%:zi^MAjjx-~^-'^ "^^ '^eipavivneni of the 5^nfcrior U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 25 PROCEEDINGS UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. ^ol. III. 1880. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. WASHIi^GTO]:^: aoVEENMENT PRINTING OFPICE. 1881. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Beau, Tarlcton H. Description of a New Hake (Phyeig Earlii), from South Carolina, and a Xote on the Occarrence of Phycis regiits in North Carolina C9 Check-List of Duplicates of North American Fishes distributed by the Smithsonian Institution in behalf of the United States National Museum, 18"7-'80 75 C'attie. S. TH. On the Genitalia of Male Eels and their Sexual Characters - 280 Endlich, Fred. M. List of Species and Varieties of Minerals in the National Museum of the United States in 1879 333 Oarinan, Samuel. Synopsis and Descriptions of the American Bhinobatidce 516 Oilbert, Charles H. (See under Jordan and Gilbert.) Oill. Theodore. On the Identity of the Genus Leurynnis Lockington, with Lycodopsis Collett •247' Ooode, Cr. Brown. Descriptions of Seven New Species of Fishes from Deep Soundings on the Southern New England Coast, with Diagnoses of Two Undescribed Genera of Flounders and a Genus related to Merlucius 337 Fishes from the Deep Water on the South Coast of New England obtained by the United States Fish Commission in the Summer of 1880 467 The Frigate Mackerel (Awxi's i?ocAei) on the NewEngland Coast 532 Xofacanthus phagganorus, a New Species of i\rota<;a7i«fttdflB from the Grand Banks of New- foundland 535 Hay, O. P. On a Collection of IHshes from Eastern Mississippi 488 Heilprin, Angelo. On Some New Species of Eocene MoUusca from the Sonthem United States 149 Jordan, Darid S. Notes on a Collection of Fishes from East Florida, obtained by Dr. J. A. Henshall 17 Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Saint John's River, Florida, obtained by Mr. A. H. Curtiss 22 Note on a Forgotten Paper of Dr. Ayres, and its Bearing on the Nomenclatqre of the Cy prinoid Fishes of the San Francisco Markets 325 Note on " Sema" and '' Dacentrus'''' 327 Description of a New Species of Caranx (Caranx beani), from Beaufort, North Caro- lina 486 Jordan, Darid S., and Gilbert, Charles H. Notes on a Collection of Fishes from San Diego, (,'alifomia 23 Description of a New Flounder (Xystreurys liolepis), from Santa CataJina island, Cali- fornia 34 Description of a New Kay (Platyrhina triseriata), from the Coast of California 36 Description of a New Species of "Eock Cod" (Sebastichthys serriceps), iioia the Coast of California 38' On the Occurrence of Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Dumeril) Gill on the Coast of Califor- nia 40 On the Oil Shark of Southern California ( Galeorhinus galeus) 42 Description of a New Flounder (Pleuronichthys verticalis), from the Coast of California, with Notes on Other Species 49 Notes on Sharks from the Coast of California 51 On the Generic Kelations of Platyrhina exasperata 53 Description of a New Species of Sebastichthys (Sebastichthys miniatus), from Monterey Bay, California 70 Description of a New Species of "Kock-fish" {Sebastichthys camatus), from the Coast of California 73 Description of a New Species of Kay (Raia stellulata), from Monterey, California 138 Description of New Species of Xiphister and Apodichthys, from Monterey, California. .. 135 Description of Two New Species of Sebastichthys (Sebastichthys entomelas and Sebastich- thys rhodochloris). from Monterey Bay, California 142 Description of a New Agonoid Fish (Brachiopsis xyostemus), from Monterey Bay, California 152 Description of a New Flounder (Hippoglossoides exilis), from the Coast of California. .. 154 III IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. JTordaii, David S., and Oilbcrt, Charles H. Description of a New Species of Ray {Eaia rhina) from the Coast of California 251 Description of Two New Species of Fishes (Ascelichthys rhodorus and Seytalina cerdale) from Neah J5ay, Washington Territory 264 Description of Two New Species of Scopeloid Fishes {Sudis ringens and Myctophum crenulare), from Santa Barbara Channel, California 273 Description of Two New Species of Flounders {Parophrys ischyurus and Hippoglos- soides elassodon), from Puget Sound 276 — Description of Seven New Species of Scbastoid Fishes, from the Coast of California ... 287 — Description of a New Embiotocoid (Abeona aurora), from Monterey, California, with Notes on a Related Species 299 — Description of a New Flounder (Platysomatichthys stomias), from the Coast of Califor- nia 301 — Description of a New Embiotocoid Fish (Cymatogaster rosaceus), from the Coast of Cali- fornia 303 — Description of a New Species of Deep-Water Fish {Icichthys Lockingtoni), from the Coast of California 305 — Description of a New Embiotocoid Fish (Ditremaatripes), from the Coast of California.. 320 — Description of a New Scorpaenoid Fish {Sebastichthys maliger), from the Coast of Cali- fornia 322 — Description of a New Scorpaenoid Fish (Sebastichthys proriger), from Monterey Bay, California 327 — Description of a New Agonoid (Agonus vulsus), from the Coast of California 330 — Description of a New Species of Heinirhamphus (Remirhamphus rosce), from the Coast of California 335 — Description of a New Species of Notidanoid Shark (Hexanchus corinus), from the Pacific Coast of the United States 352 — Description of a New Species of Nemichthys (Nemichthys avocetta), from Puget Sound. . . 409 — Description of a New Species of Paralepis {Paralepis coruscans), from the Straits of Juan do Fuca 411 List of the Fishes of the Pacilic Coast of the United States, with a Table showing the Distribution of the Species 452 On the Generic Relations of Belone exilis Girard 459 Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Utah Lake 459 Descri^ition of a New Species of Rock-fish {Sebastichthys chrysomelas), from the Coast of California 465 lia^vrencc. Oeorgc IV. Description of a New Species of Bird of the Family Turdidce, from the Island of Dominica, W. I 16 Description of a New Species of Parrot of the Genus Chrysotis, from the Island of Do- minica 254 Description of a New Species of Icterus, from the West Indies 351 liOckingtou, W. Bf. Remarks on the Species of the Genus Ghirus found in San Francisco Market, including one hitherto undescribed 53 Description of a New Fish from Alaska ( Uranidea microstoma) 58 Description of a New Species of Agonidce (Brachyopsis verrucosus), from the Coast of California ^ 60 Description of a New Genus and Some New Species of California Fishes (Icosteus cenig- mnticus and Osmerus attenuatiis) 63 Description of a New Chiroid Fish (Myriolepis zonifer), from Monterey Bay, California. . 248 Description of a New Sparoid Fish {Sparus hrachysomus), from Lower California 284 Note on a New Flat-fish (Lepidopsetta isnlepis), found in the Markets of San Fi-ancisco. . 325 Descriiition of a New Species of Prionotus (Prionotus stephanophrys), from the Coast of California 529 Katiibuii, Richard. The Littoral Marine Fauna of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachu- ^'tts 116 .'^Ldi"r"""Ti P")!"*-* Revisions of Nomenclature of Certain North American Birds 1 A Catiilogue of the Birds of North America 163 Catalogue of Trochilidw in the Collection of the United States National Museum 308 R ydfr, John A, On Camaraphysema, a New Type of Sponge 269 List of the North American Species of MjTiapods belonging to the Family of the Lysio- petalidcn, with a Description of a Blind Form from Luray Cave, Virginia 524 atmith, RoMa. On the Occurrence of a Species of Cremnobates at San Diego, California 147 >««niitli, !«»• I. Preliminary Notice of the Crustacea dredged in 64 to 325 fathoms oif the Soutli Coast of New England, by the United States Fish Commission, in 1880 413 TABLE OF CONTENTS. V Page. !<( wau, James* O. The Surf Smelt of the Northwest Coast, aud the Method of Taking Them by the Quillehute Indians, West Coast of "Washington Territory 43 The Eiilaehon or Candle-fish of the Northwest Coast 257 Vcrrill, A. E. Notice of Recent Additions to the Miirine Invertehrata of the Northeast- ern Coast of America, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species and Critical Kemarks on Others Part II. — MoUusca, with Notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc., collected hy the United States Fish Commission 356 Part III. — Catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the Fauna of Southern New England 405 T^hitc, C. A. Note on the Occurrence of ProdMCttt* jrt^ra/iteus in California 46 Note on Aerothele 47 Description of a New Cretaceous Pinna from New Mexico 47 Note on the Occurrence of Strieklandia Salter i and S. Davidsoni in Georgia 48 Description of a very large Fossil Gasteropod, from the State of Puebla, Mexico 140 Descriptions of New Invertebrate Fossils from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Bocks of Arkansas, "Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah 157 PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 1880. REVISDOIVS OF IVOMEIVCIiATURE OF CERTAIIV NORTH AMERICAN BIR0S. By ROBERT RIDGTTAY. The following emendations of nomenclature apply both to species enumerated in the latest published list of Xorth American birds — Coues's " Check List,"* and others not contained therein. These two series are therefore included in separate categories, the former having,, for convenience of reference, the corresponding number of the " Check. List " prefixed to each name. It is deemed inexpedient to give here a list of the species to be addedl to the Smithsonian Catalogue of 1859,t for the reason that they are suffi- ciently distinguished by the absence of the concordant number following, each name, in the revised list following this paper. a. Species given in Coues's Check List, 4 h. Tardus AONALASCiiKAE, X Gmel. — In my report on the ornithology- of the fortieth parallel expedition I used the name " guttata, Pallas," as the earliest name certainly applicable to this species; but I now believe that Gmelin's name, Turdiis aonalasclilme, based upon, the Unalascha Thrush of Pennant (Arctic Zoology, II, p. 338) and Aoona- lashlca Thrush of Latham (Synopsis, II, i, p. 23), is the one which should, be used. As in the case of 21uscicapa guttata, Pall., there can be no doubt whatever that the western Dwarf Thrush {Tardus nanus, Auct., neo And.!) is the very species which these authors described under the above names. Turdus aonalaschhae being, therefore, the i^roper name- for the Hermit Thrushes collectively, the Middle and Eastern Province forms should be called, respectively, T. aonalaschlcae auduboni and T. aonalaschJcae pallasL With regard to the last, it is very evident that * A Check List of North American Birds. By Elliot Cones. Salem. Naturalists' Agency. 1873. 8vo, pp. 137. (635 species.) t Catalogue of North American Birds contained chiefly in the Mnsenm of the Smith- sonian Institution. By Spencer F. Baird. [First octavo edition.] "Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 1859. [ "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections,.103.." Not paged; 738 species, including varieties, all consecutively numbered.] t Small capitals indicate the name which is changed or emended. Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 1 March S7, 1880. 2 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Turdus nanus, Aud., was based upon a small specimeu of the eastern Hermit Thrush, since Audubon distinctly says so in his account of the supposed sijecies. The name nanus antedates 2)aU as i ; but the latter having been used, in a restricted sense, exclusively for the eastern race, while nanus has been almost wholly applied, of late years, to the small west-coast form now to be called T. aonalaschJcae, it seems best to discard the name w«w?^s altogether and adopt for the eastern birds that of pallasi, as next in order of date. 61. Helon^a sicainsoni, And. — According to Agassiz, the correct orthography of the generic name of this f.pecies (if to be separated from Hehnitlierus) is Hcloncea and not " ReUnaia,''^ as spelled by Audubon. {Cf. Xewton, P. Z. S., 1879, p. 552.) 144 a. Leucosticte griseinucha (Brandt) Bj^. — The present indignations are that this form does not intergTade with L. fephrocotis, but, on the contrary, is a well-defined species of very constant characters confined strictly to that portion of the Alaskan coast west of the one hundred and thirty-fifth degree of west longitude. 14Ga. jE(jiotluis Unaria, " var. fuscescens.^'' — ^No examples referable to the so-called fuscescens having ever been taken in winter, while the particular stage originally so named is represented by birds in highly intensified midsummer dress from various portions of subarctic America (the interior of the continent and coast of Alaska, as well as Labrador), the inference is natural that ^'- fuscescens''^ represents simply the mid- summer i^lumage of the common species. {Cf. Cones, Birds of the Northwest, 1874, p. 115.) 14G&. ^(fiotlms CANESCENS exiUpcs (Coues) Eidgw. — There is every probability that ^. canescens is a quite distinct species, since it occurs in almost every district inhabited by ^. linaria (especially in the Kearc- tic Eegion), and cannot therefore be a geographical race of the same species. yE. canescens and JE. linaria JiolbolU are the large boreal races breeding in Greenland; JE. canescens exilipes and ^. linaria j)roj)er are the smaller continental forms. 159 «. Passerculus anthinus, Bp. — This seems to be quite distinct from P. sandwichensis, and probably more nearly relate! to — IGOrf. Passerculus GUTTATUS, Lawr., which proves to be very distinct from P. rostratus. 165 a (Appendix). Ammodronius nigrescens, Kidgw. — As has already been insisted by Mr. Maynard (see Am. Sportsman, V. Jan. 16, 1875, p. 248), this bird is very probably distinct specifically from A. maritimus. 169. Melospiza fasciata (Gm.) Scott. — ^We can see no valid reason why Gmelin's name for this species should not be used instead of Wil- son's, bestowed upon it nearly a quarter of a century later. {Gf. Scott, PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 6 Am. Kat., 187G, p. 17.) The recognizable forms of this species slioiild therefore be known as (169 «) M. fasciata falJax, {Wdh) M. fasciata guttata, (109 c) M. fasciata rufina, (1096?) j\I. fasciata heermanni, and (lG9e) If. FASCIATA SA3IUELIS {samuelis antedating gouldii). 1G9/. Melospiza cinerea (Gm.)Eidgw. — Throngh the explorations of Messrs. Dall, Turner, and Nelson, the fauna of Unalashka has of late years been very thoroughly investigated, and we are thus able to iden- tify the "Cinereous Finch" of Pennant (Arct. Zoology, II, p. C8) upon which Gmeliu based his FringiUa cinerea (S. N., I, ii, p. 922) with the species which Professor Baird afterward named Melospiza insigiiis (Trans. Chicago Acad., I, 1, p. 319, pi. 29, fig. 2). Throngh the same means it becomes equally certain that the Oonalaslca Bunting of Pennant and Latham {Emheriza tmalasclicensis, Gm., S. N., I, ii, j). 875) is, as some authors have long maintained, the bird usually called Passerella toini- sendi (Aud.). The known forms of Passerella having been proven by Mr. Henshaw to intergrade, and therefore, to constitute mere geographical races of a single species, they should be known by the following names : — 188. P. iliaca (Merrem) Sw. t'189"«. P. iliaca unalaschcensis (Gm.) Eidgw. 189a. P. iliaca scMstacea (Baird) Hensh. . P. ILIACA megarhyncha (Baird) Hensh. — the latter — connecting unalaschcensis with scMstacea, but peculiar in the extremely robust bill and other characters — not being given in the "Check List!" 170a (Appendix). Peiicaia arizonce, Eidgw. — There is very strong prob- ability of this being quite distinct, specifically, from P. wstivalis. (See Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, p. 127, foot-note.) 177. Spizella MONTANA (Forst.) Eidgw. — Forster's name of montana applied to this species in 1772 antedates Gmelin's name moniicola (1788), and, there being no objection to it otherwise, should be substituted for it. 180 a. Spizella breweri, Cass. — Thus f;ir there appears not the slight- est evidence that this bird should be referred to ^S". pallida. The respective habitats of the two overlap quite considerably, and they may always be easily distinguished by the markings of the head. 191. Spiza amcricana (Gm.) Bp. — In 1858 Professor Baird rejected the generic name Spiza for this species, for the reason that, although it "was first used in connection with Umberiza americana," it was "so mixed up with types of several other modern genera as to render it uncertain whether to apply it to one rather than to another " — at the same time remarking that "if Spiza pointed more unmistakably to the U. americana it might, perhaps, be necessary to adopt it." (" Birds N. Am.," p. 491.) Upon referring to the " Specchio Comparativo," where Bona- parte next, after its institution, mentions his genus Spiza, I find, in the 4 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. foot-note on p. 47, that lie distinctly names E. americana as the type of the genus ("Reconoscemmo inoltre, che quest' uccello [E. melanocepJiala] e il perfetto analogo della FringUla americana tipo di quel Sottogenee"). Four years later, however, Bonaparte proposed the name Euspiza for the same type ("Sag-gio," p. 141), but according to recognized rules this later name becomes simply a synonym of S2nza, as does also Cabauis's name Euspina, the latter substitued for Euspiza (Mus. Hein., I, p. 133), under the misapprehension that the type of the latter was the Em- heriza melanocepJiala of Scopoli (see M. H., p. 130) — a species not only generically distinct from E. americana, Gmel., but moreover hardly a member of the same subfamily. 201. Plionipara zena (Linn.) Bryant. — ^'■Fringilla hicolor,''^ Linn., S, N., ed. 12 (17GG)=i^. zena, Linn., S. K, ed. 10 (1758). 20G. Pipilo fusciis mesoleucus (Baird) B. B. & R. — The Arizona form of this species is very easily distinguishable from the true fuscus of Mexico, the latter being without the rufous cap of mesoleucus, the colors in general darker, etc. 212 &. Agelwus tricolor (Nutt.) Bp. — Totally distinct from A.phoeni- ceus. 233. Pica rustica hudsonica (Sab.) Baird. — The earliest available name for the European Magpie appears to be Corvus rusticus, Scopoli (1709), which considerably antedates ^'- melanoleuca, Vieill." (1818), and is now adopted by European authorities. ( Cf. Dresser, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii.) The American bird, therefore, if to be separated subspeci- fically from the European (for which there certainly seems sufficient reason), should be named as above. 