APPENDIX TO SECRETARY'S REPORT.

APPENDIX I.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE YEAR.

SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDge.

A memoir presented by Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the "Genesis of the Arietidæ," and recommended by Messrs. Alexander Agassiz, Charles A. White, and William H. Dall, was accepted for publication in the series of Contributions to Knowledge, in February last (1889). In order that the printing of the memoir might be under the convenient revision of the author, the work was placed in the hands of John Wilson & Son, of Cambridge, Mass. The printing of the treatise is well advanced, and it will probably be completed and distributed during the present year. It will form a volume of about 230 quarto pages, illustrated by 35 figures and 14 plates.

Two other publications of the year in the quarto size should be mentioned here, although not intended to be included in the collected volumes of the Contributions. No. 671 of the Smithsonian list is "Natural History Illustrations prepared under the direction of Louis Agassiz, 1849. The Anatomy of Astrangia Danae. Six lithographs from drawings by A. Sonrel. Explanation of the plates by J. Walter Fewkes." This issue represents merely a fragment of a memoir undertaken forty years ago by the eminent naturalist, Louis Agassiz, on material collected by him during his first dredging excursion in one of the steamers of the U. S. Coast Survey. This memoir, postponed by other occupations, was never completed, and even the original notes are no longer to be found. But the excellence of the drawings made under his direction from living specimens seems to warrant their publication, even at this late day. The text descriptive of the six plates, by Mr. Fewkes, occupies 20 quarto pages.

672. "Natural History Illustrations prepared under the direction of Louis Agassiz and Spencer F. Baird, 1849. Six lithographs from drawings by A. Sourel. Explanation of the plates by David Starr Jordan." This, like the preceding, represents merely a fragment of a memoir projected by the joint labors of the two distinguished ichthyologists, and in like manner laid aside under the pressure of more immediato duties. The text explanatory of the six plates is comprised in 12 quarto pages. Were these two brochures more recent and more extended they would well deserve a place in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.

SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS.

Taking the various publications for the past year belonging to this series in the order in which they stand in the Smithsonian list, the first is:

No. 663. "Index to the Literature of Columbium, from 1801 to 1887." By Frank W. Traphagen. This is one of the special bibliographies of chemical literature published by the Institution on the recommendation of the committee appointed by the

American Association for the Advancement of Science, for the purpose of promoting such indexes. The present number forms an octavo pamphlet of 30 pages.

664. "Bibliography of Astronomy for the year 1887." By William C. Winlock. This is in continuation of the series of such bibliographies heretofore appended to the Regents' annual reports. It forms an octavo pamphlet of 63 pages.

665. "

Bibliography of Chemistry for the year 1887." By H. Carrington Bolton. This is a similar continuation: an octavo pamphlet of 13 pages.

666. "Additions and Corrections to the List of Foreign Correspondents, to July 1888." By George H. Boehmer. Octavo pamphlet of 36 pages.

667. "

Systematic Arrangement of the List of Foreign Correspondents to July, 1888." By George H. Boehmer. Octavo pamphlet of 55 pages.

675. "Report on Astronomical Observatories for 1886." By George H. Boehmer. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1886.) Octavo pamphlet of 119 pages.

683. "Report on Smithsonian Exchanges for the year ending June 30, 1886." By George H. Boehmer. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1886.) Octavo pamphlet of

30 pages.

684. "Miscellaneous Papers relating to Anthropology." (From the Smithsonian Report for 1886.) This collection comprises the following articles: "The Ray Collection from the Hupa Reservation." By Otis T. Mason. Thirty-five pages, with 26 plates. "A Navajo Artist and his Notions of Mechanical Drawing." By R. W. Shufeldt. Five pages with 3 plates. "Notes on the customs of the Dakotals." By Paul Beckwith. Thirteen pages. "The Atnatanas, Natives of Copper River, Alaska. By Henry T. Allen. Nine pages. "Indians of the Quinaielt Agency, Washington Territory." By C. Willoughby. Sixteen pages with 7 figures. “The Stone Age of Oregon." By Myron Eells. Thirteen pages. "Charm Stones: Notes on the so-called 'plummets,' or sinkers." By Lorenzo G. Yates. Ten pages with 4 plates. "Studies on the Archaeology of Michoacan, Mexico." By Nicholas Leon. Twelve pages with 1 plate. "On some Spurious Mexican Antiquities, and their relation to Ancient Art." By William H. Holmes. Sixteen pages with 18 figures. "Earth-works at Fort Ancient, Ohio." By William M. Thompson. Three pages with 1 figure. Forming in all an octavo pamphlet of 132 pages, illustrated by 26 figures and 34 plates.

685. "On certain Parasites, Commensals, and Domiciliars, in the Pearl Oysters, Meleagrina." By Robert E. C. Stearns. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1886.) Octavo pamphlet of 6 pages with 3 plates.

