TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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ARTICLE I. Check-list op North American Batrachia. and Reptilia ; witli a sys- 

 tematic list of the higher groups and an essay on geographical distribution based 

 on the speaimens contained in the United States National Museum. By Ed- 

 ward D. Cope. 1875. pp. 104. 



ARTICLE II. Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island, made 

 in connection with the American Transit of Venus Expedition, 1874-75. By 

 J. H. Kidder, M. D., passed assistant surgeon United States Navy. I. Orni- 

 thology. Edited by Dr. Elliott CouES, United States Army. 1875. pp.51. 



ARTICLE III. Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island, 

 made in connection with the United States Transit of Venus Expedition, 1874-75. 

 By J. H. Kidder, M. D., passed assistant surgeon United States Navy. II. 1876. 

 pp. 122. 



ARTICLE IV. Birds op Southwestern Mexico, collected by Francis E. Sum- 

 iCHRAST, FOR THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MuSEUM. Prepared by George 

 N. Lawrence. 1875. pp. 56. 



ARTICLE V. Catalogue of the Fishes op the Bermudas. Based chiefly upon 

 the collections of the United States National Museum. By G. Brown Goode, M. 

 A., assistant curator United States National Museum. 1876. pp. 82. 



ARTICLE VI. Classification of the Collection to illustrate the Animal Re- 

 sources of the United States. A list of the substances derived from the animal 

 kingdom, with synopsis of the useful and injurious animals, and a classification 

 of the methods of capture and utilization. By G. Brown Goode, M. A., assist- 

 ant curator United States National Museum. 1876. pp. 126. 



ARTICLE VII. Contributions to the Natural History of the Hawaiian and 

 Fanning Islands and Lower California, made in connection with the United 

 States North Pacific Surveying Expedition, 1873-75. By Thomas H. Streets, 

 M. D., passed assistant surgeon United States Navy. 1877, pp.172. 



ARTICLE VIII. Index to the Names which have been applied to the Sub-divi- 

 sions OF THE Class Brachiopoda, excluding the i?wdt8<es previous to the year 

 1877. By W. H. Dall, United States Coast Survey, 1877. pp. 88. 



ARTICLE IX. Contributions to North American Ichthyology. Based primarily 

 on the collections of the United States National Museum. I. Review op Rafin- 

 esque's Memoirs on North American Fishes. By David S. Jordan. 1877. 

 pp. .53. 



ARTICLE X. Contributions to North American Ichthyology. Based primarily 

 on the collections of the United States National Museum. II. A. Notes on 

 CottidcB, Etheostomatidce, Percidw, CentrarchidcB, Apliredoderidw, Dorosomatidw, and 

 Cyprinidce, with revisions of the genera and descriptions of new or little known 

 species. B. Synopsis of the Siluridce of the fresh waters of North America. By 

 David S. Jordan. 1877. pp. 120. 



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