239 a (Appendix). Perisoreus ohscurus, Eidgw. — Since the original des- cription of this bird was i^ublished Mr. Henshaw has obtained addi- tional specimens, and, by an examination of them, together with the types, has adopted Mr. Sharpe's conclusion (Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 105) that the form in question is a distinct species, an opinion in which I at present wholly agree. Not so, however, with eapitalis, Baird, which Mr. Sharpe treats in the same manner; the latter unquestionably grades directly into P. canadensis, and consequently, notwithstanding it is a very strongly marked form, should be called P. canadensis eapitalis. The Perisoreus ohscurus is of much more restricted range than was at first supposed, and probably does not extend much, if any, north of Sitka. The examples alluded to in Hist. K Am. B. (Vol. II, p. 302), as coming from "north of Sitka and in the Yukon territory," and which were stated to "incline toward the var. canadensis, '^^ are in reality refer- able to P. canadensis, of which they constitute a separable race, distin- guished by the less extent and dingy or smoky tinge of the frontal PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 5 white patch and generally darker colors. This new race may be char- acterized as follows : Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons, Eidgw. Cii. — Similar to canadensis proper, but colors darker and more dingy throughout, and the white of the forehead obscured, or even sometimes almost wholly obliterated, by a wash of smoky gray or brown. Hub. — Coast of Alaska. 265. Caprimulgus vociferus, Wils. — I can see no reason whatever for removing this bird from the genus CaprimuJgns. The type of '■'■ Ayitrostomus'''' is the C. caroUnensis, Gmel., which differs from all the other Caprimulgi (so far as I am aware) in possessing fine lateral fila- ments to the rictal bristles, so that, in case this character be deemed sufficient, the genus Anirostomus may stand, if restricted to the single species possessing this feature. {Cf. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, pp.142, 143, pis. i, ii.) 266. Phal.enoptilus nuttalU (And.) Eidgw. — This species is de- cidedly i^eculiar in the combination of its salient jioints of structure, having a lengthened, naked tarsus, like Xyctidromus, a character- istically velvety plumage, short, even tail, and unique wing- formula; features which, taken together, render it a very well-marked genus, which may be characterized as follows : — PhaLzENOPTILUS, gen. nov. Cu. — Differing from Caprimnlgtts and " Antrosiomus" in the short, even tail (much shorter than the wing), and lengthened, perfectly naked tarsus (longer than the mid- dle toe), the first quill shorter than the fourth, and the plumage with a peculiar, velvety, moth-like surface. Type, CaprimuJgus tiuttalli, Aud. As stated on images 142, 143, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. I (1878), the characters supposed to separate the Amer- ican Antrostomi from the Old World species of Ccqmmulgus, particularly the type of the latter genus (C. europams, L.), are wholly intangible, with the exception of A. caroUnensis, which has minute lateral filaments to the rictal bristles, these being in all other species perfectly smooth, or simple. On the other hand, the Caprimulgus nuttalU of Audubon has so many decided peculiarities of structure that it is somewhat a matter of surprise that its place in the genus '■'■Antrostomus^'' has not been questioned ere this. In fact, P. nuttalU is quite as distinct in its external structure from " J.." vociferus and its allies as is the Nyctidro- mus albicollis. The more prominent differences of structure in these forms may readily be seen by comparison of the birds themselves, or by examination of the outline drawings of i^lates I and II of the volume of the "Proceedings" referred to above. 268. Chordeiles acutipennis texensis (Lawr.) B. B. & E. — The Chor- deiles texensis of Lawrence is merely a slightly different northern form 6 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. of C. acuHpenms (Bodd.) Cass., of South America. (See Sclater, P. Z. S. 18GG, p. 134, and Hist. :N^. Am. B., II, pp. 400, 407.) 2G7. Cliordeiies popetue (Vieill.) Baird. — Brisson's name virginianus was not restricted to this species until many years after the institu- tion of Yieillot's name iiopetue ; the Litter, therefore, notwithstanding its barbarous character, is, by all the rules, entitled to retention. 269. Cypselus saxatiUs {Woodh.) Ridgw. — This species agrees so very closely in details of structure with C. melba, Linn., that there seems to be no good reason for separating it genericaly from the genus Cypsclm, unless C. melba also is removed to another genus. The type of Pamjp- tila being the Cypselus cayannensiSj Gmel., the elimination of C. saxaiilis does not, of course, affect the validity of the latter genus, as properly restricted; still, there is not much more difference of form between ^^ Fanyptila^^ cayennensis and C. saxaUUs than between (7. melba and G. apus^ the latter being the type of Cypselus. C. apus has the feet much weaker and the tarsus much more densely feathered than C. melba; G. saxaUlis is nearly intermediate in this resx)ect, though coming much nearer to C. melba. 273. Basilinna xantusl (Lawr.) Elliot. — See Elliot's "Synopsis of the Trochilidce* ", p. 227. 284. Trogon A^iBiGUUS, Gould. — The species described in ''Birds of North America," and figured in the atlas to that work, is the present one, and not T. mexicanus. The latter is chiefly distinguished by the absence of white bars on the tail-feathers, which are uniform black un- derneath, except the broad white tip. 295. Xenopious albolarvatus (Cass.) Bd. — In addition to the very tangible external characters x>ointed out by Professor Baird in his char- acterization of a subgenus Xenopicus (B. N". Am., x^. 83), may be men- tioned the fact that the tongue is scarcely extensile, its tii), when fully X^rotruded, reaching only % of an inch beyond the t\\) of the bill, or just the same as in Sphyropicus thyroideus, while in Plcus mllosus liarrisi the X^rotrusion amounts to 2} inches, or If inches more! (See Orn. 40th Parallel, x^p. 546, 548, and 552, under lists of sx)ecimens of the above species.) 301. Ficoides tridactylU'S americamis (Brehm) B. B. & E. — As X^ointed out in "History of Korth American Birds" (Vol. II, pp. 529- 534), the differences between the American and Eurox^ean white-backed species of this genus are very slight, and by no means sufficient to warrant sx^ecific sex^aration. The common form should therefore be known as above, and the Rocky Mountain race, if deemed sufficiently distinct, as — * A Classification and Synopsis of tlie TrocbilidiE. By Daniel Giraud Elliot, F. R. S. E., etc. Washington City: Published by tbe Smithsonian Institution [''Smith- sonian Contributions to Knowledge," No. 317.] [March, 1879.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 7 301a. Picoldes tridactylits dorsalis (Baird) B. B. & R. 314. Colaptes auratus mexicanus (Sw.). The above combination becomes absolutely necessary in view of the indisputable and wholesale iutergradation of the auratus mid 7nexicanus types of this species. In the present case is afforded an excellent ex- ample of the difficulties in the way of consistent nomenclature, whether binomial or trinomial. 31G. AJ.VCO flammeus pratincola (Bonap.) Eidgw. — Professor New- ton has, we think, clearly demonstrated* that the proper type of the Lin- n?ean genus Strix is not S. Jlammca, but S. stridiila, subsequently made the type of Savigny's genus Syrnium ; and that Aluco, Fleming (1828), should stand as the generic name of the Barn Owls. Audubon's name, '■'■ americana''^ (1839), for the American Barn Owl is antedated by^ra^ incola, Bonap. (1838), which should, in consequence, stand as the sub- specific name for this form. 318 &. Sco2)s asio maccalli (Cass.) Cones. — In the "Proceedings of the U. S. Xat. Mus." for 1878 (Vol. I, pp. 109-111), I formally referred the '"'' Scops asio var. enano^^ of Lawrence to 8. maccalli, Cassin, and in a foot-note on p. Ill refer Mr. Sennett's specimens to the latter. This fact, however, seems to have been overlooked by both Dr. Cones and Mr. Sennett, who, in their last pai)er, continue to caU the variet^^ "/S. asio enano.''^ 320. Asio wilsoniamis (Less.). — Brisson's genus Asio appears to be un- questionably that which should be applied to the long-eared owls, and has long since been adopted by some authorities. Admitting that the short-eared species [Strix accipitrinaj Pall.) cannot be sei)arated generi- cally, it would have to be called — 321. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) Newton. 323. Strix nebulosa, Forst. — Professor Newton's very correct conclu- sion that the proper type of the Linnnean genus Strix is the S. stridula, necessitates the above change in the generic name of this American congener of that species. The Floridan birds of S. nebulosa I find to be so different from north- ern examples as to well merit subspecific separation. In his memorable work on the birds of East Florida (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., I, p. 340) Mr. Allen refers to the much darker color of Floridan specimens, but appar- ently overlooks the naked toes. It is with pleasure that I dedicate this race to one who has done such eminent service not only to the orni- thology of Florida, but to the science in general. * Cf. Yarrell's Brit. Birds, eel. 4, vol, i, p. 150, aud The Ibis, ser. iii, vol. vi, pp.p4-105. t Since these pages were put iu type, I have discovered that the name stands as above given in the "Check List." The notice of the species here was therefore an oversight. 8 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Stkix nebulosa allexi, Eidgw. Ch. — Similar to typical nebulosa, but toes wholly destitute of feathers or bristles, beiug perfectly bai'e to the extreme base ; colors darker than in nebulosa, witb less ocbraccous, tbe tail scarcely barred on the basal half, and the bars on the breast much more distinct, as well as narrower and more continuous. Hob. — Florida (Clearwater). The above characters I find to be constant in a series of tliree speci- mens (two $ and one $ ) sent to the National Museum by Col. S. T. Walker, of Clearwater, Florida. Kot only are the toes perfectly bare, but the feathers clothing the tarsi are much shorter than in northern nebulosa, thus causing the legs to appear much more slender. The only feathering on the toes consists of a small pointed strip on the outer side of the first i)halanx of the middle toe, reaching about to the second joint. 324. Strix occidentalis (Xant.) Eidgw. Assuming that the Great Grey Owls are sufficiently distinct generic- ally from the foregoing, they should be known as — 322. ScoTiAPTEX cinereum (Gmel.) Swains., and [322 a. I ScoTiAPTEX cinereum lapijonicum (Eetz.) Eidgw. 236. ISurnia idula funerea (Linn.) Eich. & Sw. — In the 10th edition of ^^ tSystema Natune^^ Linnieus describes on the same page (93) kStrix funerea and S. tditla, in the order here given; the former being based on "Fu. suec. 51," the ^'•uliila flammeata, Frisch. av. t. 9" being doubtfully quoted; "Habitat in Europa." S. ulula is based upon "Fn. suec. 52— Ulula, Gesn. av. 773, Aldr. ornith, 1. 8, c. G; Will, oruith. 08, t. 13, Eay, av. 20, n. 4;" the habitat also " in Europa." In neither case would the diagnoses given determine tbe species independent of the references. In the 12th edition, however, 8. ulula is mentioned first, with the same diagnosis and habitat, but with additional or more explicit references. S. funerea follows, with an additional diagnosis which renders the species unmistakable, and a reference to "^Sirij? canadensis," i>m6\ av. I, p. 518, t. 37, f. 2, wliich we know to be the American Hawk Owl. Furthermore, there is added to the habitat "America septentrional i.'^^ It is therefore difficult to decide which of the two names has priority as the specific designation. If the S. funerea is to be regarded the same in both edi- tions, then this name, as occurring first on the page, would be entitled to that claim ; but thereis nothing whatever in the account of Strix funerea of edition 10 to show that it is anything more than the European Hawk Owl ; or, in other words, the same as the species called on the same page ^S". ulula. As the matter stands, we prefer to ta]s.e funerea of 1706 as the earliest date of the name as applied to the American bird, and to call the species S. ulula, the latter name being of certain apj)lication in the 10th edition, while it precedes /wjierca in the 12th. 347. Falco fusco-cjerijlescens, Vieill.-— See Sharpe, " Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British Museum," I, j). 400. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. i) 353. Buteo abbreviatus, Caban. — See Sharpe, as above, p. 1G3, who, however, refers it to the genus " Tacliytriorcliis.^'' See, also, Sclater ♦& Salvin's " ]S"omenclator Avium Neotropicalium," p. 118. 303. Polyhorus cheriway (Jacq.) Caban. — See Sbarpe, t. c, p. 33. This species appears to be quite distinct from P. tliarus. 3G1. PsEXJDOGRYPHUS caUfomianus (Shaw) E.idgw. — Concerning the validity of this genus, see Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club., April, 1880, i). — . 3GG. Catharista {atrata, Bartr.). — If the name atrata, as now almost universally^ applied to this species, is to be accredited to Bartram, it has I)riority over all the synonyms ; but if we are to reject Bartram's names on account of his frequent " lapses " from binomialism, or his equally bad l^ractice of omitting descriptions (which, however, is not the case with regard to his mention of the present species), then uruhii of Vieillot (1809) takes precedence over atrata of Wilson (1812), which comes next in order of date. 3G8. Columba erythrina, Licht. — Although there is no law compel- ling the adoption of a museum name, I prefer to do so in this case rather than propose a new one, since Lichtenstein's name erytlirina is a very ap- l)ropriate one. The name by which this species ha s usually been known — C. '■'■jiavirostrls^ Wagler" — is " glaringly false," and, therefore, to be re- jected, according to the rules of the British Association.* It is true that the bill sometimes appears yellowish in the dried skin, but in life it is always some shade of i^urple or pink, w^hitish at the extremity. What- ever it may be, it is impossible to identify McCall's C. solitarlus with this species. If his description was really penned from a specimen, his bird has not yet been rediscovered, no known jS'orth American Pigeon corresponding at all closely with his description. In any event it cannot be the present species, which never has " brilliant reflections" on either neck or breast, nor the back or under wing-coverts " light-red color." 378. Ortalis vetula maccalU (Baird) Eidgw. — In regard to this emendation of the generic name, see Wharton, " The Ibis," Oct., 1879, p. 450. I lind the Texan birds easily distinguishable from Mexican ex- amples (true vetula). 380. Canace canadensis (Linn.) Reich. — None of the American grouse usually referred to Tetrao resemble at all closely the type of the latter genus, T. urogaUus, Linn. They appear, in fact, nearly as distinct from Tetrao proper as are Bonasa or Fedioecetes, or other recognized American genera. It seems scarcely advisable, however, to admit a genus '•'■Den- dragaims''^ for the special accommodation of G. obscura in its various forms. 39G. Charadrius dominicus, Miill. — Milller's name for the American Golden Plover, dating 177G, should take precedence over fulvus, Gmel., be- stowed twelve years later (1788), as the name of the species. The Asiatic form should therefore be called C. doniinicus fulvus (Gmel.) * Cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Jan., 18S0, p. 37. 10 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 400 Ms (Appendix), ^gialitis cmiONiCA (Gm.) Gray.* — This sup- posed new species proves to be the Lesser Ringed Plover of the Old World, jE. curonica (Gm.) Gray, the principal synonyms of which are the following. It may be considered doubtful whether tlie specimen really was obtained near San Francisco, as stated on the label. Charadriiis ciironicus, Gmel., S. N., I, 1788, 692. JEgialitli ciironicus, Gray, Cat. Brit. B, 1833, 141.— Hartixg, Handb. Brit. B. 187-2, 134. Cliaradrius pliiUppinus, Lath., lud. Oru., II, 1790, 745. Charadriiis Jluviatilis, Bechst., Naturg. Yog. DeutscliL, 1809, 422. Cliaradrius minor, Meyer & WoJLF, TascL. Vog. Deutsclil., 1810, 324. Charadriiis intermedins, Mexetr., Catal. , 53. Charadrius sonaius, Swains., B. W. Afr., II, , 235, pi. 25. Mgialitis microrhijnclius, KiDGW., Am. Nat., VIII, Feb. 1874, 109 ("San Francisco, Cal."). 408. Himantopus mexicanus (Miiller) Ord. — Miiller's name dates ] 77G ; thirty-one jears earlier than nigricolUs, Yieill. 413. Scolopax rusticula (Linn.) Wharton. — See "The Ibis," Oct., 1879, p. 453. 4:4:2his (Appendix). Numenius tahitiensis (Gm.). — The earliest name for the bird afterwards named Numenius femoraUs by Mr. Peale is Scolopax tahitiensis^ Gmel. (S. IST., I, ii, 1788, p. 65G, n. 22). 448. Ajaja ROSEA (Briss.) Eidgw. — The American Spoonbill being a very distinct generic type, for which Reichenbach proposed (in 1853) the name Ajaja.; it becomes necessary to change the specific name also. There is not, unfortunately, any post-Linn?ean synonym for this species, with the exception of " Platea ' mexicana, Willoughby,' " as used by Gam- bel ill 1849 (Jour, of Philad. Acad., I, p. 222). Gambel, however, gives no description; and, moreover, since the name '■hnexieana'''' is simply quoted from Willoughby, it seems best to adopt Brisson's very appro- priate name of rosea, injustice to the accurate and complete description of the species in the work of that author. 454. Hydranassa TRICOLOR (Milll.) Ridgw. — If tlie Herons are to be subdivided at all, it seems quite necessary to recognize the generic name which, in 1858, Professor Baird proposed for this species (B. N. Am., p. GG'J), the earliest designation of which is Ardea tricolor.^ Miiller (177G). 455. DiCHROMANASSA rufa (Bodd.) Ridgw, — See Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey Terr., vol. iv, no. 1, p. 24G. 4G0. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.) Stephens. — This appears to be the earliest designation of the species. *Am. Nat., VIII, Feb., 1874, p. 109. