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Jordan, David S., and Charles H. Gilbert. — Description of a new 

 species of Rhinobatus {Rhinobatus glaucostigma) from Mazatlau, 

 Mexico. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., Oct. 5, 1883, vol. vi, pp. 210-211.) 



Jordan, David S., and Joseph Swain. — List of fishes collected in the 

 Clear Fork of the Cumberland, Whiteley County, Kentucky, with 

 description of three new species. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Nov. 27, 1883, vol. VI. pp. 248-251.) 



Jouy, Pierre Louis. — Ornithological notes on collections made in 

 Japan from June to December, 188-!. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. vi, pp. 273-318.) 



An important annotated list of 100 species, nearly all represented by nu- 

 merous specimens now in the National Museum collection. 



Luce, Thomas B. — Occurrence of Balhtes cajmscus, Gmelin (Leather- 

 jacket or File-fish), at New Bedford, Mass. 



(Bull. U.S. Fish. Com., vol. in, Dec. 7, 1883, p. 469.) 



Lawrence, George N. (New York City.) — Characters of a new spe- 

 cies of pigeon of the genus Engyptila, from the island of Grenada, 

 West Indies. The Auk, vol. i. April, 1884, pp. 180, 181. (K icellsi, 

 Lawr., type in U. S. National Museum collection.) 



Lindenkohl, C. — Notes on the model of the Gulf of Maine, con- 

 structed for the United States Fish Commission. 

 (Bull. U.S. Fish Com., in, pp. 449-454.) 



Lowell, James Eussell. — Success of the United States Exhibit at 

 the London International Fisheries Exhibition. (Dispatch No. 55 

 to Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State.) 

 (Bull. U. S.Fish Com., in, pp. 447-8.) 



Newberry, John S. — Brief descriptions of fossil plants, chiefly ter- 

 tiary, from Western North America. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Feb. 28, 1883, V, pp. 502-574. ) 



58 new species are described, chiefly from tbe collection of Dr. F. V. Hay- 

 den. 

 NuttlnGt, C. C. — On a collection of birds from the Hacienda " La 

 Palma," Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Eica. 



(Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus., 1883, v,pp. 382-395.) 



Contains also a few notes on the mammals of that regiou. 



Nye, Will ard, jr. — Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in New Bedford water- 

 pipes. Mackerel abundant in Amherst River. 



(Bull. U. S. F. C, vol. ii, 1882, Mar. 21, 1883,p. 272.) 



Eyder, John A. — On the thread-bearing eggs of the silversides [Men- 

 idia). 



(Bull. U. S. Fish Coin., in, pp. 193-190.) 



Preliminary notice of the development and breeding habits of 



the Potomac Catfish, Amiurus albidus (Le Sueur) Gill, 

 (Bull. U, S, Fish Com., m, pp. 225-230. ) 



