PROCEEDINGS 

 Volume 1 



Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 1. Pp. i-iv (title page and 

 table of contents); pp. 1-488 (Proceedings papers 1-61); pp. 489-520 (index); 

 7 figs., 8 pis. 1879. 



Proc. 



No. ^ 



1. Descriptions of new forms of mollusks from Alaska contained in the collec- 



tions of the National Museum. By W. H. Dall. Pp. 1-3. Mar. 27, 1878. * 



2. Postpliocene fossils in the coast range of California. By W. H. Dall. P. J. 



Mar. 27, 1878. 



3. Notes on the American species of the genus Cybium. By Felipe Poey. Pp. 



3-5. Mar. 27, 1878. 



4. The Clupea tyrannus of Latrobe. By G. Brown Goode. Pp. 5-6. Mar. 27, 



1878. 



5. The occurrence of Belone latimanus in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. By 



G. Brown Goode. Pp. 6-7. Mar. 27, 1878. 



6. The voices of crustaceans. By G. Brown Goode. Pp. 7-8. Mar. 27, 1878. 



7. On a new humming bird {Atthis ellioti) from Guatemala. By Robert Ridg- 



way. Pp. 8-10, 2 figs. Mar. 27, 1878. 



8. Fossil mollusks from later Tertiaries of California. By W. H. Dall. Pp. 



10-16. Mar. 27, 1878. 



9. The manufacture of porpoise-oil. By Caleb Cook. P. 16, Mar. 27, 1878; 



pp. 17-18. Sept. 12, 1878. 



10. The Craig flounder of Europe, Glyptocephalus cynoglossns, on the coast of 



North America. By G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. Pp. 19-23. 

 Sept. 12, 1878. 



11. Note on shells from Costa Rica kitchenmidden, collected by Drs. Flint and 



Bransford. By W. H. Dall. Pp. 23-24. Sept. 12, 1878. 



12. Arsenic acid for protecting anatomical preparations from insects. By J. B. S. 



Jackson. P. 24. Sept. 12, 1878. 



13. The oceanic bonito on the coast of the United States. By G. Brown Goode 



and Tarleton H. Bean. Pp. 24-26. Sept. 12, 1878. 



14. Distribution of Californian Tertiary fossils. By W. H. Dall. Pp. 26-30. 



Sept. 12, 1878. 



15. A revision of the American species of the genus Brevoortia, with a description 



of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico. By G. Brown Goode. Pp. 30-42. 

 Sept. 12, 1878. 



16. Description of Caulolatilus microps, a new species of fish from the Gulf 



coast of Florida. By G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. Pp. 42-45. 

 Sept. 12, 1878. 



17. The occurrence of Hippocampus antiquorum, or an allied form, on Saint 



George's Banks. By G. Brown Goode. Pp. 45-46. Sept. 12, 1878. 



18. Descriptions of new species of shells from California in the collections of the 



National Museum. By W. H. Dall. Pp. 46-47. Sept. 12, 1878. 



19. Catalogue of the birds of Dominica from collections made for the Smith- 



sonian Institution by Frederick A. Ober, together with his notes and 

 observations. By George N. Lawrence. Pp. 48-69. Sept. 12, 1878. 



20. Notes on a collection of fishes from Clackamas River, Oregon. By David S. 



Jordan. Pp. 69-85. Sept. 12, 1878. 



21. A review of the American species of the genus Scops, Savigny. By Robert 



Ridgway. Pp. 85-112, Sept. 12, 1878; pp. 113-117. Oct. 9, 1878. 



22. Notes on the ornithology of southern Texas, being a list of birds observed 



in the vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, from February, 1876, to June, 1878. 



By James C. Merrill. Pp. 118-160, Oct. 9, 1878; pp. 161-173, 3 pis., 



Oct^24, 1878. 



* Proceedings papers Nos. 1-760 were issued by signatures, and when the published date for k 

 signature differs from the date it was received from the printer at the National Museum, the latter 

 date has been used here as the actual date of publication. After No. 760 each article has its actual 

 date of publication recorded in the completed volume of Proceedings. 



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