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BULLETIN OE THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The various results of Dr. Gundlach’s work in Porto Rico were published by 
him under the general title “Apuntes para la fauna Puerto Riquena,” in the Anales 
de la Soeiedad Espanola de Historia Natural. 1 
The fishes collected by Dr. Gundlach were studied and listed by Professor Poey. 
He gives, with brief annotations, a list of 106 nominal species, only 94 of which he 
identifies. The entire list seems to represent 99 good species. In this paper Poey 
proposes the new generic name Monosira (= Larimus) and two new species, Monosira 
stahli (= Larimus breviceps) and Antennarius inops. The paper is scarcely more than 
a list and gives nothing as to the habits, abundance, or distribution of the species. 
In 1869 Prof. Carl Sundevall published, in the Annals of the Royal Academy of 
Sciences of Stockholm, a report on a collection of birds obtained in Porto Rico by 
J. A. Hjalmarson. 
Dr. August Stahl, of Bayamon, seems to be the only resident of Porto Rico who 
has given much attention to the natural history of the island. Though engaged 
actively in the practice of medicine, Dr. Stahl found time to make not only extensive 
collections in most groups of animals and plants, but also valuable studies of the 
archaeology of the island. His studies were pursued under many difficulties and 
discouragements, and most of his collections finally deteriorated and perished. In 
18S3 he published at San Juan a catalogue of the zoological specimens in his collection 
which, though a mere list, is possessed of considerable interest. 2 Dr. Stahl’s col- 
lection contained about 90 species, agreeing approximately with the list given by 
Professor Poey. 
Apparently somewhat more attention has been paid to the botany of Porto Rico 
than to its zoology. Various publications pertaining to the botany of the West 
Indies have contained references to Porto Rican plants, besides which have appeared 
a few papers based chiefly or wholly upon Porto Rican material. Perhaps one of 
the most important is that 3 by Dr. Domingo Bello y Espinosa, published in 1881. 
Dr. Ignatius Urban’s work 4 on the flora of the West Indies, recently published, 
contains a great deal of information concerning the botany of Porto Rico. 
In 1884-88 Dr. Stahl published a volume 5 on the botany of Porto Rico, which 
has considerable value. 
In January, 1899, Dr. Charles Frederick Millspaugh, curator of botany in the 
Field Columbian Museum, spent several days (January 5-23) making botanical col- 
1 Vol. vii, 1878, 135-234, Mammals and Birds, and 343-422, Birds, by Dr. Juan Gundlach. Vol. x, 
1881, 305-317, Amphibians, by Dr. Juan Gundlach, and 317-350, Fishes, by Prof. Felipe Poey. Vol. 
xii, 1883, 5-58 and 441—484, Mollusks, by Dr. Juan Gundlach. Vol. xvi, 1887, 115-133, Crustaceans, 
by Dr. Juan Gundlach. 
2 Fauna de Puerto Rico. Clasificacion Sistem&tica de los Animates qne corresponden a esta Fauna, 
y Catalogo del Cabinete Zoologica del Dr. A. Stahl en Bayamon, pp. 1-249. San Juan, 1883. 
In this book Dr. Stahl devotes chapters to mammals (43-46 and 133-135), birds (47-66 and 
136-157), reptiles (67-71 and 158-161), fishes (72-81, 162-167, and 246), insects (82-102 and 169-213), 
arachnids (103-105 and 214-215), crustaceans (106-110 and 216-220), worms (111 and 112, and 243 and 
244), and polyps (123 and 124, and 245). 
3 Apuntes para la Flora de Puerto Rico. <( Anales de la Soeiedad Espanola de Historia Natural 
1881, 231-304; 1883, 103-130. 
* Symbolic Antillame seu fundamenta flone indite occidentalis. Vol. i, fasciculus i, 1898; ii, 1899; 
in , 1900; vol. ii, fasciculus i, 1900. Berlin, Paris, and London. [Vol. i, fasciculus i, is a bibliography.] 
5 Estudios para la Flora de Puerto-Rico, Folletos i-vi. ii, Las Talamifloras, pp. 191, 1884; iii, Las 
Leguminosas. iv, Las Calicifloras, 1896; v, Las Rubiaceas y Sinantereas, 1887; vi, Las Gamopetalas, 
pp. 284, 1885; 1888, 
