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SHUFELDT, Robert W.— Continued. 



A varied collection was made afWlngate by 

 Dr. Shufeldt for the U. S. National Museum, 

 but the most of his time was given over to the 

 publication of his researches, the whole repre- 

 senting several volumes. A portion of tliis was 

 jiublished by the Museum, while the major 

 ])iirt of it appeared in London. A fine plate of 

 tlie "Navajo church," as well as one of the 

 author's study at Wingate, illustrates the con- 

 tribution. 



Some of tlie "Outliers" among 



lnn]s. 



Popular Science Monthly, xi.vi, No. 6, New 

 York, Apr., 1895, pp. 760-780. Ten fig- 

 ures in text. 

 Numerous types of birds still puzzle avian 

 taxonomers, and no unanimity of opinion yet 

 exists as to their atiinities. Examples of the.se 

 may be seen in such forms as the Sun Bittern 

 (Eiirypyga) and others. 



In the present article nearly all of these 

 puzzling species are described and figured, and 

 the various opinions held by ornithologists 

 upon their kinships are given in greater or 

 less detail. In his studies of these "outlying 

 types" Dr. Shui'oldt made very extensive use 

 of the collections of the IT. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 



Modern taxidermy. 



Am. Field, XLvn, No. 20, New York and 

 Chicago, Saturday, May 18, 1895, pp. 

 463-464, witli two figures in text ; No. 21, 

 May 25, pp. 488-490, with six figures in 

 text. 

 Popular articles based upon the author's well- 

 known report upon " Scientific Taxidermy for 

 Museums," published by the U. S. National 

 Museum. The half-tones illustrating these 

 articles were made by the American Field Pub- 

 lishing Company direct from the original pho- 

 tographs taken at the Museum, and they con- 

 stitute a very useful series of zoological figures. 



Gulls and their allies. 



Popular Science News, xxix, No. 5, New 

 York, May, 1895, pp. 65-66, with figures. 

 Partly scientific in character, this popular 

 account is based upon the author's studies of 

 all the osteological and other material in the 

 collections of the U. S. National Museum, and 

 his private cabinet, illustrating the group of 

 birds known as the Longipennes and their 

 allies. The major portion of these researches 

 are in MSS. and ready for publication, with 

 numerous original figures. 



The present article is illustrated by a good 

 electro cut of Ross's Gull (adult male and young 

 female), redrawn by the author from J. H. 

 Ridgway's colored plates in the Keport of the 

 International Polar Expedition to Point Bar- 

 row, Alaska, by Lieut. P. H. Raj, U. S. A. 



[Review of] A Handbook of the 



Birds of Eastern North America. By 

 Frank M. Chapman. New York. D. 



SHUFELDT, Robkrt W.— Contiuucd. 

 Appleton & Co., 189.5. 12 mo, pp. 1- 

 420, with plates and text lignres. 



Xidologist, ll. No. 9, New York, May, 1895, 

 pp. 127-128. 

 In general, a very favorable notice of tlie 

 work, the principal exceptions being tliat its 

 author is taken to task I'or not employing the 

 n etric system for the purposes of measure- 

 ment; and secondly, that he perpetuates some 

 very antiquated notions in regard to the clas- 

 sification of some of the groups of birds. For 

 example, Mr. Chapman retains the Flamingoes 

 in an order by themselves, and yet places the 

 American Vultures (CathartidaO as n family 

 in the order Raptores, in total disregard of 

 what is now known of the structure of these 

 several fonns. 



Some famous butterflies. 



Great Divide, xil. No. 5, Chicago, May, 

 1895, pp. 104-105, with figures. 

 Contains more or less full descriptions of the 

 "dead-leaf butterflies" of Java (Kallima para- 

 lekta) and its peculiar habits, and also the re- 

 lated .species K. inachis, the first named being 

 figured. Brief accounts are given also of sev- 

 eral South American forms, as Dynastor napo- 

 leon, Euptychia tricolor, Perisarna euriclea, and 

 others. The species last mentioned are fig- 

 ured, as well as Leptocireus curious. Reference 

 is made b^ the author to some of the Amer- 

 ican butterflies collected by him in New Or- 

 leans and now forming a part of the Museum 

 collection. 



[Review of] The pterylography of 



certain American Goatsuckers and 

 Owls. By Hubert Lyman Clark. Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., XVII, 1894, pp. 551-572, 

 tigs. 1-11. 



Nidoloyist, 11, No. 10, New York, June 1895. 



A favorable notice of a brief but none the 

 less important contribution to the jiterylogra- 

 phy of North American birds. 



After a careful study of the pteryloses of a 

 sufficient number of Owls and Goatsuckers, 

 Mr Clark naturally comes to the conclusion 

 "that the Caprimulgi are rel.ated to Striges, 

 and not very distantly either— probably a 

 branch from the early part of the Strigino 

 stem," an opinion in which his reviewer moat 

 fully concurs. 



Lectures on biology. 



pp. i-in, 1-102. 

 Reprinted from the American Field, XLI, No, 



26, to xui. No. 8. 

 These are the biological lectures given in 

 full, as they were delivered at the Catholic Uni- 

 versity of America by Dr. Shufeldt (together 

 with a historical preface), during the moutli 

 of January, 1892. The entire field of l)iology 

 is reviewed with greater or less thorough- 

 ness, and as many biological laws contlict 

 with the dogmas entertained by the Church of 



