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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



STEARNS, R. E. C. Description of a 

 species of Actaon from the Quaternary 

 bluffs at Spanish Bight, San Diego, 

 Cal. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, No. 1145, Nov. 2, 

 1898, pp. 297-299, 1 fig. 

 A preliminary description of this species 

 appeared in the Nautilus, xi, No. 1, Philadel- 

 phia, May, 1897. 



Adivon traskii occurs in the above region 

 both in a living and fossil state, together with 

 Adxon {Rictaxis) punctocselatus, and a variety 

 of the latter — var. coronadoensis. 



Notes on the Cytherea ( Tivela) cras- 



sutdloides Conrad, with descriptions of 

 many varieties. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mits., xxi. No. 1149, Nov. 

 10, 1898, pp. 371-378, pis. xxni-xxv. 

 In this paper the author gives the range of 

 this species and a description. He divides 

 the variations of color pattern into 6 groups 

 and 16 different named varieties. The three 

 plates illustrate the general characters of 

 the shell variations in outline, and the anat- 

 omy. 



Preliminary description of a new 



variety of Haliotis. 



Nautilus, xn, No. 9, Jan., 1899, pp. 106,107. 

 Haliotis falgcns Phil., variety wallalensi.^, 

 occurring on the coast of Mendocino County, 

 Cal., is described. 



Urosalpinx cinereus Say, in San Fran- 

 cisco Bay. 



Natitilus, XII, No. 10, P>b., 1899, p. 112. 

 The occurrence of the so-called oyster-drill 

 of the Atlantic coast, heretofore detected on 

 the western shore of San Francisco Bay, has 

 later been found on the ea.stern side at a dis- 

 tance of .several miles from the first-discov- 

 ered locality. 



Crepidula couve.ra Say, variety j/Zoifca 



Say, in San Francisco Bay. 



Nautilus, XIII, No. 1, May, 1899, p. S. 

 The foregoing molluscan form is another 

 incidental introduction from the Atlantic 

 seaboard, as well as Urosalpiu.r cinereus pre- 

 viously mentioned. Both of these Eastern 

 species have been introduced witli the East- 

 ern oyster, Ostrea virginica, by the oyster 

 dealers of San Francisco. 



Natural history of the Tres INIarias 



Islands of Mexico. 



Nautilus, XIII, No. 2, June, 1899, pp. 19, 20. 

 The above paper refers to an article pub- 

 lished in North American Fauna, No. 14 (Bio- 

 logical Survey, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture), in which the author, Mr. E. W. Nelson, 

 states that himself and companion were the 

 only naturali.sts wljo vjsjted the islands sub- 



STEARNS, R. E. C— Continued. 



sequent to the visits of Grayson and Farrcr, 

 until May, 1897, whereas Mr. W. J. Fisher 

 made an extensive collection in the group in 

 1876. The molluscan species collected by 

 Fisher at that time are now a part of the na- 

 tional collection and are listed in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the U. S. National Museum, vol. 

 XVII, No. 996, pp. 139-204. Eighty-nine spe- 

 cies are enumerated. 



STEJNEGER, Leonhakd. The birds of 

 the Kuril Islands. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, No. 1144, ( )ct. 4, 

 1898, pp. 269-296. 

 A complete list of the birds observed )jy the 

 author, and others, in the Kuril Islands. 



Description of a new species of 



Spiny-tailed Iguana from Guatemala. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, No. 1151, Nov. 

 10, 1898, pp. 381-383. 

 Ct.e7iosaura pakaris, new species (Type speci- 

 men No. 22703, U. S.N. M.). 



The I Asiatic Fur Seal Islands | and 



I Fur Seal Industry. | By | Leonhard 

 Stejneger | of the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. I — I With one hundred and 

 thirteen plates and maps. | — | (Part iv 

 of the Fur Seals and Fur Seal Islands 

 of the North Pacific Ocean) | — | 

 Washington | 1898. 



Royal 8 vo., pp. 1-384, pis. 1-113. 

 The author's final report as member of the 

 Fur Seal Investigation Commission. 



Report on the Russian Fur Seal Is- 

 lands. 



!Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Re- 

 sources of Alaska, iv, 1898, pp. 613-751, 

 74 plates and 14 maps. 

 E.ssentially a reprint of " The Russian Fur- 

 seal Islands" (1896), by the same author. 



[Review of] The birds of Indiana. 



By A. Butler. 



Am.. Naturalist, xxxiil, Jan., 1899, pp. 0.5- 

 69. 



A curious malformation on a snake's 



head. 



Am. Naturalist, xxxiii, March, 1899, pp. 

 251, 252, 2 figs. 

 The malformation consists chiefly in the 

 absence of a frontal plate, and is supposed to 

 be due to a wound. The specimen beloug.s. 

 to the Museum of the Cincinnati Natural 

 History Society. 



Relationships of North American 



Grouse and Quail. 



Am. Naturalist, xxxiii, March, 1899, pp. 

 259-263. 

 A review of "The Feather-tracts of North 

 American Grouse and Quail," by H. L.Clark. 



