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REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



Stejneger, Leonhard. Hvorfra koiu 

 Vestuorges eieiulommelige tlyr og 

 planter? 



Ifaturen, xxxii, Juli-Au- 

 gust, pp. 19.S-202 ; Sept. 

 pp. 269-277. 

 A reply to Prof. .Torgensen's re- 

 view, in a previous number of 

 " Naturen ", of the author's paper 

 " The origin of tlie so-called At- 

 lantic animals and plants of 

 Western Norway ", published in 

 the Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 XLVIII, pt. 4, No. 1699, May 4, 

 1907, pp. 458-513. 



Om Yestlaudshesten fra zoolo- 



gisk staudpiiukt. 



Norsk Veto-in. TUlskr., xxi, 



Jan., 1909, pp. 11-17. 



A reply to Mr. Baashuus-.Jes- 



sen's review in a previous paper 



of certain parts of the author's 



paper cited above. 



Stejnegek, I.eonhard. Description of 

 a new snake from Panama. 



Pioc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xxxvi. No. 1681, May 27, 

 1909, pp. 457, 458. 

 Mesopeltis Jongifrcnis, new spe- 

 cies; type, No. 38750, U.S.N.M. 



Batrachians and Reptiles [of 



the Princeton University Expeditions 

 to Patagonia, 1896-1899]. 



Reports, Princeton Univer- 

 sity Expeditions to Pata- 

 gonia, 1896-1899, III, Pt. 

 ii, pp. 211-224. 

 Liolwmus hatcheri, new species; 

 type, No. 36912, U.S.N.M. 



Hahn, Walter L. Notes on tlie mam- 

 mals and cold-blooded vertebrates 

 of tlie Indiana University Farm, 

 Mitchell, Indiana. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxv. 

 No. 1655, Dec. 7, 1908, 

 pp. 545-586. 



FISHES. 



Bean, Barton A. The proper name of 

 the American eel, Anguilla rostrata 

 (Le Sneur). 



Science (n. s.), xxix. No. 

 752, May 28, 1909, pp. 



871, 872. 



Description of a new skate 



(Dactylobatns aramtus) from deep 

 water off the southern Atlantic coast 

 of the United States. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 

 xxxvi, No. 1682, May 27, 

 1909, pp. 459-461, pi. 38. 



and Alfred C. Weed. Det>crip- 



tions of two new species of Electric 

 rays of the family Narcobatidje, from 

 deep water off the sonthern Atlantic 

 coast of tlie United States. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 

 XXXVI, No. 1694, June 

 21, 1909, pp. 677-680, 

 one fig. 



DiCKERSoN, Mary Cynthia. (See nn- 



der David Starr Jordan.) 

 EvERMANN, Barton W., and E, L. 

 GoLDSBOROtJGH. Notes On some fishes 

 from the Canal Zone. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washing- 

 ton, XXII, June 25, 1909, 

 pp. 95-103, figs. 1-3. 

 CJieirodon gorgonce is descrihed 

 as new. 



E\^RMANN, Barton W.^ and J. T. 

 Nichols. Notes on the fishes of 

 Crab Creek, Washington, with de- 

 scription of a new species of trout. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. TVashing- 

 ton, XXII, June 25, 1909, 

 pp. 91-94, figs. 1, 2. 

 8ahno eremogenes is described 

 as new. 



(See also under David Starr 



Jordan. ) 



Gill, Theodore. The Genesis of the 

 Museum [of the Brooklyn Institute!. 

 Report, Mus. Brooklyn Inst. 

 Arts, and ScL, 1907, Au- 

 gust 27, 1908, pp. 100- 

 105. 

 Reminiscenses of the Brooklyn 

 Institute and zoology in Brookljm 

 during 1854 and several years 

 later. The primitive nature of 

 the grounds of the present build- 

 ings is noticed. Reference is made 

 to J. Carson Brevoort in connec- 

 tion with the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 



The story of the Devil-fish. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls. 

 52, Quar. issue, Pt. 2, No. 

 1816, Oct. 15, 1908. pp. 

 155-180, figs. 40-55. 

 An account of the giant ray. 

 Mania vampyrus , giving the popu- 

 lar names, the form and the man- 



