SECTION III. 



Papprs describing and illustrating the collections 



in thk U. S. National Museum. 



Pages. 



1. The Humming Birds. By Robert Ridgway 253-:S83 



(Plates I-XLVI. Figs 1-47. ) 



2. White-line engraving for relief-printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. 



By S. R. Koehler 385-394 



(Plates XLVII-L. Figs. 48-50.) 



3. The Methods of Fire-making. By Walter Hough 395-409 



(Plate LI. Figs. 51-63.) 



4. The Ulu, or Woman's Knife, of the Eskimo. By Otis T. Mason 411-416 



(Plates LII-LXXII.) 



5. The Ancient Pit-dwellers of Yezo. By Rornyn Hitchcock 417-427 



(Plates LXXIII-LXXX. Figs. 64-67.) 



6. The Ainos of Yezo, Japan. By Romyn Hitchcock 429-502 



(Plates LXXXI-CXVIL Figs. 68-88.) 



7. Hand-book for the Department of Geo'ogy in theU. S. National Museum. 



Part I, Geognosy : The materials of the earth's crust. By George P. 



Merrill 503-591 



(Plates CXVIII-CXXIX. Figs. 89-98.) 



8. The Catlin Collection of Indian Paintings. By Washington Matthews, 



M. D., Surgeon U. S. Army 593-610 



(Plates CXXX-CL.) 



9. The Log of the Savannah. By J. Elfreth Watkins 611-639 



Plates CLI-CLVI.) 



10. Anthropology at the Paris Exposition in 1889. By Thomas Wilson 641-680 



(Plates CLVII-CLXIII. Fig. 99.) 



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