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SHUP'ELDT, Robert AY. Notes on tlie 

 tSte.a,anopo(le8, and on fossil birds' eggs. 

 Auk, XI, Ko. 4, New York, Oct., 1894, pp. 

 337-339. 



Presents a sclieme of classification for tlie 

 Sul>or(ler Steganopodes, based upon a study of 

 the osteological material representing that 

 group in the author's collection, and in the 

 collections of the II. S. National Museum. 

 The article is but an abstract from original 

 MSS. 



Reference is also made in this article to such 

 specimens of fossil eggs of birds as have come 

 to the notice of the author, as those in the 

 collection of the U. S. National Museum, and 

 also those described by M. Alp. Milne-Edwards 

 and others. 



On the osteology of certain Cranes, 



Rails, and their allies, with remarks 

 njjon their affinities. 



Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, xxix 

 (New series), ix, pt. 1, London, Oct.' 

 1894, article 5, pp. 21-43. Three figures. 

 This paper is an extensive and illustrated 

 abstract from the author's unpublished MSS. 

 It is based upon the osteological material in the 

 collections of the U. S. National Museum, and 

 in his private cabinet, and such otlier material 

 as has been lent by the British. Museum and 

 British naturalists. A history of the various 

 proposed classifications of the grouji (Paludi- 

 colce) is presented ; also a synopsis of the osteo- 

 logical characters of liallus, Aramus, and Gntg 

 is given. Figures of the lateral views of the 

 skulls of a Rallus, of Aramus giganteus, and 

 of a Grus are also given. 



Deep-sea fishes. 



Great Divide, xi. No. 10, Chicago, Oct., 

 1894, pp. 240-241. Five figures in text. 

 A popular account of deep-sea fishing in 

 various parts of the world, with descriptions 

 of many deep-sea forms. Keferences are made 

 To the publications upon this subject by the 

 V. S. National Museum, and to the work 

 accomplished by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 and by British Naturalists in the Indi.an 

 Ocean. The Torch-fish (iwiop/irj/ne lucifer) is 

 figured, as are also five of the deep-sea fishes of 

 India (after Alcock) viz: Neohythites steatiti- 

 cus, Odontostomus atratus, Bathypercis jila- 

 tyrhynchus, and Physiculus argyropastus. 



The seventeen-year Cicada and some 



of its allies. 



Popular Kcicnce News, xxvni. No. 10, New 

 York, Oct., 1894, pp. 154-155, with fig 

 ures. 

 A somewhat extended account of the nat 

 ural history of the Cicadid^e based upon per- 

 sonal observations of the author, upon the col- 

 lections in the Department of Entomology in the 

 U. S. National Museum, and the writings of 

 Eiley, Packard, Kirby, and others. Numerous 

 figures are given of Cicada septendeciiti, C. 

 firuinosa, and Thopha saccata of Australia. 



SHUFELDT, Robert W.— Continued, 

 Figures of the eggs and metamorphoses of 

 these insects are also presented, together with 

 a drawing of the twig of a tree showing the 

 peculiar puncturing done by Cicadas. 



On the affinities of the Stegano- 

 podes : A correction. 



Proc. Zool. Sac. London, Nov. 6, 1894, p. 608. 

 Makes a correction in the taxonomic sf'heme 

 proposed by the author for the Steganopodes 

 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society 

 for 1894, p. 160. As corrected, the author is of 

 the opinion that the suborder Steganopodes is 

 divisible into three superfamilies, viz, the 

 Pelecanoidea, the Phaothontoidea, and the Fre- 

 gatoidea. In the first snperfamily arc arrayed 

 thofamiliesPelecanida3,Phalacrocoracid», An- 

 hingidiT', and Sulida' ; in the second, thePhae- 

 thontidic ; and in the last the Fregatida;. 



Pelicans. 



Popular Science News, xxvin. No. 11, New 

 York, Nov., 1894, pp. 165-166. One fig- 

 ure. 

 This is a brief account of the natural history 

 of several species of Pelicans and their allies 

 in various parts of the world. Reference is 

 also made to the mythical legends about the.se 

 birds, and to such fossil Pelicans as have been 

 described by the author and others. The arti- 

 cle is illustrated by a good figure of the Brown 

 Pelican drawn by Dr. Shufeldt from the large 

 painting of that species by Audubon. 



King snakes. 



Observer, v. No. 11, Portland, Conn., Nov., 

 1894, pp. 328-329. One figure. 



Contains brief references to the various spe- 

 cies of King Snakes ( Oiihibolus) of the United 

 States, as represented in the collections of the 

 U. S. National Museum, and described in its 

 publications. 



A figure of a young king snake, Ophibolus 

 g. getulus is given. (From a photograph by 

 the author; natural size.) 



The photography of birds. 



Great Divide, xi. No. 11, Chicago, Nov., 

 1894, pp. 263-26^. Three figures. 

 Good photographs of living specimens of 

 wild and domestic animals of all kinds, as 

 well a9 the various structures they build for 

 their habitation and the rearing of their 

 young, have proved of verj- great servict; to 

 naturalists, taxidermists, and many others. In 

 the present contribution Dr. Shufeldt deals 

 with the subject of the photography of birds, 

 tlie methods employed, and some of tlic many 

 difficulties to be overcome. Half-tone figures 

 of living specimens of the Scree<'h Owl (Mega 

 scops), the Great Horned Owl (Bubo), and 

 Gambel's Partridge (Calipepla) illustrate the 

 article. The last named was taken at the 

 U. S. National Museum. 



Storks. 



Nidologist, ii, No. 4, Alameda, Cal., Dec, 

 1894, pp. 45-47. Three figures in text. 



