688 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



EOBEUT RiDGWAY. THnga damacensis (Horsf.) iu Alaska, a Sandpiper uew to the 

 Nortli Americau Fauna. 



The Auk, Ui, April, 1886, p. 275. 

 Robert RiDGWAY. Discovery of the Breeding Place of McKay's Snowliake, Plectro- 

 ;phenax hyperboreiis. 



The Auk, in, April, 1886, pp. 276, 277. 



The species was found breeding on Hall Island, Bering Sea, by Mr. Charlea H. Townsend. 



Robert Ridgway. Ou two Abnormally-colored Specimens of the Bluebird : Sialia 



sialis. 



The Auk, III, April, 1886, pp. 282, 283. 



Both in the Natioual Museum. One has the blue color pervading part of the lower surface ; 

 the other has the blue of the back the same shade as S. azurea. 

 Robert Ridgway, The Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, etc. 

 The Auk, III, April, 18S6, pp. 286, 287. 



Note in reference to the departure of the Albatross and proposed work of the naturalists ac- 

 companying the vessel. 

 Robert Ridgway. Arizona Quail. 



Forest and, Stream, xxv, 25, Jan. 14, 1886, p. 484. 



A reply to Herbert Brown's article in a previous number in regard to Colinus ridgwayi and 

 G. graysoni, with a " key " to the characters of the species mentioned, and of O. virginianug 

 texanus. (See under Brown, Herbert). 

 Robert Ridgway. [Is the Dodo an Extinct Bird ?] 

 Science, vn, No. 160, Feb. 26, 1886, p. 190. 



A reply to Dr. R.W.Shufeldt's question in a previous number showing that the supposed 

 Dodo in the Samoan Islands is only Diduneulus strigirostris. 

 Robert Ridgway. Letter to Dr. B. H. Warren, in reply to inquiries concerning the 

 food habits of Hawks and Owls. 



Daily Local News (West Chester, Pa.), March 5, 1886. 

 Reprinted in Forest and Stream, xxvi, 9, March 25, 1886, p. 164. 



Section 1, page 141 of the Laws of Pennsylvania for 1885 offers a bounty for the destruction of 



hawks and owls. The Microscopical Society of West Chester in their endeavor to have the 



act repealed asked the opinion of several ornithologists, the author replying that he regards the 



majority of hawks and owls as " very decidedly beneficial to man." 



Charles V. Riley.- Report of the Entomologist, Charles V. Riley, M. A., Ph. D., 



for 1885. 



lieport of the Department of Agriculture, 1885 : pp. 7—1, 137, 8—2, 1 map, 9 plates. 



Separate author's ed. of " lieport of the Entomologist" by Entomologist of (United States) 

 Department of Agriculture, 1885 ; Report (United States) Commissioner of Agriculture for 

 1885, pp. 207-343, pp. 1,2, map 1, pp. 1-9, with addition of t. p. cover, t. p. (p. 1), table of con- 

 tents (pp. 3-7), corrigenda (p. 1), general index (pp. 1-6), and plant index (pp. 7, 8). 



Contains divisions and sub-chapters, with the titles given below : Introduction, pp. 207-213; 

 silk culture, pp. 214-228, pis. 2-4; miscellaneous insects, pp. 228, 289, map 1, pis. 1, 5-8 ; destructive 

 locusts or "grasshoppers,"' pp. 228-233, pi. 8 ; the periodical Cicada (Cicada septendecim L. 

 and race tredecim Riley) , pp. 233-258, map 1, pis. I, 5, 6, fig. 1 ; the Leather beetle or toothed Der- 

 mestes (Dermesles vulpinus, Fabr.), pp. 258-264, pi. 6, fig. 2 ; the Garden web-worm (Eurycreon 

 rantalis, Guen.), pp. 265-270, pi. 6, fig. 3; the Dark-sided cut-worm {\a,vva,oi Agrotis messoria, 

 Harr.), pp. 270-275, pi. 7. fig. 1 ; the strawberry weevil (Anthonom,us musculus Say), pp. 270-282, 

 pi. 7, figs. 5, 6; the pear midge or pear diplosis (Diplosis nigra 0), Meigen), pp. 283-289, pi. 7, figs. 

 2, 3, 4 ; reports of agents, pp. 289-343, pi. 9 ; D. W. Coquillett, report on the locusts of the San 

 Joaquin Valley, California, pp. 289-303; Lawrence Bruner, report on the abundance of the 

 Rocky Mountain locust in 1885, pp. 303-307; Albert Koebole, notes on locusts at and about Fol- 

 som, Cal.,pp. 308-311; F. M. Webster, insects affecting fall wheat, pp. 311-319 ; Dr. A. S.Pack- 

 ard, special agent, third report ou the causes of destruction of the evergreen and other forest 

 trees in northern New England, pp. 319-333, pi. 9; Nelson W. McLain, report on experiments 

 in apiculture, pp. 333-343. 



Charles V. Riley. — Silk culture. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885 : pp. 214-228 (8-22) ; plates 2-4. 



General work of the Entomological Division in developing silk culture ; distribution of mul- 

 berry trees and silk-worm eggs ; home-raised ws. imported eggs; establishing of filatures; cost 

 of producing reeled silk ; work on the Pacific coast; precautions necessary in the production 

 of pure silk- worm eggs and in properly wintering them ; diseases of the silk-worm— flaccid ity. 



