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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Bulletin 1.— Check-List of North American Batrachia and Reptilia ; 

 with a Systematic List of the higher groups, and an essay on geo- 

 graphical distribution based on the specimens contained in the United 

 States National Museum. By Edward D. Cope. 1875. Svo., 104 pp. 



Bulletin 2. — Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island, 

 made in connection with the American Transit of Venus Expedition, 

 1874-'75. By J. H. Kidder, M. D., Passed Assistant Surgeon, United 

 States Navy. I. Ornithology. Edited by Dr. Elliott Coues, United 

 States Army. 1876. Svo., 51 pp. 



Bulletin 3. — Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island, 

 made in connection with the American Transit of Venus Expedition, 

 1874-75. By J. H. Kidder, M. D., Passed Assistant Surgeon, United 

 States Navy. II. 187G. 8 vo., 122 pp. The contents are as follows : 



Oology.— By J. H. Kidder and Elliott 



Coues. 

 Botany : 



A. Phamogamia, Filices, et Lyeopodi- 

 acese. 



Revised by Asa Gray. 



B. Musci. By Thomas P. James. 



C. Liclienes. By Edward Tuckerinan. 



Algae, By W. G. Farlow. 

 Crozkt Flora: 

 Geology. By F. M. Endlich. 

 Mammals. By J. H. Kidder. 



Fish. By Theodore N. Gill. 

 Mollus'ks. By W. H. Dall. 

 Insects : 

 Diptera. By C. R. Osten-Sacken. 

 Pseudo-Neuropteia. By H. A. Hagen. 

 Crustaceans. By S. I. Smith. 

 Annelids, Echiuoderms, and Anthozoa. 



By A. E. Verrill. 

 Surgeon E. Kershner's Collection. 

 A Study of Chioxis Minor. By J. H. 

 Kidder and Elliott Coues. 



Bulletin 4. — Birds of Southwestern Mexico. Collected by Francis E. 

 Sumichrast for the Uni ted States National Museum. Prepared by George 

 N. Lawrence. 1875. 8vo., 56 pp. 



Bulletin 5. — Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas. Based chiefly 

 upon the collections of the United States National Museum. By G. 

 Brown Goode, M. A., Curator United States National Museum. 1876. 

 8vo., 82 pp. 



Bulletin 6. — Classification of the Collection to illustrate the animal 

 resources of the United States. A list of the substances derived from 

 the animal kingdom, with synopsis of the useful and injurious ani- 

 mals, and a Classification of the methods of capture and utilization. 

 By G. Brown Goode. 1876. 8vo., 126 pp. 



Bulletin 7. — Contributions to the Natural History of the Hawaiian 

 and Fanning Islands and Lower California, made in connection with the 

 United States North Pacific Surveying Expedition, 1873-75. By Thomas 

 H. Streets, M. D., Passed Assistant Surgeon, United States Navy. 1877. 

 8vo., 172 pp. The subjects treated of are : 



Ornithology. 

 Herpetology. 

 Ichthyology : 

 I. Fishes of Upper and Lower Califor- 

 nia. 



II. Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. 



III. Fishes of the Fannin* Islands. 



IV. Fishes of the Samoau Islands. 

 Crustacea. 



Botany. 



Bulletin 8. — Index to the Names which have been applied to the Sub- 

 divisions of the Class Brachiopoda, excluding the Budistes, previous to 



