CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE VOLUME. 



BULLETIN No. 1.— February 5, 1878. 



Page. 

 I. — Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower Eio Gracde of Texas, from ob- 

 servations made during the season of 1877. By George B. Sennett. 



Edited, with annotations, by Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A 1 



II. — Descriptions of Fishes from the Cretaceous ond Tertiary Deposits 



west of the Mississippi Eiver. By E. D. Cope 67 



i^III. — Descriptions of New Tineina from Texas, and others from more 



r northern localities. By V. T. Chambers 79 



V IV.— Tineina and their Food-Plants. By V. T, Chambers 107 



, V. — Index to the Described Tineina of the United States and Cauada. By 



V. T. Chambers 125 



VI. — Descriptions of Noctuidte, chiefly from California. By A. K. Grote.. 169 

 VII. — A Synopsis of the North American Species of the Genus Alpheus. By 



J. S. Kingsley., 189 



VIII. — Notes on the Mammals of Fort Sisseton, Dakota. By C. E. McChes- 

 ney, M. D., Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. Annotated by Dr. 



Elliott Coues, U. S. A 201 



IX. — Studies of the American Herodiones. Fart I. — Synopsis of the Ameri- 

 can Genera of Ardeidse and Ciconiidse ; including Descriptions of 

 Three New Genera, and a Monograph of the American Species of 



the Genus Ardea, Linn. By Robert Rigway 219 



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.Sc udder 253 



XI. — Notes on the Herpetology of Dakota and Montana. By Drs. Elliott 



Coues and H. C. Yarrow.. 259 



XII. — On Consolidation of the Hoofs in the Virginian Deer. By Dr. Elliott 



Coues, U. S. A 292 



XIII. — On a Breed of Solid-Hoofed Pigs apparently established in Texas. By 



Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A 295 



XIV. — Professor Owen on the Pythonomorpha. By E. D. Cope 299 



BULLETIN No. 2.— May 3, 1878. 



XV. — The Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, considered in rela- 

 tion to the principal Ontological Regions of the Earth, and the 

 Laws that govern the Distribution of Animal Life. By Joel Asaph 



Allen 313 



XVI. — Descriptions of New Extinct Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary and 



Dakota Formations. By E. D. Cope 379 



XVII. — Notes on a Collection of Fishes from the Rio Grande, at Brownsville, 



Texas. By David S. Jordan, M. D 397 



XVIII. — A Catalogue of the Fishes of the Fresh Waters of North America. By 



David S. Jordan, M. D 407 



XIX. — Description of a Fossil Passerine Bird from the Insect-bearing Shales 



. •- ofColorado. By J. A. Allen. (Plate L) , 443 



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