594 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



John Grant Wells. A Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, West Indies, with obser- 

 vations thereon. [Edited by George N. Lawrence.] 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, Feb. 11, 1887, pp. 609-633. 



Most of the species given in this catalogue have been presented by Mr. "Wells to the Na- 

 tional Museum. Ninety-two species are enumerated. The paper is interspersed with nu- 

 merous notes by Mr. Lawrence included in brackets and signed "G. N. L." 



C. A. White. On the Fresh-water Invertebrates of the North American Jurassic. 



Bull. 29, 77. S. Geological Survey, pp. 1-41. Four plates. 

 C. A. White. On the relation of the Laramie Molluscan Fauna to that of the suc- 

 ceeding Fresh-water Eocene and other groups. 



Bull. 34, V. S. Geological Survey, "Washington, 1886, pp. 1 (388)-54 (442), pis. i-v. 

 C. A. White. On new generic forms of Cretaceous Mollusca and their relation to 

 other forms. 



Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Jan., 1887, pp. 32-37, pi. ii. 



C. A. White. On the Cretaceous Formations of Texas and their relation to those of 

 other portions of North America. 



- Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., Feb., 1887, pp. 39-47. 



C. A. White. On the inter-relation of contemporaneous fossil Faunas and Floras. 

 Amer. Jour. Sci. (3rd ser.), xxxm, pp. 364-374. 



C. A. White. On the age of the Coal found in the region traversed by the Rio 

 Grande. 



Amer. Jour. Sci. (3rd ser.), vol. xxxm, pp. 18-20. 

 C. A. White. (Report on the) Department of Invertebrate Fossils, Mesozoic and 

 Cenozoic (in the U. S. National Museum, 1884). 



Report Smithsonian Institution, 1884, II (1886), pp. 215-217. 

 Samuel W. Williston, M. D. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae. 

 Bull. 31, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 8vo, pp. i-xxx-f 1-335, pi. i to xii. 



Gives a definition of the family, its extent, characters, and classifications, and a synoptic 

 table of subfamilies, tribes, and genera. This forms Part I of the work. 



In Part II are given detailed descriptions of the sixty-five genera iDto which the family is 

 divided, and of over three hundred species (many of them new), together with a full synonymy 

 and bibliography. 



Part in. Conclusion. Gives the habits of the species, a resume of the larval habits as far 

 as known, structure of the family, sexual differences, geographical distribution, geological 

 distribution, chronological list of genera, and a definition of terms. 

 The Appendix contains a few added species, modifications of synopsis, and general notes. 



H. C. Yarrow. Report on the Department of Herpetology in the U. S. National 

 Museum, 1884. 



Report Smithsonian Institution, 1884, II (1886), pp. 157-160. 



H. C. Yarrow. Recurrence of symptoms of Poisoning after Snake-bites. 

 Medical News. 1887, I, p. 623. 



H. C. Yarrow. Navajo methods of curing Ague. 



Forest and Stream, xxvm, No. 6, March 3, 1887, pp. 104, 105 



