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Lko Lesqitehelx. Kenimks on soiiif fot^sil n-iuaius cousidtTcd as peculiar kinds of 

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Proc. IT. S. Xat. Mtia., xiil. No. 792, .July 18, 18110, pp. 5-12. pi. i. 

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 Levkkktt M. Loomis. Afnrtlier reviinv o/^"the a\Mau fanna of Claestcr County, 8. C, 



The Auk. viii, January. 1891, pp. 4'.)-59. 

 LK^'El{ETT M. IjOomi.s. A furtlier review of the a\ian fauna of Chester C'ouiity, 8. C. 

 The Auk, vui, April, 1891, pp. 167-17:!. 

 (Continued from p. 59.) 

 F. A. LrcAS. Some bird skeletons from Guadalupe Island. 

 The Auk, vni, No. 2, April, 1891, pp. 218-222. 



Notes osteologieal difterences existing between species from (ruadaluiic Islaml and allied 

 species from the mainland, showing that in some cases tlir insular birds had deucnerated in 

 power of tlight and in others progressed. 

 F. A. LtH'AS. A tortoist^ from Dnncfiii Island. 

 yatvie, .\Liv, No. 5, .June 4, 1891, p. li:i. 



Noting the cajiture of a tortoise on Duncan Island, of the Galapagos group. The species 

 proved to be Teituda ephippium Gthr., and this is the tir.st instance of the capture of this 

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 V. A. Lucas. Notes on the Osteology of the Parirhr, S'liia and Chammi. 

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 The group is said to b<! not so homogeneous as others among I'asseres. Sitta is stated not to 

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 V. A. LuCA.s. The expedition to Funk Island, with observations upon the histoiy 

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ReportcJ the Hmithsonian histllntlon (I'. S. National Museiun) 1888 (1890), pp. 493-529, plates 

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DeS(!rlbes the expeditiini in scaich of Great .Vuk icmainsand treats at some length tlie indi- 

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Proc. U. .S'. Xat. Mun., .Km, No. 798, .Inly 1, 1890, pp. 127-130. 

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The American Anthropologist, iv, January, 1891, pj). 45-47. 

 Otis Tufton Masox. The Ann'rican Association for the Advancement of Science 

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 Edgak a. Mkauxs. Descrii)tiona of a new species and three new subspecies of birds 

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New birds described are (1) Junco ridgivayi, p. 243, Whipple Barracks; (2) Spinus tristis 

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 form. 



