376 REPORT OF I^ATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



JOHN HENRY LEFROY, 

 Athenceum Club, London. 

 The Botany of Bermuda. By General Sir John Henry Lefroy, F. R. S., 

 Athenaeum Club, London. From Bulletin No. 25, U. S. National 

 Museum. Washington: Government Printing Of&ce. 1884. 8vo, 

 pp. 33-141. 



MEEK, SETH E. 



[See under Davld Starr .Jordan aud Srth E. Mkek, and under Josrpu 

 Swain and Seth E. Meek. ] 



CLINTON HART MERRIAM, 



Locust Grove, N. T. 



On a bird new to the Bermudas, with notes upon several species of 



rare or accidental occurrence in these islands. By Clinton Hart 



Merriam, M. 1), From Bulletin No. 25, IT. S. National Museum. 



Washington : Government Printing Office. 1884. 8vo. pp. 281- 



284. 



( EDWARD W. NELSON. 



On the source of the jadeite implements of the Alaskan Inuuits. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1884, pp. 426-427.) 

 Extract from a letter to Professor Spencer F. Baird. 



Brief diagnoses of two new races of North American birds. 



(Tlie Auk, new series, i (No. 2, Ajiril, 1884), pp. 165-166.) 

 Ficoides tridacJylus alascensis and Astur atricapillus henahawi; the types of 

 which are in the U. S. National Museum collection. 



The breeding habits of the pectoraj sandpiper {Actodromas maoulata). 



(The Auk, new series, i (No. 3, July, 1884), pp. 218-221.) 

 A very interesting account of the habits of the species named, based upon 

 observations made in Alaska, while in the service of the U. S. National Museum. 



A new geographical race of the mountain sheep {Ovis montana, Dalli, 



var. nov.) from Alaska. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, June 3, lr<84, pp. 12-13. ) 



Describes a white rac« of the mountain sheep found in the mouiilaius of 



CHARLES C. NUTTING. * 

 On a collection of birds from Nicaragua. [PMited by R. Jtidgway.] 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1883 (1884), pp. 372 -410.) 

 These signatures run from December 2t>, 1883, to Ajiril 11, 1884. 

 I. — San Juan del Sur, 70 species. 

 M. — Sucuyii, 88 species. 

 III. — The island of Omet6pe. 

 IV.— Los Sfibalos, 80 species. 

 The new species, with one exception, are all from Loa Sfibalos, and are as 

 follows: (1) GeotldyiHi fiairdt, Nntting ; (2) Oryzoborus salvini, Ridgw. ; (3) 

 O. nuttingi, Ridgw.; (4) Contopua depressirostris, Ridgw.; (5) Cyvibilamus line- 

 atua fasdatua, Ridgw.; (6) Grallaria intermedia, Ridgw. (from Costa Rica); 

 (7) Porzana leucogaatra, Ridgw. The technical matter in this paper, includ- 

 ing nomenclature, is by the editor. 



