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RATHBUN, Maky J. List of the deca- 

 pod Crustacea of Jamaica. 



Ann. Inst. Jamaica, i, No. 1, Sept., 1897, 

 pp. 1-46. 

 The Crustacea in the collection of Mr. P. W. 

 Jarvis, Kingston, and in the museum of the 

 Institute of Jamaica, form the basis of this 

 list, which includes also the results of explo- 

 rations by the Johns Hopkins University and 

 by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



Descriptions of three new species of 



fresh-water crabs of the genus Potamon. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, Jan. 27, 1898, 



pp. 27-30, pis. I, II. 



One species is a typical Potamon from the 



Malayan Peninsula; two are members of the 



subgenus Geothelphusa from the Loo Choo 



Islands and from "West Africa. 



The brachyura of the biological ex- 

 pedition to the Florida Keys and the 

 Bahamas in 1898. 



Bull. Laboratories Nat. Hist. State Univ. 

 Iowa, IV, June, 1898, pp. 250-294, pis. 



I-IX. 



Descriptions of eleven new species of crabs 

 in the National Museum. 



RICHARDSON, Harriet. Description 

 of a new crustacean of the genus 

 Sphceroma, from a warm spring in New 

 Mexico. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, No. 1128, Dec. 24, 

 1897, pp. 465, 466. 



This crustacean, Sphceroma thermophilwm, 

 was taken from a warm spring near Socorro, 

 New Mexico, by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. It 

 is contrasted with S. dugesi Dollfus, a Mexi- 

 can species, and the only other Sphceroma 

 inhabiting fresh water. 



An advance edition of this paper was pub- 

 lished Feb. 6, 1897. 



Description of a new parasitic iso- 



pod of the genus JEga from the south- 

 ern coast of the United States. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, Mar. 24, 1898, 



pp. 39, 40, figs. 1, 2. 



The specimens were obtained by the U. S. 



Fish Commission steamer Albatross— one off 



Little Bahama Bank, and the other in the 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Description of four new species of 



Eocinela, with a synopsis of the genus. 



Proc. Am. Philosoph. Soc, xxxvii, No. 157, 



June, 1898, pp. 8-17, figs. 1-10. 



Nineteen species are included in the genus 



Pocinela. A chronological list and a synopsis 



of the species are given. The new species 



are all from the dredgings of the Albatross. 



RICHMOND, Charles W. (Review of) 

 Notes on birds observed in Yucatan, 

 by Frank M. Chapman. 



Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, p. 333. 



The Western Field Sparrow, Spizella 



puailla arenacea Chadbourne. 



Auk, XIV, No. 4, Oct., 1897, pp. 345-347, pi. 

 III. 

 The paper presents an account of this sub- 

 species. 



The Cayenne Swift, Panypiila cay- 



enetisis (Gmelin). 



Auk, XV, No. 1, Jan.. 1898, pp. 7-10, pi. i. 

 In this paper is presented an account of 

 the distribution, habits, and nesting of this 

 species. 



RIDGWAY, Robert. Description of the 

 nest and eggs of Bachman's Warbler, 

 Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, pp. 309, 310. 

 The nest and eggs found by Mr. Otto Wid- 

 mann are here described. 



An earlier name for Ammodramus 



leconteii. 



Auk, XIV, No. 3, 1897, p. 320. 

 Fringilla caudacuta of Latham is found to 

 apply to Leconte's Sparrow, the present name 

 of which does not change, since Fringilla 

 caudacuta of Latham is antedated by Oriolus 

 caudacutus of Gmelin. 



On the status of Lanius roiustus 



Baird as a North American bird. 



Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, p. 323. 

 This supposed species is considered to be 

 an " ahOTTmit" ayecimen of Lanius algeriensis, 

 and consequently not a North American 

 bird. 



(Review of) Bird Life, by Frank M. 



Chapman. 



Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, pp. 336-338. 



Descriptions of supposed new gen- 

 era, species, and subspecies of American 

 birds. I — Fringillidse. 



AmA-, XV, No. 3, July, 1898, pp. 223-230. 



Fourteen genera and eight species and sub- 

 species are described as new, viz: Melanos- 

 piza, Brachyspiza, Myospiza, Plagiospiza, 

 Phynchospiza, Pselliophorus, Lysurus, Seri- 

 nopsis, Hctcrospingus, Mitrospingus, Rhodo- 

 thraupis, Hemithraupis, Stelgidostomus, Aimo- 

 phila ruficeps sororia, Aimophila sartorii, 

 Atlapetes pileatus dilutus, Arremonops vene- 

 zuelensis, Arremonops richmondi, Cyano- 

 compsa concreta cyansc^s, Amphispiza bili- 

 neata deserticola, Amphispiza belli clementece. 



Author's extras issued May 13, 1897. 



