300 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUl^EUM, 1893. 



PILSBRY, Hknuv A.— continued. 



Sciences of I'liiliuk-lpliia). xiv, 1892, i>p. 



l-xxxiv, 1-350, pis. 1-68. 

 Tliis work is basoil in part on material fur- 

 nished by tlie National Museum, and also 

 partly on the manuscripts prepared for the 

 Smithsonian Institution by the late Dr. Philip 

 Fearsall Carpenter, which were turned over to 

 Mr. Pilshry by the Institution to facilitate 

 the prejiaration of the monograph. 



EATHBUN, Mary J. Catalogue of the 

 crabs of the family Periceritlfe in tlie 

 U. S. National Mnseuui. 



r)-or. U. S. Xat. iliis., xv. No. 901, August 

 C, 1892, pp. 231-277, pis. xxvili-XL. 

 Based on 48 species, chietiy American, of 

 which 15 are new: JAbinia tnexicana, L. spini- 

 mana, L. Macdonaldi, Pericera atlantlca, P. 

 triangulata, P. contigiia, Maerocoeloma tenxdros- 

 tra, Oihonia rotunda, O. Xicholsi. O.caroUnensis, 

 2Iiitra.v ^)itos««, 21. sinoisis, AI. braziUe)isis, 

 21. Uempliilli, 21. hahamensis. 



KATHBUN, RiCHAUi.. Report upon the 

 iuciuiry respecting Food-fishe.s and the 

 Fishiug-grotinds. 



Pep. r. S. FIkJi Com., 1SS9 to 1S91 (1893), 

 pp. 97-171. 



Report on the I)e])artiuent of Marine 



Invertebrates in the U. S. National 

 Museum, 1800. 



Pep. Sniihsonian Inst. (V . S. Kat. Mus.), 

 1890 (1891), pp. 22:3-229. 

 EIDGWAY, RoBKiJT. Tlie Humming 

 Birds. 



Pep. Smitluonian Jnnt. (U. S. Xat. Mus.), 

 1890 (1891), pp. 253-383, pis. I-XLVI, 47 

 figures in the text. 



The subject of this memoir is treated as fol- 

 lows: Introduction, Early history, Xames and 

 their origin, Geographical distribution, Migra- 

 tions, Habits, Abundance of individuals. Ac- 

 tions and attitudes, Manner of tiight, Dispo- 

 sition, Intelligence, Kests and eggs, Voice, 

 Food, Characters and relationships (with a sum- 

 mary of osteological and anatomical characters, 

 prei)ared by Mr. F. A. Lucas), Variations, Head 

 ornaments, Ctdors of the plumage, Cause of 

 the changeable hues of humming birds, Brief 

 descriptions of some of the more brilliantly 

 color( (1 kinds, :ind Humming Birds of the United 

 States, with a key to the genera of humming- 

 birds occurring in the United States, Mexico, 

 Cuba, and the Bahamas. 



The first part of this treatise, as the titles 

 of the chajiters indicate, is of a popular char- 

 acter, intended to interest the general reader, 

 and form an introduction to the study of this 

 most wo!iderful and beautiful family of Ameri- 

 can birds. The second part is devoted to the 

 scientific discussion and description of the sev- 

 enteen species of humming birds which have 



RIDGWAY, Robert — continued, 

 been found witliin the borders of the United 

 States A key to all the genera of humming 

 birds found in North America and the West 

 Indies will enable the student to detect any 

 addition to our fauna whicli he is likely to meet. 



Zonolrichia albicoUis in California. 



Aid; IX, No. 3, July, 1892, p. 302. 

 Notes the capture of an adult specimen in 

 spring plumage by Mr. L. Belding, at Stock- 

 ton, Cal., April 22, 1892, being the third Pacific 

 coast record of the species. 



Spring arrivals at Washington, D. C, 



Auk: IX, No. 3, July, 1892, pp. 307-308, 

 Records the date of first appearance in the 

 vicinity of "Washington of 37 species of si)riug 

 migrants during the season of April 3 to May 

 4, inclusive. 



Descrii)tious of two new forms of 



Basileitteni>< ntjifrons, from Mexico. 



Proc. r. S. Xat. J/«»., XV, No. 895, July, 

 1892, i>. 119. 

 Basileiiteriis ritjifrons Jouyi and Pasileuterus 

 rufifrons Pvrie.'i are de.scribed. 



The systematic position of Humming 



Birds. A reply to Dr. .Shufeldt's '' Dis- 

 cussion." 



J'op. Sci. News, XXVI, No. 11, November, 



1892, i.p. 164-165. 



Shufeldt on the anatomy of Hum- 

 ming Birds and Swifts. 



Ant. Xatiiralist, liecember, 1892, i)p. 1U40- 

 1041. 



lieply to a criticism of " The Humming 

 Birds " by Dr. Shufeldt, in the American Agri- 

 cxdturist for October, 1892, pp. 869-870. 



Description of two supposed new 



species of Swifts. 



Proc. r. S. Xat. 2Ius., XVT, No. 923, June 13, 



1893, pp. 43-44. 



Oitaetura Lawrencei, p. 43, and Gi/jiseloides 

 Vherriei, p. 44. 



Report on the Department of Birds 



in the U. S. National Museum, 1890. 

 Pep. Sinithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1890 (1891), ])p. 195-198. 



RILEY, CiiARLK.s V. The iiumher of 

 broods of the iiajjorted Elm-Leaf Beetle. 



.Science, xx. No. 492, July 8, 1892, p. 16. 

 A prelimiuarj- note recording the fact that 

 on June 30, 1892, eggs laid by the second brood 

 of beetles had been obtained at Washington. 



Recent advances in dealing with 



insects affecting fruits. 



Proc. Am. Pomolor/ical Sac, 23d Session, 

 September, 1891, pp. 32-42. (July, 1892.) 