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 11 4GG a (Appendix). Eallus ohsolctus. Eidgw. — This proves to be quite distinct from E. elegcms, being, in fact, more nearly related to B. longi- rostris (sive '■'■ crepitans''''). 472. GalUnnla galeata (Liclit.) Bp. — Quite distinct specifically from G. chloropus, Lath. 473. lONORNis martinica (Linn.). — This species has usually been referred to either Porphyrio, Briss., or Foiphyrula, Blyth, but it is exceed- ingly distinct generically from both these types, particularly' the former. The generic name lonornis, instituted for its special reception, bj^ lleich- enbach in 1853 (Nat. Syst., p. xxi), seems to be the earliest one avail- able. 488. Anas BOSCAS, Linn. — See Wharton, "The Ibis," Oct., 1879, p. 453). 489 a (Appendix). Anas fulvigula, Bidgw. — This bird proves very distinct from A. obscura. 52G. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, Gmel. — This name antedates ^^trachyrhynchus, Lath.," by two years, and, being no less appropriate, there is no valid reason why it should not be retained. {Cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Jan., 1880, p. 3G.) 525. Sula LEUCOGASTRA (Bodd.) Salvin. — See Salvio, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud., IX, ix, 1875, 49G. 529. Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinnatiis (Brandt) Eidgw. — This is simply the large northwestern form of P. dilophus, no more entitled to specific separation than var. floridanus, ^hich rei^resents the opposite extreme of size. In regard to the generic name of the Cormorants, it appears that we will have to use Phalacrocorax, Briss., instead of Graculus, the latter, properly applied, having for its type the Corvus graculus, Linn., = Gra- ciila pyrrhocorax, Scop. {Conf. Sharpe, Oat. Passerif. Brit. Mus., p. 146, foot-note.) 547 1). Larus occidentalis, Aud. 548 a. Larus californicus, Lawr. 549. Larus brachyrhynchus, Eich. The above appear to be quite well-defined and distinct species ; the first more nearly related to L. affinis, Eeinh., than to argentatus ; the second much nearer to L. cachinnans, Pall., than to delaicarensis. 581. OssiFRAGA gigantea (Gmel.) Homb. & Jacq. — A very distinct genus from Fulmarus. 12 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 580. Fji^BETUiA fuUgiiiosa (Gmel.) Coaes. — Appears to be sufficiently distiuct generically from Diomedea. 583. Priocella tenuirostris (And.) . — This bird seems sufficiently distinct generically from Fulmariis, and has been made the type of Pri- ocella, by Hombron & Jacquinot (Compt. Eend., XVIII, 1844, p. 357.) 595. PmoFiNUS 7nelanurus (Bonn.) . — This species is the type of the genus Priofinus, Homb. & Jacq. (t. c. p. 355). 600. Puffinus AUDUBONi, Finsch. — The Procellaria ohscura of Gmel. has been determined by Dr. Finsch (see P. Z. S. 1872, p. Ill) to be a Pacihc Ocean species, distinguished from the Puffinus ohscunis of recent authors by its white underwing-co verts and other characters. Dr. Finsch there- fore i:>roposed for the Atlantic species the name auduboni, as above. 601. Puffinis aAViA (Forst.) Finsch. — See Giglioli & Salvadori, Ibis, 1809, p. 06 ; Finsch, Jour, fiir Orn., 1872, p. 256. 603. Puffinus GRISEUS (Gmel.) Finsch. — Cf. Finsch, Jour. fiir. Orn., 1874, p. 209 5 Salvin, Eowley's Orn. Misc., iv, 1876, p. 236. 619. Lund A cirrliata, Pall. — Sufficiently distinct generically from the species of Fratercula. 623, Simorliijnchus pygmjsus (Gmel.) Eidgw. — The Alca pyymwa of Gmelin is unquestionably the young of this species, afterward named '■'■8. cassinV by Dr. Cones. Alca Jcamtschatica, Lepechin, is the same spe- cies in adult (winter?) plumage. &*. Species and Subspecies not in Coues's Check List. SiURUS N/EVius NOTABiLis, Grinnell, MS. Cn. — Similar to S. nwvius, but mucli larger. Wiug, 3.25 ; tail, 2.50 ; bill, from nostril, .50; depth at base, .25; tarsus, .83; mifldle toe, .56. Above dark grayish brown, the feathers of the pileum with indistinctly darker centres. Beneath yellow- ish white, the throat thickly spotted, and the breast and sides heavily streaked with blackish dusky ; a superciliary stripe of pale fulvous, hardly extending back to the end of the auriculars. Lores crossed by a distinct streak of black. Centre of the ab- domen immaculate ; lower tail-coverts with central streaks of grayish dusky ; lining of the wing smoky gray. Bill brownish black, the mandible growing lighter brown bas- ally. Feet horn-color. ^a&.— Black Hills, Wyoming (Mus. G. B. Grinnell). The plumage of this bird is in all respects, so far as I can see, quite identical with that of ordinary darker plumaged specimens of S. nwvius, except that the superciliary strijje does not extend so far back and the streaks on the breast are broader ; the former character may be merely apparent, however, and owing to the manner of skinning. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 13 Farus cinctus, Bodd. — In accrediting this species to the IS^orth Amer- ican fauna, on the strength of specimens collected in Alaska by Mr. Lu- cieu M. Turner*, I inadvertantly called it "P. sibiricus, Gmel.," at the time overlooking the priority of the name cinctus. Myiarciius jiexicaxus (Kaup) Lawr. Tijrannnla mexicana, Kaup, P. Z. S., Feb. 11, 1851, 51. t Mijiarclms mexlcanus, Lawu., Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX., 1889, 202 (nee Baird, B.N. Am., 1858, p. 179). fff Tyrannula cooperi, Kaup, 1. c. (Mexico). t Mii'uirchus cooperi, Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 180 (based on tbe above). Mijiarclms erytlirocercus, ScL. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1868, 631, 632 (Tobago & Venezuela). Mtjiarclms yacatanensis, Lawr., Pr. Philad. Aead. 1871, 235. Myiarchus obcri, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1877, 48 (Dominica, W. I.). Disclaiming any desire to prolong the discussion inaugurated by me in Vol. I of these Proceedings (p. 139), I however feel called upon, by Mr. Sennett's comments in his " Further Kotes on the Ornithology of the Rio Grande " (Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Survey, Yol. V, No. 3, pp. 402-404), to offer a few additional remarks on the subject. The synonymy of Myiarchus mexicamis (Kaup) Lawr., as given above, includes all the binomial synonyms of the species in question, so far as I am aware; and in view of Mr. Sclater's positive declaration (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 84) that " TyrannuJa mexicana of Kaup is identical with Myiar- chus cooperi of Baird," I do not see how we can avoid using Kauji's name for the species. Mr. Sclater's opinion certainly cannot be set aside, for he made actual comparison of Kaup's type specimen with the very examples which Professor Baird called M. cooperi, and found them " identical." The name erytlirocercus, ScL, was proposed three years before Mr. Sclater made this discovery, and was, moreover, based on examples from Tobago, Venezuela, and Bahia, and was described as " similar to ill. cooperi \i. e., mexicamis, Kaup], but much smaller," etc. In 1871, Mr. Lawrence, being apparently unaware of Br. Sclater's identification of T. mexicamis, Kaup, with Professor Baird's M. cooperi, and accepting the latter's identification of mexicamis with his (L.'s) cin- erascens of later date, redescribed the Mexican bird as M. yucafanensis ; and in 1877, on the ground of certain differences of plumage and size, separated (from ill. " erythrocercus ") the specimens from the Lesser An- tilles (Dominica) by naming them M. oheri. *Cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Jan., 1878, p. 37. t "I do not . . . hesitate to decide that TyrartJHtZa mexicana of Kaup is identical witb Myiarchus cooperi of Baird."— ScL., P. Z. S. 1871, p. 84." t"What Tyrannula cooperi, Kaup, is . . . does not now much signify. . . But it is not to be supposed that Professor Kaup would make two species of the same bird in the same paper. Therefore, Tyrannula cooperi of Kaup is probably not Myiarchus cooperi of Baird." — ScL., 1. c. 14 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Such is, in brief, the history of the case. The point at issue, however, is whether specimens of this species from the Eio Grande Valley in Texas are to be referred to mexicanus proper or to an assumed race, ^^erythrocercus.'" The species was originally introduced to the United States fauna under the name "TIf. crinitus erytlirocercus (Scl. & Salv.) Coues " (Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Ter., Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 32), and was subsequently mentioned by the present writer as " M. erytlirocercus var. cooperi " (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, p. 138), both of which I believe to be incorrect — the former on account of the reference of the sptcies to M. crinitus^ and, probably, in the use of the name erytlirocer- cus instead of mexicanus; the latter, because erytlirocercus is the subse- quent name, and cannot, therefore, be used for the specific designa- tion, while cooperi is also very doubtfully referable to this species. In order, however, to present the case as briefly and clearly as possible it will be necessary to discuss the several points separately. First, as to the reference of this species to crinitus : I do not see how this can jiossibly be done without bringing in also M. cinerascens and il^. stolidus (see Hist. N. Am. B., Vol. II, p. 331); and even then I much doubt whether crinitus and mexicanus ever intergrade, since I have examined many scores of specimens, but have yet to find a speci- men that is truly intermediate.* There is, however, in Southwestern Mexico a very small race of mexicamcs, which can be distinguished from cinerascens only by the extension of the rufous of the retrices to the extreme tip of the inner web, they being in every other respect appa- rently quite identical. There are several such examples in the national collection, obtained in Tehuantepec by Professor F. Sumichrast. Second : It is much to be regretted that neither Dr. Kaup nor Dr. Sclater give measurements of the type specimens of T. mexicanus, since we might then readily determine whether this name belongs to the large or the small race of the species as occurring in Mexico. Since, however. Dr. Sclater remarks that "it (the said type) is certainly rather smaller in dimensions than two of my skins of this species (i. c, "ilf. cooperi,''^ Baird), and has the bill smaller"; and that "a third specimen in my collection, which I also refer to the (so-called) 71/. cooperi of Baird, agrees very v/ell with it in general dimensions, and has the bill even slightly smaller," it appears very evident that Kaup's T. mexicana was not based on one of the very large individuals of this species, but one of medium size, corresponding to the Eio Grande specimens. Further than this, the individual variations among Mexican specimens of this species affect only the size and proportions, not colors — at least not to any especially noticeable extent. Third : I find upon re-examination of all the material in the national * In Hist. N. Am. Birds, Vol. II, p. 331, wo predicated the iutergradatiou of these two species on the characters of an individual from Nicaragua, which, howcvei-, Dr. Coues (Pr. Philad. Acad. 1872, j). 6d) says, and which I also now believe, is not dis- tinguishable from M. crinitus. PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 15 collection (embracing numerous specimens received since my last paper was written), that specimens from the patria of erythrocercus proper (Venezuela, Tobago, Bahia, and other parts of South America) are uni- formly darker colored than the smaller Mexican examples, though they may fully equal them in size. This darkness of color is carried to an extreme degree in Antilleau specimens, and constitutes, so far as I am able to see, the sole distinguishing character of Mr. Lawrence's "71/. o&cri," as compared with the continental forms of the species en masse. Finally, I therefore conclude that, whatever may be the character of Central American specimens (of course they are intermediate), or whether the name mexicana is to be applied to the larger or smaller race of the Mexican bird (and the odds are strongly in favor of the latter), that (1) the name erythrocercus should, if to be used at all, be restricted to examjiles agreeing strictly with the South American " race," since it is subsequent in date to mexicanus ; and (2) that the Eio Grande birds are probably exactly like the type of the latter.* KycUdromus albicollis (Gmel.) Bnrm. — As explained some years since by Dr. Sclater (see P. Z. S. 1801, p. 10, and 18GG, p. 144), the earli- est name for this species is Gaprimulgus albicollis Gmel. (S. N., I, ii, 1788, p. 1030), the C. amcricanus of Linnaeus, quoted by Mr. Cassin (Proc. Philad. Acad. 1851, pp. 179, 180) and some other authors (see Mr. Sen- nett's two lists) being unquestionably a Jamaican species belonging to quite a different genus {Siphonorhis americana). All the synonyms and the more important references are given in my notes in Dr. Merrill's paper (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, pp. 143 and 144). lACHE latirostris (Sw.) Elliot. — This species, introduced to the fauna of the United States by Mr. Henshaw {cf. American Sportsman, v, Feb. 20, 1875, p. 328 ; Zoology Wheeler's Exp., Orn., p. 380) under the name of Circe latirostris, should be hereafter known by the above name, the genus Circe being previously" employed in another branch of zoology (see Elliott, Synopsis of the Trochilidoe, p. 234). NoJiONYX, gen. nov. Ch. — Similar to Erismatura, but diiferiiig from all the species of that genus in the form of the maxillary unguis, which is similar to that of Fidix and allied genera, the same being in Erismatura the most j)eculiar and important generic character. Type, Anas dom'udca, Linn. Altogether the most distinctive feature of the genus Erismatura con- sists in the remarkably peculiar conformation of the maxillary unguis, * It seems proper to olfer here a word of explanation in reference to the second paragraph on page 403 of Mr. Sennett's paper, which says (referring to my remarks on this species in Dr. Merrill's list) : " There is no notice whatever of my specimen from Hidalgo, Tex., . . . which is in the National Museum, and w^hich is the lirst record of its existence within our limits, and which Mr. Ridgway no doubt examined when he coincided with Dr. Cones as to its identification." The explanation I have to make is, that at the time my paper ivas written and printed the specimen in question was not in the National Museum collection, but, with other birds, had been returned to Mr. Sennett, at his request, for examination. 16 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. or nail of the upper mandible. This, viewed from above, is extremely small, narrow, and linear, the broader terminal half being bent very ab- rui3tly downward and backward, so as to be visible only from in front or below. With the sole exception of Anas dominica, Linn., all the species usually referred to this genus agree strictly with the type. Anas leucoccpJutla, Scop., notwithstanding other characters are more or less variable. Anas dominica, Linn., has the nail of normal form, or very much like that prevailing among the ducks generally, and on this account should be separated generically from Erismatura. DESCKBPTIOTV OF A IVEW SPECIES OF ISIRD OF THE FAMIIiY TUKDflD^E, FROm TBIE BSIL,Ai>JB> OF UOMIIiVBCA, W. I. By OEO. N. a.A\rKENCE. Margarops dominicensis. Marfjarops hcnninieri, Lawr. nee Lair., Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. I, p. 52. Ifale. — Tlie entire upper i)lumage is of a rich dark brown, the crown is darker and has the edges of the feathers of a lighter shade; tail and quill feathers of a darker brown than the back; axillars and under wing-coverts white ; the lores are blackish brown ; the feathers back of the eyes and the ear-coverts have narrow shaft streaks of pale rufous ; the feathers of the neck and upper part of the breast are of a warm dark brown, those of the chin and middle of the throat with light rufous centres, those of the lower part of the neck and the upper part of the breast have also light rufous cen- tres, but in addition each feather has a light terminal si)ot ; on the lower part of the breast and on the sides the feathers have white centres, bordered strikingly with brown ; the markings of the breast-feathers are squamiform in shape, those of the sides lanceolate ; the abdomen is white, a fev/ feathers on the upj)er part are very narrowly margined with brown ; under tail-coverts brown, terminating with white ; outer feathers of thighs brown, the inner whitish ; "iris tea-color;" there is a naked space around the eye ; bill yellow, with the basal half of the ui^per mandible dusky ; tarsi and toes pale yellow. Length (fresh), 9 inches ; wing, 5 ; tail 3 J ; tarsus, If ; bill from front, {%, from gap, li. Type in United States National Museum. Mr. Ober sent five specimens of this form from Dominica, all males and closely resembling each other. It is probable, as in the allied spe- cies, that the females do not differ in i^lumage materially from the males. Mr. Ober's collection from Dominica contained three species of 3rar- garops which I never had seen before. These were referred to known species, two of them, I think, correctly; but the one which is the sub- ject of this article I now find was erroneously considered to be M. liermi- nleri, Lafr. I supposed these species would be the same as those recorded PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 17 from the neigliboring islands, as they agreed well with the descriptions given of tbem, and there were no available specimens to compare with. As soon as I had finished the examination of the birds of each island collected by Mr. Ober, they were placed in a box by themselves, and not distnrbed again except for an occasional comparison. The collection from Gnadelonpe, containing specimens of the trne M. JierminieH, Lafr., was not received until more than a year after that from Dominica. These specimens I labelled M. hermitiieri, Lafr., as a matter of course, they being from the locality of the type. The difference between the birds from the two islands was not observed at that time, as no com- l^arison was made. This winter, having occasion to review the species of Margarops, I got the specimens from the different islands together for the first time, and at once saw that the species from Dominica was quite distinct from- the Guadeloupe bird. It differs from 31. herminieri, Lafr., in being less in length, of a more robust form, the bill stouter, and the tail shorter ; the brown coloring throughout is much darker and of a ruddy c'ast, instead of olivaceous ; the centres of the feathers on the throat and upper part of the breast are much more rufous, and have black spots at their ends ; the ab- domen is pare white, whereas in M. herminieri the lower part of the breast and the abdomen are covered with lanceolate-shaped markings, which are very striking, each feather being white, with a strongly defined bro\vn border ; only a very small space on the lower part of the abdomen is white; M. herminieri has the white ends of the under tail-coverts edged narrowly with pale brown ; in the new species they are white without borders, and it has the tarsi and toes stronger and paler in color than, those of M. herminieri. FEBPaiAKY 1, 1880. NOTES ©rv A COff^liEt'TffOIV ©F FISHES FROM EAST FIi©Ui;i5A,. O-B- TAIi^JS© BY 1>U. jr. A, HErVSHAl.t,. By DAVID S. JOKDAIV, M. ». During the past winter (1878-79) a collection of fishes was made for the writer by Dr. J. A. Ilenshall, of Cynthiana, Ky., in the streams and inlets of Eastern Florida. The number of species obtained was not large, but the specimens were preserved in excellent condition, and among them are several of interest. Two species [Gerres plumieri •^wd Umhrina hroussoneti) had not been previously recorded from the coast of the United States. Three others were, at the time of collection, new to science. One of these has been lately described, under the name of JordaneUa florid w, by Messrs. Goode and Bean. The others have been already noticed by me in these i^roceedings as Zygonectes rubrifrons and Zygonecies henshalli. Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 2 Apa^ii 26, 18 80. 18 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The marine species were obtained from Indian Eiver and from the neighboring coast; tlie cyprinodonts, centrarchids, and other fresh or brackish water species chiefly from San Sebastian Eiver and tribu- DIODONTID^. 1. Chilomycterus geometricus (Schueid.) Kaup. URANOSCOPID/E. 2. Astroscopiis y-graecum (C. & V.) Gill. A single fine specimen of this beantifiil species. Dr. Henshall in- forms me that this specimen in life exhibited strong electrical powers, these powers apparently having their seat in the naked skin on the top of the head. So far as I know, such phenomena have not hitherto been ascribed to any fish of this family. I therefore put this statement on record, in hopes that subsequent observers of this rare fish may be able to verify it. ECHENEIDID^E. 3. Echeneis naucrates L. A single specimen, with 22 laminsB in the disk. CARANGID^. •4. Selene argentea Lac. Numerous fine large specimens. Specimens lately described from the Pacific coast nnder the name of Argyriosus pacijicus, Lockiugtou, appear to belong to this species. 5. Caraiigus chrysus (Mitch.) Girard. 6. Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linn.) Gill. 7. Oligoplites occidentalis (L.) Gill. Several flue specimens of this highly interesting species. The character of five (instead of seven) dorsal spines, assumed to distinguish Oligoplites from Scomhroides Lac. {Chorinemus C. & V.), is perhaps of insutflcient value for generic distinction. Some of the species of Scomhroides have, however, the dermal productions really scale-like, instead of the irregular linear imbedded ridges found in Oligoplites. This character may for the present, until all the species of the group are examined, be held to dis- tinguish the latter genus. SCIiENID^. 8. Umbrina broussoneti Cuv. & Val. Two fine specimens of this West Indian species were obtained b^' Dr. Henshall. These are the first yet recorded from the United States. The species is not included in Goode's Catalogue of Bermudan Fishes, nor PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 19 ill any of Poey's lists of tlie fishes of Cuba. It is, therefore, an im- portant addition to our fauna. This specimen agrees very fully with Giinther's description of Umhrina hroussoneti, and with Cuvier and Valenciennes's description of Umbrinacoroides. C. & V.'s description of U. hroussoneti gives the number of rays in the dorsal fin as X. I, 25. My specimens have D. X. I, 28. GEERIDJ^. 9. Gerres plumieri Ciiv. & Val. A single fine specimen of this beautiful species. It has not been j)re- viously recorded from the coasts of the United States. SPARID^E. 10. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Holbr. PPJSTIPOMATID^. 11. Lutjanus caxis (Schneider) Poey. A single fine specimen. CENTRARCIIID^. 12. Micropterus pallidus (Raf.; Gill & Jordan. Dr. L^on Vaillant (Mission Scientifiqne an Mexique: ined.) divides this species provisionally into two, adopting the name '■^ ^licropterus salmoides^^ for the ordinary form, and that of Micropterus nuecensis (Baird & Girard) for the southwestern form (Texas and Mexico). Ac- cording to him the two are externally identical, but 21. nuecensis is dis- tinguished by the presence of a small patch of teeth on the tongue, the tongue being entirely smooth in the ordinary form. I have examined a number of specimens in regard to this point. I find lingual teeth in the following specimens : (1.) Two specimens, one large one small, from the Falls of the Ohio. (2.) One small specimen from a tributary of White Eiver at Bloom- ington, Ind. (3.) One specimen (in the museum at Paris) from Texas. I, find them absent in the following : (1.) Several specimens in HenshalFs collection from Indian Eiver. (2.) Specimen from Xeuse River. (3.) Specimens from White Eiver at Indianapolis. (4.) Specimens from Lake Erie. The presence of these teeth evidently does not depend on age, and apparently not on sex. It may be a specific feature, but I am inclined at present to think it only a feature of individual variation. I have not seen such teeth in the small-mouthed black bass. 20 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 13. Chaenobryttus viridis (C. &. V.) Jor. 14. Lepomis pallidus (Mitch.) Gill &, Jor. The recent rejection of the name '■'' pallidus''^ for this species by my friend Professor Goode (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 139) is due to his having overlooked the fact that Mitchell has a Lahrus pallidus as well as a Bodianus pallidiis in his Memoir on the Fishes of New York. The latter, as Professor Goode observes, is Bairdiella argyroleuca ; the former is Lepomis pallidus. 15. Lepomis puiictatus (Ciiv. & V;il.) Jor. {Lepomis apiaiua Cope.) Several fine specimens. 16. Enneacanthus obesiis (Baird) Gill. (Bryttus fasciatus Ilolbrook = Bryttus ohesus Baird?). ^^ Enneacantlms milnerianus Coi^e" is included in Goode's list (Proc. II. S. Nat. Mus., 11, 1879, 114) of the fishes of Florida. This species ap- pears in my list of valid species of Centrarchidfe in Bulletin X of the National Museum. It is a nominal species, and came into the lists in this way: While vaj i)^per in Bulletin X was passing through the press, Professor Cope kindly sent me the proof-sheets of a paper on the fishes of the Saint John's, which has since appeared in the Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. In this i^ajier a new species with the above name was described. This species, however. Professor Cope saw fit to suppress in the publication of the paper, he having identified it with Enneacan- thus fasciatus. MUGILID^. 17. Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz. White Mullet. Our other common species of Mugil, the striped mullet, Mugil plumieri and Mugil lineatus of authors, is doubtless the species for which the name of Mugil alhula L. shoukl be retained. SCOMBERESOCIDiE. 18. Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Eauz. CYPHINODONTID^. 19. Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean. Many specimens of this interesting species were obtained by Dr. Ilenshall. The females differ from the males chiefly in the lower verti- cal fins. 20. Zygonectes rubrifrons Jordan. Numerous specimens. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 21 21. Zygonectes henshalli Jordan. Still more abinulaut. This species and the preceding are very closely related, and are both nearly intermediate between Zygonectes and Fundu- Im. The cnrreut genera related to Fmululus are separated by characters of very dnbions valne. 22. Fundulus sp. A small specimen witli pale cross-bars; not suitable for identification. 23. Gambusia patruelis B. & G. Two specimens, agreeing with the descriptions of Gamhusia Jiolhroold of Girard and Giinther, and with Girard's figure of Gambusia patruelis. The two species are probably identical. The black bars on the caudal and the oblique suborbital blotch are characteristic color-marks. CATOSTOMID^. 24. Erimyzon goodei Jordan. Many specimens. SILUPJD^. 25. Amiunis erebennus Jordan. Many small specimens. ANGUILLID^. 26. Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur) DeK. A comparison of these Florida specimens with a series of eels from Venice renders it evident that our American eel is not identical with Anguilla vulgaris of Europe, as I with others have supposed. In our species the beginning of the dorsal is notably more posterior than in the European one. In Venetian specimens the distance from the snout to the base of the dorsal is contained 3| times in the total length of the fish. In Florida specimens the same distance is contained barely 3 times in the total length. The same difference is expressed differently but correctly by Dr. Giinther (Cat. Fish Brit. Mus., VIII, 24). He ascribes to A. vulgaris the character of — "The length of the head is nearly equal to the distance between the commencements of the dorsal and anal fins." And to A. bostoniensis {rostrata) — "The length of the head is conspicuously more than the distance be- tween the commencements of the dorsal and anal fins." The band of vomerine teeth also appears to extend farther back in A. vulgaris than in A. rostrata. 22 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. NOTES OIV A COI^IiECTIOIV OF FISHED FKOM SAINT JOEIN'S RIVER, F1.0RII>A, OBTADIVEIO RY MR. A. M. CURTISS. By OAVID §. JORDAN. A small collection of iislies from Saint Jolm's Eiver was sent to Prof. H. E. Copeland and myself some years ago by Mr. A. U. Cnrtiss. As this collection contains some specimens of interest, a list is liere given: 1. Siphonostovaa STp. (Syngnathus Anct). Two specimens of a variety or species of this genns, apparently unde- scribed, are in this collection. I have specimens of three types, sub- species, or species of 8i])lionostoma from our Atlantic coast, which may be thus compared : Dorsal rays Kings Dorsal fln Dorsal tiu Base of dorsal flu Muzzle Distance from snout to front of dorsal. Head contaiued Tail Belly in females a. fiiscum Storer. (Wood's Hole, Mass.) 35; 38; 40 18 + 37 Longer than liead Dark-spotled at base . . . On 4 + 5 rings Shorter than rest of head , 3 times in total length . . 9 times in length i longer than rest of body Scarcely carinate b. louisianix Gthr. ? Beaufort, N. C. 33 . 3'^ 18 + 33 ('cT); '20+ 38' (?)'' S horter than head Dusky at base or plain. . On 3 + 5 rings Much longer than rest of head ; longest in females. 2J in length 7 times in length I longer than rest of body. Scarcely carinate Saint John's Kiver, Ma. 30; 31. 15 + 33. Shorter than head. Very high in females; black, with paler spots. On 3+5 rings. Shorter than rest of head. 2h in length. 7 times in leng'.h. J longer than rest. With a sharp black ca- rina. Color darker and body stouter than in the "others. These characters are all evidently subject to much variation. If these are true species, they differ from each other little more than the two sexes of the same form dift'er. It seems to me that the specific iM\mesfuscus,fasciatus, viridescens, and pecManus are all based on individuals like those above noted from Wood's Hole. 2. Aphoristia plagiusa (L.) Jor. &, Gill. 3. Chloroscombrns chrysuriis (L.) Gill. 4. Aichosargus probatocephalus (Walb.) Gill. 5. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Koll)r. 6. MicropteruG pallidus ( Raf. ) Gill & Jor. 7. Epinephelus sp. ? (One A'cry yonug specimen.) 8. Orthopristis fiilvomaculatum (ilitcli.) Gill. 9. Gobiosoma alepidotum (Lac.) Grd. 10. Chirostoma s]>. 11. Hemiihamphus unifasciatus Kanz. 12. Fundulus sp. 13. Mollienesia latipinna Le Sueur. 3.4. Brevoortia tyranniis (Latrobe) Goode. 15. Megalops thrissoides (Blocli) Giinthor (Scales). 16. Lepidosteus osseus (L.) Ag'. (Scales). PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 23 NOTES ON A COI^TiECTlOIV OF FII9EIES FKO.TI SAN DIECiO, CAL- IFORNIA. By DAVID S. JORDAN aaid CEIARLES II. GBLKEKT. The writers have spent the greater part of the month of January, 1880, in the collection and study of fishes at San Diego, Cal., in the inter- ests of the United States Fish Commission. As some of the species obtained are new to science, and others new to the United States fauna, it is thought advisable to present an annotated list in advance of the publication of a more extended report. HIPPOCAMPID^. 1. Hippocampus ingens Girard. One large specimen seen. SYNGNATHID^. 2. Syngnathiis leptorhynchus Girard. {Syngnailnis arundinaceus Girard.) Isot uncommon. PLEURONECTID.E. 3. Paraiichthys niaculosus Girard. Very abundant. There seems to us no doubt of the correctness of Lockingiton's identification of the ^'■Uropsetta caUfornica^'' with this spe- cies. The caudal fin in the adult is somewhat double concave; iu the young the middle rays are more prodnced. This species is bofli dextral and sinistral. Out of twenty-six examples examined in reference to this point fifteen were found to be sinistral and eleven dextral. 4. Citharichtliys sordidus (Girard) Giiutlier. Not common; one specimen seen. 5. Hypsopsetta guttulata (Girard) Gill. Common. SOLEID^. 6. Aplioristia atricauda sp. nov. Body oblong-lanceolate, anteriorly somewhat blunt, regularly nar- rowed behind and ending in a point, the snout rather abruptly truncate, eyes and color on the left side. Eyes very small, nearly even behind, the uiiper eye the larger and extending farthest forward. A single nos- tril iu front of the interorbital space and apparently a single smaller one below it. Mouth moderate, extending to ox)posite the eye, somewhat 24 PROCEEDINGS OP UIS'ITEU STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. turned toward the eyed side; lips large, not fringed, the upper with a small blackish papilla in advance of lower eye. This is apparently nor- mal, hut it may be a detached piece of skin, hardened by the alcohol. TJi)per jaw scarcely produced, not ibrming a hook. Teeth small, on the blind side only, the edge of the jaw on the eyed side forming a smooth ridge. Gill-openings narrow, not extending up to the level of the mouth. Scales very small, ctenoid, pretty regular over the body, much smaller on the head, the rows of scales rendered very distinct by black dots, the stripes converging towards the snout. Scales on the two sides of the body similar. No lateral line on either side. About 105 scales (100 to 110) in a longitudinal series from the head to the tail ; 45 to 50 in a cross-series. Dorsal fin beginning on the head, continuous with the anal around the tail. Ventral fin of the colored side only present, nearly on the ridge of the abdomen, and separated from tJie anal by an interval half longer than the cleft of the mouth. Eays of the middle parts of the dorsal and anal fins with a fleshy border at base on the blind side. Dorsal rays about 100; anal rays 80; no distinct caudal fin. Coloration brownish olive, with vertical dark half-bars, irregular in size and position, some of them coming down from the back and others up from the belly, these posteriorly nearly meeting, but anteriorly alter- nating. Streaks of dark i^oints along the rows of scales, these forming very distinct longitudinal streaks. Posterior part of dorsal and anal broadly edged with black. Eight side plain white. Measurements. Inches. Lengtli 4.8 Deptli (proifortion of length) . .275 Lengtli of head , 18 Diameter of eye 02 Litei'orhital space 01 Cleft of mouth - 03 Length of snout 045 Distance from snout to dorsal 085 Distance from snout to anal 25 Height of dorsal 08 Height of anal 085 Length of caudal 08 Length of ventral 05 Literval between Tentrals and anal 085 Depth of gill-opening 095 This species is known to us from a single specimen taken by a Chinese fisherman. Ah Sam, in the Bay of San Diego. This specimen is now in the collection of the United States National Museum, No. . In form and number of scales, fin-rays, etc., it resembles Aplioristla or- nata from the AVest Indies, but the ventral fin is remote from the anal. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 25 BATRACHID^. 7. Porichtliya poroslsslmus (C. & Y.) Giiuther. Very common. BLENNIID^. G. Heterostichus rostratus Girard. Fouud ill the "kelp" outside the harbor. 9. Gibbonsea elegans Cooper. A 8iiii;le specimen taken in the rock pools on Point Loma. 10. Hypleurochilus gentilis (Grd.) Gill. AVith the i^receding, and more common. GOBIID^. 11. GiUiclithys mirabilis Cooper. Exceedingly ahimdant in the shallow waters of the bay. Only small specimens seen, the maxillary in these being much less developed than in the adult. COTTID^. 12. Leptocottus armatus Girard. Common in the Bay of San Diego. 13. Oligocottus analis Grd. Allied, but not closely, to Ariedius quadriseriatus Lockington. Body compressed, especially behind, not much depressed anteriorly ■ head comparatively small, scarcely depressed, narrowed and rather pointed anteriorly, its outline triangular as viewed from above; snout strongly decurved in profile; mouth moderate, horizontal, the lower jaw included; maxillary reaching to oi)posite posterior margin of pupil; premaxillary anteriorly below the level of the eye; eyes large, high uj), close together, as long as the snout, SJ in head, their diameter double the width of the deep interorbital space, which has a deep lengthwise groove; nasal spines prominent; a doep cross-furrow behind them, which forms with the interocular furrow a V-shaped figure; preopercle with a blunt i^rocess, on which is a spine directed upwards aud outwards; no scales on the head; no other spines on the head. Branchiostegals G. Gill membranes broadly united, without isthmus. First dorsal beginning in front of the posterior edge of the opercle, its first two spines ret close together at base, diverging above, and shorter than the third. Dorsal fins contiguous, but not united, neither of them specially ele- vated ; pectoral fin reaching beyond front of anal, its lower rays with the skin thickened, and projecting much beyond the membranes; cau dal fin slightly rounded ; anal papilla very conspicuous. Fin rays: D. IX IG; A. 13-14; V. I, 3; P. IC; C. 10 +. 