299. Report for 1876-Continued.

GRAY, A.; SARGENT, A. A.; CLYMER, H. Report of Committee on the
Museum.

BANCROFT, G. Memorial to Congress, in behalf of the Regents, for new

museum.

List of collections presented by foreign commissioners to the United States.
ARAGO, M. Eulogy on Gay Lussac.

FIALHO, A. Biographical sketch of Dom Pedro II.
TAYLOR, W. B. Kinetic theories of gravitation.

PILAR, G. The revolutions of the crust of the earth.

KIRKWOOD, D. The asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.
ETHNOLOGY:

MASON, O. T. The Latimer collection of antiquities from Porto Rico
in the National Museum at Washington, D. C.

ROMER, F. F. Pre-historic antiquities of Hungary.

BLONDEL, S. Jade. A historical, archæological, and literary study of the mineral called Yu by the Chinese.

ELLSWORTH, E. W. Ancient implement of wood, from Connecticut.
POWERS, S. Centennial mission to the Indians of Western Nevada

and California.

DOYLE, W. E. Indian forts and dwellings, Indian Territory.
BRACKETT, A. G. The Sioux or Dakota Indians.

300. On the Surgical Complications and Sequels of the Continued Fevers.
With a Bibliography of works on Diseases of the Joints, Bones,
Larynx, the Eye, Gangrene, Haematoma, Phlegmasia, etc. TONER
LECTURE NO. V. Delivered February 17, 1876. By WILLIAM W.
KEEN. March, 1876. 8vo., pp. 72, 5 woodcuts. (M. C. xv.)

301. List of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution, July, 1877. 1877 8vo., pp. 72. (M. C. XIV.)

302. Subcutaneous Surgery, its Principles, and its recent Extension in Practice. TONER LECTURE No. VI. Delivered September 13, 1876. By WILLIAM ADAMS., April, 1877. 8vo., pp. 20. (M. C. xv.)

303. Contributions to the Natural History of the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California, made in connection with the United States North Pacific Surveying Expedition, 1873-'75. By THOS. H. STREETS. 1877. 8vo., pp. 172. (M. C. XIII.) Bulletin of the National Museum, No. 7.

224. Report for 1868-Continued.

HENRY, J. Appendix to notice of Schoenbein.

MAGRINI, L. Continuous vibratory movement of all matter, ponderable and imponderable.

DAUBRÉE, M. Synthetic experiments relative to meteorites.
BRUSH, G. J. Catalogue of meteorites in the mineralogical collection of
Yale College.

DE SAUSSURE, H. Observations on the electric resonance of mountains.
STEWART, B. Experiments on aneroid barometers made at the Kew Ob-

servatory.

ELLERY, R. L. J. Address of the president of the Royal Society of Victoria.

WARTMANN, E. Report on the transactions of the Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva, from July, 1867, to June, 1868. BROCA, P. History of the transactions of the Anthropological Society of Paris, from 1865 to 1867.

RAU, C.

Drilling in stone without metal.

RAU, C. Agricultural flint implements in southern Illinois.
Notice of the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England.

PRIZE QUESTIONS:

Holland Society of Sciences of Harlem.

Imperial Academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres, and Arts, of Bordeaux. POLLOCK, J. Assay of gold and silver coins at the Mint of the United States.

Table of foreign gold and silver coins.

List of publications of the Smithsonian Institution up to July, 1869, with systematic and alphabetical index.

225. List of Foreign Correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution; corrected to January, 1870. April, 1870. 8vo., pp. 56.

226. A List of the Smithsonian Publications, from 1846 to 1869. November, 1869. 8vo., pp. 34.

227. Arrangement of the Families of Mollusks. By THEODORE GILL. February, 1871. 8vo., pp. 65. (M. C. x.)

228. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1869. 41st Congress, 3d Session. House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 153. 1871. 8vo., pp. 430, 38 woodcuts, 1 map.

