TABLE OF CONTEXTS. 



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Jackson, J. U. S., in. D. Arsenic Acid for protecting Anatomical Preparations from In- 

 sects 24 



Jefferson, Xaent. J. P., 1 T . S. A. On the Mortality of Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico in 1878. . 3G3 

 Jefferson, Lieut. J. P., Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, and Thomas tfoore. On the 



Destruction of Fish in the Vicinity of the Tortugas during the months of September and 



October, 1878 244 



Jordan, David S., M. D. Xotes on a Collection of Fishes from Clackamas River, Oregon.. 69 

 Jordan, David S., and Charles H. Gilbert. Notes on the Fishes of Beaufort Harbor, 



North Carolina . 365 



Lawrence, George N. Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica, from Collections made for 

 the Smithsonian Institution by Frederick A. Ober, together with his Notes and Observa- 

 tions 48 



Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from Collections mado by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, 



under the Directions of the Smithsonian Institution, with his Notes thereon 1S3 



Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observations 232 



Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection mado by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the 



Smithsonian Institution, including others seen by him, but not obtained 265 



Catalogue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the Smithsonian 



Institution 349 



Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe for the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober 449 



A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser Antilles visited 



by Mr. Fred. A. Ober; with a Table showing their Distribution, and those found in the United 



States 4S6 



I,ni>ton, Prof. S • T. On the Breeding Habits of the Sea-Catfish (Ariopsis MUberti ?) 278 



.TJerrill, Dr. Jam cm €'., V . S. A. KotOS on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, being a List 



Of Bird* observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, from February, 1876, to June, 1878.. 118 



Poey, Felipe. Xotes on the American Species of the Genus Ci/bluni 3 



Prat I, Cant. IS. If., V.N. A. Catalogue of Casts taken by Clark Mils, Esq., of the Heads of 

 Bixty-ftKU Endisn Prisoners of Various Wi -.-.tern Tribes, and held at Fort Marion, Saint Augus- 

 tine, Fla., in Charge of Capt. R. II. Pratt, U. S. A 201 



Kidjiway. Itoliert. < m a New Iluuiiniim Hird tAtthix Elliuti) from Guatemala 8 



A Review at the American Species of the (icnus Sc»]>s. Savigny 83 



Descriptions ef Berera] New Species and Geographical Races of Birds contained in tho 



Collection of the I'liil. «l Slate.-, National Museum '. 247 



Description of TWO New Species of Birds from Costa Rica, and Notes on other Bare 



Spe< i. h from that Country 232 



Descriptions ot New Special ami Races qf American Birds, including a Synopsis of tho 



< icnus J .'/run hum, Cuvicr. 406 



Steam*, Silas. A Note on the (Inlf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronttt, Goodo 181 



Stfiiuliicliiicr, I>r. i'rnnz. Note on Vercn Jlavesccns 243 



lViiiiioi. Samuel. Notes on the Western Uizzard Shad, Dorotoma oepeditwum heterumm 



(Raf., Jordan 263 



