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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



STEIGER, Georcje. (See under F. W. 

 Clarke. ) 



STEJNEGER, Leonhard. A new name 

 for the great crested Anolis of Jamaica. 



Am. Naturalist, .xxxiii, July, 1S99, pp. 601, 



602. 



Shows that the name Anolis edwardsii has 



been erroneously attributed to the great 



crested Avolis of Jamaica, and proposes that 



it be called A. garmani. 



■ The proper name of the Polar 



Bear. 



Science (new series), x, Sept. 15, 1899, pp. 



377, 378. 



Contends for Thalarctos maniimws (Phipps), 



1774, correcting J. A. Rehn, who in a previous 



niunber of Science states that it is Thalarctos 



marinus (Pallas), 1776. 



The birds of the Hawaiian Islands. 



!/, TV, Jan., 1900, pp. 71-73. 

 A review of Scott Wilson and Evans's 

 Aves Hawaiienses, with a discussion of the 

 relationship of the Hawaiian avifauna. 



The relations of Norway and 



Sweden. 



Conservative Review, ii. Part i, Nov., 1899, 

 pp. 317-346: III, Part ii, Mar., 1900, pp. 

 114-141. 

 An historical review of the political rela- 

 tions from the earliest times to the present. 



STONE, WiTMEE. On a collection of 

 birds from the vicinity of Bogota, with 

 a review of the South American species 

 of Speotyto and Troglodytes. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, pp. 302- 

 313. 

 An annotated list of 76 species, of which 

 Speotyto cunicularia tolimx is new. 



TASSIN, Wirt. Catalogue of the series 

 illustrating the properties of minerals. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1897 (1899), pp. 647-688. 



— Classification of the mineral col- 

 lections in the TJ. S. National Museum. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1897 (1899), pp. 747-810. 



VAUGHAN, T. Wayland. Geologic 

 notes on the Wichita Mountains, Okla- 

 homa, and the Arbuckle Hills, Indian 

 Territory. 



Am. Geologist, xxiv, July, 1899, pp. 44, 5.5. 



VAUGHAN, T. Wayland. Some Cre- 

 taceous and Eocene corals from Jamaica. 



B%M. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard College), 

 xxxiv. No. 1, Sept., 1899, pp. 227-250, 

 pis. XXXVI-XLI. 



A new fossil species of Caryophyllvi 



from California, and a new genus and 

 species of Turbinolid coral from Japan. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii. No. 1194, Apr. 

 20, 1900, pp. 199-203, pi. xvi. 

 The fossil species of Caryophyllia {€'. 

 arnoldi) was sent to the National Museum by 

 Mr. Ralph Arnold, of Stanford University. 

 The Turbinolid is a recent species contributed 

 by Rev. H. Loomis, and named by itsdescriber 

 Levipali/er nrientnlis. 



Reconnaissance in the Rio Grande 



coal fields of Texas. 



Bidl. U. S. Geol. Sun:, No. 164, 1900, pp. 

 1-100, pis, i-xi, 9 text figs. 



VERRILL, A. E. Revision of i-ertain 

 genera and species of starfishes, with 

 description of new forms. 



Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and .S'c/., x, Aug., 

 1899, pp. 145-234, pis. xxiv-xxx. 

 Includes a revision of the classificatinn of 

 the orders Valvata and Paxillosa of Perrier, 

 and descriptions of many genera and species. 

 Three families, 3 subfamilies, 9 genera, 14 

 species, and 1 variety are described as new. 



The material studied is contained in the 

 U. S. National Museum, the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology of Harvard University, the 

 Yale University Museum, and the Museum of 

 the University of Iowa. 



North American Ophiuroidea. 



Part I. Revision of certain families 

 and genera of West Indian Ophiurans. 

 Part II. A faunal catalogue of the 

 known species of West Indian Ophi- 

 urans. 



Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., x. Part 2, 

 Oct., 1899, pp. 301-386, pis. XLll, xi.ill. 

 This revision and list are based on collec- 

 tions in the Museum of Yale University, the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Museum 

 of the University of Iowa, and the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Analytical tables are given of many of the 

 genera and species. Three families, 4 sub- 

 families, 6 genera, 3 species, and 1 variety arc 

 described as new. 



WALCOTT, Charles D. Report upon 

 the condition and progress of the IT. S. 

 National Museum during the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1897. 



Rej). Smithsonian hist. (U. S. Nat. M»is.), 

 1897 (1899) , pp. 1-245. 