26 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Posterior part of body covered with minute, imbedded, non-imbricate, pectinate scales, which cover most of the posterior part of the body above and cease anteriorly behind the middle of the spinous dorsal in front and at the posterior third of the soft dorsal behind; some scales also along the region of the lateral line anteriorly; a series of somewhat larger but still minute scales at base of dorsal, one below each ray, and another along lateral line; anteriorly, cirri take the place of the pecti- nations on the scales. No prickles on the skin. On the head and anterior parts of the body are very many long white, simple, bifid or trifid cirri, so that the living fish appears almost "woolly" with them. Some of these cirri on the nasal bones ; a patch between and behind the eyes ; the whole top of the head sparsel}'^ covered; two or three on the posterior edge of the maxil- lary; edge of the cheeks fringed with them as with a gray beard. A conspicuous row of them along the lateral line, which ceases somewhat behind the beginning of the scaly area. A row of cirri along the base of the spinous dorsal extending to about the seventh ray of the spinous dorsal. Many scattering cirri between the dorsal and lateral line. Skin of head with many mucous pores. Body dark, clear olive-green, with about five irregular bars of darker greenish; much mottled and spotted, some of the spots above clear blue, some rusty red, and the most of them blackish. A dark bar at base of caudal; lower part of sides with round black spots posteriorly. Fins all with cross-bars made of dark spots and lighter areas. Measurement of largest specimen — from Point of Bocl's. Total longtli 4 iuclies. Length to base of caudal 3.45 iuches. Length of head ( percentage of length to base of caudal) 30 Deprti of body " 25 Least depth of body " 095 Diameter of eye " 07 Width of head " 20 Depth of head " 17 Length of maxillary " 12 Distance from snout to dorsal " 27 Length of first dorsal " 27 Length of second dorsal " 37 Height of lirst dorsal " 12 Height of second dorsal " 15 Length of anal " 30 Height of anal " 13 Length of pectoral " 33 Length'of ventral " 22 Length of caudal " 20 Length of longest cirri " 04 Length of anal papilla " 03 This description is drawn from two adult examples taken at Point of Eocks, near San Diego, just south of the line of Mexico, and from about PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 27 fifteen examples of various sizes taken at the "mussel beds" on Point Loma, near San Diego. These are numbered ? in the museum col - lection. It inhabits cup-shaped pools in the rocks between tide- marks lurking in the Corallina, and may be caught at low tide. Its quick movements when alarmed render this, however, a matter of some diffi- culty. 14. Scorpasnichthys marmoratus Grd. Occasionally taken in the kelp. SCORPiENID^. 15. Sebastapistes guttatus (Girard) Gill. IN'ot uncommon. 16. Sebastichthys atrovirens Jor. & Gilb. MSS. Occasionally taken in the keli^. LATILID^. 17. Caiilolatilus princeps (Jeuyus) Gilb. Common in the kelp. SCOMBRID^. 13. Sarda chilensis (C. & V.) J. & G. Abundant off shore in the fall. PERCID^. 19. Paralabrax clathratus Grd. Frequent. 20. Paralabrax maculofasciatus (Steiudacliner) GiU. Common in the bay. 21. Stereolepis gigas Ayres. Occasionally taken off the coast. SPARID^. 22. Girella nigricans (Ayres) Gill. The young common in the rock-pools. 28 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. SCI^NIDiE. 23. Cyuoscion magdalenae (Steiudacliner) Jor. & Gilb. Commou iu the bay of San Diego. 24. Menticirrus elongatus (Giiuther) Gill. A large species of Menticirrus, probablj" Umhrina elongata of Giinther, is takeu occasionally in the bay. We have obtained one specimen. 25. Corvina saturna (Girartl) Steiudacliner. ISlot uncommon. 26. Roncador stearnsi (Steindachner) Jor. & Gilb. (gen. nov.). Common. This species, having a serrated preopercle aDd only villiform teeth in either jaw, is not a Corvina as that genus is understood by many recent writers. Its relations are rather with Sciccnops oceUatus, with which it is, however, hardl.y congeneric. We propose to consider it as the type of a distinct genus or subgenus, for which the name Roncador, applied to it by the Italian fishermen, may be adopted. This word appears also iu the Latin name of a related species, Umhrina ronclius. Roncador, gen. nov. Allied to Corvina and Sciccnops. Body moderately elongated, the head deep, the profile declivous, lower jaw included ; both jaws with a broad band of villiform teeth only ; no enlarged teeth or canines ; pseudobranchite present; i>reopercle strongly and evenly dentate j)Osteriorly, entire below; spines strong, the second of the anal very robust, but not very long ; caudal fin lunate, air-blad- der large. This species, Roncador stearnsi, is as readily distinguished by the black pectoral spot as its relative, Sciccnops ocellatus, is by the black spot on the caudal. EMBIOTOCID^. 27. Embiotoca jacksoni Ag. Common. 23. Amphistichus argenteus Ag. • Occasional. 29. Ditrema furcatum (Grd.) Giintlier. Common. 30. Hyperprosopon arcuatum Gibbons. jSlot uncommon. 31. Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons. Very abundant. 32. Abcona minima (Gibbous) Gill. Occasional. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 29 LABRIDiE. 33. Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayros) Gill. Very abuudaut iu the kelp outside the bay. SPHYR^NID^. 34. Spliyraena argentea Girard. Very abundant outside the bay in the fall. ATHERINID^. 35. Chirostoma califomiense (Girard) Gill. Exceedingly abundant. 36. Atheriuops afiinis (Ayres) Steindacliner. Scarcely less common. 37. Leuresthes tenuis (Ayres) Jor. & Gilb. (geu.nov.) LeurestJics, gen. nov., allied to Atherinops Steindachner, but with the teeth wanting" or reduced to slight or deciduous asperities. In the spe- cimens which we have obtained of this species no teeth whatever are observable. The much greater width of the i^osterior portion of the i^remaxillary in Chirostoma, Atherinops, and Leuresthes serve to distinguish these genera from Atherina, in addition to the differences in the form of the mouth. Lahidestlies Cope has, like Atherina, a slender premaxillary, but the mouth is curved and the jaws much produced forwards. The group called by Girard Reterognathus has likewise a broad premax- illary. It is probably not separable generically from Chirostovia, although the lower jaw is much stronger and some teeth are present on the vomer. Leuresthes tenuis is occasionally taken in San Diego Bay, but it is much less abundant than the others and attains a smaller size. MUGILID^. 38. Mugil mexicauus Steindacliner. Yery abundant in San Diego Bay. Our specimens have the anal III, 8, instead of III, 7, as stated by Dr. Steindachner. SCOMBERESOCIDiE. 39. Hemirhamphus sp. incert. The young of a species of Hemirhamphus is very abundant in San Diego Bay. We are at i>resent unable to identify it with any of the known species, but having seen no specimens over four inches long, we 30 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. do not think proper to describe it as new. The rays both in dorsal and anal are 14 or 15 ; the lower jaw is contained 4 times in the total length. It is allied to H.pleii and H. umfasciatus, but it is probably distinct from both. 40. Belone exilis Girard. Occasionally taken. One specimen seen. CYPRINODONTID^. 41. Fundulus parvipinnis Girard. Very common in the Bay of San Diego. ALBULID^. 42. Albula vulpes (L.) Goode. This species visits the bay at intervals, in considerable schools. Sev- eral specimens were obtained. CLUPEID^. 43. Clupea sagax Jenyns. Very abundant in San Diego Bay. The very largest are nearly plain in coloration. The ordinary specimens have a very distinct series of round, blackish spots along the sides of the back, with smaller ones above it, which form stripes along the rows of scales. 44. Clupea niirabilis Girard. Very abundant in San Diego Bay. The vomerine teeth in this spe- cies are very few and often not to be found. It should not l>e generic- ally separated from the preceding. ENGRAULID^. 45. Engraulis delicatissimus Girard. j Very common. 46. Engraulis ringens Jenyns. Very common. MUR^ENID^. 47. Gymnothorax mordax (Ayres) Jor. & Gilb. ]S[ot rare in rock-i)ools. This species is extremely iDUgnacious, strik- ing at a stick after the fashion of a snake. It is also very tenacious of life. Length of tail almost exactly equal to that of the rest of the body, head forming one-seventh of the total length ; snout short, narrow, and pointed, occipital region becoming fleshy and much elevated with age; dorsal fin beginning immediately in front of the gill openings. PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 31 Tube of the anterior nostril half as long as the eye; the posterior nostril with a slight membranous expansion, not forming a tube; diam- eter of eye contained 2| times in the length of the snout, being placed nearly above the middle of the gape; gill opening slightly longer than the eye. Sides of the upper jaw with two series of teeth posteriorly ; the outer series small, close-set, somewhat triangular in form, slightly recurved, immovable; the inner series similar in form, but much larger, depressi- ble, the series not extending so far back as the outer and consisting of about five teeth; the two series separated by a well-defined groove; in front of these, and continuous with the outer series, are three nearly fixed knife-shaped teeth, the posterior the larger, next a movable tooth similar to the last fixed one but smaller, and three small fixed teeth in front. On the middle line of the vomer are three depressible, fang-like, arrow-shaped teeth, the first rather smaller than the largest lateral teeth, the, other two subequal and considerably larger, the i^osterior one very freely movable. These teeth are subject to some variation in different individuals, and are seldom quite alike on both sides of the same fish. In the lower jaw is a single series corresponding to the fixed series in the upper jaw. These are similarly enlarged in front, where the series is partly duplicated and some of the teeth are movable. The teeth in the lower jaw are broader and more directed backwards than those in the upx^er jaw. MYLIOBATID^. 48. Myliobatis californicus Gi]l. {EMnoptera vespertiUo Girard.) The commonest of the numerous stingrays in San Diego Bay. DASYBATID^. 49. Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper. Common in Son Diego Bay. Probably distinct from P. Jiirundo, hav- ing a narrower disk and shorter tail, with distinct dermal fold above and below. 50. Urolophus halleri Cooper. Common. This species is certainly not identical with U. toryedinus, in the synonymy of which species it is placed by Dr. Giinther. Its skin is entirely smooth. It is probably a valid species, more nearly allied to JJ. cruciatus than to U. tor^pedinus. 51. Dasybatis dipterurus sp. no v. Allied to Dasyhatis centrums and D. 'pastinaea. Disk rhomboid, slightly broader than long; anterior margins nearly straight forwards, meeting in a very obtuse angle; posterior margins curved ; lateral angles rounded. Tail nearly half longer than disk, with a conspiciious cutaneous fold below and a smaller but evident one above. Upper jaw considerably curv'^ed, with a slight convex protuber- ance in front, which fits into a slight emargination in the lower jaw, which is convex, its outlines corresponding to the curves of the upper jaw. Bands of teeth wider in front than laterally. Inside of mouth behind the lower jaw with three fleshy processes. Teeth about f^ ; about 8 in a cross-series in the upper jaw and 10 in the lower. Color light brown, somewhat marbled with darker, but without dis- tinct spots ; tail blackish ; belly white. Skin everywhere perfectly smooth in all the specimens seen. Measurements of two specimens. No. 1. 17o. 2. Length of disk (in inclies) 8.75 8.50 Length of tail (in iuchcg) 12.25 12.40 Breadth of disk Percontageof length of disk 1. 01 1. 10 Distance from disk to dorsal fold " 45 .53 Length of dorsal fold '' 135 .155 Height of dorsal fold " 0175 .019 Distance from root of tail to anal fold. " 38 . 375 Length of anal fold _ " 30 .335 Height of anal fold '' 0225 .0225 Length of snout from eye '^ 21 .18 Interorbital width " 13 .115 Snout to scajmlar I'idge " 32 .335 Distance between nostrils " 155 .15 Width of mouth , " 11 .11 Length of branchial area " 195 .18 Width of branchial area (in front) ... " 32 .31 Moiithtovent " 70 .70 Length of caudal spine " (lost) .335 Distance of spine from disk " 35 . 325 This species is known to us from four female specimens taken in San Diego Bay. These range in length from 18 to 24 inches, and are there- fore but partially grown. Several other specimens, some of them larger, have been seen in a pile of refuse fish thrown away by the Chinese fish- ermen. These were, however, too far gone for preservation or descrip- tion. 52. Platyrhina exasperata sp. nov. Disk rhombic, about as broad as long, the snout prominent, but bluntish at the tip, the angle made by the anterior margins of the pec- torals rather less than a right angle, but the snout itself rounded at the tip. Anterior margin of pectorals nearly straight. Eyes rather large ; nasal ridges well separated, little converghig, not meeting anteriorly. Mouth rather narrow, slightly convex forward. Teeth about ||. Nostrils with a large anterior flap, which projects back- wards and covers a narrower posterior flap. Ventral fins separate, entire, their outer margin slightly convex. Tail depressed, with a broad lateral fold ; dorsal fins comparatively PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 66 large ; caudal fin well developed ; under side of tail flattened with a blunt medial ridge. Under side covered witli a fine shagreen, like tlie skin of a shark, the roughnesses being triangular and closely set, depressible backwards ; the skin below much as in BMnohatus, but the prickles higher and sharper, the skin much rougher than in the latter genus. The branchial region, from the nostrils to the i^elvic bones, is entirely smooth, except the lower lip, which has a band of close-set prickles. A small tract in the middle of the pelvic area is prickly, and most of the abdomen j)roper, back to a point in front of the vent ; the anterior and outer three-fourths of the pectorals below and about half the ven- trals anteriorly and exteriorly also rough, as is the whole snout below, in front of the nostrils ; whole lower surface of the tail and the surface of the fins rough with shagreen. Above, the entire surface is covered with close-set stellated prickles of different sizes, largest on the base of the pectorals, and smallest about the eyes and on the outer edges of the fins. Besides these are several stout, bluntish, slightly recurved spines, with stellate bases, placed as follows: One at the ui^per anterior angle of the eye and two behind it, the i)osterior the larger ; a large spine on the back at the shoulder-girdle, in front of which are two or three on the median line, and a series on the middle line of the back of 10 to 12 ; two more on the tail between the dorsal fins ; two series on the shoulder- girdle, the inner of two, the outer of two to four. Xo other large sj)ines on the body. I^o claw-like spines are present on the i^ectorals in the male examples seen, all of which are, however, immature. Measurements. Total length 8. 4 inches. Length of disk, to root of ventral 4.4 inches = SA of total. Breadth of disk 51 " Length of tail 49 " Snout to scapular spine 295 " Eye 05 " Snout 11 " Interorbital space 055 " Scapular spine to first dorsal i31 " Length of first dorsal •• 045 " Height of first dorsal 095 " Distance between dorsals 075 " Length of caudal fin below 15 " Width between nostrils 12 " Width of mouth 095 " Snout to vent 46 " Width of branchial area 225 " Length of branchial area. 085 " This species is very abundant in the Bay of San Diego, where about twenty examples of both sexes, all very similar in size, were obtained. This species of the Asiatic genus Platyrhina in the waters of the United States is a very interesting addition to our fauna. Proc. Kat. Mus. 80 3 May 6, 1880. 34 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. EHINOBATID^. 53. Rhinobatus productus Ajtcs. Very commou. GALEORHINID^. 54. Mustelus californicus Gill. Abuudaut. This species appears to be identical with the Atlantic Mustelus canis, itself indistinguishable from Mustelus hinnulus Blainville, of the Mediterranean. 55. Triads semifasciatus Grd. I»J"ot uncommon. 56. Galeocerdo sp ? The jaws of a large shark, with the teeth similar in both jaws, triangu- lar, oblique, deeply notched on the outer margin, and all strongly ser- rate, are i^reserved by Mr. Pitcher, of San Diego. The shark was taken near San Diego, but south of the Mexican line. The width of the mouth is about a foot. I suppose this to have been a species of Gale- ocerdo. HETERODONTID^. 57. Heterodoiitus francisci (Grd.) Jor. it- Gilb. Common. DESCKIIPTION OF A NE^V FliOUNMEK (XYSTBEURYS l-IOIiEPfS), FKOiTl SANTA €ATBfiiflWA BSa^AIVD, CALIFOKIVIA. By ©AVI© S. JOfSBAN aaasl CMARILES H. CJSI.ISEBT. XYSTEEURYS LIOLEPIS, gen. et sp. nov. Generic ciiakacteiis. — Subfamily Hippoglossinw, allied to Hippo- glossina, Hqjpoglossokles, and ParaUcktliys (Pseudorhomhus). Ej^es and color on the right side 5 mouth large, oblique, with the teeth developed on both sides, stout, unequal, bluntish, in a single series 5 gill-rakers few, short, thick, almost triangular; scales small, cycloid, membraneous, ob- long in form ', lateral line simple, arched over the i^ectorals ; caudal fin double-truncate, the angles rounded ; dorsal fin beginning over the eye ; anal fin iireceded by a feeble antrorse spine ; ventrals lateral ; body ob- long, moderately deep, rather thin. This genus differs from Sippoglossoides in the arched lateral line, and from Rippoglossbia in the cycloid scales and in its dextral habit. From most of the related genera it is separated by the few stout short gill- rakers. