32 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Bulletin No. 24 (Smithsonian No. 493) contains a " Check-List of 

 North American Beptilia and Batrachia, with catalogue of specimens 

 in the United States National Museum." By Dr. H. 0. Yarrow. 8vo. 

 255 pp. 



A brief* abstract of the preceding (Smithsonian No. 517) is a "Check- 

 List of North American Beptilia and Batrachia, based on specimeus 

 contained in the United States National Museum," by Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 

 Svo. 28 pp. For the convenience of collectors, this list has been 

 printed on the right-hand page only. 



Bulletin No. 26 (Smithsonian No. 500) is an "Avifauna Columbiana: 

 being a list of birds ascertained to inhabit the District of Columbia, 

 with the times of arrival and departure of such as are non-residents, 

 and brief notices of habits, etc." By Drs. Elliott Coues and D. Webster 

 Prentiss. This is the second edition, revised to date and much enlarged, 

 of the Catalogue of the Birds of the District of Columbia, prepared by 

 the same authors twenty years ago, and published in 18G2 in the Annual 

 Eeport of the Smithsonian Institution for 1861. The present edition 

 has been entirely rewritten to embrace all the additions which have 

 been made to the list during the interval between the two editions, to- 

 gether with a review of the changes the Avifauna has undergoue, a 

 sketch of the topography of the District with reference to the haunts 

 and habits of its birds, and much other new matter ; and is handsomely 

 illustrated with wood-cuts or lithographs. It appears as one of the series 

 of natural history monographs of the District, following the Flora re- 

 cently published, and to be succeeded by articles upon other depart- 

 ments of the Fauna. 



It forms an octavo of 138 pages, with a full- page illustration of rail 

 shooting on the Anacostia marshes, District of Columbia, and folded 

 colored maps of the Potomac Eiver region, of the Bock Creek region, 

 and of the Eastern Branch or Anacostia Biver region of the District of 

 Columbia ; also a large map of Washington and vicinity. 



Proceedings of the National Museum. — This is an allied series of pub- 

 lications, designed to furnish to naturalists early announcements and 

 descriptions of specimens received, more particularly when of new 

 species. 



Volume V of the Proceedings of the United States National Museum 

 was completed during the year. It contains memoirs by numerous con- 

 tributors, and comprises 714 octavo pages. 



Proceedings No. 19 (Smithsonian No. 539) contains a "Classification 

 of the Materia Medica collection of the U. S. National Museum and cata- 

 logue of specimens." By James M. Flint. 8vo. 45 pp. 



Educational series (Smithsonian No. 516), " List of duplicate marine 

 invertebrates distributed by the U. S. National Museum." Prepared 

 by B, S, Tarr, under the direction of Richard Rathbun, 8vo, 5 j p. 



