290 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



BEAN. Takleton Hoffman — continued. 

 {CcithetostonKi aJh'KjHtta) from the (Julf 

 of Mexico. 



I'roc. v. S. yat. Mus., xv., Xo. S9G, July 

 22, 1892, p 121-122. 



Notes on the fishes collected in Mex- 

 ico by Piof. A. Duges, with descrip- 

 tions of" new species. 



I'roc. r. S. Kat. Mitn., xv, Ko. 903, 

 Augu.st 2, 1892, pp. 283-287, jil. xi.iv. 



[Ichthyological notes in Forest and 



Stream.^ Whitefish and Grayling, 

 August 4, 1892, p. 95, with illustra- 

 tions. The Rainbow trout, August 11, 

 1892, p. 119, with illustrations. The 

 Red-throated trout, August 18, 1892, 

 p. 141, with illustratious. The Dolly 

 Varden trout, .September 22, 1892, p. 

 248, with illustratious. The Channel 

 cattish, December 1, 1892, p. 471, with 

 illustrations. California fish culture 

 and protection, December 22, 1892, p. 

 538, with illustrations. Brook-trout 

 deformities, December 29, 1892, p. 562, 

 with illustrations. The»A(iuaruini at 

 the World's Fair (editorial), February 

 23, 1893, p. 155. The Lani))rey8, May 

 4, 1893, p. 387, with illustrations. 



The Fishes of Pennsylvania. 



ICi'ji. I'enna. Fish Com., 1SS9-90-01 (Harris- 

 liurg, 1893). A])peu(lix, jij). l-vii, 1-149, 



l,ls.i-:Ti. 



Report on the Department of Fishes 



in the U. S. National Museum, 1890. 



li'eji. SmUhiouian lust. (U. S. Kat. ^tus.), 

 1890 (1891), pp. 205-209. 



BEECHER, CiiAKLES E. Revision of the 

 families of loop-be.aring Brachioixxla. 

 The development of TenhrdlaHiui ohao- 

 leta, Dall. 



Trans. Conn. Acad. ,Sci., ix, May. 1893, ])p. 



376-399, pis. i-ui. 



The material upou which these iiuportaut 

 papers were partly based was supplied l)y the 

 Katioual Museum I'rom dredjiiugs uf the 

 steamer Albatross. 



BENDIKE, Chakles. Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. I United States National Mu- 

 seum. I Si)ecial Bulletin No. 1. | Life 

 Histories | of | North American Birds | 

 with special reference to | their breed- 

 ing habits and eggs, | with | twelve 

 lithograidiic])lates. | By | Charles Beu- 

 dire, Captain, U. S. Army, (Ketired), | 

 Honorary Curator of the Department 

 of Oology, U. S. National Museum, | 



BENDIRE, CiiAKi.ES— continued. 



Member of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union. I — I Washington; | Gov- 

 ernment Printing Ofhce, I 1892. 4to, pp. 

 i-viii, 1-446, pis. i-xii, containing 185 

 (diromolithographed figures of eggs. 



This book discusses of 146 of North American 

 species and subspecies. The main portion of 

 the work is devoted to an exhaustive account of 

 the life liistories of the species, mainly from 

 original and recent sources with reference to 

 breeding and migratory ranges, food, and time 

 of incubation, and, tin ally, the eggs of each spe- 

 cies, when known, are carefully described, and 

 in every case the measurements given are the 

 autlior's own. The averdge measurements have 

 been obtained with great care from l.irge series 

 of specimens, in some cases being tlie result of 

 over two hundred separate measurements. The 

 plates accompanying the volume are from draw- 

 ings by John L. Eidgway. 



The following families are treated in the pres- 

 ent volume : 

 Family Tetraonidie, species and sab8i)ecie3 38 

 Family Phasiaiiidie, si)ecies and subspecies 2 



Family Cracidie, subspecies 1 



Family Columbida^, species and ."ubspecies 15 

 Family Cathartidie, species and subspecies 3 

 Family Falcouida', sjiecies and subsjiecies. 51 



Fainilj' Stngidie, species 1 



Family Buboiiida', species and subspecies. 35 

 I'liblished also in the series of Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge (^'()l. xxviii). 



Description of a new Prairie Hen. 



Forest and Stream, xi., Xo. 2.0, Jklay 18, 1893, 

 p. 425. 

 Bnel diagnosis and list of sjiecimeiis of Tt/in- 

 jiaintcJius Attwaten, liendire (Southern Prairie 

 ■ Hen) from Arkansas County, Texas. 



Rejtort on the Department of Birds' 



Eggs 111 the I'. S. National ^Museum, 

 1890. 



Fep. ISiinthsoiitun In 

 1890 (1891), pp. 199- 



^^(^ 

 .'00 



Xat Mus.), 



BENEDICT, Jame.s E. Corystoid crabs 

 of the genera l^elnud^ni^ and J-Jrimacriis. 



Froc. U. S. Xat. Mvs., xv, No. 900, August 

 4, 1892, pp. 223-230, pis. xxv-xxvii. 

 Three species are described and hgiued, one 

 of which, T. Isenbeckii, is placed iii a new genus, 

 Frimacrus. 



BIGELOW, R. P. Preliiiunary notes on 

 the Stomatopoda of the Albatross col- 

 lections, and on other specimens in 

 the National Museum. 



Jdliiis ]]opkins Fniv. Circ, Xll, IS'o. 106, pp. 



100-102. 



The new species described are Gunodactijlus 



spinosus, O. lavanensis. Fseudosqiiilla ineija 



lophthalma, Si/idlla quadridcns, IS. mantoridea. 



.S. aculeata. S. intermedia, and 5. rugosa. 



