376 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884 



Athenccum Club, London. 



The Botany of Bermuda. By General Sir John Henry Lefroy, F. R. S., 

 Athenaeum Club, London. From Bulletin No. 25, U. S. National 

 Museum. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1884. 8vo. 

 pp. 33-141. 



MEEK, SETH E. 



[See under David Starr Jordan and Seth E. Meek, and under Joseph 

 Swain and Seth E. Meek.] 



CLINTON HART MERRIAM, 

 Locust Grove, N. Y. 



On a bird new to the Bermudas, with notes upon several species of 



rare or accidental occurrence in these islands. By Clinton Hart 



Merriam, M. D. From Bulletin No. 25, U. S. National Museum. 



Washington : Government Printing Office. 1884. 8vo. pp. 281- 



284. 



EDWARD W. NELSON. 



On the source of the jadeite implements of the Alaskan Innuits. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1884, pp. 426-427.) 

 Extract from a letter to Professor Spencer F. Baird. 



Brief diagnoses of two new races of North American birds. 



(The Auk, new series, i (No. 2, April, 1884), pp. 165-166.) 

 Picoides tridactylus alascensis and Asiur airicapillus henshawi; the types of 

 which are in the U. S. National Museum collection. 



The breeding habits of the pectoral sandpiper (Actodromas maeulata). 



(The Auk, new series, i (No. 3, July, 1884), pp. 218-221.) 

 A very interesting account of the habits of the species named, based upon 

 observations made in Alaska, while in the service of theU. S. National Museum. 



A new geographical race of the mountain sheep (Ovis montcma, Dalli, 

 var. uov.) from Alaska. 



(Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, June 3, 1884, pp. 12-1.3.) 



Describes ;i white race of the mountain sheep found in the mountains of 

 A I o s k 'i 



CHARLES C. NUTTING. 



On a collection of birds from Nicaragua. [Edited by R. Ridgway.] 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1883 (1884), pp. 372-410.) 

 These signatures rim from December 29, 1883, to April 11, 1884. 

 I. — San Juan del Sur, 70 species. 

 II. — Sucuyfi, 88 species. 

 III. — The island of Ometepe. 

 IV.— Los Sribalos, 80 species. 

 The new species, with one exception, are all from Loa S&balos, and are as 

 follows: (1) Geothhjpis bairdi, Nutting; (2) Oryzoborus salvini, Ridgw. ; (3) 

 O. nuttingi, Ridgw. ; (4) Contopus depressirosiris, Ridgw. ; (5) Gymbilamm line- 

 atm fasciatus, Ridgw.; (6) Grallaria intermedia, Ridgw. (from Costa Rica); 

 (7) Porzana leucogmtra, Ridgw. The technical matter im this paper, includ- 

 ing nomenclature, is by the editor. 