CONTENTS.

HENRY, J. Secretary's report of operations.
BOARD OF REGENTS, Proceedings of

List of meteorological stations and observers.

List of meteorological material contributed to Smithsonian Institution.

228. Report for 1869-Continued.

BERTHRAND, M. Kepler: his life and works.
ARAGO, M. Eulogy on Thomas Young.

DE BEAUMONT, E. Memoir of Auguste Bravais.

RAU, C. Memoir of C. F. P. Von Martius.

MATTEUCCI, C. Life and scientific labors of Stefano Marianini.
HUNT, T. S. Chemistry of the earth.

MATTEUCCI, C. Electrical currents of the earth.

MAREY, M. Phenomena of flight in the animal kingdom.

BABINET, M. The northern seas.

LOMBARD, H. C. Report on the transactions of the Society of Physics

and of Natural History of Geneva, July, 1868, to June, 1869. SIMPSON, J. H. Coronado's march in search of the "Seven Cities of Cibola."

LUBBOCK, J. Social and religious condition of the lower races of man.
HUXLEY, T. H. Principles and methods of paleontology.

SCHOTT, A.

tan.

Remarks on the "Cara Gigantesca" of Yzamal, in Yucatan.

BECQUEREL, M.

Forests and their climatic influence.

BRENNDECKE, F. Meteorites.

ABICH, S. Remarkable forms of hail-stones in Georgia.
SARTORIUS, C. Eruption of the volcano of Colima.

229. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. XVII. 1871. 4to., pp. 616, 6 woodcuts, 14 plates.

CONTENTS.

MORGAN. Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family.
No. 218.

230. Arrangement of the Families of Mammals. By THEODORE GILL. November, 1872. 8vo., pp. 104. (M. C. xI.)

231. Memoranda of Inquiry relative to the Food Fishes of the United States. By S. F. BAIRD. 1871. 8vo., pp. 8. (M. C. x.) 232. The Secular Variations of the Elements of the

Orbits of the Eight. Principal Planets, Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, with tables of the same; together with the obliquity of the ecliptic and the precession of the equinoxes in both longitude and right ascension. By JOHN N. STOCKWELL. 1872. 4to., pp. 220. (S. C. XVIII.)

233. Converging Series expressing the the Circumference of a Circle. 4to., pp. 6. (S. C. XVIII.)

Ratio between the Diameter and
By WM. FERREL. April, 1871.

234. Questions Relative to the Food Fishes of the United States. By S. F. BAIRD. 1871. 8vo., pp. 14. (M. C. x.)

235. Instructions for Observations of Thunder Storms. By JOSEPH HENRY. 1871. 8vo., p. 1. (M. C. x.)

315. Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. XV-Continued.

No. 319.

Circular in reference to American archæology. No. 316.
Circular. Inquiries relative to crawfish and crustacea.
Circular relating to collections of living reptiles. No. 320.

316. Circular in reference to American Archeology. 1878. 8vo., pp. 15, 38 woodcuts. (M. C. xv.)

317. A Classification and Synopsis of the Trochilidæ. By DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT. 1879. 4to., pp. 289, 127 woodcuts. (S. C. XXIII.)

318. On the Remains of Later Pre-historic Man, obtained from Caves in the Catherina Archipelago, Alaska Territory, and especially from the Caves of the Aleutian Islands. By W. H. DALL. 1878. 4to.,

pp. 44, 10 plates of 39 figures. (S. C. XXII.)

319. Circular of Inquiries relative to the Natural History of the American Crawfish and other Fresh Water Crustacea. 1878. 8vo., pp. 8, 2 woodcuts. (M. C. xv.)

320. Circular relating to Collections of Living Reptiles. 1878. Svo., pp. 2. (M. C. xv.)

321. The Nature of Reparatory Inflammation in Arteries after Ligatures, Acupressure, and Torsion. TONER LECTURE No. VII. Delivered

June 27, 1878. By EDW. O. SHAKESPEARE. March, 1879. 8vo., pp. 74, 7 plates of 11 figures. (M. C. xvI.)

322. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. pp. 950, 871 woodcuts, 7 plates.

CONTENTS.

Vol. XVI. 1880. 8vo.,

TRYON, G. W. Land and fresh water shells. Strepomatidae. No. 253.
OSTEN SACKEN, C. R. Catalogue of diptera. No. 270.
SHAKESPEARE, E. O.

Nature of reparatory inflammation. No. 321.
Circular relative to scientific and literary exchanges. No. 324.
Business arrangements of the Smithsonian Institution. No. 325.
ELLIOT, D. G. List of species of humming birds. No. 334.

List of the principal scientific and literary institutions in the United
States. No. 335.

List of publications of the Smithsonian Institution. No. 344.

323. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu

tion, for the year 1877.

45th Congress, 2d Session.

Doc. No. 35. 1878. 8vo., pp. 500, 49 woodcuts.

CONTENTS.

HENRY, J. Secretary's report of operations.

BOARD OF REGENTS, Proceedings of

BAIRD, S. F.

BAIRD, S. F.

Report on Museum and explorations.

Senate Mis.

List of explorations furnishing collections to the National Museum, 1838 to 1877.

244. Report for 1870-Continued.

VON LIEBIG, J.

HAUGHTON, S.
practice.

REYNOLDS, J. E.

WISEMAN, N.

Induction and deduction.

Relation of food to work, and its bearing on medical

Hydrogen as gas and as a metal.

Identification of the artisan and artist.

BABINET, M. The diamond and other precious stones.

ETHNOLOGY:

GIBBS, G.

On the language of the aboriginal Indians of America. WILLIAMS, H. C. On antiquities in some of the Southern States. Gardner, W. H. Ethnology of the Indians of the valley of the Red River of the North.

FINCK, H.

Account of antiquities in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
DUNNING, E. O. Account of antiquities in Tennessee.
STEPHENSON, M. F. Account of ancient mounds in Georgia.
DAYTON, E. A. Explorations in Tennessee.

HARWOOD, A. A.

Account of the sarcophagus in the National Museum, now in charge of the Smithsonian Institution. GRANT, E. M.

Account of the discovery of a stone image in Tennessee, now in possession of the Smithsonian Institution.

BLYDEN, E. D. On mixed races in Liberia.

FOWLER, J. On shell-heaps.

PEALE, T. R. On the uses of the brain and marrow of animals

among the Indians of North America.

LYON, S. S. Report of an exploration of ancient mounds in Union

county, Kentucky.
BARRANDT, A.
STELLE, J. P.
STELLE, J. P.

Sketch of ancient earth works on the Upper Missouri. Account of aboriginal ruins at Savannah, Tennessee. Account of aboriginal ruins in Hardin Co., Tennessee.

TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS:

CAMPBELL, J, V. The earthquake in Peru, August 13, 1868.

PALMIERI, Prof. The electro-magnetic seismograph.

JOHNSON, W. W. On the distribution of forest trees in Montana,

Idaho, and Washington.

SARGENT, W. D. Influence of the aurora on the telegraph.

METEOROLOGY:

POEY, A.

New classification of clouds.

TACCHINI, P. On the evaporation observed at Palermo, in 1865 and 1866.

ZANTEDESCHI, F. On the electricity of induction in the aerial strata of the atmosphere, which, in the shape of a ring, surround a cloud that is resolving into rain, snow, or hail.

PALMIERI, Prof. On the presence of electricity during the fall of

rain.

ELLIOTT, R. S. Climate of Kansas.

PORTER, Commodore. Account of a hail storm on the Bosphorus.
BACHE, G. M. Account of a hail storm in Texas.

245. Check List of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution to July, 1872. 1872. 8vo., pp. 21. (M. C. x.)