TABLE OF CONTENTS. VII 



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lietuarks on tho avian genu.s Myiarcluis, with special reference to M. pucatengis, Law- 



,.^.11,0 005-608 



On a small collection of birds from Costa Rica (i0f»-614 



Nkvv 8PECIES: JiuthraupU cifruleif/ularis. 



(ScieutiUc results of explorations by tlio U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatmss. No. 



.\xvil ) Catalogue of a collection of birds made in Alaska by Mr. C. 11. Townseiid during 

 tbo cruise of the U. S. Fi.sh Commission steamer Albationn, in the Hummer and autumn of 



1888 6ti3-«G5 



A revision of the {reiius Formicarius, Boddaert G67-086 



Description of a new storm jH'trcl from the coast of western Mexico 087,088 



New .spk.cies: Occaiwdfomu tawnsfiidi. 



Description of a new Geothlypis from hrownsville, 'J'exas C91-C92 



Nkw SUBSPECIES: Geothlypis poUocephala ralphi. 

 Kil<-y> C« V. Scientific results of the United Statics eclipse expedition to West Africa, 



1889-'00. Report on the insecta, arachuida, and myriajwda (with Plate i..\.\) .Wi-Ogo 



New GENUS: Machomeniis. 



New SPECIES: ramphilay'.), IMplnxdilatata, J/iheUnla (Oillirtrum) capeuitiii, Li/nina hrev- 

 ipcs, Pardosa valida, Seleuocosmia nif/roventriK, Ci/di-ela brunnea, C. mariildta, 

 Machomeniis albidnn, Selenops hrownii, Epeira eclipsis. 



$i|<-ollifli, J. W. On the making of gelatin casta 01,62 



Niiii|>!<<>ii, t'liarlciN T. On some fossil unios and other fresh-water sliells from the drift 

 at'liironlo, Canada, with a review of the di8tril)utiou of the Unionidic of northeastern 



Nort h America .5!)l-.595 



MlfiiriiN, Robrrt E. C. I'n'liminary rejwrt on tho mollnsean s))ecies colle('ted by the 



United States scientilic expedition to West Africa in 1889-'90 .•il7-:-i39 



On lai-e or little known moUusks from tho west coast of North and South America, Mith 



dt8crii)tiou8 of new sitecios (with Plate L) 341-352 



New species: Chicorcus palmarosce mexicana, Teetariut atyphus. Uvanilla regina . 

 New VARIETY: (Jhlorottoma gallina muUifilosa. 



(Scientilic results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer J.Zi>a<ro*«, No. 



XXV.) Rei)ort on tlie niollusk-fauua of the Galapagos Islands, with description of new 



species (with Plates i.i, lii) 3.53-450 



New SPECIES: Onchidiuuv lediei, Nilidclla incerta, Littorina {Tectariua) galapagiensU. 



Notes on recent collections of Nortli American land, fresh-water, and marine shells, 



received from the U. S. Department of Agriculture 743-755 



SirjiK-Krr, Tieoiilinril. On the status of the gray shrike collected by Capt. Blakiston in 



Yezo, Japan 217,218 



Diagnosis of a new Californian lizard 467 



New SPECIES: Xantusia hoishawi. 



Notes on a third installment ofJapane.se birds in the Science College M»86Um, Tokyo, 



Japan, with descriptions of new species 015-0.38 



New SPECIES: jEstrelata longirogtris, Aceipiter pallcns, Locvstella hondoennis. 

 New SUBSPECIES: Emberiza ciopnis ijimce. 



Description of a new si)ccies of blind snakes (Typhlopidfe) from the Congo Free State. 7U'.), 710 



New species: Typhlopupru'dcidaris. 



On some collections of reptiles and batrachians from East Africa and tho adjacent 



islands, recently received from Dr. W. L. Abbott and Mr. William Astor Chanler, with 



descriijtions of new species 711-741 



New SPECIES: JMplodactylus inexpectatns, rheUuma abbotti, Eremias scxtceniata, E. 

 hoehiieli,Mabuya chanleri, Typhlops mandenide, Simocephalun chanleri, Causus nasalis 

 Ilypogeophis alteninns. 

 New SUBSPECIES: Abephanis gloriosus. 



Remarks on Japanese quails 705-769 



Triu', Fr«-«lericlt W. Description of a new species of fruit bat, Pteropvs aldabnnsls, 



from Aldabra Island 533, 534 



New SPECIES: Ptciopvg aldabrensis. 



Nott s on a small collection of mammals Irom tlie Tana River, East Alrica, with dcscrip 



tions of new species f'^*! -^^^ 



New SPECIES: Eliomys parvus, Mv/< tana. 



Description of anew species of mouse (Sitomys dccolonts) from Central xVmerica 089,090 



New Species : Sitomys ( Uhipldomys) decolorv.s 689 



On the rehitionship of Taylor's mouse, Sitomys taylori "57, 758 



Wcbli, l>4-\Viti. The shell heaps of the east coast of Florida (with Plates LXX^^II- 



G95-698 



\V«'€mI, ClarfiK-c Itl. A descriptive catalogue of the liarvest spiders (Phalangiidav) of 



Oliio ( with Plates l.vil-LXlx) 543-563 