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 60 Specific chakactees. — Form broadly elliptical, the profile contin- uous with the curve of the back ; ventral outline from chin to past the ventrals nearly straight, the rest of the outline corresponding to the dorsal outline. Head moderate, shortish ; mouth very oblique, not so large as in Pared icJifJiys maculosris; the iiremaxillaries on the level of the pux)il when the mouth is closed, the maxillary reaching to the posterior border of the ej'e ; maxillary broad ; teeth in a straight row, Avide apart, unequal, conical, and blunt at tip, their number about :. ., , .. .,. Teeth in the lower jaw irregularly alternating large and small. In the ii]>per jaw similar, but smaller and less obviouslj' alternating. The middle tooth on the blind side in the upper jaw the largest. Eyes large, close together, the lower slightly anterior; nostrils of right side above and in front of lower eye ; upper nostrils turned over on the blind side; posterior nostrils largest, with a conspicuous flap. Interorb- ital space a narrow, elevated ridge, covered with very small scales; a few scales on the posterior part of the maxillary, none on the mandible. Preopercle with its posterior margin free, little movable ; cheeks and opercles densely covered with small, oblong, cycloid scales. Branchios- tegals 7. Gill-rakers short, blunt, triangular, scarcely one-fourth as long as the eye, their edges slightly dentate. There are about 7 of the large ones on the middle and lower part of th6 gill-arch, some rudiments above. (There are about 24 long and slender gill-rakers in Paralkliihys mcicido- sus.) Lateral line without dorsal branch, with a broad curve above the pec- torals. Scales quite small, oblong, cycloid, thin and membraneous ; little imbricated except behind, and somewhat imbedded in the skin, with some smaller supernumerary scales, especially below; scales much smaller on the thoracic region than on the sides. Scales of right and left sides similar. A series of small scales extending up each ray of the vertical tins. Lateral line with about 123 scales, pierced by tubes ; number of rows of scales perhaps a little greater than the number of tubes. Dorsal fin beginning just in advance of the middle of the pujiil, its first ray slightly turned toward the blind side ; some of the anterior rays jurcate ; most of the rays simple; the fin rather low in front, gradually becoming higher to a i^oint near the middle of the body, thence regu- larly diminishing behind, the last ray being near to the base of the caudal ; the caudal peduncle very short ; anal fin similar, its highest ray opposite the highest of the dorsal ; a weak antrorse spine at beginning of anal ; ventrals shortish, reaching past front of anal ; pectoral of right side about as long as head, that of left side half as long. Caudal fin some- what double-truncate, with rounded angles, the middle rays being pro- duced. Fin-rays : Dorsal, 82 ; anal, C4: ; ventrals, 7. 36 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Measuremenis of typical specimen. (Ko. , United States National Museum.) Extreme lengtli 11.50 inclies. Leugtli to base of caudal fin 9.90 inclies =1.00 Greatest doptli 41 Least deptli - 105 Length of caudal peduncle - .005 Lengtli of head .23 Width of intcrorbital area 017 Length of snout ■- .04 Length of niaxillaiy .10 Length of mandible 11 Diameter of orbit .' .065 Distance from snout to dorsal .075 Length of base of dorsal 77 Greatest height of dorsal 10 Distance of anal from snout .32 Length of base of anal .69 Height of longest ray .11 Length of cftudal 13 Length of pectoral (right side) 24 Length of ventrals .085 The typical example of this species was taken on a hook on the west side of the island of Santa Catilina, Los Angeles Connty, California. OE-f^CfSIPTlO^f OF A IVEtV KAY (^ff. AT YKBIfflVA TRHSERffAf A), FKOM TTHE COAST OF € AI.SFOKIVEA. B"F B)AVEI> S. JTOROAN AMO CEIAMI.ES M. OII.BEMT. PLATYEHIXA TRISERIATA. Disk broad-ovate, broader than long 5 thesuont very blnntly rounded, not projecting ; the angle formed anteriorly by the pectorals very ob- tuse; anterior margins of the pectorals slightly convex ; tail stout, in form intermediate between Raia and EJdnohatus, its width at base about equal to the length of the snout and a little more than the intcrorbital width ; tail much longer than the disk, not much depressed, its sides vertical, its lower lateral edges witli broad horizontal fold, a slight groove above on each side of the median series of spines. Dorsal tins similar, higher than long, the anterior far behind the end of the claspers ; the posterior free margin of both fins very convex, not forming an angle. Caudal fin large, well de\eloped both above and below, its outline entire, elliptical. Ventral fins with their margius en- tire, the claspers well developed. Pectoral fins extending forward to a point but little short of the tip of the snout. Eostral ridges wide apart at base, rapidly convergent, inclosing a tri- angular area ; a slight translucent space separates this from the o]>aque pectorals ; eyes small, wide a])art, the broad spiracles close behind them. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 37 Moutli broad, its widtli equal to the distance from its front margin to the tip of the snout ; a deep crease passing' around the mouth behind, in front of which the lower lip has three folds of skin. Upper lip not developed, a strong fold of shin passing from the angle of the mouth on either side to the inner angle of the nostrils, thence straight across, joining its fellow on the opposite side, these folds enclos- ing a depressed, subtriangular, / \ -shaped area, which is bounded behind by the curved outline of the upper jaw. In this depression are three transverse cross-folds of skin. Nostrils broader than the interval between them, with a free fold behind, which is prolonged forwards and inwards in the middle, the rest of the fold being turned backward. An- terior edge of nostrils with a broad flap, the outer edge of which is much prolonged, overlapping the posterior flap, the inner edge covering the inner angle of the nostril. Both jaws strongly and somewhat regularly curved. Teeth numerous, rather sharp, about ff , about twelve in a cross-series. Gill oi^enings very narrow. Skin everywhere covered with a rather fine shagreen, almost precisely as in Hhinohatus jyroductus. The asperities are smaller below, and coarser on the outer anterior margin of the pectorals, where tbere are also two or three irregular rows of sharji, curved, backward-directed spines. Four strong spines on the tip of the snout, forming a rhombic figure ; four or five strong, bluntish spines around each eye, above and in front, the one at the upper anterior angle the largest. A series of 22 very strong spines along the median line of the back and tail, and two more on the tail between the dorsal fins. Oii each side of the tail above is a similar series of ten spines, the first opposite the end of the base of the ventrals, the last opposite the front of the first dorsal; a single strong spine on the outer edge of the shoulder-gir- dle and two between the spine and the dorsal series. Color almost exactly as in Illiinohatus prodnctus. 01ive-bro^vn above, whitish beneath, the vertical fins paler. Eostral area and edges of pec- torals somewhat translucent. I^o sharp markings of any kind anywhere. Measurements. Extreme length 17.90 inches. Length of disk 7.25 inches = 1.00 Width of disk 1.09 Width of tail at base 20 Distance between outer humeral spines 3G Length of branchial area .15 Width of branchial area in front 34 Width of branchial area behind 28 Distance between outer edges of nostrils j 21 Width of mouth '-iO Width of interorbital area 16o Length of eye 06 Length of snout from eye • .225 38 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Lcugtli of suont from moutli 22 Length of nostrils 07 Width of anterior nasal flap , 06 Length of nasal flap , 04 Distance from snout to iirst dorsal 1. 565 Length of base of first dorsal 095 Height of first dorsal 18 Interval between dorsals - 155 Length of second dorsal 10 Height of second dorsal 19 Height of caudal . 175 Length of upper portion of caudal 455 Distance from snout to end of base of pectoral .83 Length of base of ventrals 28 Width of ventrals 20 Length of claspers .36 The type of this species, an adult male, was taken at Santa Barbara, Cal., February 8, ISSO, by A. Larco, an Italian fishermen. It is num- bered in the collection of the United States National jVIuseum. Mr. Larco states that this species is not uncommon about Santa Barbara in spring and summer. This species is probably related to Platyrhina sinensis^ but it has little affinity with Platyrhina ejcaspcrata, already described by us, from San Diego. In color, form of tail, and character of the dermal covering it resembles the Rhinohatidcv, and its afiinities with Syrrhina, of the latter " family," are evident. OEgCRIIPTBOIV OF A NEW gIPECIES OF " KOCK COD" (SEBASTICH- TEJY.^ SEKBICEPS), FESO:?! TTBIE COAST OF C AI.HFOKIVSA. 'By DAYIB> S. JOROAN asad CMARILES II. GILBERT. Body rather robust, heavy forwards, compressed behind, the caudal peduncle short and rather slender. Head large. Mouth large, rather oblique, the maxillary reaching to opposite the middle of the eye; the premaxillary anteriorly on the level of the orbit; jaws about equal, in the closed mouth; teeth, as usual, in villiform bands on the jaws, vomer, and palatines. Top of head with the spinous ridges very thick and strong, their tips bluntish, turned upward and outward; the spines on each side placed nearly in a right line, so that the edge of the crown seems somewhat regularly serrated. The following x^airs of spines are i:)resent: nasal, preocular, supraoc- ular, tympanic, occipital, and nuchal. The coronal spines (found in S. auriculatus and ^. ruber) are wantiug in this species, as are the post- ocular spines (usually present in iS. pinniger). Interorbital space be- tween the spines narrow, flat, and coarsely scaled (the elevated ridges found in S. yiigrocinctiis being wanting). The tympanic spines are PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 39 stronger tlian in related species. The nuchal spines are as nsnal placed close behind the occipital. Preorbital bone rather broad, with a single obsolete spine directed downward. Preopercle with five rather short and bhmtish spines, the second the larger, the three lower quite suiiill. Opercle with two blunt- ish, diverging spines. A blunt si)ine on the shoulder girdle above the pectorals; two sharp suprascapular spines. Suboi^ercle and lower edge of opercle each with a blunt point. Preorbital scaly below. Maxillary naked. Eye rather large, its diameter about one-quarter the length of the head. Gill-rakers clavate, short, stiff, compressed, armed with bristly teeth above and within. There are about thirty of them in all, those nearest the middle of the arch longest and most perfect, the others gradually growing smaller and incomplete. About half of them have the poste- rior edge free. The longest is about one-third the length of the eye {I in S. melanops; |- in 8. pinniger). In form they are midway between the tubercle-like gill-rakers of '^ Sehastosonms^^ {8. melanops) and the long and slender gill-rakers in " Schastomus^^ {8. pinniger^flavidus, cmricu- latiis, etc.). Branchiostegals 7, the gill membranes, as in other species, little united, Avithout isthmus. Scales moderate, essentially as in 8. fasclatus and related species. Lateral line with 55 scales. Dorsal fin with strong spines, the fourth to seventh highest and sub- equal, the lowest more than half the height of the highest. Soft dorsal rather higher than any of the S])ines. Caudal fin broad, rounded. Anal fin with the second spine robust, about as long as the third and much stronger, the soft rays high. Pectoral broad and rounded, its base deep, nearly one-third the length of the head, its lower rays thickened as in 8. melanops, its tips reaching just jiast the vent. Ventrals falling just short of the front of anal. Fin rays: D. XII, 1, 13; A. Ill, 5. General color dark olive, blackish on the head and back, the sides somewhat yellowish; sides of body with black cross -bands which are somewhat oblique; these bauds are usually distinct, but are sometimes nearly obsolete in dark-colored examples. The first band runs down- ward from front of dorsal across base of pectoral; the second from near the middle of spinous dorsal to behind the ventrals; the third from the posterior part of the dorsal to the vent; the fourth and fifth above the anal, and the sixth at base of caudal. Another black bar extends across the scapular region and the opercular spines, and two bands radi- ate from the eye, obliquely downward and backward. Belly dusky greenish; fins blackish, with a strong olive thige. Lii)s, mouth, front and lotcer part of the head, with a strong wash of 40 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. coppery red, this color fading out on tlie thoracic region. Base of fins and different parts of tlie body sometimes with obscure small whitish spots. Mcasnrcmcnts. (ISTo. , United States Xational Museum, from Santa I!arl)ara.) Extreme lengtli 10.40 inches.. Length to base of caudal 8. 70 inches = 1. 00 Greatest depth 38 Least depth 11 Length of head 35 Diameter of eye 085 Length of snout 10 Width of interorhital area 055 Length of supraocular ridge 05 Length of occipital ridge 06 Length of maxillary , 18 Distance from snout to dorsal 825 Length of base of dorsal .57 Heiglit of longest spine 13 Height of longest ray 1.55 Length of base of anal 135 Height of second spine 14 Height of longest ray 22 Length of caudal . 205 Width of base of pectoral 11 Length of pectoral 2G5 Length of ventral .24 This species is found in great abundance about the island of Santa Catalina, where eight examples were obtained by the writers. Another was taken at Santa Barbara, where the species is considered rare by the fishermen. It seems to be intermediate between the still rough er- hea(Jed ;S^. nigrocinetus, on the one hand, and the smoother S. fasciatus and S. melanops on the other. ON TESE OCCttlKKENCE OF €EI»KrAI.©SCYrA]^ and CEIAHLES H. CJffLBERT. While we were engaged in making collections on the coast of Los Angeles County, California, a shark was described to us by a Wilming- ton fisherman as having the habit when caught of filling himself with air "till he was big as a barrel," so that if thrown back in the water he would float away on the surface, belly ux)ward, etc., exactly after the fashion of the species of Tetrodon. On cross-questioning, the fisherman assured us that the animal was a genuine shark, with the mouth under- neath and many sharp teeth, and that he had frequently taken them near Wilmington. At last one of these animals was brought in to us by a fisherman PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 41 named Yiceute Leonardo, who took it in a gill-net oif Santa Cataliua Island. It proved to be a species of the genus Ceplialoscyllium Gill, and apparently identical with the type of the genus [Scyllium laticeps Dumeril). This species has been hitherto recorded, so far as we know, only from Tasmania. The following is a description of our specimen (Xo. , United States Irrational Museum) : Head short and broad, broader than long, and not half as deep as broad ; snout verj^ blunt, not projecting much beyond the mouth ; eyes oblong, small, the spiracles behind them well developed ; no nictitating membrane ; nasal oi)enings not confluent, their flaps separated by a broad space, the breadth of which is two-thirds the length of the snout ; nasal flaps conspicuous, without cirrus; mouth very broad, not strongly curved, with only a trace of labial fold at the angle ; skin at the angle of the mouth thin, smooth, i^ale, and raised into little cross-folds. Teeth similar in both jaws, small, sharp, with a long central cusp and a small basal cusp on each side. About four series of teeth. Teeth 30 + 30 27 + 27' First dorsal beginning over middle of ventrals ; second dorsal begin- ning behind front of anal and ending a little before end of anal ; base of pectorals low and horizontal, the last two gill openings above them. Caudal fin short. Color dark grayish-brown, with five pairs of dark bars across the back, their form irregular ; the central pair bounded by straight lines and forming a cross-shaped figure ; middle part of each fin blackish ; entire surface of body and fins covered with round black spots of different sizes, these larger and less numerous on the belly ; on the sides are also whitish spots, smaller and less numerous than the black ones. This specimen was a female, with the ova nearly ripe. The stomach when received by us was much inflated. The intestines contained num- erous specimens of a small gasteropod shell. Other fishermen about Wilmington tell me that they take this shark occasionally, about two or three times a year, and that when fully inflated it is half as broad as long, a sta'-ement not hard to believe. A fisherman at Santa Barbara, Mr. A. Larco, tells me that he also knows this shark. He has in his possession two egg-cases, with the eggs, which he says were taken from one of this species. These egg- cases are "wheel-barrow shaped," like the egg-cases of rays, and pro- vided with long tendrils. Measia-ements. Length ...37 inches = 1. 00 Greatest depth (partly distended) '-^2 Greatest width (partly distended) 25 Length of head 15 Greatest width of head 18 Length of snout (from mouth) 04 Length of hranchial area 08 42 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. WitTtli of mouth 14 Diameter of eye 03 Distauce from snout to first dorsal 62 Length of base of first dorsal 08 Distance between dorsals 09 Length of base of second dorsal 05 Height of secoud dorsal 065 Length of base of anal 065 Height of anal 08 Length of caudal .18 Length of pectoral 21 Length of ventral 11 ON THE OII.-8UARK OF SOUTHEK^f CAI-IFORIVIA (OAI.EORIIIIVUS GAIiEl'S). By ]»AVI1> S. J©I£I>ATV asad CHARILES H. OILBERT. Along the coast of Soutliern California a large species of shark ap- pears in the spring in great schools. At certain places along the coast, especially about ^Newport Landing, in the southern part of Los Angeles County, the pursuit of this shark becomes a matter of considerable economic importance. They are taken easily with a hook, and sometimes great numbers of them may be surrounded and brought in with a seine. They are valued for their livers and fins. A single liver when the ani- mals first arrive, in March, will yield a gallon of oil. As much as 4,000 gallons of this oil have been procured at Newport in a single season. The fins of this species are sold to the Chinamen, who find them a great delicacy, and pay for them 12^ cents a i)ouud. The present writers have succeeded in obtaining one of these " oil- sharks," and find the species to be the European tope, GaJeorhinus galeus [Galeus canis and vulgaris of authors). It is singular that our only knowledge of the occurrence of this species on the west coast of America till now has been the indication by Dr. Giinther of the pres- ence in the British Museum of "o. Young. San Francisco. From Mr. Gruber's collection." Yet, in the waters of California south of Point Conception it is doubtless more numerous in individuals than all other species of sharks combined. Measurements of an adult male oil-sliarli. Length 63 inches = 1.00 Depth (greatest) 14 Length of head , 18 Length of snout (below, from mouth) 075 Length of snout (from eye) 08 Width of mouth 07 Length of spiracle 0075 Diameter of eye - 025 Distance from snout to first dorsal , 33 Length of base of first dorsal - 073 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 43 Hoight of first dorsal 075 Distance between dorsals 25 Length of second dorsal .