4 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Geology, topography, &c 1 



Mammalia ^ 



Aves 1'^ 



Reptilia 13 



Batrachia 24 



Piscea 30 



Sapplemontary notes 39 



General observations 42 



Bulletin 18. — Exhibit of the fisheries and fish culture of the IJnited 

 States of America, at the Internationale Fischerei-Ausstelluug, held 

 at Berlin, April 20, 1880, and forming a part of the collections of the 

 National Museum, made by the United States Fish Commission. 

 Prepared under the direction of G. Brown Goode, Deputy Commis- 

 sioner. 1880. 8vo, pp. XV, 1, 263. (21) 



Bulletin 19. — Nomenclator Zoologicus. An alphabetical list of all gen- 

 eric names that have been employed by naturalists for recent and 

 fossil animals from the earliest times to the close of the year 1879. 

 In two i)arts. I. Supplemental list. By Samuel H. Scudder. Wash- 

 ington : Government Printing Office, 1882. 8vo, pp. xxi, 1, 37C. 



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Bulletin 20. — The writings of American Zoologists. Index Bibliogra- 

 phy, No. I. Publications of Spencer Fullerton Baird. By G. Brown 

 Goode. . 8vo, pp. . (In press.) (23) 



Bulletin 21. — Nomenclature of North American Birds chiefly contained 

 in the United States National Museum. By Eobert Ridgway- 1881. 

 8vo, pp. 94. (24) 



Bulletin 22. — Guide to the Flora of Washington and vicinity. By Les- 

 ter F. Ward, A. M. 1881. 8vo, pp. 264+1, one folded map. 



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B.— BULLETINS COMBINED IN VOLUMES. 



Volume I. — (consisting of Bulletins 1 to 10, each retaining its own 

 pagination). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Vol- 

 ume I, (Nos. 1-10). Published under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877. 8vo, 

 pp. 1010. (18) 



Volume //.—(consisting of numbers 11 to 15, each retaining its own 

 pagination).— Bulletins of the United States National Museum. Vol- 

 ume II, (Nos. 11-15). Published under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. 8 vo, 

 pp. 999. (28) 



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