158 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 188G. 



not yet printed. He complains, however, of tbe great difficulty in set- 

 tling many important questions for want of Temminck and ScblegePs 

 u Fauna Japonica, Aves." 



Tbe following papers have been i)repared and submitted 



BY THE CURATOR. 



(1) The Geographical and Exploring Commission of Mexico. By Fernando Ferrari- 

 Perez, chief of the Natural History section, Pp. MS. 101. 



(2) On JEstrelata sandivichensis Ridgw. Pp. MS. 2|. (Established as a good species, 

 very distinct from M. hasitata. ) 



(3) Description of a new oyster-catcher (Eamaloptis gaJapagensis) from the Gala- 

 pagos Islands. Pp. MS. 4. 



(4) On Empidochanes fuscatus (Max) and Empidonax brunnevs Ridgw. Pp. MS. 2$ 

 (sent to editors of the "Ibis"). [The latter proves to he not ouly specifically hut 

 generically distinct from the former, to which it had been referred by Mr. Salvin, 

 the question being determined by comparison of types of the two species, the former 

 being in the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City.] 



(5) Description of a new species of Empidonax from Guatemala. Pp. MS. 2 (sent 

 to editors of the " Ibis")- [■& salvini Ridgw., based chiefly on specimens in Dr. Scla- 

 ters's collection, collected by Osbert Salvin, but a specimen in the National Museum 

 made the type. ] 



BY THE ASSISTANT CURATOR 



(1) Review of Japanese birds. I. Woodpeckers. Pp. MS. 81 ; with a colored, plate. 



(2) The British Marsh Tit. Pp. MS. 5. 



(3) Review of Japanese birds. II. Tits and Nuthatches. III. Appendix to the Marsh 

 Tits. Pp. MS. 71, 1 figure. 



(4) Notes on species of the Australian Genus Pardalotus. Pp. MS. 9. 



(5) On Tardus alpestris and Turdus torquatus, two distinct species of European 

 Thrushes. Pp. MS. 28. 



(G) Description of Pallusjouyi sp. nov., with remarks on E. striata* and R. gularis. 



(7) On Brachyramphus perdix (Pall.) and its nearest allies. Pp. MS. 18; colored 

 plate. 



(8) Additional remarks to a previous paper on Tardus alpestris, based upon material 

 received during May. Pp. MS. 1|. 



(9) Additional remarks to a previous paper on Japanese Woodpeckers, based upon 

 material rocoived during May. Pp. MS. 2. (Description of Picas canus perpallidus, 

 subspecies nova.) 



(10) Reviews of Japanese birds. IV. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. Pp. MS. 51. 



An account of tbe minor and routine work is given berewitb in tabu- 

 lar form : 



Official letters written 332 



Official memoranda 215 



Memoranda of packing 189 



Orders for work 55 



Requisitions for material and supplies 128 



Invoices (triplicates) 510 



Galleys of proof corrected 142 



Pages of proof corrected 1, 183 



Papers prepared for publication , » : . 42 



Number of birds mounted for exhibition series 132 



Number of birds made into skins 7 



Number of mounted birds transferred from the obi stands to the new ones 2, 006 



New walnut stands fitted together ............... .... 1,261 



