INDEX. 791 



Page. 



Baird, Spencer F., notice of papei 1 by 688 



statue of 18 



Bahama Islands, accessions from 86 



Baker, Dr. Frank, appointed honorary curator of department of com- 

 parative anatomy 26 



Balfour, Henry, fire-drill received from 90 



sent a lamp in exchange 89 



sent in exchange six specimens of Carib stone celts 87 



Bangs & Co. , anthropological objects purchased from .. 182 



Barbadoes, ethnological objects from 87 



Barnum, Lieut. Malvern Hill (U. S. A.), presents specimens 96 



Basalt 582 



Basanite 584 



Batchelder, C. F., notice of paper by 688 



Baur, G. , notice of paper by 688 



Bean, Barton A. , notice of papers by 688 



Bean, Dr. Tarleton H., honorary curator of fishes, services as 101 



Pacific Kittawake presented by 80 



notice of papers by 689 



report on department of fishes 205 



Beauxite 527 



Belding, L., birds' skins received from 81 



Belding, Frank L., nests and eggs presented by 81 



Belgium, accessions from 90 



Bement, Clarence E., pollucite received from 91 



Bendire, Capt. Charles E. , notice of papers by 689 



report on department of birds' eggs 199 



services as honorary curator 97 



Benedict, James E., appointed assistant curator 27,223 



bronzed grackle presented by 83 



Benson, Lieut. H. C, sent three eggs 96 



Berlepsch, Hans von, paper by ' 689 



Berlin, museums in 124 



Bermuda, notice of accessions from 86 



Beyer, H. G., notice of paper by 689 



Bibliography of the National Museum for 1890 681 



Binney, Dr. W. G., notice of paper by 689 



shells received from 83, 213 



Birds, arrangement and classification of the collection of 196 



received from Solar Eclipse Expedition 111 



report on the department of 195 



review of work in department of 36 



special researches by the curator of 196 



work of taxidermists in department of 197 



Birds' eggs, nests received in department of -. 200 



report on the department of 199 



review of work in department of 36 



Blankinship, J. W., stone implements received from 83 



Boehmer, George H., presents minerals, ores, rocks and fossil plants _.- 90 



Bolles, Lieut. T. Dix (U. S. A.), assistance rendered by 128 



notice of paper by 689 



Bollman, Charles Harvey, notice of paper by 690 



Bond, George W., collection of wools contributed by 168 