- - - - • 045 Height of second dorsal 04 Length of anal 035 Length of candal 21 Distance from ventrals to j)ectorals 25 Length of pectorals 15 Length of ventrals 045 TEIE StTRF-SMELTr OF THE NORTHWEST €OAST, AND TkilE ITIETUOD OF TAEinNO- TDIEM U^ TEIE QUaJLILEDatiTE BNOIANS, WEST COAST OF WASEiaiVGTOIV TEKKHTOKST. By JAMES G. SIVAN. ISTeeaii Bay, Wash., Septemher 22, 1879. Thirty miles soutli of Cape Flattery, at the entrance j:o Fnca Strait, Washington Territory, is the Quillehute River, a small stream empty- ing into the Pacific Ocean near some rocky islets, the largest of which, named by the Indians "Alikistet," and by the whites "James Island," is a landmark for the entrance to the little bay or cove, on the shore of which is the i)rincipal village of the Qnillehnte Indians, who collect and dry for winter nse a very choice variety of smelt {Hypomesm oUdus), which I have named the surf-smelt, from its peculiar habit of deposit- ing its spawn among the shingle of the beach, coming in with the surf in incredible numbers, and in this respect somewhat resembling the capeliu {M((llotus viUosus) of New Brunswick. The surf-smelt closely resembles the common smelt in shape, size, and the peculiar cucumber-odor, but differs in having its belly covered with a coating of yellow fat, which imparts an oily appearance to water where the fish have been cleaned or washed, and makes them the very perfec- tion of pan-fish. During the month of August, 1879, 1 was at the Quillehute Indian vil- lage from the 17th to the 22d, with United States Indian Agent Charles Willoughby, and had an ample opportunity to witness the habits of the surf-smelt and their capture by the natives. These Indians take them by means of a peculiar-shaped hand-net ot a parallelogram form at top, five feet long, twenty inches wide, and from four to five feet deep, with a curved handle. The specimen net which I send is made of the fiber of the common stinging nettle ( lirtica dioica L.), which grows in luxurious abundance on the northwest coast near Indian villages and deserted camps. A spe- cimen of the i^repared fiber is also sent with the net. The method of preparing the nettle by the Quillehute Indians, after gathering a quantity and striiDping off the leaves and twigs, is to dry the stalks in the sun or on a frame in the lodge, near, but not directly over, the fire. 44 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. When properly dried, each stalk is split open and the sMve or woody part broken by the hand and i)eeled oif from the ontside skin or liber. This liber is then sjmn or twisted into threads or twine, by rolling- be- tween the palm of the hand and the bare leg-, a i)rocess at which the women are very expert. The Indians at present know nothing of the process of rotting the plant and breaking it to get rid of the sJiive, or of the process of hack- ling the fiber, and as their method is so slow and laborious, they are abandoning the use of the nettle as a textile plant, and use twine, which they either purchase ready made, or manufacture fiom cotton threads raveled out from flour-sacks and spun by hand, or from jute, which they procure from old gunny-bags which have been thrown away by the whites. I think if they could be taught the process of rotting the nettle and preparing the fiber as the farmers of Kentucky prepare hemp or flax, that they would soon be able to furnish a valuable article of commerce which would pay them well for their labor. The net I send will show the twine made by this most i)rimitive of all methods, and indicate the many purposes for which it may be made available, but in order to be i^rofitable it should be prepared in quan- tities like flax, or hemj^, which it greatly resembles. The net stitch or knot for making the mesh was not taught them by white men, but has been known by the coast Indians for ages. Kearly thirty years ago I saw the salmon-nets of the Chinook Indians at the mouth of the Columbia Eiver. The knowledge and use of nets antedates the advent of the first white man, but in the manufacture of the fiber and the twine they seem to have retained the most primitive ideas, and never have advanced. What little twine they now manufact- ure is made exclusively by the old women. The peculiar shape of the net, and the curved handle, are to enable Indians to best use them in the surf. A straight handle could not be used. The surf-smelt are usually most plentiful during the month of Au- gust, and come in such vast numbers that the water seems to be filled with them. Cajitain Carroll, of the steamer Alexander Duncan, plying between the Columbia Eiver and Paget Sound, informed me that, on the 24:th of August, while on his passage from Astoria to Keeah Bay, he ran through a school of smelts between Point Grenville and Quillehute which extended nearly forty miles, and at night their track was made visible by a bright i)hosphorescent light which emanated from them. I noticed the same luminous appearance in the surf in Quillehute Cove during each night that I remained there. The smelts come in with the flood tide, and when a wave breaks on the beach they crowd up into the very foam, and as the surf recedes many will be seen flapping on the sand and shingle, but invariably re- turning with the undertow to deeper water. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 45 An examiDation sLowed the pebbles to be incrusted with spawn, and as all the smelts I cooked were males, T conclnded that the females had first come in and cast their spawn and were succeeded by the males, who deposited their milt. I handled and noticed a great many, and cooked several dozens on two snccessive days, but did not notice a sin- gle female. This might have been purely accidental, and perhaps at another time the catch w^ould have proved all females. On the first appearance of the fish, the Indians rush into the surf and press the outer edge of the net down firmly on the sand or shingle, the swash of the breaker forcing the smelts into the net. Then, as the water recedes, they turn round quickly and hold the net so that the undertow will force more smelts into it. In this way I saw them take at least a bushel at a single scoop. In their immense numbers, these smelts resemble the eulachon, {Osmerus pacijicus) or candle-fish, which are taken in such enormous quantities at Xass Eiver, in British Columbia, near the southern bouud- nry of xVlaska. After every scoop, the Indian, if successful, empties its contents od the beach, where the squaws and children quickly gather them into baskets, and carry them to the houses, where they are strung on strips of cedar bark and hung up to dry. The method of stringing them is to take each one separately and pass a half hitch v.ith the bark around the head just back of the gills. This keeps each fish separate, and enables them to dry better. The Quillehutes still retain the ancient superstition, formerly so i)rev- alent among the coast tribes, relative to their fish, that the first ones must not be sold or given away to be taken to anotlier place, nor must they be cut transversely, but split open with a muscle-shell. I was fortunate in obtaining quarters in the house of an Indian who had a cooking-stove, where we cooked our rations as suited us. One of the Indians of our party obtained some smelts, which he boiled for sup- per, cooking them in the Quillehute style ; he gave me some, which I fried. Xo sooner did the Quillehutes learn that I was cooking some of their fish than two of the head chiefs, Hovrcattl and Klakistokar, came to see what I was doing, as they feared I would cut the fish with a knife; but I fried them whole, and when they saw me take the nice crispy smelts with my hand and eat them entire, without aid of knife or fork, they grunted forth their satisfaction, and allowed me to purchase as many as I wished to take away. But of salmon they would neither give or sell. The fall run of the Salmocanis and Salmo iiroicus had just connnencedto come, and while they gave us all we could eat of their own cooking, in their own houses, they refused to sell or give a single fish to be taken away. They fully believed that if we took any salmon into our canoe, all the salmon would desert the Quillehute Ener and follow us to IS'eeah Bay, and if we had cut the smelts or salmon with a knife, they all would immediately disappear in the ocean and never return. 46 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. I was unable to procure even a specimen of tlie salmon, but obtained enough smelts to forward, some excellent specimens to Washington. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES G. SWAK. Prof. Spencer F. Baird, United States Commissioner Fish and Fisheries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. p. S. — I omitted to mention that the surf-smelt are common in all the salt water of Paget Sound, but I have not heard of an instance where they run up fresh-water streams to spawn, like the eastern smelt. J. G. S. 1VOTE OIV THE OCCUKREIVCE OF IPRODUCTUS GIGAIVTEUS liV CAI.. IFORi'VIA. By C. A. ^WMITE. Among a small collection of fossils sent to the National Museum by Mr. Ludwig Kumlien, of the United States Fish Commission, from the valley of McCloud Eiver, Shasta County, California, are three or four large ex- am])les of Productus, which I am unable to distinguish from P. giganteus Martin sp., the well-known type species of the genus as it is extensively known in European strata. They are preserved in a hard, dark-colored, argillaceous rock, which is partly metamorphosed, and they are, there- fore, somewhat imperfect; but portions of them show the characteristics of the species very plainly. The largest of these Californian examples was, when perfect, quite equal in size to the larger Euroi>ean examples of P: giganteus, having had a transverse diameter near the hinge of not less than 140 millimeters, or 5J inches. A small collection of fossils was sent by mail from the same locality in 1877 by Mr. Livingston Stone, the species of which were recognized as of Carboniferous age, but P. giganteus was not among them, although the later collections indicate that they occur in the same strata. These associated forms of both collections are too imi)erfectly preserved for specitic determination, but the genera Fcnestella, Streptorhynchus, Spiri- gera Camarophoria, Allorisma, and Eiiomphalus are more or less satis- factorily recognized. They all together plainly indicate tho Carbonif- erous age of the strata from which they come, which fact was also l)reviously known through the reports of Trask and Whitney. This, so tar as I am aware, is the first discovery of P. giganteus in American strata. It is not a little remarkable that it slioidd be fotind in the western portion of the continent and not in the middle and east- ern portions, where the Carboniferous system is so well, developed, and where several European species of Carboniferous brachiopoda are recog- nized. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 47 Fig. 1, on Plate , represents one of the examples referred to, the principal portion of tlie figure showing a natural cast of the dorsal valve, with the nmbonal portion of the ventral valve. In this figure the full length of the shell from back to front is not shown, but it is represented in the acconiijanying diagram, Fig-. 2. Washington, D. C, December 3, 1879. NOTE OX ACKOTHEIiE. By C. A. \%^HITE. Among the fossils collected from Piimordial strata at Antelope Spring, Southern Utah, by Mr. G. K. Gilbert and Mr. E. E. Howell, who were then connected w^ith the exi^lorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, were a number of examples of a discinoid brachiopod. This form I described and figuied* under the name of Acrotretaf subsidua, referring it to that genus provisional!}'. JSToue of the examples were in a condition to show all the generic characters clearly, but certain fea- tures in these shells indicated their i^ossession of important differences from any genus then established and led me to suggest that they prob- ably represented a new generic type. In the same year, 187G, Prof. G. Linnarsson, of Stockholm, Sweden, publishedt a new generic form from the Primordial rocks of Sweden, under the name of Acrothele^ which plainly includes Acrotreta ? subsidua White. Professor Linnarsson des cribed two Swedish species under this generic name (A. coriacea and A. granulata), and in 1870 he published a third species under the name of A. intermedia,^ but A. siibsidua is at present the only known American species. It is not unlikely, however, that some of the American species heretofore referred to ])isci)ia will be found to belong to Acrothele. Washington, D. C, February 1, 1880. DESCRIPTIOiV OF A NEW CKETACEOIS PIIVIVA FROm TiEW MEXICO. By C. A. IVHITE. Pinna stevensoni. Shell large, elongate-triangular in marginal outline; valves moder- ately convex; the convexity being slight and nearly uniform poste- riorly, but much greater toward the front, where it amounts to an obtuse median angularity upon each valve, and wheie a transverse section of the shell has an approximately regular rhombic outline; upper border * Expl. ami Siir. West of tlie lOOtli Merit!., Vol. IV, p. 34, pi. I, fig. 3, a, b, c, aud d. tBihang till k. Svenska Vet. Akad Handliugar, Baud 3, No. 12, p. 20, pi. IV, figs. 44-52. tSvcriges Geologiska Uudersokuiug ; Ser. C. Afhaud. ock Upps. No. 35, p. 25, pi. iii, figs. 40-44. 48 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. straight or nearly so ; lower border slightly convex and longer than the nipper border ; posterior border nearly straight or slightly convex, trun- cating the shell obliquely downward and backward, meeting the upper border at a more or less distinct obtuse angle and the lower border by an abrupt curve. Surface marked by abundant coarse lines and imbri- cations of growth, which traverse the shell in slightly curved lines corre- sponding with the posterior border, and is apparently without trace of any radiating lines or ribs. Entire length from beak to postero-basal extremity about 215 milli- meters ; breadth, from the postero-dorsal extremity to the base, meas- ured at right angles with the upper border, 95 millimeters. This shell is so unlike any described American species that no detailed comparison with any of them is necessary ; but it is so closely related to P. legeriensis d'Orbignj^, from the department of Sarthe, France, that it is not without some hesitation that I have decided to propose a sepa- rate specific name. I have never had an opportunity to examine any of the few examples of P. legeriensis that have teen discovered, and my comi:)arisons are therefore only with the description and figures of d'Orbigny, in Pal. Frangaise, Yol. Ill, p. 257, pi. 334. From these it appears that our shell differs from P. legeriensis in the following particu- lars. The angle of divergence of the npi)er and lower margins is not so great, in consequence of which the breadth of the shell is not propor- tionally so great ; the curve by which the i)osterior border meets the lower border is more abrupt, and the greatest transverse diameter of the shell is near ilie median line instead of being much below it, as it is rep- resented to be in P. legeriensis. The internal median grooves upon each valve, and also the undulations of the lower border, mentioned by d'Or- bigny, appear to be entirely wanting in our shell. Pjosition and locality. — Cretaceous strata ; about li miles southwest- ward from Fort Win gate, ISrorthern New Mexico, where it was collected by Mr. James Stevenson, in whose honor the specific name is given. WASHmaTON, D. C, February 15, 1880. NOTE OlS THE OCCURRENCE OF STRICIttrANDINIA SAliTEKI AND S. I>AYBI»»$ONS BN CEORGIA. By C. A. ^WEflTE. A few months ago Lieut. A. Vv". Yogdes, United States Army, gave me a few fragmentary fossils from a collection which he had then lately made at Taylor's Eidge, in the town of Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia. The other fossils of this collection and the geology of the region referred to were discussed by Lieutenant Yogdes in the Decem- ber, 1879, number of the American Journal of Science and Arts, pp. 475-477. He there refers, and doubtless correctly, the horizon from which he obtained the fossils he gave me to that of the Clinton Groui^ PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 49 of Kcw York. They are in the condition of natural casts in fine- grained sandstone, but I have quite satisfactorily identified a dorsal valve of StrieJdandinia saltcri and one of S. davidsoni Billings. If these two spe- cies are correctly identified, as they apjiear to he, their discovery iu Georgia is especially interesting, because they have hitherto been found only in strata of the island of Anticosti ; and also of the indication which they and their associates in the two regions named afford as to the equivalency of the Georgia, Clinton, Anticosti strata iu America; and Upper Llandovery strata of Great Britain. WASHiNaTON, D. C, February 15, 1880. BESCRIPTIOIV OF A NEW^ FliOUIVDER (B»l.ElTK©IVaCIITHVS VERTI- CAliS!^), FROM THE COA^^T OF CALIFORNIA, WITH IVOTE!