BIBLIOGKAPHl? OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 719 



EiCHARj> Eathbun. Keport ou the Departnieut of Marine Invertebrates in the U. S. 

 National Museum, 1885. 



Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885 (1886), Part II, pp. 117-127. 

 Richard Eathbun. Annotated Catalogue of the species of Porites and Syuaraia in 

 the U. S. National Museum, with a description of a new species of Porites. 

 Proc. v. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, pp. 354-306, Plates xv-xix. 



Tweuty-three species of Porites and three of Synaroea are enumeratec) . Prof. J. D. Dana 



described eighteen new species of Porites from the collections of the United States Exploring 



Expedition of 1838-'42. Pour of these are now referred to the genus Synaroea Verrill. The 



- type specimens of sixteen of Dana's species are now contained in the U. S. National Musour.i 



and are included in this list. One new species, P. Branneri, is described from Brazil. Xotcs 



are given on P. astrceoides, solida, clavaria, and furcata, all of which are represented hv largo 



series of specimens. The principal varieties of clavaria and fiircata, and the cell structure of 



Branneri, are illustrated on the plates. 



EiCHAiiD Eathbun. Descriptions of the species of Heliaster (a genus of Starfishes) 



represented in the U. S. National Museum. 



Proc. Zr. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, pp. 440-449, Plates xxiii-xxvi. 



Four species are described and figured, and brief diagnoses of each are also given. They 

 are as follows : Heliaster microhrachia Xantus, Gumingii G-ray, helianthus G-ray, and multira- 

 diata Gray. The types of Santus's species, microbrachia and Kubingii, described in 1860, are 

 preserved in the Museum. Eecent collections from the Galapagos Islands contain two species 

 which are evidently those described by Gray, in 1840, from the same region {Gumingii aud 

 multiradiata) , but which have not since been observed by naturalists, Gray's types having 

 also disappeared. H. Kubingii of Xantus and S. multiradiata of Gray are shown to be iden- 

 tical. 

 EicHARD Eathbun. Ocean Temperatures of the Eastern Coast of the United States, 

 with thirty-two charts. 



The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, Section in, 1887, pp. 155-177. 

 This report is based npon temperature observations taken twice daily at twenty-four light- 

 houses and light-vessels, more or less fa.vorably located for ascertaining the ocean temperatures 

 along the coast, and covers the iive years from 1881 to 1885, inclusive. Each station is repre- 

 sented by a graphic chart, on which the temperature of the surface water is plotted by curves 

 for each of the five years, and that of the air for two years (1881 and 1882), being reduced to ten- 

 day means. Seven charts relate to the surface isotherms derived from the same observations. 

 These are shown for every five degrees of temperature from 40° to 80° by yearly charts, and 

 by one chart giving the mean results for the five years. One chart also exhibits the relations 

 between the air and surface isotherms. These charts were constructed to illustrate the influ- 

 ence of temperature upon ihe movemeuts of the mackerel, menhaden, and other species of 

 migratory fishes. 

 EiCHARD Eathbun. [The Crab, Lobster, Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Shrimx:), aud Prawn 

 Fisheries. The Leech Industry and Trepaug Fishery. The Sponge Fishery and 

 Trade.] 



The Fisheries and Fishery Industries nf the United States, Sectiou v, vol. ll, 1887; Part xxi, 

 pp. 627-810 ; Part xxil, pp. 811-81G ; Part xxni, pp. 817-841. 

 (See also under Joseph W. Collins). 

 Charles Eau. Eeport ou the Department of Antiquities in the U. S. National 

 Museum, 1885. 



Report of the Smithsonian Institution. 1885 (1880), Part li, pp. 71-78. 



CHARL15S W. ElCHMOND. All Annotated List of Birds Breeding in the District of 

 Columbia. 



The Auh, v, pp. 18-25. 



Kecording one hundred species of birds as breeding in the District. 

 Robert Eidgway. Eeport on the Department of Birds in the U. S. National 

 Museum, 1885. 



Report of the Smitlisonian Institution, 1885 (1886), Part ii, pp. 85-91. 

 Egbert Eidgway. A | Manual | of | North American Birds. | By | Eobert Eidgway. 

 I — I Illitstrated by 464 outline drawings of the | Generic Characters. | — | Phil- 

 delphia: | J. B. Lippincott Company. | 1887. 



xi, 631 pages, qr. 8vo. One phototype aud one hundred aud twenty-four plates. 

 The object of this work is to furnish a convenient manual of North American ornithology, 

 reduced to the smallest compass by the omission of everything that is not absolutely necessary 

 for determining the character of any given specimen, andincluding, besides thecorrect uomen.- 



