692 The Smithsonian Institution 



ralists" (1885); "Records of North American Paleontol- 

 ogy," compiled for the years 1884, 1885, a d 1886 by John B. 

 Marcou, and for 1887-88 by Henry S. Williams. 



The first of these works forms the third volume of the 

 " Bibliographies of American Naturalists," and is devoted 

 entirely to a catalogue of the writings of those who have 

 labored in the field of invertebrate paleontology, in connec- 

 tion with the researches and collections made by the Insti- 

 tution and the National Museum. The list of memoirs 

 embraces : first, The published writings of Fielding B. Meek, 

 numbering one hundred and five titles of papers (of which one 

 was in conjunction with James Hall, seventeen in conjunction 

 with F. V. Hayden, and twenty-five in conjunction with A. H. 

 Worthen), and occupying one hundred pages ; second, The 

 published writings of Charles A. White, numbering one hun- 

 dred and fifty-one papers (of which two were in conjunction 

 with H. A. Nicholson and two in conjunction with O. H. St. 

 John), and occupying sixty-six pages; third, The published 

 writings of Charles D. Walcott, numbering twenty-seven 

 papers and occupying fifteen pages ; and fourth, A collection 

 from fifteen authors of " Publications Based upon the Paleon- 

 tological Collections of the United States Government," in- 

 cluding the titles of three papers by Jacob W. Bailey, twelve 

 papers by T. A. Conrad, five papers by James D. Dana, two 

 papers by Christian G. Ehrenberg, seven papers by James 

 Hall (one in conjunction with F. B. Meek, above referred to), 

 two papers by Angelo Heilprin, three papers by Alpheus 

 Hyatt, ten papers by Jules Marcou, two papers by John S. 

 Newberry, one paper by I. N. Nicollet, four papers by David 

 Dale Owen, and five by Owen and Shumard, two papers by 

 Hiram A. Prout, one paper by James Schiel, seven papers by 

 Benjamin F. Shumard, and five in conjunction with Owen 

 (above referred Ed^and lastly, five papers by Robert P. 



