42 BULLETIN 51, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. 249. On the North American land tortoises of the genus Xerdbates. 

 By Frederick W. True. 



pp. 434-449, 3 figs. 



P. 250. Catalogue of a collection of Japanese cotton fiber presented to 

 the United States National Museum by the Government of 

 Japan together with the amount of the annual crop of Japan 

 and the price of cotton. (Prepared by the Japanese legation.) 



pp. 449-452. 



P. 251. Brief account of cotton husbandry in Japan. (Prepared by 

 the Japanese legation.) 



pp. 462^53. 



P. 252. Description of a new species of Xenichthys {Xenichthys xeau- 

 rus) from the west coast of Central America. By David S. 

 Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. 



p. 454. 



P. 253. List of anthropological publications. By Charles Rau. 



pp. 455-458. 



P. 254. Description of five new species of fishes from Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. 



pp. 458-463. 



P. 255. Notes on a collection of ishes made by Capt. Henry F. Nich- 

 ols, U. S. N., in British Columbia and southern Alaska, with 

 descriptions of new species and a new genus {Delolepis). By 

 Tarleton H. Bean. 



pp. 463-474. 



P. 256. On the rare rodent Cricetodipus parvus (Baird) Coues. By 

 Frederick W. True. 



pp. 474-475. 



VOLUME V, CONTAINING PAPERS 257-342. 



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I Proceedings | of the | United States National Museum. | Vol. 

 V. I 1882. I I Published under the direction of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. | | Washington: | Government Printing 



Office. I 1883. 



8vo., pp. xi, 1-703, 12 plB., .52 flgs. 



P. 257. Information concerning some fossil trees in the United States 

 National Museum. By P. T. Swaine and J. T. C. Hegewald. 



pp. 1-3. 



P. 258. A study of the Phronimidae of the North Pacific surveying 

 expedition. By Thomas H. Streets. 



pp. 8-9, 1 plate. 



P. 259. Description of several new races of North American birds. 

 By Robert Ridgway. 



pp. 9-15. 



