IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Jackson, J. B. S., M. I>. Arsenic Acid for protecting Anatomical Preparations ft'om In- 

 sects 24 



Jefferson, L.ieut. J.V.,V. S. A. On tlie Mortality of Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico in 1S78. . 363 

 Jefferson, Liient. J. P., Dr. Josopb T. Porter, and Thonia<« i^Ioore. On the 

 Destruction of Pish in the Vicinity of the Tortugas (luring the months of Septemher and 



October, 1878 i;44 



Jordan, David S., M. D. Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Clackamas Eiver, Oregon.. G9 

 Jordan, David S., and Charles H. Gilbert. Notes on the Fishes of Beaufort Harhor, 



North Carolina •'^65 



Liawrence, Georg-e Bf. Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica, from Collections made for 

 the Smithsonian Institution by Frederick A. Ober, together with his Notes and Observa- 

 tions 48 



Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from Collections made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, 



under the Directions of the Smithsonian Institution, with his Notes thereon 1S.3 



Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observations - 232 



Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the 



Smithsonian Institution, including others seen by him, but not obtained 265 



Catalogue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the Smithsonian 



Institution 349 



Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe foE the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober 449 



A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser Antilles visited 



by Mr. Fred. A. Ober ; with a Table showing their Distribution, and those found in the United 

 States 486 



Liupton, Prof. S. T. On the Breeding Habits of the Sca-Catiish iArio2)sis Milherti?) 278 



Merrill, Dr. James C, U. S. A. Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, being a List 



of Birds observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, from February, 1876, to June, 1878.. 118 



Poey, Felipe. Notes on the American Species of the Genus Cybium 3 



Pratt, Capt.R.II., IT. S. A. Catalogue of Casts taken by Clark MUls, Esq., of the Heads of 

 Sixty-fovir Indian Prisoners of Various Western Tribes, and held at Fort Marion, Saint Augus- 

 tine, Fla., in Charge of Capt. R. H. Pratt, U. S. A 201 



Ridg'way, Robert. On a New Humming Bird (Atthis Ellioti) from Guatemala 8 



A Eeview of the American Species of the Genus Scops, Savigny 85 



Descriptions of Several New Species and Geographical Kaces of Birds contained in the 



Collection of the United States National Museum 247 



Description of Two New Species of Birds from Costa Eica, and Notes on other Eare 



Species from that Country 2.32 



Descriptions of New Species and Races of American Birds, including a Synopsis of the 



Genus Tyrannus, Cuvier 466 



Stearns, Silas. A Note on the Gulf Menhaden, Brevooi-tia patromis, Goode 181 



Steindaehner, Dr. Franz. Is ote on Percajlavescens 24S 



AVilmot, Samuel. Notes on the "Western Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum heterurum 



(Raf) Jordan 208 



