BUIjLETIN No. 1, VOL. IV, 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Nos. Titles. ' Pages. 



ART. I.— Notes on the OrnitMogy of tlie Lower Rio Grande of 

 Texas, from observations made during tlie season 

 of 1877. By George B. Sennett. Edited, with an- 

 notations, by Dr. EUiott Cones, U. S. A. - 1-66 



ART. II.— Descriptions of Fishes from the Cretaceous and Ter- 

 tiary Deposits west of the Mississippi River. By 

 E. D. Cope 67-78 



ART. III.— Descriptions of New Tineina from Texas, and others 



from more northern localities. By V. T. Chambers - 79-106 



ART. iV.— Tineina and their Food-Plants. By V. T. Chambers . 107-124 



ART. v.— Index to the Described Tineina of the United States 



and Canada, By V. T. Chambers 125-168 



ART. VI.— Descriptions of Noctuidse, chiefly from California. By 



A. R. Grote 169-188 



ART. VII.— A Synopsis of the North American Species of the Genus 



Alpheus. By J. S. Kingsley 189-200 



ART. VIIL— Notes on the Mammals of Fort Sisseton, Dakota. By 

 C. E. McChesney, M. D., Acting Assistant Surgeon, 

 U. S. A. Annotated by Dr. Elliott Cones, U. S. A. 201-218 



ART. IX.— Studies of the American Herodiones. Part L— Sjniop- 

 sis of the American Genera of Ardeidse and Cico- 

 niidse ; including Descriptions of Three New Genera, 

 and a Monograph of the American Species of the 

 Genus Ardea, Linn. By Robert Ridgway 219-252 



ART, X.— Notice of the Butterflies collected by Dr. Edward 

 Palmer in the Arid Regions of Southern Utah and 

 Northern Arizona during the summer of 1877. By 

 Samuel H. Scudder - 253-258 



ART. XL— Notes on the Herpetology of Dakota and Montana. 



By Drs. EUiott Cones and H, C. Yarrow 259-292 



ART. XIL— On Consolidation of the Hoofs in the Virginian Deer. 



By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A 293-294 



ART. XIIL— On a Breed of Solid-Hoofed Pigs apparently estab- 

 lished in Texas. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. - - - 295-298 



ART. XIV.— Professor Owen on the Pythonomorpha. ByE.D.Cope. 299-311 



