IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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 Jackson, J. C S., 3TI. 1>. Arsenic Acid for protecting Anatomical Preparations ftom In- 

 sects 24 



Jefferson, I^ieut. J. P.,X'. S. A. On tlie Mortality of Tislies in the Gulf of Mexico in 1878.. 363 

 Jefferson, ]L,ieut. J. P., Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, and Thomas 3Ioore. On the 



DesiTuction of JTish in the Vicinity of the Tortugas during the months of September aud 

 October, 1S78 244 



Jordan, David S., M. D. ISTotes on a Collection of Fishes from Clackamas Eiver, Oregon.. C9 

 Joi'dan, David S., and Charles H. Gilbert. Kotes on the Fishes of Eeaufort Harbor, 



Korth Carolina 365 



I.awrence, George N. Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica, from Collections made for 

 the Smithsonian Institution by Frederick A. Ober, together "with his Notes and Observa- 

 tions 48 



Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vinfent, from Collections made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, 



under the Directions of the Smithsonian Institution, "with his Xotes thereon 185 



Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made' for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, ^yith his Observations 232 



Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the 



Smithsonian Institution, iucluding others seen by him, but not obtained 205 



Catalog-ue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the Smithsonian 



Institution '. 349 



Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe for the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober 449 



A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser Antilles visited 



by Mr. Fred. A. Ober ; -with a Table showing their Distribution, and those fovmd in the ITnited 

 States 486 



I/ni>ton, Prof. S. T. On the Breeding Habits of the Sea-Catfish (Ariopsis 21'dherti?) 278 



Merrill, Dr. James C, \J. S. A. Kotes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, being a List 



of Buds observed iu the Viciuity of Fort Bro\vn, Texas, from February, 1876, to June, 1878.. 118 



Poey , Pelipe. Notes on the American Species of the Genus Cyhium 3 



Pratt, Capt. R. II., V. s. A. Catalogue of Casts taken by Clark Mills, Esq., of the Heads of 

 Sixty-fourlndianPrisoucrsof Various Western Tribes, and held at Fort Marion, Saint Augus- 

 tine, Fla., in Charge of Capt. E. H. Pratt, U.S. A 201 



Ridg"(vay, Robert. On a 'Sevi Humming Bird (Atthis Ellioti) from Guatemala 8 



A Review of the American Species of the Genus /Scops, Savigny ....: '. 85 



Descrijjtions of Several New Species and Geographical Eaces of Birds contained in the 



Collection of the United States National Museum 2i7 



Description of Two New Species of Birds from Costa Eica, and Notes on other Eare 



Species from that Country 253 



Descriptions of New Species and Eaces of American Birds, including a Synopsis of the 



Genus Tyrannua, Cuvier .' 400 



Stearns, Silas. A Note on the Gulf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, Goode 181 



Steindachner, Dr. Franz. Note on Perca flaveicens 243 



Wilmot, Samuel. Notes on the Western Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum heterunivi 



(Eaf.) Jordan , 268 



