172 ALPHABETICAL IJSDEX 



Description of — Continued. 



observatory at St. Martin, Isle Jesus, Canada East — C. Smallwood. (R. 



1856) 91 



plants collected by J. C. Fremont in California — J. Torrey 46 



remains of extinct mammalia and chelonia from Nebraska — J. Leidy ._ 58 

 Descriptions of — 



ancient works in Ohio — C. Whittlesey 37 



several new races of American birds — R. Eidgway. (P. 1881) 467 



Smithsonian anemometer — J. Henry. (R. 1860) 147 



Squalius aliciae from Utah Lake — P. L. Jotjy. (P. 1881) 467 



two new races of Myadestes pbscurus — L. Stejnegkr. (P. 1881) 467 



Desiderata, special, among North American birds, list of — R. Ridgway. (P. 



1881) 467 



Des Moines river, ancient pottery from — R. N. and C. Dahlberg. (R. 1879.) 345 



Des Moines valley, mounds in — S. B. Evans. (R. 1879) i;45 



Desor, E. Palafittesorlacustrian constructions. Lake Neuchatel. (R. 1865.) 209,360 



Destruction of fish in Gulf of Mexico — J. Y. Porter. (P. 1881) 467 



Destruction of fish — See also Fish. 



Destructive effect of iron rust. (R. 1861) HO' 



Devereux, J. H. Ancient pottery from Arkansas. (R. 1872) 271 



Devereux, J. H. Catalogue of Indian relics presented to Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. (R. 1872) . 271 



Dewey, C. — 



Best hours for temperature observations. (R. 1860) 147 



Best hours to find mean temperature. (R. 1857) 107 



life of, by M. B. Anderson. (R. 1870) 244 



The winds. (R. 1866) 214 



Diagnoses des mollusques nouveaux provenant de Californie et fai.sant partie du 



Musee de I'Institution Smithsonienne — P. P. Carpenter 252 



Diagnoses of new forms of mollusks collected at Cape St. Lucas, Lower Cali- 

 fornia — P. P. Carpenter 252 



Diagnoses of new mollusks — 



collected on west tropical shores of North America — P. P. Carpenter, 252 



from Reigen Mazatlan collection — P. P. Carpenter 252 



from Vancouver district — P. P. Carpenter 252 



from west coast of North America — P. P. Carpenter 252 



from west tropical region of North America — P. P. Carpenter 252 



Diamond and other precious stones — J. Babinet. (R. 1870) 244, 377 



Diary of an excursion in New Mexice — J. H. Carleton. (R. 1854) 75 



Diatomacea — J. W. Bailey 23, 63 



Diatomacea, instructions for collecting, preserving, and transporting — A. M. 



Edwards 366 



Dickinson, A. B Eruption of volcano in Nicaragua. (R. 1867) 215 



