GENERAL INDEX. 



Abbott, C. C, on the Leucosomi inhab- 

 iting the basin of the Delaware, 1. 



Allen, Harrison, M. D., descriptions of 

 two new species of Vespertilionida?, 

 160, 246. 



Baird, Prof., communication relative to 

 the indurated black spots found on 

 the Silver Maple, 507. 



Buckley, S. B., notes on some American 

 Ash Trees (Fraxinns), with descrip- 

 tions of new species, 1, 2 ; descrip- 

 tion of new plants from Texas, 2, 5, 

 88 ; on Quercus heterophylla, Mich., 

 20, 100. 



Cassia, J., remarks on a flock of Crows 

 seen Jan. 12th, 2. 



Catalogue of Birds collected by the U. 

 S. North Pacific Surveying and Ex- 

 ploring Expedition, with notes and 

 descriptions of new species, 312 ; 

 remarks on the Snowy Owl, 520. 



Conrad, T. A., descriptions of new gen- 

 era, subgenera and species of Ter- 

 tiary and Recent Shells, 274, 284; 

 catalogue of the Miocene Shells of 

 the Atlantic Slope of the United 

 States, 520, 559. 



Cope, E. D., remarks on Herpeton ten- 

 taculatum, Gerarda prevostiana and 

 Catostoma lineatum, 1 ; synopsis of 

 the species of Holcosus and Ame- 

 iva, with diagnoses of new "West 

 Indian and South American Colubri- 

 dse, 20, 60; on some new and little 

 known American Anura, 102, 151; 

 on Neosorex albibirbis, 160, 188; on 

 Lacerta echinata and Tiliqua dura, 

 160, 189 ; contributions to Neotropi- 

 cal Saurology, 160, 176; notes on 

 certain Reptiles of the New World ; 

 332, 337 ; remarks on a Cuban Bufo- 

 nid (Peltaphryne empusa),344; cat- 

 alogues of the Reptiles obtained 

 during the explorations of the Para- 

 guay, Vermejo and Uraguay Rivers 

 by Capt. T. J. Page, TJ. S. N., and of 

 those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, 

 U. S. Top. Eng!. commander of the 

 expedition conducting the survey of 

 the Atrato River, 345, 346. 

 Correspondence of the Academy for 

 1863, 598. 



Coues, Elliott, synopsis of the North 

 American forms of the Colymbida" 

 and Podicipidaj, 226; revision of the 

 Gulls of North America, based upon 

 specimens in the Museum of the 

 Smithsonian Inst., 249, 291 ; supple- 

 mentary note to a synopsis of North 

 American Colymbidse, &c, 345, 404 ; 

 review of the Terns of North Amer- 

 ica, 520, 535. 

 Donations to Museum, 1S62, 600. 

 Donations to Library, 603. 

 Edwards, Wm. H., description of cer- 

 tain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 

 found within the limits of the United 

 States and British America, No. 2, 

 54, 221. 

 Election of Standing Committees for 



1862, 19. 

 Election of Officers for 1862, 596. 

 Elections of Members and Correspond- 

 ents, 597. 

 Elliott, D. G., remarks on the species 

 composing the genus Pediocsetes, 

 Baird, 345, 402. 

 Fisher, Dr., remarks on a Meteor ob- 

 served at Budd's Ferry, Md., Dec. 

 24th, 20. 

 Gabb, W. M., description of a new spe- 

 cies of Cephalopod from the coast of 

 California, 483. 

 Gill, notice of new species of Heruile- 

 pidotus, 2, 13 ; on the subfamily of 

 Argentinina;, 2, 14 ; notes on the 

 Sckenoids of California, 2, 16 ; ap- 

 pendix to the synopsis of the sub- 

 family of Percinse, 2, 15 ; synopsis 

 of the Cirrhitoids, 101, 102; on the 

 limits and arrangement of the Scom- 

 broids, 101, 124 ; descriptions of new 

 species of Alepidosaurida?, 101, 127; 

 on a new species of Priacanthus, 101, 

 132 ; on the West African genus 

 Hemichromus, 102, 134 ; catalogue 

 of the Fishes of Lower California in 

 the Smithsonian Institution, 102, 140, 

 242, 249; on a new genus of Fishes 

 allied to Aulorhynchus, and on the 

 affinities of the family Aulorhynchoi- 

 da?, to which it belongs, 160, 233; 

 remarks on the relations of the gen- 

 era and other groups of Cubau Fishes, 

 160, 235; notice of a collection of 



