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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



LUCAS, Frederic Auiiusxus — Cont'd. 

 Museum methods — The exhibition of 

 fossil vertebrates. 



Science (New series), in, A])r. 17, 1896. pp. 

 573-576. 

 Discusses the question as to wliether verte- 

 brate fossils should be exhibited with skeletons 

 of recent animals, and takes the ground that 

 they should be displayed apart. 



The taxonomic value of the tongue 



in birds. 



Ax(.k, Apr.,1896, pp. 109-114, 13 figs. 

 Describes the modifications of the tongue in 

 various species of birds, and considers that 

 they are due to adaptation to food or feeding 

 habits, and are not of value for purposes of 

 classification. 



Osteologiciil and pterylographical 



characters of the Procniatidaj. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xvni, No. 1077, 

 June 24, 1896, pp. 505-507, figs. 1-5. 

 Describes the anatomical characters of this 

 new family of birds. 



The tongues of woodpeckers. 



Btdl. Div. Ornithology and Mammalogy, 

 V. S. Dept. Agric, No. 7, 1895, pp. 35-39, 

 pis. I-III. 



Describes the tongues of various species of 

 North American woodpeckers, and shows the 

 relation between the style of tongue and char- 

 acter of the food. 



McGregor, R. C. Albinos. 



Nidologist, in, No. 9, May, 1896, p. 94. 

 Notes are offered on seven albino birds col- 

 lected by the author. 



MARLATT, Charles L. The Currant 

 Stem-girdler. 



Insect Life, vn, No. 5, July, 1895, pp. 

 387-390, 2 figs. 

 An account of the early stages of Phyllcecus 

 Jlaviventris. 



The princii)al insects of the grape. 



Teaihook V. S. Dept. Agric, 1895 (June. 

 1896), pp. 385 -404, 11 figs. 

 Gives some statistics of the damage to the 

 grape from insects, the life histories and habits 

 of these insects, and the means employed for the 

 extermination of the following species: Phyl- 

 loxera, vastatrix, Planch ; Fidia viticida, Walsh ; 

 Amj)hicerui hicaitdatux, Say; Haltica ehalybea, 

 111.; Macrodactylus subspinosus, Fabr. ; Desmia 

 maculalis, "Westw. ; Philampelus achemon, 

 Drury; Agrotis messoria, Harris; Agrotis 

 aaiicia, Hubn. ; Typhlocyba vitifex, Fitch: 

 Eudinnis botrann, ScliilV. 



Revision of the Nematina- of North 



America, a subfamily of leaf-feediug 



MARL ATT, Charles L. — Continued. 

 Hymenoptera of the family Tenthredi- 

 nidsB . 



Tech. Ser. Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, No. 

 3, 1896, pp. 1-135. 

 This is an extended or monographic work on 

 this group (largely based upon Museum ma- 

 terial), and a complete revision of the NematiniC 

 of North America north of Mexico. Synop- 

 tical tables of the genera and species are given, 

 iind some new genera and many new species are 

 described. 



MASON, Otis Tufton. Footgear. 

 Science (New series), iii, 1890, p. 598. 

 This communication draws attention to the 

 fact that the footgear of the American Indians 

 in the areas occupied by the Latin American 

 race in aboriginal times, to wit, Middle and 

 South America, bad two toe strings, or a loop 

 inclosing two toes, while in 7)ost-Columbian 

 times the type of sandal has come into vogue 

 which was first introduced from Egypt and the 

 Orient into Spain in the eighth century, and 

 from Spain and Portugal imposed upon the 

 American tribes. 



Bows and arrows of Central Brazil. 



Science (New series), in, 1896, pp. 868. 869. 

 The object of this communication is to draw 

 attention to the work of Dr. Fred. Me3'er, and 

 the existence of a long area between the 

 Atlantic slope of the Andes and the Brazilian 

 Highlands where the types of bows and arrows 

 are of a decidedly mixed character, as are also 

 the peoples. 



Introduction of the Iron Age into 



America. 



Am. Anthropologist, IX, 1896, pp. 191-215. 

 This p.apcr c.ills attention to the profound 

 impression made upon the American aborigines 

 from the very first by the importation into 

 their country, in large numbers, of the Ccun- 

 moQ mechanics and laborers of Europe, as well 

 as of slaves from Africa. Vestiges of African 

 arts, and of the folk arts of Europe in the 

 fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, cropped out 

 in many ])laces, and friiquently these arts are 

 confounded with those of the aborigines. 



Comparison of the Zuili with the 



Finnish belt-weaving apparatus. 



Globus, Braunschweig, lxix, 1896, pp. 

 12-14, 2illus. 

 This paper calls attention to the identity of 

 the lieddle used by the Zuni Indians inweav- 

 ing their garters and belts and the apparatus 

 used bj' the Finns in northwestern Russia for 

 the same ]>urpose, and maintains that this 

 likeness is not due to the similar causes oper- 

 ating under similar circumstances, but tliat in 

 it we have a good example of acculturation. 



