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REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



GILL, Theodore. The proper name of 

 Bdellostoma or Heptatrema. 



I'voc. V. S. Nat. Max., xxiii, No. 1234, 

 June 6, 1901, 735-738. 

 The name Heptatrema is traced back to its 

 origin and the history of the nomenclature of 

 the genus detailed. It is shown that the 

 earliest name was Eptatretus (1819) and that 

 consequently the family name should be 

 Eptatretidie. 



Note on the genus Hollandia of 



Karsh. 



Science (new .series), xiii, June 14, 1901, 

 pp. 949-050. 

 The name Hollandia, having been applied 

 in 1892 to one genus, could not be given to a 

 second, and consequently the genus of but- 

 terflies named Hollandia by Karsch in 1897 

 is renamed Hollandella. The family Holan- 

 diidx is degraded to the rani: of a subfamily 

 named HoUundeUinse. 



The popularity of White's Sel- 



borne. 



Osprey, v, No. 7, July, 1901, p. 107. 

 In view of the publication of over a hun- 

 dred editions^! and of three within the past 

 year), an inquiry is instituted into the caufse 

 of the popularity of Gilbert White's celebrated 

 work. 



Nomenclature at Berlin. 



Osjirei/, V, No. 8, Aug., 1901, pp. 126-127. 

 Comments are made on some of the rules 

 promulgated by the recent Zoological Con- 

 gress at Berlin, as well as certain name.? pub- 

 lished by French ornithologists. Tlie criti- 

 cized names are such as were formed by 

 "compounding the first part or syllables of 

 one word and the final elements of another," 

 mich as Embernagea composed of Ember [isa] 

 and [Ta]nagra. 



TheOsprey or Fishhawk; its char- 

 acteristics and habits. 



Osprey, v, in the following numbers: No. 

 1, Sept., 1900, pp. 11-12; No. 2, Nov., 1900, 

 pp. 2,5-28; No. 3, Jan., 1901, pp. 40-42; 

 No. 4, Mar., 1901, pp. 60-61; No. 5, May, 

 1901, pp. 73-76; No. 6, June, 1901, pp. 

 92-93; No. 7, July, 1901, pp. 105-106; No. 

 8, Aug., 1901, pp. 124-125; No. 9, Sept., 

 1901, p. 141 (end). 



Life and Letters of Thomas Henry 



Huxley. By his son, Leonard Hux- 

 ley. [A review.] 



Osprey, v, No. 3, Jan. and Feb. 1901, pp. 47-48. 



Work and worry for the classicists. 



Osprey, v, No. 9, Sept., 1901, pp. 142-143. 

 An editorial on nomenclature induced by 

 some remarkable names recently published 

 involving given and family names, such as 

 Edrmrdocopeia after Edward 1). Cope. Inci- 

 dentally some other curious names are re- 

 ferred to, especially a number of familiar 

 bird and crustacean names which are evi- 



GILL, Theodore — Continued. 



dently anagrams of previous ones. A fact, 

 not previously recognized, is that nearly a 

 dozen names of crustaceans (C(>ota7(f(, Ani- 

 locra, Corilana, etc.) are simply anagrams of 

 Caroline or Carolina. , 



Alewives. 



Notes and Queries (9), viii, No. 200, Nov. 

 30, 1901, pp. 451-452. 

 In answer to a previous inquiry (Vol. vii, 

 p. 406) the etymology and true name of the 

 American Alewife are given. In correction 

 of the great New England Dictionary it is re- 

 marked that Alewife was and still is a name 

 applied in .some places in England to one of 

 the Shads, and quite naturally it was brought 

 over to the United States by the immigrants 

 from England. Aloof e, given as an etymon 

 and an Indian name, is nothing but Aloose, 

 the antique s having been mistaken for an f. 

 Aloo.se, Alose, and Alice, as well as Alewife, 

 are derivatives from the old Latin Alosa. 



William Swainson and his times. 



Osprey, iv, v, in following numbers: (i) 



IV, No. 7, Mar., 1900, pp. 104-108; (ll) iv. 

 No. 8, Apr., 1900, pp. 120-123; (in) iv, No. 

 9, May, 1900, pp. 135-138; (IV) IV, No. 10, 

 June, 1900, pp. 154-1.56; (v) iv, No. 11, 

 July, 1900, pp. 166-171; (vi) v, No.l, Sept., 

 1900, pp. 8-10; (Vii) V, No. 3, Jan., 1901, 

 pp. 37-39; (VIII) V, No. 4, Mar., 1901, pp. 

 58-59; (IX) v, No. 5, May, 1901, pp. 71-72; 

 (X) V, No. 9, Sept., 1901, pp. 130-137; (xi) 



V, No. 10, Oct., 1901, pp. 152-155; (xil) V, 

 No. 11, Nov., 1901, pp. 167-172; (XIII) V, 

 No. 12, Dec, 1901, pp. 176 (end). 



General history of birds. 



Osprey, vi, in the following numbers: (i), 



Jan., 1902, pp. 1-4; (ii), Feb., 1902, pp. 



5-12; (III), Mar., 1902, pp^ 13-14; (iv), 



Apr., 1902, pp. 15-20; (v). May, 1902, pp. 



21-26; (VI), June, 1902, pp. 27-34; (vii), 



July, 1902, pp. 3.5-42. 

 The chapters of a general work. 

 In Chapter I are considered: (p. 1-4) "The 

 English names;" (4-5) "The bird's place in 

 nature;" (5-6) "Characters of the class;" 

 (7-8) "The general characters of birds;" (8) 

 "The plumage of birds;" (8-10) "Thefeathcrs 

 of birds;" (10-13) " The arrangement of feath- 

 ers;" (13,14) "The color of the plumage;" 

 (1.5-17) "Moulting or molting;" (17-19) 

 "Molting periods;" (19-20) "Individual 

 molt; " (20-21) " Color change without molt." 

 In Chapter II are discussed: (p. 21) "Gen- 

 eral anatomy;" (33-35) "Themuscles;" (35-37) 

 "The brain and the rest of the nervous 

 system;" (37-38) "The alimentary system;" 

 (38-39) "The vascular system;" (39-40) "The 

 respiratory system;" (40) "The generative 

 system." 



In Chapter III is treated the "Ecology of 

 l)irds" under separate headings, viz: (10-41) 

 "Contrast between uniformity of structure 

 'and variety of habits;" (41-42) " Variation in 

 flight." 



