lected during the summer of 1880 in Alaska and Siberia. 30 pp, - L. S te ju
e g e r: Outlines of a monograph of the Cygninae. 16 fig. 48 pp. — M. Car-
b o n n ie r: Note on the habits and th e rearing of the axolotl, Amblystoma
Mexicanum. 2 pp. - D. S. Jo rd a n and C. H. G ilb e r t: Description of a new
species of XJranidea [Uranidea pollicaris] from Lake Michigan. 2 pp. —
A. Duges: Observations on four mules in milk. 3 pp. — L. M. T n rn e r : On
Lagopus mutus, Leach, and its allies. 9 pp. - J . A. R y d e r: Genera of the
Scolopendrellidae. 1 pp. - G. Brown Goode and T. H. B e au : A list of the
species of fishes recorded as oocuring in the Gulf of Mexico. 7 pp. - D. S.
Jo rd a n and C. H. G ilb e rt: Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida
and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. 67 pp. — J . Sw a in :
A review of the Syngnathinae of th e United States, with a description of
one new species 9 pp. - A. E. V e r r ill: Notice of recent additions to the
marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions
of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. IV. Additions to
the deepwater molusca, taken off Martha’s Vineyard, in 1880 and 1881.
29 pp. - B. R idgway: Descriptions of some new North American birds.
4 pp. - R. Sm ith : Description of a new species of Uranidea [Uranidea
Rhothea] from Spokane river, Washington territory. 2 pp. — C. B e n d lre :
On the eastward distribution of th e black-tailed deer [Cariacus Columbianus].
2 pp. - » . S. J o rd a n : Description of a new species of blenny [Isesthes
Gilberti] from Santa Barbara, California. 3 pp. - D. S. J o rd a n and C. H.
G ilb e r t: Description of a new species of conodon [Conodon Serrifer] from
Roca Solëdad, Lower California, 2 pp. — Catalogue of th e fishes collected
by J . X a n tu s a t Cape San Lucas, which are now in the U S. National
Museum, with descriptions of eight new species. 19 pp. — List of fishes
collected by J . X a u tn s a t Colima, Mexio. 2 pp. ~ List of fishes collected
a t Panama by J . M. Dow, now in th e U. S. National Museum. 6 pp. -
List of a collection of fishes made by L. Be lding near Cape San Lucas,
lower California. 4 pp. — List of fishes collected at Panama, by Rowell
now preserved in th e U. S. National Museum 2 pp. — C. C. N n ttln g : On
a collection of birds from the hacienda „La Palma”. Gulf of Nicoya, Costa
Rica. 28 pp. — D. S. Jo rd a n and C. H. G ilb e rt: Descriptions of two new
species of fishes [Sebastichthys Umbrosus and Citharichthys Stigmaeus]
collected a t Sante Barbara, California, by A. Larco. 4 pp. — G. Brown
Goode and T. H. Be an: Descriptions of twenty-live new species of fish
from the Southern United States, and three new genera Letharous, loglossns
and Chriodorus. 20 pp. — D. S. Jo rd a n and C. H. G ilb e r t: Description of a
new species of Goby [Gobiosoma los] from Vancouver’s island. 2 pp. —
H. C. Y a rrow : Descriptions of new species of reptiles and amphibians in
the U. S. National Museum. 6 pp. — L. L e sq n e ren x : Contribution to the
miocene flora of Alaska. -5 pl. 7 pp. — L. S te ju e g e r: Remarks on the systematic
arrangement of the American Turdidae. 35 fig. 37 pp. - T. Gill : On th e family
Centropomidae. 1 pl. 2 pp. — Nomenclature of the Xiphiids. 2 pp. — On the
family and subfamilies of Carangidae. 7 pp. - R. Ridgway: Catalogue of
a collection of birds made in the interior of Costa Rica by C. C. Nutting.
10 pp. - J . S. Newb e rry : Brief descriptions of fossil plants, chiefly tertiary,
from western North America. 13 pp. - T. G ill: Note on the Leptocardians.
2 pp. - Note on the Myozonts or Marsipobranchiates. 2 pp. - Note on the
Bdellostomidae and Myxinidae. 4 pp. - Note on the Petromyzontids. 5 pp. -
B. Ridgway: Description of a new warbler from the island of Santa Lucia,
West Indies. 2 pp. - Description of a supposed new plover from Chili.
