Miscellaneous Intelligence. Ill 



logarithms are used and a table of logarithms of numbers from 1 to 

 10,000 is included. * * The table of atomic weights contains the 

 nearest known approximations of the exact values." 



Y. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Report on the Progress and Condition of the United 

 States National Museum for the Year ending June 30, 1913 • by 

 Richard Ratbbun, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution in charge of the National Museum. Pp. 201. Washington, 

 1914. — The National Museum in its present development is 

 remarkable at once for its great extent, the completeness of its 

 collections in the different departments, the admirable nature of 

 its installations and the large amount of original scientific work 

 which it sends out. Hence this annual report by Dr. Rathbun is 

 most interesting in the details given with regard to the Museum 

 as a whole and in its several activities. 



Of the numerous publications from the Smithsonian Institution 

 which have appeared recently, the following must be specifically 

 noted: 



Bulletins of the National Museum. No. 50. The Birds of 

 North and Middle America ; by Robert Ridgwat. Part VI. 

 Pp. xx, 882 ; 36 pis. 



No. 84. A Contribution to the Study of Ophiurans of the 

 United States National Museum ; by Rene Kcehler. Pp. vii, 

 173; 18 pis. 



Classified List of Smithsonian Publications available for distri- 

 bution, April 25, 1914 (Publication 2268). Pp. vi, 32. 



Bureau of American Ethnology. Bulletin 56. Ethnozoology 

 of the Tewa Indians ; by Junius Henderson and John P. Har- 

 rington. Pp. x, 76. 



2. United /States Coast and Geodetic Survey; O. H. Tittmann, 

 Superintendent. — The following are recent publications: 



Hypsometry. Fourth general adjustment of the precise Level 

 Net in the United States and the resulting Standard Elevations ; 

 by William Bowie and H. G. Avers. Special Publication No. 

 18. Pp. 328; 5 illustrations. 



Terrestrial Magnetism. Results of Magnetic Observations 

 made by the Survey between July 1, 1911, and December 31, 

 1912 ; by R. L. Faris. Special Publication No. 15. Pp. 102. 



Results of Observations made at the Magnetic Observatory at 

 Sitka, Alaska, 1911 and 1912; by Daniel L. Hazard. Pp. 100; 

 11 figs. 



3. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. — 

 The following publications of the Carnegie Institution have been 

 recently received (see vol. xxxvii, p. 362): 



No. 90 — B. Department of Historical Research, J. Franklin 

 Jameson, Editor. Guide to the Materials in London Archives 



