise on Oceanic Ichthyology by 

 Dr. G. Brown Goode and Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, and the last volume a second contribu- 

 tion by Major Bendire on the Life Histories of North American Birds. 



No. 980. On the Densities of Oxygen and Hydrogen, and on the Ratio of their 

 Atomic Weights, by Edward W. Morley, Ph. D. (Part of Vol. XXIX of Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge.) Octavo pamphlet of 128 pages, illustrated with 40 

 text figures. 



Nos. 981, 982. Oceanic Ichthyology, a Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes 

 of the World, by George Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. Two quarto volumes, 

 text xxxv (26), 553 pages, and an atlas of 417 figures on 123 plates. (Vols. XXX 

 and XXXI of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.) 



Nos. 983, 984. Volumes XXX and XXXI of Contributions, as above. 



No. 985. Life Histories of North American Birds, from the Parrots to the Grackles, 

 with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. By Maj. Charles Bendire, 

 United States Army. Quarto volume of viii, 518 pages, illustrated with seven litho- 

 graphic plates. (Vol. XXXII of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.) 



No. 986. Volume XXXII, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, as above. 



No. 989. The Composition of Expired Air and its Effects upon Animal Life, by Drs. 

 J. S. Billings, S. Weir Mitchell, and D. H. Bergey. (Part of Vol. XXIX of Smith- 

 sonian Contributions to Knowledge.) Octavo pamphlet of 84 pages. 



II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



The first volume of the Miscellaneous Collections was published in 1862, and the 

 series now numbers 35 completed octavo volumes, embracing 167 distinct papers, 

 besides parts of 4 additional volumes. 



The following papers of this series were published during the past fiscal year: 



No. 1031. An Index to the Genera and Species of the Foraminifera, by Charles 

 Davies Sherborn. Part II, Non to Z. (Part of Vol. XXXVII of Smithsonian Mis- 

 cellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphlet of 248 pages. Part I of this work was 

 published in 1894. 



No. 1032. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables. Revised edition. Octavo pamphlet 

 of 333 pages. This revised edition contains an index and the " International Mete- 

 orological Symbols "not included in the first edition, published in 1893. (Part of 

 Vol. XXXV of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. The other parts of this volume 

 are Geographical Tables, published in 1894, and the Physical Tables, now in press.) 



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