594 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



John Grant Wells. A Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, West Indies, with obser- 

 vations thereon. [Edited by George N. Lawrence.] 

 Proe. U. S. Nat. Mug., IX, 1886, Feb. 11, 1887, pp. 609-633. 



Most of the species given in this catalogue have been presented by Mr. "Wells to the Na- 

 tional Museum. Ninety-two species are enumerated. The paper is interspersed with nu- 

 merous notes by Mr. Lawrence included in brackets and signed " G. N. L." 



C. A. White. On the Fresh-water Invertebrates of the North American Jurassic. 

 Bull. 29, U. S. Geological Survey, pp. 1-41. Pour plates. 



C. A. White. On the relation of the Laramie Molluscan Fauna to that of the suc- 

 ceeding Fresh-water Eocene and other groups. 



Bull. 34, 17. S. Geological Survey, "Washington, 1886, pp. 1 (388)-54 (442), pis. i-v. 



C. A. White. On new generic forms of Cretaceous Mollusca and their relation to 

 other forms. 



Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Jan., 1887, pp. 32-37, pi. ii. 



C. A. White. On the Cretaceous Formations of Texas and their relation to those of 

 other portions of North America. 



Proe. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., Feb., 1887, pp. 39-47. 



C. A. White. On the inter-relation of contemporaneous fossil Faunas and Floras. 

 Amer. Jour. Sci. (3rd ser.), xxxm, pp. 364-374. 



C. A. White. On the age of the Coal found in the region traversed by the Eio 

 Grande. 



Amer. Jour. Sci. (3rd ser.), vol. xxxm, pp. 18-20. 



C. A. White. (Eeport on the) Department of Invertebrate Fossils, Mesozoic and 

 Cenozoic (in the U. S. National Museum, 1884). 



Report Smithsonian Institution, 1884, II (1886), pp. 215-217. 



Samuel W. Williston, M. D. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidse. 



Bull. 31, V. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 8vo, pp. i-xxx+1-335, pi. i to xii. 



Gives a definition of the family, its extent, characters, and classifications, and a synoptic 

 table of subfamilies, tribes, and genera. This forms Part I of the work. 



In Part n are given detailed descriptions of the sixty -five genera into which the family is 

 divided, and of over three hundred species (many of them new), together with a full synonymy 

 and bibliography. 



Part in. Conclusion. Gives the habits of the species, a resume of the larval habits as far 

 as known, structure of the family, sexual differences, geographical distribution, geological 

 distribution, chronological list of genera, and a definition of terms. 



The Appendix contains a few added species, modifications of synopsis, and general notes. 



H. C. Yarrow. Eeport on the Department of Herpetology in the U. S. National 



Museum, 1884. 



Report Smithsonian Institution, 1884, n (1886), pp. 157-160. 



H. C. Yarrow. Recurrence of symptoms of Poisoning after Snake-bites. 



Medical News. 1887, I, p. 623. 



H. C. Yarrow. Navajo methods of curing Ague. 



Forest and Stream, xxvm, No. 6, March 3, 1887, pp. 104, 105 



