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INDEX TO PARTS I-IV. 



Spirifera obtained, 129. 



Spizella atrignlaiis, nest and eggs obtained, 86. 



Spofford, H. V., 10. 



assistant librarian, 16. 

 Sponge (?), Devonian, obtained, 130. 



new fresh- water, 118. 

 Sponges, catalogued, 119. 



from tho "Albatross," 117. 

 of United States, 161. 

 Squirrel obtained, Abert's, 7!). 

 Arizona, 79. 

 Stalf, administrative, 9. 

 Star-fishes from the Pacific, 118. 



west coast of Mexico, 48. 

 obtained by C. II. Townscnd, 118. 

 Stathmonotus described, 151. 

 Station boxes visited hourly, 28. 

 Steam transportation section, 7, 8, 40. 

 Stearns, Dr. 11. E. C, adjunct curator, 8, 103. 

 at" New Orleans, 40, 104. 

 collected corals, 119. 

 fossils, 131. 

 invertebrates from, 48. 

 Pacific invertebrates from, 



118. 

 paper by, 23. 

 presented birch-bark box, 



reported upon fossils, 110. 

 work of 45. 46. 

 Silas, new fishes from, 158. 



sent spotted dolphin, 80. 

 Stejneger, Dr. Leonhard, Analeota oruithologiea, 

 171. 

 assistant curator, 8. 

 at New Orleans, 42. 

 anf eine Um«egclungder j 



Bering-lose], 171. 

 birds' skeletons from, 



102. 

 Bulletin by, 18. 

 installed birds at New 



Orleans, 88. 

 obtained Rhytina, 45. 

 on birds of standard nat- 

 ural histoiy, 171. 

 Commander Islands 



plants, 171. 

 Lanius robnstus, 171. 

 new birds, 171. 

 Passer saturatus, 171. 

 shedding claws in 

 ptarmigan, 171. 

 paper on plants of, 157. 

 services of, 90. 

 Stenotheca elongata obtained, 129 

 Stephens, P., paper on birds of, 155. 

 Sternberg, Dr. George M., lecture by, 21. 

 Stevenson, James, sentZufii ethnologica, 64, 65. 

 Stewart, Bert, sent stono implements, 74. 

 Stibnite from Arkansas, 145. 



Nevada, 146. 

 Stimp8on, Dr. W. G., work of, 82, 101. 

 " Sting rays," generic name of, 150. 

 Stoasodon narinaii, note on, 154. 

 Stolephorus mitchillii, 97. 



Stone antiquities, contemplated work upon, 78. 

 cutters added to Museum force, 141. 



shed built, 11, 27. 

 implements shown at Xew Orleans, 37. 

 Stones at New Orleans, cut and polished, 51. 



building and ornamental, 52. 

 Stoney, Lieut. G. M., Alaskan etbnologica from, 64. 

 collected Alaskan inverte- 

 brates, 124. 

 rocks, 139. 

 invertebrates from, 48, 118. 

 outfit supplied to, 124. 

 Saint Michael's etbnologica 



from, 64. 

 sent batrachians, 93. 

 insects, 113. 

 Storage loft, 27. 



Stotsenberg, J. II., sent bone implements, 73. 

 Streptorhynchus orenistria obtained, 129,131. 

 Struthio camelus, 32. 

 Stuart, Harry, Guatemala etbnologica from, 66. 



W. E., sent salmon from Potomac, 96. 

 Students and lectures, 21. 



Suartze &. "Whitney, Mexican ethnologica from, 66. 



Sunfishes, notes oil, 158. 



Superintendent's report quoted, 27. 



Surf-fish, notes on, 158. 



Surinam reptiles obtained, 93. 



Swain, Joseph, on new Peusacola fishes, 158. 



see under D. S. Jordan, 171. 

 Swan, J. G., ethnologica from, 65. 

 Swasli, J. C, sent Oregon ores, 146. 

 Sweeney, T. W., 30. 

 SylviidaB invoiced, 91. 

 Syncarida, 22. 



Tampa Bay fishes obtained, 96. 

 Tanner, Lieut. Com. Z. L., abstract of report by, 

 174. 

 commanded exploring 

 steamer, 123. 

 Tasmania, mammals obtained from, 80. 



reptiles, 93. 

 Taussig, Lieut. E. D., outfit supplied to, 124. 

 Taxidermic department, accessions to, 30. 

 Taxidermists, 30. 



exhibit of American, 36. 

 spaco increased, 33. 

 Taylor, Dr. Thomas, panors by, 21, 25. 



Fred. W., sent Paleozoic fossils, 129. 

 Telegraph oflieo opened, 28. 

 Teleost embryo, axis of 109. 

 Telepbono system, 29. 



Temperature in relation to heart's action, 58. 

 Temperatures taken at sea, 123. 

 Tennessee, discoidal stono from, 75. 



ores obtained, 146. 

 Teoyamiqui (Goddessof Death), 41. 

 Terebratula obtained, 129. 

 Terra-COtta collections installed, 27. 

 Terrapin, experiment on heart of, 58. 

 T( rtiary fossils identified, 105. 



report upon, no. 

 Tetrodon spenglei i, 97. 

 Teuthis hepatns, 97. 

 Texas coals obtained. 146. 



reptiles from G. II. Ragsdale, 93. 

 Textile display at New Orleans, 36. 

 exhibit arrauged, 27. 

 installed, 11. 

 fibers from Agricultural Department, 38, 

 59. 

 Brazil, 59. 

 industries, report on, 157. 

 section, 8. 



leport on, 50. 

 routine work in, 59. 

 Textiles, additions to, 59-60. 



shown at New Orleans, 36, 38. 

 to be displayed, 14. 

 work on, 38. 

 Thamnophilus lent for study, 87. 

 Thomas, Oldfield, correspondence with, 83. 

 Throwing-stieks exhibited, 40. 

 Mason on, 19. 

 Thyridopteryx, bags of, 113. 



ephemera; form's, 26. 



remarks on. 168. 

 Tiger cubs obtained, 32. 

 Time service, 28. 

 Tin ores obtained, 145. 

 Tingis eggs, 26. 



Tischeria heliopsisella from Mexico, 113. 

 Tisdel, W. P., African ethnologica from, 66. 



brought Congo ethnologica, 64. 

 Todd, H. L.. drawings by, 98. 

 Townaend, Charles H., birds exchanged with, 86. 

 collected fossils, 131. 

 notes on fishes of, 170. 

 on catbird on Fatallones, 

 171. 

 sea-elephant capture, 

 171. 

 seals from, 80. 

 sent reptiles, 93. 



sea-urchins, &c, 118. 

 whale skulls, 101. 

 Trachurops crmnenophthalmus, 97. 

 Trachynotus goreensis, 97. 

 Tragelaphus scripta, 31. 



