678 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Herbert Brown. Arizona Quail. (Notes.) 



Forest and Stream, xxv, Dec. 31, 1885, No. 23, p. 445. 

 Walter E. Bryant. The relationship of Podioepa occidcntalis and P. clarkii. 

 The Auk ; II, July, 1885, pp. 313-314. 

 Inclines to the opinion that the differences between the two alleged spocios are only sexual. 

 Conclusions based partly on twenty-five specimens in the National Museum. 



Katharine J. Bush. Additions to the Shallow-Water Mollnsca of Cape Hatteras, 

 North Carolina, dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross in 1883 



and 1884. 



Trans. Conn. Acad., vi, part n, June, 1885, pp. 453-480, plate xi.v. 



The following list is intended to include only species not previously recorded from I lie re- 

 gion of Cape Hatfceras between low-water mark and 50 fathoms, although in one or two in- 

 stances recorded species are mentioned where there is some variation from the original de- 

 scription or doubt as to their identity. It is by no moans complete, as thero are still a num- 

 ber of species which have not been satisfactorily identified. There is also a largo amount of 

 fine shell-saud which has not yet been assorted. 



At the end a list is given.of deep-water species found in not less than 40 fathoms, many of 

 which have not before been found so far south. 



A list of the dredging stations made by the Albatross in the region of Cape Hatteras, with 

 tho date regarding them, is given on page 154, Eighty-four species of mollusca are enumer- 

 ated from less than 50 fathoms, including thirteen new species and one new variety, which 

 are described and mostly figured. Descriptions of some of Hie old species are also given. Tho 

 now species aro as follows : 



GASTROPODA. 



Page. 



Mangilia psila, pi. xlv, fig. 2 455 



eritima 45G 



ceroplasta 458 



Skenea trilix, pi. slv, figs. 7, la 464 



Scalaria leptalea 465 



teres, pi. xlv, fig. 8 465 



Odostomia engonia 466 



var. teres, pL xlv, fig. 9 467 



Cylichna ccelata, pi. xlv, fig. 15 468 



Yolvxda oxylata, pi. xlv, fig. 12 468 



minuta, pi. xlv, fig. 11 469 



SOLENOCOXCHA. 

 Cadulusincisiis, pi. xlv, fig. 20 „ 471 



LAMELUI5RANCHIATA. 



Pandora earolinensis 474 



Vencricardia obliqua ._. — 478 



The following additional species are figured on plato xlv : 

 Mangilia ephamilia Bush, figs. 4, 4a. 



melanitica. 



var. oxia Bush, figs. 3, 3a. 



oxylata Bush, fig. 1. 



(•) glyi^ta Bush, figs. 5, 5a. 

 Triforis turris-thomo? Dall, fig. 6. 

 Niso ceglees Bush, figs. 10, 10a. 

 Actceonjmncto-striatus Stim-p., fig. 17. 

 PhilineSagra (D'Orb.), figs. 16, 16a. 

 Cylichna biplocata (Lea), fig. 14. 

 Bulla Candei D'Orb., fig. 13. 

 Dentalium leptum Bush. figs. 18, 18a. 

 Caduhis earolinensis Bush, fig. 19. 

 Necera costata Bush, fig. 21. 



Arthur P. Chadljourne. On a Now Race of the Field Sparrow from Texas. 

 The Auk, in, April, 1886, pp. 248-24!). 



Refers to the type specimen of Spizella wertheni in the National Museum, which was com- 

 pared with the form described. 



