808 INDEX. 



Silicon... 506 



Silva, Carlos Martinez, case of butterflies received from 87 



Simons, A. B., pottery received from 135 



Simpson, Charles Torrey , notice of paper by 708 



Singer, Lieut. Frederic (U. S. N.), termite queen from Liberia presented 



by 97 



Smillie, T. W., photographer, reportof 75 



Smith, Prof. John B 26 



notice of papers by 709 



Smith, Sanderson, notice of paper by 709 



Smithsonian Institution, library of . 13 



opening of, during extra hours 19 



publications of 14 



scope of 11 



Sodium 508 



Solar Eclipse Expedition, material received from William Harvey Brown. 102 



South America, accessions from 87 



South Dakota, accessions from 84 



South Kensington Museum, arrangement of material in 119 



installation of specimens in 119 



purchase of specimens for 8 



unit system in 119 



Specific gravity of rocks 520 



Specimens in the Museum, list of 22 



Stalactites 530 



Stalagmites 530 



Standard Oil Company, zinc and magnesium received from 84 



Stanton, T. W 27 



sends land-shells 79 



State, Department of. accessions from 94 



Stearns, Dr. R. E. C, adjunct curator of the department of mollusks 215 



notice of papers by 709 



presents specimens of limestone 79 



Steinert, M., musical instruments deposited by 82 



Stejneger, Dr. L., birds' skins presented by 83 



notice of papers by 710 



report on the department of reptiles and batrachians 201 



zoological specimens collected by 80 



Sterki, Dr . , collection of small land-shells presented by 213 



Steuart, Charles A. 28 



Stevens Institute of Technology deposited drawings of steamboats 160 



Stockholm, national museum in 125 



Stone, Mrs. E. J., ethnological objects presented by 82 



Stratified or bedded rocks 521, 544 



Strauss, Hon. Oscar S. , courtesy extended by 138 



Strode, Dr. W. S., snake presented by 82 



Structure of rocks 512 



Students, material lent to 61 



Sulphates as chemical precipitates of rocks 532 



Sulphides as chemical precipitates of rocks 532 



Sulphur 506,532 



Superintendent of buildings-, report of ' 71 



Survey, U. S. Geological, accessions received from 98 