686. "Time reckoning for the Twentieth Century." By Sandford Fleming. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1886.) Octavo pamphlet of 22 pages with 5 figures.

687. "Catalogue of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution; with a classified list of separate publications, and an alphabetical index of authors and subjects." By William J. Rhees. This work embraces all the articles published by the Smithsonian Institution from its organization, in 1846, to the 1st of July, 1886 (a period of forty years), and forms an octavo volume of 383 pages.

688. "Report upon International Exchanges, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year ending June 30, 1888." By J. H. Kidder, curator. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1888.) Octavo pamphlet of 16 pages.

SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS.

668. Report of Samuel P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year ending June 30, 1888. An octavo pamphlet of 126 pages.

676. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1886. Part 1. This part, the report of the Institution proper, contains the Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents at the annual meeting held January 13, 1886, the Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents, the report of Professor Baird, the Secretary of the Institution, with subsidiary report on

the exchanges for the year, and a list of additions to the number of foreign corre spondents; followed by the usual "General Appendix," in which are given various anthropological papers, by Otis T. Mason, R. W. Shufeldt, Paul Beckwith, Henry T. Allen, C. Willoughby, Myron Eells, L. G. Yates, Nicholas Leon, William H. Holmes, and W. M. Thompson; also papers by Robert E. C. Stearns, Sanford Fleming, List of Astronomical Observatories, by George H. Boehmer, and Catalogue of Smithsonian Publications, by William J. Rhees-forming an octavo volume of xviii +878 pages, illustrated by 31 figures in the text and 37 plates.

677. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1856, Part II. This part relates to the U. S. National Museum (under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution), showing its progress and condition and containing: (1) Report of the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, G. Brown Goode, upon the condition and progress of the Museum for the year; (2) reports of the curators of the various departments of the Museum; (3) reports upon special collections in the Museum, and papers illustrative of the collections: the meteorite collection, by F. W. Clarke; the gem collection, by George F. Kuntz; the collection of building and ornamental stones, by George P. Merrill; the collection of textiles, fibers, and fabrics, by Romyn Hitchcock; preparation of microscopical mounts of vegetable textile fibers, by the same; and how to collect mammal skins for purposes of study and mounting, by William T. Hornaday; (4) Bibliography of the National Museum; and (5) list of accessions to the collections; followed by a general index. The whole forms an octavo volume of xi +842 pages, illustrated by 23 figures and 20 plates.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.

669. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, Vol. X, for 1887. This volume contains descriptive papers by Tarleton H. Bean, Charles W. Beckham, C. E. Bendire, Charles H. Bollmann, Ellsworth R. Call, E. D. Cope, Carl H. Eigenmann, Charles H. Gilbert, Theodore Gill, O. P. Hay, Elizabeth G. Hughes, David S. Jordan, F. H. Knowlton, S. R. Koelher, George N. Lawrence, Leo Lesquereux, W. Lilljeborg, Edwin Linton, Frederick A. Lucas, Jerome McNeill, Richard Rathbun, Robert Ridgway, R. W. Shufeldt, John B. Smith, Leonhard Stejneger, Charles H. Townsend, Frederick W. True, George Vasey, and José C. Zeledon. With a general index, this forms an octavo volume of viii+771 pages, illustrated by 39 plates.

674. Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum, No. 33. Catalogue of Minerals and their Synonyms, alphabetically arranged for the use of museums. By T. Egleston. Octavo, 198 pages.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

670. Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. By J. W. Powell, Director. This contains the introductory report of the Director, 37 pages, with accompanying papers, as follows: Burial mounds of the northern sections of the United States, by Cyrus Thomas; the Cherokee Nation of Indians, by Charles C. Royce; the mountain chant, a Navajo ceremony, by Washington Matthews; the Seminole Indians of Fiorida, by Clay MacCauley; the religious life of the Zuñi child, by Mrs. Tilly E. Stevenson. The work forms a royal octavo volume of liii + 564 pages, including a general index, and is illustrated by 77 figures in the text and 23 plates, 8 of which are chromo-lithographs.

APPENDIX II.

REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1889.

WASHINGTON, D. C., November 20, 1889. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the exchange bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. During the greater part of this time the bureau was under the charge of the late Dr. Jerome H. Kidder, whose able administration has contributed largely to its present efficiency. At the date of his death, April 6, 1889, Mr. Boehmer, upon whom the care of the office immediately devolved, reported that the exchange department, for the first time in its history, had disposed of all packages received, and was prepared to close its book accounts.

In continuation of the statistics usually presented, the following table exhibits in detail the exchange transactions for each month of the fiscal year:

Transactions of the exchange office of the Smithsonian Institution during the fiscal year 1888-'89.