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The Bulletin is a strictly scientific publication in which are 

 published the shorter articles embodying the results of the 

 research work of the various departments of the Museum. 

 The papers composing it are less voluminous and of more 

 general interest than those which appear in the Memoirs. 

 The Bulletin was founded in 1881, and the number of volumes 

 which have been issued is thirty. 



The Memoirs, like the Bulletin, are strictly scientific, but 

 are devoted to special articles requiring more exhaustive 

 treatment. They have been published at irregular intervals 

 since 1893. Ten complete volumes and parts of four others 

 have been issued. 



The Anthropological Papers are similar in character to the 

 Bulletin, but are devoted exclusively to the results of field 

 work and other research conducted by the anthropological 

 staff of the Museum. The publication of these papers was 

 commenced in 1907, eight volumes having been issued up to 

 the present time. 



The American Museum Journal is a popular record of the 

 progress of the Museum, and was first published in 1900. 



The publications of the present year include Volumes 

 XXIX and XXX of the Bulletin, Volume VII, Part I, Volume 

 VIII, and Volume IX, Part I, of the Anthropological Papers, 

 and Volume XI of the Journal. 



The total amount expended on publications for the year 

 was $17,182.99. 



The publications by departments are as follows: 



DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 



Alexander Petrunkevitch. "A Synoptic Index-Catalogue of Spiders of North, 

 Central and South America with all adjacent Islands, Greenland, Bermuda, 

 West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc." Bull. XXIX, pp. 1-791. 



Aaron L. Treadwell. " Polychsetous Annelids from the Dry Tortugas, Flor- 

 ida." Bull. XXX, pp. 1-12, 29 text figs. 



William Morton Wheeler. "Additions to the Ant-fauna of Jamaica." Bull. 

 XXX, pp. 21-29. 



H. F. Wickham. "Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, Colorado, with Descrip- 

 tions of several New Species." Bull. XXX, pp. 53-69- 



