Catalogue of public atioxs. 571 



ElDGWAV, K.—Couti lined. 



List of species of Middle and South American birds not contained iu 

 the U. S. National Musenin. 



List of special desiderata among North American Ijirds. 



Catalogue of Old World birds in the U. S. National Museum. 



Notes on some Costa Kican birds. 



Description of a new lly-catcher, and a supposed new petrel, from tbo 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Description of a new owl from Porto Kico. 



Descriptions of two new thrushes from the United States. 



On two recent additions to the North American bird fauna, by L. 

 Belding. 

 Ryder, J. A. On Semper's method of making dry preparations. 

 Shufeldt, R. W. Remarks ujion the osteology of Ophcosatirus vevtraJis. 

 Smith, R. Description of a new Gobioid tish {Olhonopa cos), from Sau 

 Diego, Cal. 



Description of a new species of Gobiesox {Gohicsox rhcssodou), from 

 San Diego, Cal. 

 Smith, S. B. Ou the Chinook names of the salmon in the Columbia River. 

 Ste.ixegek, L. Description of two new races of Myadestes ohscttriis, Lafr. 

 Translation. Metallic castings of delicate natural objects. 

 True, F. W. On the North American land tortoises of the genus Xerohates. 



Ou the rare rodent Cricetodipus parvus (Baird) Cones. 

 Ward, L. F. Catalogue of a collection of Japanese woods presented to 



the U. S. National Museum by the University of Tokio, Jai)an. 

 White, C. A. Ou certain cretaceous fossils from Arkansas and Colorado. 

 Anoxymous. The comparative action of dry heat and sulphurous acid 



upon putrefactive bacteria. 



Appendix — Circulars of the U. S. Xational Museum: 



Ko. 1. Plan of organization ami regulations of the Museum. 



No. 2. Circular addressed to the friends of the Museum. 



No. 3. CiiLular in reference to petroleum collections^. 



No. 4. Circular concerninii the department of insects. 



No. 5. Establishment and officer.s of the Smithsonian Institution and Museum. 



No. 6. Classification and arrangement of the materia raedica collection. 



No. 7. A classification of the forms in which drugs and medicines ajipoar ami are adniiuislered. 



No. 8. Memoranda of collectors of drugs for the materia medica section of the National Museum. 



No. S). Circular in reference to the building-stone collection. 



No. 10. Two letters on the work of the National Museum. 



No. 11. A provisional classification of the food collections. 



No. 12. Classification of the collections to illustrate the art of taxidermy. 



No. 13. Outline of a scheme of Museum classification. 



No. 14. Circular requesting material for the library of the Museum. 



No. 15. The organization and objec's of the National Museum. 



No. 16. Plans for the installation of collections. 



No. 17. Contiibutions and their ackuowledgment. 



No. 18. List of publications of the United States National Museum. 



468. Suiitlisoniau Miscellaiieoas Collections. Vol. xxii. 1882. 8vo., 



pp. 1200, cuts IS, plates 4. 



contexts. 



Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum. Vol. in. kSSO. No. 425. 

 Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum. Vol. iv. 1881. No. 4(57. 



469. List of Foreign Correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Corrected to January, 1882. 1882. 8vo., pp. 174. 



