REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 187 



Brewster, William. Ou a collection of birds lately made by Mr. F. 

 Stephens in Arizona. 



(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Nos. 3 and 4, July aud October, 1882, vii, pp. 135- 

 147, aud pp. 193-212. 



Occasional reference is made in tbis paper to examination of National 

 Museum specimens, made conjointly by tbe autbor and tbe curator of tbe 

 department of birds. 



Notes on some birds collected by Capt. Charles Bendire, at 



Fort Walla Walla, W^ashington Territory. 



(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, October, 1882, vii, pp. 225-233.) 

 This paper is based (in considerable part) upon specimens presented by Cap- 

 tain Bendire to the National Museum, and examination of other material in 

 the national collection. 



Brown, Nathan Clifford. Description of a new race of Peuccca rufi- 

 ceps from Texas. 



(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, No. 1, Jan., 1882, vii, p. 26.) 



The new race in question was described only after careful comparison with 

 specimens in the National Museum collettion. 



Reconnaissance in Southwestern Texas. 



(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Chib, No. 1, Jan., 1882, vii, pp. 33-42.) 

 Although this paper relates chiefly to collections made by the author, it 

 contains frequent mention of comparison with National Museum specimens, 

 made at the authors request, by the curator of the department of birds. 



Collins, J. W. An inquiry as to the capture of young codfish in 

 Chesapeake Bay. 



(Bull. U. S. F. C, 1882, i, pp. 401-402.) 



Appearance of dog-fish {Squalus acanthias) on the New England 



coast in winter. 



(Bull.U.S.F.C, II, p. 8. 



Captain Collins has since learned that the great schools of suiiposed dog- 

 fish referred to in the above article were really porpoises. 

 See also Goode, G. Brown, and Collins, J. W. 



Forbes, S. A. The gasper-gou. 



(Forest and Stream, September 28, 1882, xix, p. 165.) 



Gilbert, Charles H. List of fishes observed at Punta Arenas, on 

 the Pacific coast of Central America. 



(Bull. U. S. F. C, October 13, 1882, ii, p. 112.) 

 See also Jordan aud Gilbert. 



Gill, Theodore N. Chiasmodus niger and JSfotacanthus rissoanus. 

 (Nature. — ) 



A critical review of Glinther's Study of Fishes. 



(Proc. Biol. Soc, 1882, Wash., i, p. 29. Title only.) 



On the afiinities of the " great swallower," Chiasmodus niger. 



(Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash,, 1882, i, p. 35. 



