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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



OBERHOLSER, Harry C. Flammu- 

 lated Screech Owls, Megcm:op>t flam- 

 meolus (Kaiip) and Megascope Jlammeohi)< 

 idahoensis Merriam. 



Ornis, x, No. 1, Dec, 1899. 

 An account of these two forms, with synon- 

 ymy, geographical distribution, etc. 



A new wren from Alaska. 



Auk, XVIII, No. 1, Jan., 1900, pp. 25, 26. 

 Anorthura meligera is described as a new 

 species from the Aleutian Islands. 



Notes on birds collected by Dr. 



W. L. Abbott in central Asia. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, No. 1195, Apr. 

 23, 1900, pp. 205-228. 

 Notes on 62 species from Ladak and Kash- 

 mir. Totanus totanus eurhinus (p. 207) is a 

 new subspecies; Saxicola oreophila is a new 

 name for S. montana Gould (preoccupied), 

 and Perissospiza is proposed in place of Pyc- 

 norhamphus (preoccupied). 



Notes on some birds from Santa 



Barbara Islands, California. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, No. 11%, Apr. 

 23, 1900, pp. 229-234. 

 A list, with notes, of 26 species recorded 

 from these islands. 



Catalogue of a collection of birds 



from Madagascar. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, No. 1197, Apr. 

 24, 1900, pp. 235-248. 

 A list, with critical notes, on 57 species of 

 birds collected in Madagascar by Rev. James 

 Wills. 



PALMER, William. The avifauna of 

 the Pribilof Islands. 



Fur Sealu and Fur Seal Islands of the North 

 Pacific Ocean, Part in, 1899, pp. 355-431, 



pis. XXXVIII-XLI. 



A general account of the birds recorded 

 from the Pribilof Islands. Arenaria morinella 

 is treated as distinct from the Old-World 

 Turnstone, and Hirundo erythropastra un- 

 alaschkemis (Gmel.) is recognized as the 

 Alaskan representative of the Bam Swallow. 



PERGANDE, Theo. A new species of 

 plant-louse injurious to violets. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxii, Feb., 1900, 

 pp. 29, 30. Describes Hhopalosiphum 

 violse, new species. 



POLLARD, Charles Louis. The genus 

 Achillea in North America. 



Bull. Torrey Botan. Chib, 26, July, 1899, 



pp. 365-372. 



A revision of the North American species 



with notes on their geographical range. A. 



cali/ornica, A. gigantca, and A. Pecten- Veneris 



are described as new. 



POLLARD, Charles Louis. The fami- 

 lies of flowering plants. 



Plant World Supplement, Jan. 1, 1900, m, 

 pp. 1-43. 

 A popular illustrated account of the plant 

 families, based in part on the observation of 

 material in the U. S. National Herbarium. 



Eight new species of North Ameri- 



can plants. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, Apr. 6, 1900, 

 pp. 129-132. 

 Newspecies described in Qentiana, Lupinus, 

 Viola, Chrysopsis, and Solidago. 



Treatment of the genera Cassia 



and Chamsscrista in Millspaugh's Plantpe 

 Utowanse. 



Bull. Field Columbian Mus., Botanical 

 series, ii, 1900, pp. 46-48. 



RATHBUN, Mary J. Jamaica Crusta- 

 cea. 



Journ. Inst. Jamaica, ii. No. 6, Aug. 31, 

 1899, pp. 628, 629. 

 Consists of lists of Crustacea collected by Dr. 

 J. E. Duerden at Port Royal Cays, Kingston 

 Harbor, and Port Antonio, and determined 

 by Miss Rathbun. Several species are added 

 to the Jamaican fauna, and the name Chlori- 

 della Miers is substituted for the preoccupied 

 name Squilla Fabricius, the well-known ge- 

 nus of Stomatopoda. 



A portion of the material belongs to the 

 Museum. 



List of Crustacea known to occur 



on or near the Pribilof Islands. 



The Fur Seals and Fhir Seal Islands of the 



North Pacific Ocean, Part in, 1899, pp. 



555-558. 



The material upon which this list is based 



consists mainly of specimens dredged by the 



U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, and 



also of shore specimens collected by Dr. F. W. 



True and Messrs. F. A. Lucas, William Palmer, 



and Henry W. Elliott. Four new species of 



shrimps are described. 



Synopses of North American in- 

 vertebrates. VII. — The Cyclometopous 

 or Cancroid crabs of North America. 



Am. Naturalist, xxxiv, No. 398, Feb., 1900, 

 pp. 131-143, 5 text figs. 

 A key to the genera and species of Ameri- 

 can Cyclometopa occurring north of the 

 southern boundary of the United States, the 

 peninsula of Florida excluded, and from the 

 shore to a depth of 100 fathoms. Four new 

 species are noticed. 



