688 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Robert Ridgway. Trinija damacenm (Horsf.) in Alaska, a Sandpiper new to the 



North American Fauna. 



The Auk, in, April, 1886, p. 275. 

 Robert RlDGWAY. Discovery of the Breeding Place of McKay's Suowilake, Plectra- 



phenax hyperboreuts. 



The Auk, in, April, 1886, pp. 276, 277. 



The species was fouud breeding on TIall Island, Bering Sea, by Mr. Charles II. Townsend. 



Robert RlDGWAY. On two Abnormally-colored Specimens of the Bluebird : Sialia 



stalls. 



The Auk, Hi, April, 1886, pp. 282, 283. 



Both in the National Museum. One lias the blue color pervading part of the lower surface; 

 the other has the blue of the back the same shade as S. azurea. 

 Robert Ridgway. The Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, etc. 

 The Auk, in, April, 18S6, pp. 28G, 287. 



Note iu reference to the departure of the Albatross and proposed work of the naturalists ac- 

 companying tilt; vessel. 



Robert Ridgway. Arizona Quail. 



Forest and Stream, xxv, 25, Jan. 14, 1886, p. 484. 



A reply to Herbert Brown's article in a previous number in regard to Coliaus ridgway i and 

 G. graysoni, with a "key" to the characters of the species mentioned, and of O. oiryinianux 

 texamts. (See under Brown, Herbert). 

 Robert Ridgway. [Is the Dodo an Extinct Bird ?] 



Science, vu, No. 160, Feb. 26, 1886, p. 190. 



A reply to Dr. K. W. Shufeldt's question in a previous number showing that the supposed 

 Dodo iu the Sanioau Islands is only Didunculus strigirostris. 



ROBERT RlDGWAY. Letter to Dr. B. 11. Warren, in reply to inquiries concerning the 

 food habits of Hawks and Owls. 



Daily Local News (West Chester, Pa.), March 5, 1886. 

 Reprinted in Forest and Stream, xxvi, 9, Match 25, 1886, p. 164. 



Section 1, pago 141 of the Laws of Pennsylvania for 1885 offers a bounty for the, destruction of 

 hawks and owls. The, Microscopical Society of West Chester iu their endeavor to havo tho 

 act repealed asked tin-- opinion of several ornithologists, the author replying that ho regards the 

 majority of hawks and owls as " very decidedly beneficial to man." 



Charles V. Riley. Report of the Entomologist, Charles V. Riley, M. A., Ph. D., 



for 1885. 



Report of the Department of Agriculture, 1885: pp. 7—1, 137, 8—2, 1 map, 9 plates. 



Separate author's ed. of " Report of the Entomologist " by Entomologist of (United States) 

 Department of Agriculture, 1885; Report (United States) Commissioner of Agriculture for 

 1885, pp. 207-343, pp. 1,2, map 1, pp. 1-9, with addition of t. p. cover, t. p. (p. 1), table of con- 

 tents (pp. 3-7), corrigenda (p. 1), general index (pp. 1-6), and plant index (pp. 7, 8). 



Contains divisions and sub-chapters, with the titles given below : Introduction, pp. 207-213; 

 silk culture, pp. 214-228, pis. 2-4; miscellaueous insects, pp. 228, 289, map 1, pis. 1, 5-8 ; destructive 

 locusts or "grasshoppers," pp. 228-233, pi. 8 ; the periodical Cicada (Cicada septendecim L. 

 and race tredecim Riley), pp. 233-258, map 1, pis. 1, 5, 6, tig. 1 ; the Leather beetle or toothed Der- 

 mestes (Dermestes vulpinus, Fabr.), pp. 258-264, pi. 6, fig. 2; the Garden web- worm (Eurycreon 

 rantalis, Guen.), pp. 265-270, pi. 6, fig. 3 ; the Dark-sided cut-worm (larva of A grotis messoria, 

 Harr.), pp. 270-275, pi. 7. fig. 1 ; the strawberry weevil (Anthonomus musculus Say), pp. 270-282, 

 pi. 7, figs. 5, 6; the pear midge or pear diplosis (Diplosis nigra (?), Meigen), pp. 283-289, pi. 7, figs. 

 2. 3, 4 ; reports of agents, pp. 289-343, pi. 9 ; D. W. Coquillett, report on the locusts of the San 

 Joaquin Valley, California, pp. 289-303 ; Lawrence Bruner, report on the abundance of the 

 Rocky Mountain locust in 1885, pp. 303-307 ; Albert Koebelo, notes on locusts at and about Fol- 

 som, Cal., pp. 308-311 ; F. M. Webster, insects affecting fall wheat, pp. 311-319 ; Dr. A. S. Pack- 

 ard, special agent, third report on the causes of destruction of the overgreen and other forest 

 trees in northern New England, pp. 319-333, pi. 9; Nelson W. McLain, report on experiments 

 in apiculture, pp. 333-343. 



Charles V. Riley. — Silk culture. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885 : pp. 214-228 (8-22) ; plates 2-4. 



General work of the Entomological Division in developing silk culture ; distribution of mul- 

 berry trees and silk- worm eggs ; home-raised vs. imported og^s; establishing of filatures; cost 

 of producing roeled silk; work on the Pacific coast; precautious necessary in tho production 

 of pure silk- worm eggs and in properly wintering them ; diseases of the silk-worm— flaccid ity, 



