380 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884, 



Ophiuroidea : 



Paga 

 Astronyx tenuispina - 219 



Anthozoa : 



Unibellula Bairdii 219 



Kophobelemnon tenne 219 



Scleroptilum gracile 219 



Lepidogorgia gracilis (gen. et sp. nov. ) 220 



Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off 

 the southern coast of New England, and of some additions to the 

 fauna of Vineyard Sound. 



(Rep. U. S.'Comm. Fish and Fisheries, 1882 (1884), pp. 641-669.) 

 A general account of the scientific investigations of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission during the summers of 1881 and 1882, with headquarters at Wood's 

 Holl, Mass., abstracted from papers published in the American Journal or' 

 Science, vols, xxii-xxiv, 1881 and 1882. Tables are given of the deep-water 

 dredging stations occupied by the steamer Fish Hawk. The topics more 

 especially discussed are as follows : For 1881 : Fishes, Mollusca ; for 1882 : 

 evidence of great destruction of life last winter ; abundance of life ; list of 

 deep-water Echinodermata taken by the Fish Hawk, 1880-1882 ; additions 

 to the fauna of Vineyard Sound ; surface dredgings. Numerous species of 

 Mollusca and Annelids are redescribed from the American Journal of Science. 

 One new species of Ophiuran, Ophioscolex quadrispinus, Verrill, is described 

 on page 661, and one new Planarian, Stylochopsis zebra, Verrill, on page 666. 



Physical characters of the portion of the Continental Border, beneath 

 the Gulf Stream, explored by the Fish Hawk, 1880 to 1882. 



(Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, 1882 (1884), pp. 1045-1057, plates 1-5.) 

 After a general introduction, the following topics are discussed : Influence 

 of the Gulf Stream; nature and origin of the sediments ; occurrence of fossil- 

 iferous magnesian limestone nodules ; evidence of the existence of light at 

 great depths. The plates are as follows : 1. Southern coast of New England to 

 the Gulf Stream slope, showing lines of depths and positions of the principal 

 dredging stations of the U. S. Fish Commission. 2. To illustrate the rela- 

 tive slope or profile of the bottom, from the shore to the Gulf Stream slope, 

 and across portions of the slope in several lines. 3. Temperature curves at 

 the bottom and surface, and at 5, 10, and 20 fathoms, and extending from the 

 shore to near the 800-fathom line on the Gulf Stream slope. 4. Temperature 

 curves at the surface and bottom, and at the intermediate depths of 5, 10 ; 

 20, 30, and 50 fathoms, arranged according to the distance in miles from the 

 shore. 5. Temperature curves at the bottom and surface, and at intermedi- 

 ate depths of 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, and 100 fathoms. 



SAMUEL T. WALKER. 



On the origin of the fossil bones discovered in the vicinity of Tise'a 

 Ford, Florida. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1884, pp. 427-429.) 

 Extract from a letter to Prof. Spencer F. Baird. 



CHARLES W. WARD. 



Notes on Ardea wardi, Ridgw. 



(The Auk, i, April, 1884, pp. 161-1G3.) 



With special reference to specimens iu the Natioual Museum collection. 



