158 KEPOKT ON NATIONAL MUSKUM, 1886. 



not yet printed. lie complains, however, of the great difficulty in set- 

 tling many important questions for want of Temminck and SchlegePs 

 " Fauna Japouica, Aves." 



The following papers have been prepared and submitted 



BY THE CURATOR. 



(1) The Geograxjhical and Exploriug ConimiHsion of Mexico. By Fernando Ferrari- 

 Perez, chief of the Natural History section, Pp. MS. 101. 



(2) On ul^strelata sandicicheiisis Ridgw, Pp. MS. 24. (^Established as a good species, 

 very distinct from JE. hasitata. ) 



(3) Description of a new oyster-catcher (B(Bmatopus galapagensis) from the Gala- 

 pagos Islands. Pp. MS. 4. 



(4) On Einpidochanes fuscatun (Max) and Empidonax brunneus Ridgw. Pp. MS. 2i 

 (sent to editors of the " Ibis "). [The latter proves to bo not only specifically but 

 generically distinct from the former, to which it had be«n referred by Mr. Salvin, 

 the question being determined by comparison of types of the two species, the formw: 

 being in the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City.] 



(5) Description of a new species of Empidonaic from Guatemala. Pp. MS. 2 (sent 

 to editors of the " Ibis"). \_E. salvmi Kidgw., based chieliy on specimens in Dr. Scla- 

 ters's collection, collected by Osbert Salvin, but a specimen in the National Museum 

 made the type.] 



BY THE ASSISTANT CURATOR 



(1) Review of Japanese birds. I. Woodpeckers. Pp. MS. 81 ; with a colored plate. 



(2) The British Marsh Tit. Pp. MS, 5. 



(3) Review of Japanese birds. II. Tits and Nuthatches. HI. Api>endix to theMarsb 

 Tits. Pp. MS. 71, 1 figure. 



(4) Notes on species of the Australian Genus Pardalotus. Pp. MS. 9. 



(5) On Tardus alpestris and 'Tiirdus torqiiatns, two distinct species of European 

 Thrushes. Pp. MS. 28. 



(6) Description of lialUin jouiji sp. uov., with remarks on R. striatum and />'. gularxs. 



(7) On Bracliyramphus pcrdtx (Pall.) and its nearest allies. Pp. MS. 18; colored 

 plate. 



(8) Additional remarks to a previous paper on Tiirdus alpestris, based upon material 

 received during May. Pp. MS. 1^. 



(9) Additional remarks to a previous paper on Japanese Woodpeckers, based upon 

 material received during May. Pp. MS. 2. (Description of Pious canus perpaUidus, 

 subspecies nova.) 



(10) Reviews of Japanese birds. IV. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. Pp. MS. 51. 



An account of the minor and routine work is given herewith in tabu- 

 lar form : 



Official letters written 332 



Official memoranda 215 



Memoranda of packing 189 



Orders for work .- 55 



Requisitions for material and supplies 128 



Invoices (trii>licates) 510 



Galleys of proof corrected 142 



Pages of proof corrected 1, 183 



Papers prepared for publication 42 



Number of birds mounted for exhibitiou series 132 



Number of birds made into skins 7 



Number of mounted birds transferred from the old stands to the new ones 2, 006 



New W6i,lnxit stands fitted togetl4er... .,,..., ,..,,.., 1,261 



