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There has been but one addition to the sectional libraries established in the Museum, that of the Division of Physical Anthropology, and the complete list now stands as follows:

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In the following table are summarized all the accessions during the year for the Smithsonian deposit, for the libraries of the Secretary, Office, Astrophysical Obsrvatory, United States National Museum, and National Zoological Park. That of the Bureau of American Ethnology is not included, as it is separately administered:

Smithsonian deposit in Library of Congress--

Secretary, Office, and Astrophysical Observatory libraries_.
Watts de Peyster collection Napoleon Buonaparte..
United States National Museum library.

National Zoological Park

Total

Respectfully submitted.

Mr. S. P. LANGLEY,

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

30, 580

2,458

2,782

7, 184

8

43,012

CYRUS ADLER, Librarian.

APPENDIX VII.

REPORT OF THE EDITOR.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus during the year ending June 30, 1905:

1. CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE.

To the series of Contributions but one memoir has been added during the past year

1651. A Continuous Record of Atmospheric Nucleation. By Carl Barus. City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1905. Hodgkins fund. Part of Vol. XXXIV. Quarto. (In press.)

II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS.

To the series of Miscellaneous Collections the following numbers have been added, all but four of them having appeared in the Quarterly Issue:

1444. A Catalogue of North American Diptera (or Two-winged Flies). By J. M. Aldrich. City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution. 1905. Part of Vol. XLVI. 8vo. Pages 1-680.

1543. Index to the Literature of Gallium, 1874-1903. By Philip E. Browning. City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution. Part of Vol. XLVI. 8vo. Pages 1-12.

1544. Index to the Literature of Germanium, 1886-1903. By Philip E. Browning. City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution. Part of Vol. XLVI. Svo. Pages 1-8.

1549. Inquiry into the Population of China. By William Woodville Rockhill. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 303–321.

1550. The Seeds of Aneimites. By David White. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 322331, plates XLVII, XLVIII.

1551. Birds in Vroeg's Catalogue, 1764. By C. Davies Sherborn and Charles W. Richmond. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 332-347.

1552. The Sculpin and its Habits. By Theodore Gill. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 348359, plate XLIX.

1553. Report on the Construction of a Vowel Organ. By E. W. Scripture. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 360-364, 5 figures.

1554. Habits and Life History of the Social Spider. By N. S. Jambunathan. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 365-373, plate L.

1555. Description of a new Sylvietta. By H. C. Oberholser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 373-375.

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1556. The Tugda, or Rice Planter, of the Coyunos, Philippine Islands. By E. Y. Miller. Pages 375-377, plates LI-LII. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII.

1557. Fossil Plants of the Group Cycadofilices. By David White. Reprinted from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 377-390, plates LIV-LV.

1560. The Discrepancy between Solar Radiation Measures by the Actinometer and by the Spectro-Bolometer. By F. E. Fowle, jr. Reprinted from Smith-sonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 399– 408.

1561. A New Philippine Landshell. By Paul Bartsch. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 409-410, plate LVI.

1562. A New Species of Fern of Genus Polypodium from Jamaica. By William R. Maxon. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 410-411, plate LVII.

1563. Contributions of American Archæology to Human History. By William H. Holmes. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 412-420.

1564. The Birds of the Genus Cinclus and their Geographical Distribution. By Leonhard Stejneger. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 421-430.

1565. Description of a New Swiftlet from Mount Kina Balu, Borneo. By Charles W. Richmond. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 431-432.

1566. Report on Land and Water Shells collected in the Bahamas in 1904, by Mr. Owen Bryant and others. By William Healey Dall. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 433-452, plates LVIII-LIX.

1567. Glacial Studies in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks. By William Hittell Sherzer. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 453-496, plates LX-LXII.

1568. Photographing on Wood for Photo-engraving. By Thomas W. Smillie. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 497-499.

1569. The Life History of the Angler. By Theodore Gill. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVII. Pages 500-516, plates LXXIII-LXXV.

1571. Index to the Literature of Indium, 1863-1903. By Philip E. Browning. City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1905. 8 vo. Pages 1-15.

1575. The Structure of Wing Feathers. By E. Mascha. Hodgkins Fund. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 1-30, plates I-XVI.

1576. The Tarpon and Lady Fish. By Theodore Gill. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 3146, plates XVII-XXI.

1577. A Fossil Sea Lion from the Miocene of Oregon. By F. W. True. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 47-49.

1578. Diatoms, the Jewels of the Plant World. By Albert Mann. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 50-58, plates XXII-XXV.

1579. Notes on the Nomenclature of Certain Genera of Birds. By H. C. Oberholser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII.

1580. The Bibliography of Halley's Comet. By E. F. McPike. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 69-73.

1581. The Ancestral Origin of the North American Unionidæ. By C. A. White. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 89-112.

