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Excerpt from The Published Writings of George Newbold Lawrence, 1844-1891 The publications of the National Museum consist of two series - the Bulletin, of which this is N o. 40, in continuous series, and the Proceed ings, of which the fifteenth volume is now in press. A small edition of each paper in the Proceedings is distributed in pamphlet form to Specialists in advance of the publication of the bound volume. The Bulletin of the National Museum, the publication of which was commenced in 1875, consists of elaborate papers based upon the collee tions of the Museum, reports of expeditions, etc., while the Proceedings is intended to facilitate the prompt publication of freshly acquired facts relating to biology, anthropology, and geology, descriptions of restricted groups of animals and plants, the discussion of particular questions rela tive to the synonymy of Species, and the diaries of minor expeditions. Other papers, of more general popular interest, are printed in the Appendix to the Annual Report. Full lists of the publications of the Museum may be found in the cur rent catalogues of the publications of the Smithsonian Institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.