126 
Ruitey, J. H.—Continued. 
Accipiter striatus Vieillot, is shown to be 
the correct name of the species now known 
as A. fringilloides Vigors. 
Swa.es, B. H. Bubo virginianus occi- 
dentalis in Michigan. 
Auk, 27, No. 2, Apr., 1910, p. 208. 
Records a specimen of this subspecies 
from northern Michigan. 
——— Carolina parakeet (Conurus caro- 
linensis). 
Auk, 27, No. 2, Apr., 1910, p. 209. 
The supposed Michigan record of this 
species, based on a specimen in the Na- 
tional Museum, is found to be erroneous. 
SwartH, Harry 8. Two new owls from 
Arizona, with description of the juvenal 
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 
SwartH, Harry §.—Continued. 
plumage of Strix occidentalis occi- 
dentalis (Xantus). 
Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., 7, No. 1, 
May 26, 1910, pp. 1-8. 
Otus asio gilmani (p. 1), and Strir occi- 
dentalis huachucz (p. 3) are described ag 
new. 
THAYER, JOHN E., and Outram Bangs. 
Descriptions of new birds from Central 
China. ! 
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 52, No.8, 
May, 1909, pp. 139-141. 
Descriptions of the following new forms 
are given: Collocalia fusciphaga capnitis 
(p. 1389), Collocalia inopina (p. 139), 
Turdus cardis lateus (p. 140), Parus major 
artatus (p. 140), Nucifraga hemispila 
macella (p. 140), Cyornis tickellix glauci- 
comans (p. 141), Niltava lychnis (p. 141), 
and Cyanoptila cumatilis (p. 141). 
REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 
Gut, THEODORE. First use of Amphibia 
in its modern sense. 
Science (n. s.), 31, June 17, 1910, 
pp. 958, 959. 
The use of Amphibia for a class distinct 
from Reptilia has not been correctly 
traced back earlier than 1822. It is here 
shown that it was so used in 1806 by 
Latreille in his ‘‘Genera Crustaceorum et 
Insectorum”’ (I, p. 2). 
STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. ‘The _batra- 
chians and reptiles of Formosa. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, No. 
1731, May 3, 1910, pp. 91-114. 
A critical summary of the species of 
batrachians and reptiles occurring in the 
island of Formosa. The total number 
is 86 species, being an increase of 26 since 
the publication of the author’s ‘‘ Herpe- 
tology of Japan”’ in 1907. 
FISHES. 
Bean, Barton A., and ALFRED C. WEED. 
Notes on certain features of the life 
history of the Alaskan 
sculpin. 
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 52, 
Quar. issue, Pt. 4, No. 1876, 
Aug. 19, 1909, pp. 457-460. 
The paper gives the results of an exam- 
ination of the stomach contents of four- 
teen specimens taken at random from 
many thousands caught in traps at the 
salmon hatchery at Loring, Alaska. 
These fish had eaten 39 young salmon 
and 46 eggs within a few hours of the time 
they were killed. Parasitic worms were 
very numerous, a total of 322 being found 
in the fourteen specimens. 
CocKERELL, T. D. A. The scales of the 
Mormyrid fishes, with remarks on Al- 
bula and Elops. 
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 56, Pt. 
3, No.1931, May 7,1910, pp. 1-4, 
figs. 1-3. 
An attempt is made to decide the rela- 
tionships of the families Albulidx, Mor- 
myridz, Elopide, and Hiodontide on 
the basis of the structure of the scales. 
fresh-water | 
EVERMANN, BARTON WARREN, and WI1L- 
LIAM CONVERSE KENDALL. A com- 
parison of the chub-mackerels of the 
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, No. 
1748, June 18, 1910, pp. 327, 328. 
The Atlantic form (Scomber colias) is 
declared to be specifically distinct from 
the Pacific form (Scomber japonicus). 
and Lewis Rapcuirre. Notes on 
a Cyprinodont (Orestias agassizii) from 
central Peru. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 22, 
July 28, 1909, pp. 165-170. 
This paper is based on about one hun- 
dred specimens excellently preserved to 
show the color pattern. It is concluded 
that certain proposed specific differen- 
tiations based on the color pattern are 
not tenable. 
GILL, THEODORE. 
kinds and ways. 
Angler fishes: their 
Rep. Smithsonian Inst., 1908 
(1909), No. 1907, pp. 565-615, 
figs. 1-49. 
After an introduction on “ Generali- 
ties,” the subject matter is considered 
1 Omitted from the report for 1909. 
