b PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Note on Platessa ferruginea D. H. Storer, and Platessa rostrata H. R. Storer 361 



On the Identity of Brosmius aynericanus Gill, -with Brosmius brnsme (Miiller) White 3C2 



Jackson, J. B. S., M. D. Arsenic Acid for protecting Anatomical Preparations from Insects. 24 



Jefferson, Lieut. J. P., F. S. A. On the Mortality of Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico in 1878.. 363 

 Jeffekson, Lieut. J. P., Dr. Joseph T. Porter, and Thomas Moore. Ou the Destruction 



of Fish in the Vicinity of the Tortugas during the months of September and October, 1878. 244 



Jordan, David S., M. D. Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Clackamas Eiver, Oregon 69 



Jordan, David S., and Charles H. Gilbert. Notes on the Fishes of Beaufort Harbor, North 



Carolina 365 



Lawrence, George N. Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica, from Collections made for the 



Smithsonian Institution by Frederick A. Obor, together with his Notes and Observations. 48 

 Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from Collections made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, un- 

 der tlio Directions of the Smithsonian Institution, with his Notes thereon 185 



Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made for the Smith- 



sonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observations 232 



Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, ibr the 



Smithsonian Institution, including others seen by him, but not obtained 2G5 



Catalogue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the Smithsonian 



Institutio n a 349 



Catalogue of a Coll cction of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe for the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober 449 



A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser Antilles visited 



by Mr. Fred. A. Ober ; with a Table showing their Distribution, and those found in the United 



Stat es 486 



LUPTON, Prof. N. T. On the Breeding Habits of the Sea-Catfish (Ariopsis Milberti ?) 278 



Merrill, Dr. James C, TJ. S. A. Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, being a List 



of Birds observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, from February, 1876, to June, 1878. . 118 



Poet, Felipe. Notes on the American Species of the Genus C^&iwm 3 



Pkatt, C.vpt. E. H., IT. S. A. Catalogue of Casts taken by Clark Mills, Esq., of the Heads of 

 Sixty-four Indian Prisoners of Various Western Tribes, and held at Fort Marion, Saint Augus- 

 tine, Fla., in Charge of Capt. R. H. Pratt, IT. S. A 201 



KiDGWAY, Robert. On a New Humming Bird. {Atthis Bllioti) from Guatemala 8 



A Review of the American Species of the Genus Scops, Savigny 85 



Descriptions of Several Now Species and Geographical Races of Birds contained in the 



Collection of the TTnited Stiites National Museum 247 



Description of Two New Species of Birds from Costa Rica, and Notes on other Rare 



Species from that Country 252 



^- Descriptions of Now Species and Races of American Birds, including a Synopsis of the 



Genus Tyranrms, Cuvier 4G6 



Stearns, Silas, A Note on the Gulf Menhaden, i>'ret'oorfi'(xj>aironMs,,Goode 181 



Steindachner, Dr. Franz. Note on Pcrca flavesccns 243 



WiLMOT, Samuel. Notes on the Western Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum heterurum 



(Raf ) Jordan ......^. 263 



Department of the Interior : | U. S. National Musuem. | — 19 — | Pro- 

 ceedings I of tlie I United States National Museum. | Yol. II. | 1879, 

 I ■ — I Published under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 I — I Washington: | Government Printing Office. ( 1880. (19) 

 8vo,2W' ^''? 499, 2 Jigs., 1 plates. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



Bean, Tarleton H. A list of European Fishes in the collection of the United States National 



Museum 10 



On the Species of Astroscopus of the Eastern United States 57 



On the occurrence of Hippoglossus vxdgaris, Flem., at Unalashka and Saint Michael's, 



Alaska 63 



Description of an apparently New Species of Gasterosteus (G. Atkinsii) from the 



Schoodic Lakes, Maine 67 



Description of a New Fish from Alaska (Anarrhicas lepturus), with Notes upon other 



Species of the Genus A narrhicas 212 



Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Eastern Georgia 28-4 



Description of a New Species of Am iurus (A. ponderosus) from the Mississippi River . . 286 



