308 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



STANTON, Timothy W. The faunas of 

 the Shasta and Chico formations; 



Bull Geol. Soc. Am ,n'. June 1893 pp. 245- 

 256. 

 A brief discussion of tlie cretaceous fossils 

 of the Pacific Coast regiou, based mainly on 

 collections from the Sacramento Valley, )u 

 northern California. It is shown that the 

 Shasta and Chico formations are closely related 

 faunally, having many species in common, and 

 they are therefore regarded as parts of one 

 continuous series. This paper is based upon 

 Museum material. 



STEARNS, RoHEKT E. C. Death Valley 

 Expedition, Part ii, No. 5. Report on 

 niollusks. ■* 



North Am. Fauna, No. 7, May, 1893, pp. 



269-283, 2 figures in the text. 



Fluminicola Merriami, Pilsbry and Beecher, 



amlAmnicolamicrococcus, Pilsbry, aredescribed 



as new, and the existence in a living state of 



Tiyonia elathrata, Stm., is announced. 



Preliminary descriptions of new 



mollusean forms from west American 

 regions, etc. 



Nautilus, VI, No. 8, December, 1892, pp. 

 85-89, 

 Uvanilla regina,Chlorosto)i>agallina,var. imtl- 

 tifilosa, Bulimului Habeli, Onehidium Leslie!, 

 Liftorina (Tectarius) galapagiensis, Xitidella 

 incerta, and Littorina {Tectarius} atyijhus are 

 described as new. 



Description of a new species of Xassa 



from the Gulf of California. 



Nautilus, VII, No. 1, May, 1893, pp. 10-11. 

 Nassa hrunneoHoma described as new. 



STEJNEC4ER. Leoxhard. Notes on a 

 collection of birds made by Harry V. 

 Hensou in the Island of Yezo, Japan. 

 Froc. U. S. Nat. 2Ius., xv, Xo. 904, August 

 6, 1892, pp. 289-359, pi. XLV. 

 New species and subspecies described : Parus 

 Eensoni, p. 342, and Hypsipitcs amaurolis Hcn- 

 ioni, p. 347. Four .additions to the Japaneselauna 

 are noted, viz: Hem.ichelitlon griseisticta, Oto- 

 corys alpestris, Falco ni.sticolus, and Vrinator 

 paeijicus. Species new to the Island of Yezo are 

 Turdus obscurris, Cichloselys sibiricus, Tringa 

 canutus, Terekia cinerea, and Nettion formosa. 

 Sixty-five species are noted in tlie present 

 paper, twenty-eight of which are discussed 

 critically, and are accompanied by copious notes 

 and emendations of synonymy. 



Changes in nomenclature are as follows: 

 Fodiccpsnigricans(iicui).) for the Little Grebe, in 

 placeof P. awri^MS V (L), P.fluviatilis, Tunstall, 

 minutus, Lath.,oTphili2ipensis.Bouaterre. Ceryle 

 higubris (Texavi.) is retained for the name of the 

 Japanese bird which is considered distinct from 

 thi' Himalayan, which it is proposed to call C. 



STEJNEGER, Lkoxhard — continued. 



guttulata. as C. guttata of Vigor.s is preoccupied. 

 The name Ciehluselys is restricted to the Sibe- 

 rian thrush as being the only species of the 

 group requiring a separate name. Monticola 

 inanilla (Rodd.) is provisionally adopted for the 

 eastern form of the Eocky Mountain thrush 

 which is distinguished from the European bird 

 by size, color, and wing-formula. Cyanoptila- 

 bella (Hay) for the Blue and Black Flycatcher, 

 C. yannmelcena and C. j/wZan* being both unten- 

 able. Pvliomyias ferruginea (Gmel.) in place of 

 I', luteola I'allas, or P. mugimaki of Temminck. 

 Froplexis (new genus) is substituted for Uros- 

 phena, preoccupied. Stuniia violacea (Bodd.) 

 takes precedence ov*r py rrhogenys of Temm. &. 

 Schleg. Sturnus cineraceus, Teiiim. is placed in 

 the genus Acridotheres. An exhaustive study 

 of the two forms of Pied wagtails of .Japan is 

 given; all the various stages of plumage are 

 described and further distinguished by a tabu- 

 lar synopsis, plate XLV illustrating the wing 

 feathers oi Motaeilla lugens. 



Two additions to the Japanese Avi- 

 fauna, including description of a new 

 species. 



Pioc. r. S. Nat. 2Ius., xv, Xo. 906, Septem- 

 ber 16, 1892, pp. 371-373. 

 Tringa Teniminckii (Leisl.) and Acanlhop- 

 neuste ijiince Stejn., the latter being now de- 

 scribed for the first time. 



Supplementary remarks on the genus 



ruia. 



Auk: \.'So.2, April. 1893, pp. 181-184. 

 A critical review of Mr. Elliott 8 paper on the 

 genus J'if^rt, Vieillot. with a discus.siou as to the 

 dates of publication of Tieillot's "Analyse" 

 and the fourth volume of the " Nouveau Die- 

 tionaire d'Histoire Naturelle." 



Report on the Department of Rep- 

 tiles and Batrachians in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, 1890. 



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

 1890 (1891), pp. 201-203. 



Preliminary description of a new 



genus and species of Blind Cave Sala- 

 mander from North America. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mrts., xv, No. 894, August 4, 



1892, pp. 115-117, pi. IX. 



Described as a new genus, Typhlotrii on; as a 



new species, T. spelceus, from Rock House Cave, 



Mo. Type, V. S. National Museum, No. 17903. 



Diagnosis of a new California lizard. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi. No. 944, advance 

 sheet, May 27, 1893, p. 467. 

 Described as a new species, Xantusia Hen- 

 shaxvi, from Witch Creek, Cal. Type, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, No. 20339. 



