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Kathbun, Richard, and Tarr, R. S. — List of duplicate marine in- 

 vertebrates distributed by the United States National Museum, 

 Series IV, Educational Series No. 2. Prepared by R. S. Tarr, un- 

 der the direction of Richard Rathbnn. 



. # r% (Dfoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, vol. vi, pp. 212-21G.) 



A list of 124 species of duplicate Crustacea, Annelida, Mollusca, Tunicata, 

 Molluscoida, Ecbinodermata, Ccelenterata, and Porifera, selected from the 

 collections made by the U. S. Fish Commission on the New England Coast, 

 for distribution to institutions of learning. About 200 sets, in all, will be pre- 

 pared. 



The Department of Marine Invertebrates in the U. S. National 



Museum. 



(Rep. Asst. Director U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1882, 1883, pp. 27-31 ; 52; 98-103; 

 Report Smithsonian Institution for 1882 (1884), pp. 145-149 ; 170 ; 216-221.) 



Rau, Charles. — Indian stone graves, 



(American Naturalist, vol. xvn, 1883 (Feb.), pp. 130-134.) 

 A short sketch of the so-called " Indian stone graves ", frequently found 

 in some of the States of the Mississippi Valley, with interesting description 

 of their construction. It is explaiued that, although the practice of burial 

 in stone graves may belong to a reuiote period, there is good reason to believe 

 that some of these graves are of more recent date, and tbat the practice of 

 constructing them had not ceased in the present century. 



Accessions to the Department of Antiquities of the U. S. Na- 



tional Museum in 1882. 



(Rep. Asst. Director U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1882 (1883;, pp. 77-80; Report 

 Smithsonian Institution, for 1882 (1884), pp. 195-198.) 



Rldgway, Robert. — Catalogue of a collection of birds made in the 

 interior of Costa Rica, by Mr. C. C. Nutting. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. v, pp. 493-502.) 



An annotated list of 32 species from the Volcan de Irazii and 33 species 

 from San Jose\ The notes on habits, color of eyes, etc., by Nutting. 



Description of a new Warbler from the Island of Santa Lucia, 



West Indies. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. v, pp. 525,526.) 



Dendrceca adelaidcB delkata ; type, No. 80,909, U. S. Nat. Mus. coll. 



Description of a supposed new Plover, from Chili. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. v, pp. 526, 527.) 

 JEgialiics albidipectus ; type No. 26,997, S. U. Nat. Mus. 



On the genus Tantalus, Linn., and its allies. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. v, pp. 550, 551.) 



The genus Tantalus restricted to the American Wood Ibis, the name Pseu- 

 dotantalw being proposed for the several Old World species. 



.. . - Description of a new Petrel from Alaska. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, vol. v, pp. 656-658.) 



(Estrelata fisheri, type No. 89431, U, S. Nat. Mus., from Kodiak, June 11, 

 1882, William J. Fisher, collector. 



