306 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Shufeldt, Robert W: — Observations on the habits of the American 

 Chameleon (Anolis principalis). 



(American Naturalist, September, 1683, vol. xvn, No. 9 pp. 919-92(5. One 

 full -page cut.) 



Anolis is an exceedingly common lizard in all the gardens and parks in the 

 suburbs of New Orleans, and the author availed himself of the opportunity 

 during his collecting tours in that vicinity to make observations upon its 

 habits, etc., which are fully set forth in this article. Attention is called to 

 its breeding, method of capturing its food, and it chameleonic powers. 



This paper was reproduced by the American Field (January 14, 1884), but 

 not properly accredited to the naturalist. A large series of specimens, col- 

 lected at this time, is now in the Smithsonian Institution. 



Observations upon the osteology of Podasocys moritanus. 



(Journal of Anatomy and Physiology; London, Oct., 1883, No. v, vol. xvin, 



pt, i, pp. 86-102, 1 plate.) 



In this paper the skeleton of a typical American plover has been thoroughly 

 described, aud its skull, with other parts compared with pluvialine forms. 



A lithographic plate accompanies the article, engraved by F. Huth, of 

 Edinburgh, in which all the principal bones are shown from various points 

 of view. 



Kern ark s upon the osteology of Phalacrocorax bioristatus. 



(Science, vol. n, No. 41, Nov. 16, 1883, pp. 640-642, 3 cuts.) 

 At different times ornithotomists have been attracted by the many interest- 

 ing points iu the skeleton of a cormorant. This bird has a peculiar bone ar- 

 ticulating on a mid-point of the occipital ridge. This feature has been de- 

 scribed and figured by Selenka and Eyton. Marsh called it the "nuchal 

 boue" ia one of his papers on the osteology of cormorants. In this article it 

 is again figured, being tipped up on its side, so that it may be fully seen. It 

 does not belong to the skull, but is an ossification in mid-plane of the fascia 

 between the beads of the liiventer cervicis muscle, or what may be compared 

 to the ligameutum nuchas of birds. Other interesting features of the skeleton 

 of this cormorant are reviewed. 



Romolea microptera. 



(Science, vol.-n, No. 47, Friday, December 28, 1883, pp. 811-814, 1 life-size 

 lith. plate.) 



This paper is devoted to a study of the great black "lubber grasshopper" 

 of the South. The observations are upon Louisiana specimens, and treat 

 particularly upon its breeding habits and behavior during captivity. The 

 eggs and method of laying them are fuHy described. The paper is illustrated 

 by a full-page lithographic plate, giving the eggs and life-size figures of a 

 male and female. The author collected large series of this insect, in all stages 

 of development, and these now form a part oi the entomological collections 

 of the U. S. National Museum. 



Stearns, Robert E. C— The edible clams of the Pacific coast and a 

 proposed method of transplanting them to the Pacific coast. 

 (Bull. U. S Fish Com., in, pp. 353-362.) 



Stejneger, Leonhard.— Remarks on the systematic arrangement of 

 the American Turdidre. 



(Proc. U.S.Nat, Mns., vol. v, 1882, pp. 449-483.) 



This is by far the most important paper on the subject ever published. It 

 is illustrated by numerous outline figures of the generic characters. (-R. 

 Jiidgicay. ) 



