42 BULLETIN 51, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
P. 249. On the North American land tortoises of the genus Xerobates. 
By Frederick W. True. 
pp. 434-449, 3 figs. = 
P. 250. Catalogue of a collection of Japanese cotton fiber presented to 
the United States National Museum by the Government of 
Japan together with the amount of the annual crop of Japan 
and the price of cotton. (Prepared by the Japanese legation.) 
pp. 449-482. 
P. 251. Brief account of cotton husbandry in Japan. (Prepared by 
the Japanese legation.) : 
pp. 452-453. 
P. 252. Description of a new species of Yenichthys (Xenichthys wenu- 
rus) from the west coast of Central America. By David S. 
Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. 
p. 454. 
P. 253. List of anthropological publications. By Charles Rau. 
pp. 455-458. 
P. 254. Description of five new species of fishes from Mazatlan, 
Mexico. By David 8. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. 
pp. 458-463. 
P. 255. Notes on a col:ection of ‘ishes made by Capt. Henry F.. Nich- 
ols, U. S. N., in British Columbia and southern Alaska, with 
descriptions of new species and a new genus (Lelolepis). By 
Tarleton H. Bean. 
pp. 463-474. 
P. 256. On the rare rodent Cricetodipus parvus (Baird) Coues. By 
Frederick W. True. 
pp. 474-475. 
VOLUME V, CONTAINING PAPERS 257-342. 
Department of the Interior: | U. S. National Museum. | —— 34 —— 
| Proceedings | of the | United States National Museum. | Vol. 
V. | 1882. | | Published under the direction of the Smith- 
sonian Institution. | | Washington: | Government Printing 
Office. | 1883. 
8vo., pp. Xi, 1-703, 12 pls., 52 figs. 
P. 257. Information concerning some fossil trees in the United States 
National Museum. By P. T. Swaine and J.T. C. Hegewald. 
pp. 1-3. 
P. 258. A study of the Phronimide of the North Pacific surveying 
expedition. By Thomas H. Streets. 
pp. 3-9, 1 plate. 
P. 259. Description of several new races of ‘Noxth American birds. 
By Robert Ridgway. : 
pp. 9-15. 
