580 ' REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 188T. 



Richard Rathbun. Catalogue of the species of Corals belonging to the genus 

 Madrepora, contained in the U. S. National Museum. 



Proc. C. S. Nat. Mus., X, April 10, 1887, pp. 10-19. 



Fifty-nine species are enumerated, of which forty -seven are represented hy the type speci- 

 mens described hy Prof. J. D. Di*na from the collections made by the United States exploring 

 expedition around the -world, 1838-1842. Forty-eight new species were described by Dana 

 from that collection, one of which had not been found at the time of the publication of this 

 paper. It has, however, since been discovered, having been accidentally mislaid, and the 

 series of his types is now complete. The six species described by Prof. A. E. Verrill from 

 the collection of the North Pacific exploring expedition, 1853-1856, are also represented by 

 the type specimens. 



Richard Rathbun. Report on the Department of Marine Invertebrates in the U. S. 

 National Museum, 1884. 



Report Smithsonian Institution, 1884 (1886) II, pp. 189-202. 



Richard Rathbun. Catalogue of the collection of recent Echini in the U. S. 

 National Museum (corrected to July 1, 1886). 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., IX, Oct. 13, 1886, pp. 255-293. 



The collection is second, in this country, only to that of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Harvard College. It contains one hundred and fifty-two determined species, many of which 

 are represented by large series of specimens, covering a wide range of distribution, both geo- 

 graphical and bathy metrical. Fifty- four species were derived from tho explorations of the TJ- 

 S. Fish Commission, and the dredgings of the TJ. S. Coast Survey steamer Blake are represented 

 by a nearly complete series of the species mentioned and described by Mr. Alexander Agassiz. 

 The collection also contains all the species known from the western coast of North America, 

 including a very large amount of material from Alaska. Most of the species obtained by Dr. 

 Williani Stimpson, as naturalist of the North Pacific exploring expedition, 1853-1856, are also 

 preserved, and miscellaneous accessions from various sources have added many forms. The 

 catalogue is arranged systematically with respect to the species, under which each lot of speci- 

 mens is recorded separately and in geographical order, with full data as to localities, depths, 

 etc. Notes are given under a few of the species. 



Richard Rathbun. Sponges and the Sponge Fishery. 

 The Ohautauquan, March, 1887, pp. 352-354. 

 A. popular account. 



Charles Rau. Report on the Department of Antiquities in the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum, 1884. 



Report Smithsonian Institutian, 1884 (1836) n, pp 123-127. 

 Robert Ridgway. Report on the Department of Birds in the U. S. [National] Mu- 

 seum, 1884. 



Report Smithsonian Institution, 1884 (1886) n, pp. 143-155. 



Robert Ridgway. Description of an apparently new species of Picolaptes, from the 

 Lower Amazon. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, Nov. 26, 1886, p. 523. 

 The new species is named Picolaptes rikeri Kidgw. 



Robert Ridgway. Description of a new species of Cotinga from the Pacific coast 

 of Costa Rica. 



Proc. 77. S. Nat. Mus., x, April 25, 1887, pp. 1-2, pi. vi, figs. 3 and 4. 

 The new 6pecies is named Cotinga ridgwayi Zeledon. 



Robert Ridgway. Description of a new form of Spindalis from the Bahamas. 

 Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., x, April 25, 1887, p. 3. 

 New subspecies, named Spindalis zena townsendi. 



Robert Ridgway. Description of the adult female of Carpodectes antonice Zeledon ; 

 with critical remarks, notes on habits, etc., by Jose" C. Zeledon. 

 Proc. 77. S. Nat. Mus., x, April 25, 1887, p. 20. 



Robert Ridgway. A | Nomenclature of Colors | for Naturalists, | and | Compendium 

 of Useful Knowledge | for Ornithologists, | By | Robert Ridgway, | Curator, De- 

 partment of Birds, United States National Museum. | | With Ten Colored 



Plates and Seven Plates | of Outline Illustrations | J Boston ; | Little, Brown 



and Company. | 1886. | 8vo, 139 pp., 17 pi. 