1584. Smithsonian Exploration in 1904 in search of Mammoth and other Fossil Remains. By A. G. Maddren. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, part of Vol. XLIX. City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1905. Pages 1-117, plates I-VI.

1586. The Diplomatic Service of the United States, with some Hints toward its Reform. By Hon. Andrew D. White. Hamilton Lecture. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 117-138.

1587. The History of the Whale Shark (Rhinodon Typicus Smith). By Barton A. Bean. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

(Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 139-148, plates XXXIV-XXXVI. 1588. The Avian Genus Bleda Bonaparte and some of its Allies. By Harry C. Oberholser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 149–172.

1589. Scaphoceros Tyrelli, an Extinct Ruminant from the Klondike Gravels. By Wilfred H. Osgood. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 173-185, plates XXXVII-XLII.

1590. A New Genus and several New Species of Landshells collected in Central Mexico by Dr. Edward Palmer. By William Healey Dall. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 186-194, plates XLIII-XLIV.

1591. The Family of Cyprinids and the Carp as its Type. By Theodore Gill. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. (In press.)

1592. The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. By Cyrus Adler. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. (In press.)

1593. Instances of Hermaphroditism in Crayfishes. By W. P. Hay. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. (In press.)

III. SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORT.

The annual report, as usual, is issued in two volumes: Part I being devoted to the Institution proper, Part II to the National Museum. The contents of the Smithsonian volume for 1903 were listed in last year's report, although the book itself was still in the hands of the printer. The same is here true with regard to the volume for 1904.

1595. 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, 1904. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Octavo. Pages I-LXXIX, 1-804; 146 plates, 62 text figures.

The Secretary's Report for the year ending June 30, 1904, was put in type in November, 1904, for the use of the Regents. The General Appendix to

the volume was sent to the Public Printer in February, 1905, and had been put into type before the closing of the fiscal year. The contents of the Smithsonian

Report for 1904 is as follows:

1596. Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution at Meetings of December 8, 1903, and January 27 and March 7, 1904. Report of Executive Committee. Acts and Resolutions of Congress. Pages XV-LXXIX.

1547. Report of S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year ending June 30, 1904. Pages 1-108, plates I-XIV.

1597. Experiments with the Langley Aerodrome. By S. P. Langley. Pages 113-125, plate 1.

1598. The Relation of Wing Surface to Weight. By R. Von Lendenfeld. Pages 127-130.

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1599. The Rumford Spectroheliograph of the Yerkes Observatory. George E. Hale and Ferdinand Ellerman. Pages 131-161, plates I-XVII. 1600. Construction of Large Telescope Lenses. By Dr. C. Faulhaber. Pages 163-170.

1601. Some Reflections suggested by the Application of Photography to Astronomical Research. By H. H. Turner. Pages 171–184.

1602. Radiation in the Solar System. By Prof. J. II. Poynting. Pages 185-193.

1603. Condensation Nuclei. By C. T. R. Wilson. Pages 195-206, plates

I-VIII.

1604. Present Problems of Inorganic Chemistry. By Sir William Ramsay. Pages 207-220.

1605. The Evolution of the Scientific Investigator. By Simon Newcomb. Pages 221-233.

1606. Metals in the Atmosphere. By Alfred Ditte. Pages 235-247.

1607. Observations on Vision in Brightness and in Obscurity, with a Hypothesis on the Cause of Color Blindness. By O. Lummer. Pages 249-258.

1608. A Lightning Spiral Observed Near Basel. By Fr. Klingelfuss. Pages 259-260, plates I-II.

1609. Variations of Specific Gravity. By G. W. A. Kahlbaum. Pages 261– 266.

1610. Some new Methods of Lighting. By A. Berthier. Pages 267-274, plate I.

1611. Progress in Wireless Telegraphy. By William Maver, jr. Pages 275280.

1612. Electric Welding Development. By Elihu Thomson. Pages 281-285, plates I-V.

1613. History of Discoveries of Photography. By Robert Hunt. (Revised by T. W. Smillie.) Pages 287-308, plates I-VII.

1614. Theories of Ore Deposition Historically Considered. By S. F. Emmons. Pages 309-336.

1615. On Mountains and Mankind. By Douglas W. Freshfield. Pages 337354.

1616. Morocco. By Theobald Fischer. Pages 355-372.

1617. The Work of the Reclamation Service. By F. H. Newell. Pages 373381, plates I-VIII.

1618. The Yuma Reclamation Project. By J. B. Lippincott. Pages 383-388, plate I.

1619. The Evidence of Evolution. By Hugo De Vries. Pages 389-396.

1620. The Evolutionary Significance of Species. By O. F. Cook. Pages 397-412.

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