576 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



F. H. Knowlton. A re'sume' of the Algo-Lichen hypothesis. 



The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, Washington, vn, pp. 101-105. 

 Sums up briefly the principal arguments used in defense of the anatomy of the plants called 

 lichens, being the results largely of recent European investigations. 



F. H. Knowlton. A collection of Exotics. 

 The Botanical Gazette, XI, p. 250. 

 Describes the collection of exotics belonging to the U. S. National Museum. 



F. H. Knowlton. Alaskan plants. 

 The Botanical Gazette, XI, p. 340. 



Gives a list of twenty -four species of plants collected at Ounalaska by Mr. S. Applegate of 

 the U. S. Signal Service. 



F. H. Knowlton. Felix's ''Die Fossilen Holzer West Indieus." 

 The Botanical Gazette, xn, pp. 90, 91. 

 A short review of this important work on the fossil woods of the West Indies. 



F. H. Knowlton. Solidago bicolor L., and Tar. concolor Torr. and Gray. 

 The Botanical Gazette, xn, p. 111. 

 Mentions the discovery of both these forms growing from the same root. 



F. H. Knowlton. Solidago erecta Prush. 

 The Botanical Gazette, xn, p. 114. 



Mentions the fact that this species has recently been reinstated by Dr. Gray and that the 

 National Museum has a series for exchanges. 



George N. Lawrence. Description of a new species of Thrush from the Island of 

 Grenada, West Indies. 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Science, vi, 1887, pp. 23, 24. 



The new species is named Margarops albiventris. The type belongs to the National 

 Museum. 



George N. Lawrence. Description of new species of Birds of the families Sy 1 viidae, 

 Troglodytidse, and Tyrannidaj. 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Science, VI, 1887, pp. 66-68. 



The new sppcies, which are named Regulus satrapa aztecus, Troglodytes brachyurus, Octhceca 

 flaviventris, were compared with specimens of allied forms in the National Museum. 

 (See also under John G. Wells.) 



Leo Lesquereux. List of recently identified fossil plants belonging to the U. 

 S. National Museum, with descriptions of several new species. [Compiled and 

 prepared for publication by F. H. Knowlton.] 



Proceedings of the V. S. National Museum, x, pp. 21-46, pi. i-iv. 



Gives list of two hundred and three species of fossil plants, identified from large mass of mis- 

 cellaneous material accumulated through a long period of years by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion and National Museum. 



Edwin Linton. Notes on two forms of Cestoid Embryos. 

 American Naturalist, Feb., 1887, pp. 1-7, pi. x. 



Studies made at the Wood's Holl Station of the IT. S. Fish Commission. The forms de- 

 scribed and figured are, an embryo Rhynchobothrium, from the peritoneum of the blu fish, 

 Pomatomus saltatrix, and an embryo Telrarhynchobothrium, from the surface of the liver of 

 the Cero, Cymbium regale. 



Frederic A. Lucas. The mounting of Mungo. 

 Science, vill, No. 193, Oct. 15, 1886, pp. 337-341. 



A description of the manner in which the young African elephant "Mungo" was mounted 

 at the U. S. National Museum, with illustrations by W. H. Chandlee. 



Frederic A. Lucas. The affinities of Chcetura. 



The Auk, m, No. 4, Oct., 1886, pp. 444-451. 



A comparison of the skeleton of the Chimney Swift (Chcetura pelasgia) with that of the 

 Swallows and Hummingbirds, the conclusion being drawn that the affinities of the Swift were 

 with the Humming-birds rather than with the Passeres. 



Frederic A. Lucas. Notes of a Bird-catcher. 

 The Auk, IV, No. 1, Jan., 1887, pp. 1-6. 

 Notes of the capture, habits, and distribution of some of the Antarctic Procellaridw . 



