IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Jordan, David S., and Charles Bl. Clilbt^rt. Description of a Ifew Species of Pij/- 



chochilus (I't.i/chochilus Harfordi), from Sacramento Kiver 72, 73 



Notes on Kaia inornata 73, 74 



Notes on a Collection of Fishes, made by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., on the West 



Coast of Mexico, with Descriptions of Now Species 225-233 



List of Fishes collected by Lieut, Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the Gulf of California, 



and on the "West Coast of Lower California, with Descriptions of Four New Species 273-279 



Descriptions of Thirty-Three New Species of Fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico 338-3G5 



Description of a New Species of Pomadasys from Mazatlan, with a Key to the Species 



known to Inhabit the Pacific Coasts of Tropical America S83-388 



Description of a New Species of Xenichthys {Xenichthys xenurus), from the "West Coast of 



Central America 454 



Description of Five New Species of Fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico 458-4G3 



•Sony, Pierre ti. Description of a New Species of Squalius (Sqxiallus alicice), from Utah 



Lake 19 



Liawrcncc, Ocorgc N. Description of a Now sub-Species of Loxigilla, from the Island 



of St. Christopher, West Indies 204, 205 



Cockinglon, W. IV. Description of a New Genus and Species of OottMce 141-144 



JLuggcr, Gtto. The Occurrence of the Canada Porcupine in Maryland 161,162 



JUcKay, CJharIca Ij. A Review of the Genera and Species of the Family CentrarcJddce, 



with a description of One New Species 87-93 



ITIoore, M. A. Fish Mortality in the Gulf of Mexico 125,126 



Pirz, Anthony. Methods of Making and Preserving Plaster Casts 272,273 



Plateau, OT. Felix. The Kapid Preparation of Large Myological Specimens 388-391 



Porter, JTosepli V., Assistant Surgeon, IT. S. A. On the Destruction of Fish by Poisonous 



Water in the Gulf of Mexico 121-123 



Rathbuii, Kichard. List of Marine Invertebrates, mainly from the New England Coast, 



distributed by the United States National Museum. (Series IT.) 298-303 



List of Marino Invertebrates from the New England Coast, Distributed by the United 



States National Museum. (Series III.) 304-307 



Rau, €haii'l«>s. List of Anthropological Publications (of Charles Rau) 4.55-458 



Bidgway, Robert. On a Duck new to the North American Fauna 22-24 



On Aviazllia yucatanensis (Cabo{), and A. cerviniventris, Gould 25, 20 



A Review of the Genus Ocnturxis, Swainson 93-11!) 



List of Species of Middle and South American Birds not Contained in the United States 



National Museum 165-203 



List of Sjjecial Desiderata among North American Birds 207-223 



Catalogue of Old World Birds in the United States National Museum 317-333 



Notes on Some Costa Rican Birds 333-337 



Description of a New Flycatcher and a Supposed New Petrel, from the Sandwich Islands 337, 338 



Description of a New Owl from Porto Rico , 366-371 



Descriptions of Two New Thrushes from the United States 374-379 



On Two Recent Additions to the North American Bird Fauna, by L. Belding 414, 415 



Ryder, John A. On Semper's Method of Making Dry Preparations 224,225 



Shnafelldt. R. W., U. S. A. Remarks upon the Osteology of Op/icosauj-MS renfraKs 392-400 



Suiith, Ro.«a. Description of a New Gobioid Fish (Othonops cos), from San Diego, Cal 19-21 



Description of a New Species of Oobiesox {Oobiesox rhessodon), from San Diego, Cal 140, 141 



SMjilh, i^ilas B. On the Chinnook Names of the Salmon in the Columbia River 391,^92 



SJejncgcr, l^conhard. Description of Two New Races of Myadestcs nbscurus, Lafr 371-374 



Tran!!ilation. Metallic Castings of Delicate Natural Objects 161 



Trwe, Frederick W. On the North American Land Tortoises of tho Genus Zerohates 434-449 



On the Rare Rodent, Cricetodipus parvus (Baird), Coues 474, 475 



Ward, r,. F. Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese Woods, presented to the United States 



National Museum by the University of Tokio, Japan 308-311 



White, C. A. On certain Cretaceous Fossils from Arkansas and Colorado 136-139 



