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REFOKT UF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



MEARNS, Edgar A. Description of a 

 hyl)ri<l between the Barn and Cliff 

 .swallows. 



Auk, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1902, pp. 73-7-1. 

 A female hybrid between the Barn and 

 Cliff .swallows is here described. 



Two subspecies which should be 



added to the cheek-list of North Ameri- 

 can birds. 



Auk, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1902, pp. 70-72. 

 Mimus polyglottos lewcoptf'ru!< (Vigors) and 

 Tyrannus tyrannus vcMitor Bangs are rede- 

 seribed, and critical notes are added to em- 

 phasize the difference between these forms 

 and the tj^pical species. 



An addition to the avifauna of the 



United States. 



Auk, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1902, p. 87. 

 Vireo noveboracensis micrus Nelson is re- 

 corded from Texas. 



Description of a new swallow from 



the western United States. 



PrM. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, Mar. h, 1902, 

 pp. 31-32. 

 Tachyrincta lepida (p. 31) is described as 

 new. 



The Cactus wrens of the United 



States. 



Auk, XIX, No. 2, Apr., 1902, pp. 141-145. 

 The following forms are recognized from 

 the United States: Hdcodytes branneicapillu.f 

 nnthonyi (new subspecies, p. 143), //. hritii- 

 ii( icnpiUus affinh, H. brunneicapiUu.^ bryauti, 

 and IT. brunneicajjillus couesi. All are de- 

 scribed and their differences pointed out in a 

 key. 



Descriptions of three new birds 



from the southern United States. 



Proc. r. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv. No. 1274, June 



2, 1902, pi>. 91.5-92(i. 



Coturnieiilii.^ .taraiuiarum florulanics (p. 915), 



Prognc Hubily fioridana (p. 918), and Sitta cam- 



linensi.'t nelsoni (p. 923), are described as new. 



MERRILL, George P. The Department 

 of Geology in the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 



Am. GrohKjixt. vol. 27, August, 1901, i)p. 

 107-123. witli 5 full-page plates. 



A stony meteorite which fell near 



Felix, Perry County, Ala., May 15, 

 1900. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mas., xxiv. No. 1249, Oct. 



7, 1901, pp. 193-198, pis. XIII, xiv. 



Describes the meteorite ns a choudritic tuff, 



composed essentially of olivine and enstatite 



and containing an interstitial, colorless, and 



undetermined mineral of secondary origin. 



Circular to accompany collections 



illustrating rock weathering and soil 



MERRILL, George P.— Continued, 

 formation which have been prepared 

 by the Department of Geology, U. S. 

 National Museum, under direction of 

 Dr. George P. Merrill, Head Curator. 

 Circ. U. S. Nat. 3Ius.. No. 51, 1901, pp. 1-3. 



Rutile mining in Virginia. 



Eiiy. and Min. Jouni.. vol. 74, Mar. ,s. 1902, 

 p. 3.51. 



A newly found meteorite from 



Admire, Lyon County, Kans. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mm., xxiv. No. 1273, 

 May 31, 1902. pp. 907-913, pis. L-LVI. 

 The meteorite is described as a pallasite be- 

 longing to Brezina's Rokicky group, and the 

 second of its kind known. The condition of 

 the metallic constituents is thought to sug- 

 ge.st their origin by reduction from a chloride 

 or .sulphide. 



Report on the Department of (le- 



ology for the year 1899-1900. 



Pep. Smith.sonian Inxt. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1900 (1902), pp. 45-57, pis. 1-9. 



MILLER, Gerrit S., Jr. Review of El- 

 liot's Synopsis of the mammals of North 

 America and the adjacent Seas. 



Science (new series), xiv, July 5, 1901, i)p. 

 25-27. 



Descriptions of three new Asiatic 



shrews. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. H'«.v7(., xiv, Aug. 9. 1901, 



pp. 157-159. 



New: Croddura ilensin (p. 157), Crocidura 



shantungcnsis (p. l."8), and Sorex macropyg- 



ma'us (p. 158). Based in part on material 



from the British Museum. 



A new name for 3/m.s obscurn.s 



Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, Sept. 25, 1901, 

 p. 178. 

 New name suggested: Mks pidlu.<. 



Directions for preparing study 



specimens of small mammals. Second 

 edition, revised, with abstracts in Ger- 

 man, French, and Spanish. 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 39, Part N, Dec. 

 27, 1901, pp. [l]-[25], figs. 1-3. 



The large yellow pond lilies of the 



northeastern United States. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, Feb. 18, 1902, 

 pp. 11-13, pi. II, fig. 1. 

 Nyiuphica variegata Engelmanii distin- 

 guished from N. adrcna Alton. 



A fully adult specimen of Ophibo- 



li(s r}iumbomaciil(itu.s. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. H'rt.^/f. 

 p. :w. 



XV, Mar. 5, 1902, 