2 pp. -- L. Belding: Catalogue of a collection of birds made a t various
points along th e Western coast of lower California, north of Cape St. Eugenio.
6 pp. — Catalogue of a collection of birds mado near the so uthern
extremity of the peninsula of lower California. 18 pp. — B. Ridgway: On the
genus Tantalus, Linn, and its allies. — 2 pp. — T. Gill: Supplementary note
on the Pediculati. 6 pp. — Note on the Pomatomidea. 1 pp. — Note on the
aflinities of the Ephippiids. 4 pp. — On the relations of the family Lobotidae.
2 pp. — Note on the relationships of th e Echeneidids. 1 pl. 6 pp. - Note on
the genus Sparus. 2 pp. - On the proper name of the blue fish. 4 pp. — L. Sto n e :
Does the panther [Fells copcolor] go into the water to kill fish ? 1 pp. —
D. S. Jo rd an and C. H. Gilbert: On certain neglected generic names of
La Cepede. 7 pp. — On th e synonymy of the genus Bothus Rafinesque.
2 pp. — Description of a new species of Artedius (Artedius fenestralis)
from Puget Sound. 3 pp. — Description of a new species of Urolophus
(Urolophus asterias) from Mazatlan and Panama. 2 pp. — Notes on a collection
of fishes from Charleston. South Carolina, with description of three new species.
41 pp. — List of fishes now in the Museum of Yale College, collected by
F. H. Bradley, at Panama, with descriptions of three new species. 13 pp. —
C. V. Riley: Jumping seeds and galls. 1 fig. 4 pp, — W. H. Ba ll: Note on
cluster flies. 3 pp. — J . Swalii and G. B. Kalb: A review of the genus Noturus,
with a description of one new species. 6 pp. — S. M. Iiiman: Catalogue of a
collection of samples of raw cotton presented to the U. S. National Museum by
the International cotton exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 1881. 2 pp. — D. S.
Jordan and C. H. Gilbert: Description of two new species of fishes [Myrophis
vafer and Chloroscombrus orqueta] from Panama. 3 pp, - Description of a
new eel [Sidera castanea] from Mazatlan, Mexico. 2 pp. — On the nomenclature
of the genus Ophichthys. 4 pp. - K. Sm ith : On the life coloration of the young
of Pomacentrus rubicundus. 2 pp. - F. W. T ru e: On a Cinnamon bear from
Pennsylvania, 4 pp. — R. Ridgway: Description of a new petrel from Alaska.
3 pp. — T. H. B ean: Description of a species of a ivhitefish, Coregonus hoyi, Gill,
Jordan, called „smelt” in some parts of New York. 3 pp. — G. B. Merrill:
Note on a . Potsdam sandstone, or conglomerate, from Berks county P e n n sylvania.
2 pp. — T. H. Bean: Description of a new species of Alepidosau-
rus [A aesculapius] from Alaska. 2 pp.
Vol. VI. 1883. S. I. Smith: Preliminary report ou the Brachyura and Anomura
dredged in deep water off the south coast of New England by th e U. S.
fish commission in 1880, 1881 and 1882. 6 pl. 57 pp. — E. Stejueger: Contributions
to the history of the Commander islands. N°. 1. Notes on the
n a tu ra l history, including descriptions of new Cetaceans. 32 pp. — R. Ridgway:
Descriptions of some birds supposed to be undesoribed from the
Commander islands and Petropaulovski, collected by L. Stejueger. 7 pp. —
R. E, C. Stearns: Description of a new genus and species of Alcyonoid
polyp from Japanese waters, with remarks on the stru c tu re and habits of
related forms, etc. 6 pp. — J . G. Hunt: Report on a fragment of cloth taken
from a mound iu Ohio. 2 pp, — F. Hnmbert: Lucilia raacellaria infesting man.
3 pp. — S. T. Walker: Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. 5 pp. - G. Brown
Goode: The generic names Amitra and Thyris replaced. 1 pp. - M. Willis:
Shell beds in Westchester, N. Y. 1 pp. - I). S. Jordan and C. H. Gilb ert:
Notes on the nomenclature of certain North American fishes. 2 pp. — W. A.
.Stcariis: Notes on the natural history of Labrador. 27 pp. - G. F. Merrill: