380 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884, 



Ophiuroidea : 



Page. 



Aatronyx tenuiapina - 219 



Anthozoa : 



Umiellula JSairdii Sil9 



Kophoielemnon ienne 219 



Scleroptilum gracile *il9 



Lepidogorgia gracilis (gen. et sp. nov. ) '-i'-iO 



Notice of the remarkable marine fauua occupying the outer banks oti 

 the southern coast of New England, and of some additions to tlie 

 fauna of Vineyard Souiid. 



(Rep. U. S. Coiniii. Fish and Fisheries, 1882 (1884), pp. 641-669.) 

 A general account of the scientific investigations of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission during the summers of 1881 and 1882, with headquarters at Wood's 

 Holl, Mass., abstracted from papers published in the American Journal of 

 Science, vols, xxii-xxiv, 1881 and 1882. Tables are given of the deep-watt^r 

 dredging stations occupied by the steamer Fish Hawk. The topics more 

 especially discussed are as follows : For 1881 : Fishes, Mollusca ; for 188'^ : 

 evidence of great destruction of life last winter; abundance of life; list of 

 deep-water Echinodermata taken by the Fish Hawk, 1880-1882 ; additions 

 to the fauna of Vineyard Sound ; surface dredgings. Numerous species of 

 Mollusca and Annelids are redescribed from the American Journal of Science. 

 One new species of Ophiuran, Ophioscolex quadrispinus, Verrill, is described 

 on page 661, and one new Planarian, Stylochopais zebra, Verrill, on page 6<i(>. 



Physical characters of the portion of the Continental Border, beneath 

 the Gulf Stream, explored by the Fish Hawk, 1880 to 1882. 



(Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, 1882 (1884), pp. 1045-1057, plates l-o. ) 

 After a general introduction, the following topics are discussed : Influence 

 of the Gulf Stream ; nature and origin of the sediments ; occurrence of fossil - 

 iferous magnesian limestone nodules; evidence of the existence of light at 

 great depths. The plates are as follows : 1. Southerncoast of New England to 

 the Gulf Stream slope, showing lines of depths and positions of the principal 

 dredging stations of the U. S. Fish Commission. 2. To illustrate the rela- 

 tive slope or profile of the bottom, from the shore to the Gulf Stream slope, 

 and across portions of th© slope in several lines. :?. Temperature curves at 

 the bottom and surface, and at 5, 10, and 20 fathoms, and extending from The 

 shore to near the 800-fathom line on the Gulf Stream slope. 4. Temperature 

 f,urves at the surface and bottom, and at the intermediate depths of 5, 10, 

 20, 30, and 50 fathoms, arranged according to the distance in miles from the 

 shore. 5. Temperature curves at the bottom and surface, and at intermedi- 

 ate depths of 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, and 100 fathoms. 



SAMUEL T. WALK1:R. 



On the origin of the fossil bones discovered in the vicinity of Tise's 

 Ford, Florida. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1884, pp. 427-429. ) 

 Extract from a letter to Prof. Spencer F. Baird. 



CHARLES W. WARD. 



Notes on Ardea icardi^ Kidgw. 



(The Auk, i, April, 1884, pp. 161-163.) 



With special reference to specimens in the National Museum callectiou. 