>i OIV OTHER SPECIES. By DAVID S. JORDAN aaad CB5ARI.ES M. GII.BERT. Pleuroiiichthys verticalis sp. nov. Form broad ovate, the outlines regular; head small, somewhat con- stricted behind the upj)er eye; eyes large, but smaller than in P. quadrifuhercidatus. luterorbital ridge narrow; a small tubercle or prominence in front of the upper eye; a large one in front of upper edge of lower; another larger and sharper at interior edge of the in- terocular space ; another at the posterior edge of the interocular spine ridge. This latter is developed into a long, sharj), triangular spine, which is nearly as long as the pupil, and is directed backwards. A I)rorainent tubercle at the posterior lower angle of the upper eye. Upper edge of opercle somewhat uneven, but no other tubercles present. Mouth small, as in other species; the lips thick, with lengthwise plicffi. Teeth in a broad band on the left (blind) side of each jaw ; no teeth on the right side in cither jaw. Gill-rakers very small, weak, and flex- ible, about ten in number. Scales essentially as in the other species, small, cycloid, imbedded, and scarcely imbricated. Lateral line nearly straight, with an accessory branch which extends to the middle of the dorsal fin. Dorsal fin beginning on the blind side at the level of the jiremaxillary, there being but about four of its rays on the left side of the median line. Vertical fins less elevated than in the other species, the longest rays of the dorsal about half the length of the head. Anal fin preceded by a spine. Caudal i)eduncle short and deep. Caudal fin elongate, rounded behind. Pectoral short, nearly equal. Yentrals moderate, reaching anal spine. Fin rays: D. G5; A. 45. Color dark olive-brown, with round grayish spots, the body and fins mottled with blackish. Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 4 Hay 6, 1 § 80. 50 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. -, United States National Museum, was taken The type, "So. in a trawl-net outside of the Golden Gate, and was procured by us in the San Francisco market. There are apparently three species of the genus Pleuronichthys, as restricted by Gill, in the waters of California. One of these is the common species in the San Francisco markets at present, being taken in some abundance in the trawl-nets off Point Eeyes and the Farallones. This species is the Pleuroniclitliys ccenosus of Lockington's Memoir (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 97), and, as Lockington suggests, it is i3robably identical with the Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus of Pallas. For this form we accept provisionally the name quadrituberculatus. A second species occurs farther south, two specimens having been procured by us at Santa Catilina Island, and one at San Luis Obispo. This form answers better than the preceding to Girard's description of his Pleuronichthys ccenosus, and it may for the present be identified with it. The specimen noticed by Lockington as " No. 4," " with the dorsal not continued downward nearly so far as the others," perhaps belongs to this species. The third species is P. verticalis, described above. The species may be readily sepai'ated, so far as we have observed, by the following characters : * Dorsal fin beginning on the level of the lower lip, about ten of its anterior rays being on the left side ; ocular region with four or more blunt prominences or tubercles, arranged as follows: one in front of upper eye, another at each end of the interorbital ridge, the jjosterior largest, but not spine-like, one behind the latter, and oue or two more behind the upper eye ; upper j)art of opercle uneven; lower jaws with a band of teeth on the right side similar to that on the left side, but narrower; fins high, D. 7:^, A. 46 Quadrituberculatus. * * Dorsal fins beginning on the level of the upper lip, only four or five of its rays being on the left side of the median line. t Posterior prominence of interocular ridge developed as a strong backward- directed spine ; tubercular prominences present about the upper eye ; no teeth on right side of lower j aw ; fins rather low, D. 65, A. 45 Verticalis. tt Posterior prominence of interocular ridge scarcely elevated ; other ocular tuber- cles obsolete ; teeth ? ; fins high, D. 68, A. 48 Ccenosus. Measurements. Extreme length, in inches Length to base of caudal, in inches := 1.00 . Body, greatest depth Body, least depth of tail Head, length Head, diameter of orbit , Dorsal, distance from first ray to median line Dorsal, greatest height Anal, greatest height Caudal, length Pectoral, length Ventral, leng'th Terticalis. Quad)' ituberci lattis. 9.20 11.85 7.50 = 1.00 9:20 = ;1.00 .54 .02 .14 .13 .24 .23 .07 .083 .055 .11 .13 .10 .13 .18 .255 .28 .135 .18 .11 .11 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 51 A second example of Xystreurys liolepis, taken at Santa Barbara, is sinistral. The species is, therefore, like Faraliclitliys maculosus and Flatk'hthys stellatus, both dextral and sinistral. In the second example the small accessory scales are extremely numerous. Two more examples of the species, noticed by us as PlatysomatlcJithys sfomiasj have been obtained in trawl-nets from near the Farallones. This species is apparently not congeneric with Flatysomatichthys hippo- glossoides, differing in the long and slender gill-rakers and the ctenoid scales, as well as in the dentition, narrow interorbital space, and other minor details. The large teeth in both jaws, and the small teeth in the outer row in the upper jaw, are distinctly arrotc-sliaped, being abruptly widened toward the tip, thence acutely triangular. We propose to consider this species as the tyjie of a distinct genus, which may be termed Atheresthes, from the arrow-shaped teeth. It may be thus defined : Atheresthes geu. no v. Eyes and color on the right side. Body long and slender, closely compressed, tapering into a long and slender caudal peduncle. Mouth extremely large, oblique, the long and narrow maxillary extending beyond the eye. Both jaws with two irregular series of unequal, sharp teeth, which are anteriorly long and slender, posteriorly short. All the long teeth of both jaws, and the outer series of small teeth in the upper jaw, arrow-shaped. Some of the anterior teeth freely depressible. In- terorbital space narrow. Gill-rakers long and strong, numerous. Scales comparatively large, ciliated, thin, and readily deciduous, those on the blind side similar, smooth. Lateral line without arch. Fins low and rather fragile, the dorsal beginning over the eye, its anterior rays low. Caudal lunate ; no anal spine. Pectorals and ventrals small, the latter both lateral. Type, Flatysomatichthys stomias Jor. & Gilb. NOTKS OIV SHARKS FROITI THE COAST OF CAI.IFORJVIA By DAVID S. JORDAN and CKAS. H. OII.BERT. The following species of sharks, not hitherto recorded from the Pacific coast of the United States, have been observed by the writers during the i^resent winter (1880) : 1. Isurus oxyrhynchus Eafinesque. (?) The jaws of a species of Isitrus were obtained by us at San Pedro, the shark having been taken off Santa Catilina Island. The teeth agree essentially with those of Isurus oxyrhynchus {Lamna spallanzani of authors). Isurus glaucus has, however, also the same dentition, hence we are unable exactly to determine the species. 52 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 2. Carcharodoii rondeleti Miiller & Henle. — Man-eater Shark. A large iudividual of tliis species was lately barj)oone(l at the wlialiug station of Poiut Carmelo, near Monterey; Its ja\ys, now in the posses- sion of Mr. A. C. Keating, a drnggist at Monterey, are about two feet across. Schools of this species are said to be occasionally noticed in the open sea from Monterey southward. 3. Cetorhinus maximus (Linnaeus) Blainville. — Baffling Shark; Ground Shai'k. An individual of this species, 31 feet in length, was taken March 25 by the whalers at Monterey, and another somewhat larger on March 26. Several others were noticed, but only two were secured. We are told that eighteen or twenty years ago several of them were taken at Monterey, since which time few or none have been noticed in the bay. 4. Carcharhinus glaucus (L.) Blainville. — Blue Shark. A young individual of this species, taken in San Francisco Bay, is in the museum of the California Academy of Sciences. A " Blue Shark " is found in the open sea along the southern coast of California, but I do not know whether it is this species. 5. Galeorhinus galeus (L.) Blainville. As already noticed, this species is the most abundant shark of South- ern California. It is common at Santa Barbara, and I am told is not nnfrequently taken at Monterey. 6. Galeocerdo tigrinus Miiller & Henle. — Man-eater Sharl. As already noticed by us, jaws of an individual of this species were seen by us at San Diego, near which place the animal was obtained. 7. Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Dum^ril) Gill. — Ground Shark. The occurrence of this species at San Pedro has been already noticed by us. At Santa Barbara it is, next to Triads semifasciatus, the most abuudaut of the sharks. It is there taken daily in the lobster-pots set for the " craw-fish " {PaUnurus interruptus). Its habit of inflating itself, when caught, hy swallowing air, is very remarkable. 8. Pleuracromylon laevis (Eisso) Gill. Two specimens of this species have been obtained by us at Monterey. One of them, a female, taken March 26, had the young about 8 inches long, each of them connected by a long umbilical cord to a placenta which is attached to the uterus. The occurrence of this shark, in con- nection with its relative, Mustelus hinnuhcs {vulgaris^ canis, etc.), on the Pacific coast, is very interesting. March 26, 1880. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 53 ON THE OEIVERIC REI.ATIOIVS OF PI^ATYKIIBIVA EXASPERATA. By DAVIO S. JOKDAW ami CHARLES H. OILBFRT. A short time siuce a small ray was described by the present writers, from San Diego, under the name of Platyrldna exasperata. (Proc. U. S. j^at. Mus. 1880, .) Soon after a second species was described by us, from Santa Barbara, as Flatyrldna triseriata. (Proc. U. S. Kat. Mus. 1880, .) The two species are certainly not congeneric. The former species has the skin above covered with stellated prickles of different sizes, and re- sembles the genus Eaia. The latter is covered over by a uniform tine shagreen, and resembles the species of syrrliina and rhinobatus. So far as we can ascertain from the description given by Dumeril and Giinthex of Platyrhina sinensis and Platyrldna schoenleinii these two species agree with Platyrhina triseriata in the character of the dermal covering, as well as in form of body. We propose therefore to consider Platyrhina exas- perata as the type of a distinct genus, Zapteryx, distinguished from Pla- tyrhina by the presence of detached, unequal, stellated prickles on the skin above, instead of the uniform shagreen covering found in Platyrhina, and from Baia hy the convex outline of the ventrals and by the greater development of the dorsal and caudal fins. In Baia the ventrals are always emarginate. March 2G, 1880. RE:nARKS OIV TIIE SPECIES OF THE GENUS CHIRUS FOUND IN SAN FRANCISCO i^IARKET, INCtilJDING ONE HITHERTO UNDE- SCRIBED. By TV, IS. LOCKIIVGTO^. Four species of the genus Chirus occur in the markets of this city. The two most abundant of these are C. constellatus and C. guttatus Grd. Of the others, one is G. pictus Grd., while the other has until now remained undescribed. C. pictus is separated from the others by some suflSciently obvious external characters, beside those of color, as will be evident from the subsequent remarks, but the writer is unable to find any constant char- acter except that of the coloration by which to distinguish the other three species. As, however, he has now seen several hundred examples of C. guttatus and G. constellatus, and a large number of both the other species, and as, ifotwithstanding the considerable variation in the size, number, and position of the marking- of each species, neither on any occasion shows the slightest tendency to approach the pattern of another, he submits that in this group the pattern of the coloration may be considered specific. 54 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Difficult tliough it may be to prove upon paper the distinctness of tliese forms, there do not exist on this coast any other four species be- longing to one group which can be so unerringly separated by the eye. Diagnosis. !s; di-( rio of j Suborbital stay scaleless; di-( gj^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^^^^^^ blotches; L • , ameter ol orbit about y^Jo ofj ^^rals barred. '>C.pictiis. total length. f '^ ) Sides with rings of small dark^ ] round spots surrounding areas | I of lighter color than the general ^ C. coustellatus, I ground ; pectorals sharjoly spot- 1 Suborbital stay scaly ; diam- | ted. J eter of orbit about y-ou of total ortiou of the body than on the posterior; the ciliation obsolete on the scales of the side of the head. Suborbital stay squamose. Snout, preorbital, and interoi)erculum scaleless. Membrane between caudal rays scaly. Pectoral base scaly ; some small scales at base of rays of first dorsal ; second dorsal with small scales between the rays for about half its height. Anal scaleless. Color, in alcohol, brown, blotched with yellowish blotches in longi- tudinal series. This hitherto undescribed species is tolerably common in the markets of San Francisco at some seasons of the year. Wlien fresh, the series of blotches along the sides are bright orange and bright maroon. A type specimen is in the National Museum. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 57 Tahle of measurements. Current number of specimen. Locality No. 1. San Francisco. Xo. 2. San Francisco. Inches | lOOths and i of lOOtlis. I length.. Inches and lOOths. lOOths of length, including caudal. Extreme length Body : Greatest height Greatest width Height at ventrals Least height of caudal peduncle Head : Greatest length Distance from snout to nape . AVidl h of interorbital area Length of snout Length of maxillary Lcugih of mandible Diauicter of orbit Dorsal (spinoug) : Distance from snout , Length of base Greatest height Height at flrst spine Dorsal {soft): Length of base Height at longest ray Anal : Distance from tip of lower jaw . Length of base Height at longest ray Caudal : Length of middle rays Length of external rays Pectoral : Distance from snout Length Ventral : Distance from tip of lower jaw.. Length Branehiostegals Dorsal 13.35 2.73 L99 2.62 1.03 3.28 2.2 .62 .95 L20 L53 .68 3.20 3.32 1. G4 1.00 3.80 L32 6.48 3.67 1 22 1.78 L84 3.43. 2.85 4.16 2.15 Anal Caudal, principal rays Pectoral ' Ventral ^Number of scales in lateral line to base of caudal . Number of transverse rows above lateral line XXI, 23 15 19 1 E 110 15 .208 .15 .107 .078 .245 .165 .045 .07 .09 .115 .051 .24 .25 .123 .074 .285 .10 .485 .275 .093 .135 .14 .2.'J7 .215 .314 .162 n.60 2.90 1.70 2.90 1.03 2.96 1.93 .66 1.00 L14 1.36 .248 .144 .248 .09 .26 .165 .056 .86 .100 .085 3.06 3.30 .262 .285 3.50 5.55 3.40 i.eo 1.80 2.85 2.36 3.25 2.16 6 22 15 19 1 5 111 15 .48 .296 .138 .152 ,245 ,202 ,28 ,185 The proportions of the two siieeimens measured differ considerably, No. 2 being- much deeper in proportion to its length than No. 1, and having its greatest depth immediately over the ventrals, instead of at tlie origin of the dorsal. In consequence of the more elongate form, the insertions of the ventrals and of the pectorals are relatively farther back in No. 1 than in No. 2. Similar differences of proportion exist in G. co7istellatus, and it is evi- dent that no weight can be attached to proportion in distinguishing these species. Neither is. it advisable, in view of individual differences observed, to attach much significance to the length of the ventrals, or to the i)ositiou of the fork of the lowest lateral line. C. maculo-seriatus is by no means scarce in our markets, but is less abundant than guttatus and constellatus. An example of this form is in the National Museum at Washington, numbered . 58 PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. SEiSCBIPTIOX OF AIVEW FISH FBOIVI AliASKA (URANIDEA ITISCROS- TOMA). By W. N. I.OCKI]\ClTO]V. Uranidea microstoma. Body loug aud low, little compressed. Head dei)res8ed, rather small, wider than deep 5 anterior portion of body about equal in width and depth, somewhat flattened on back near head, and gradually becoming more and more compressed posteriorly. Dorsal outline regularly arched, its highest point at origin of first dorsal ; abdominal outline nearly straight in some examples. Head about 4f to 4^ ; breadth of same 5^ to 4^ times in the total length ; orbit about 5, snout 4 to 3^ times in the length of the head. Eyes directed upwards, elliptical, the orbits not elevated above the general surface ; interorbital width, nearly equal to the transverse diam- eter of the orbit. Mouth short, small compared with others of the genus; posterior extremity of maxillary a little beyond the front margin of the orbit ; upper margin of maxillary hidden behind the preorbital in the closed mouth, except the short, broad, posterior extremity, which is free. Lower jaw shorter than the ui)per, and closing within it. A broad band of villiform teeth in front of both jaws. Teeth on vomer, none on j)alatines. Subopercular spine much developed, directed forwards 5 preoper- culum ending in a single sharp, straight spine ; branchiostegals 5. First dorsal commencing a little behind the pectoral base, low, the upper margin nearly straight ; height less than that of second dorsal, the tays neaily equal in length. Second dorsal commencing above the vent, first ray shorter than tlie second ; upper margin a straight line, the height of the fin diminishing regularly but slowly posteriorly. Anal shorter than second dorsal, commencing opposite the third and ending opposite the seventeentli ray of that fin ; anteriorly rounded, the rays increasing to the fourth, thence somewhat diminishing poste- riorly ; depth greater than the height of the second dorsal. Pectoral wedge-shaped, seventh ray longest; rays fleshy, simple; tip of seventh ray reaching about to the vent. Ventrals inserted a little behind insertion of pectorals, the tips not reaching the vent, consisting of one spine and four rays ; second, third, and fourth rays longest. Caudal slightly convex on its posterior margin when expanded ; the rays twice bifurcate, first bifurcation at about a third of their length. . from the base. Vent not separated from the anal fin by any considerable space ; rays simple. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 59 Lateral line deflected downwards suddenly at posterior extremity of second dorsal, tlience posteriorly along center of caudal peduncle, and anteriorly parallel to dorsal outline; pores simple, 35-37. Body scaleless, entirely smooth. Color olivaceous above, lighter below ; upper portion maculated with darker; fins with small dark spots on the membrane; a dark band across caudal. Two specimens (Xos. 1 and 3) from fresh water, near Saint Paul's, Kodiak, collected by W. J. Fisher. In No. 1 the dorsals are separated by a considerable space ; in No. 3 by a smaller space. One of these is in the United States j!!^ational Museum, numbered — . Numerous specimens from the Aleutian Islands, collected by Captain Greenebaum, present no difference except in the more or less complete union of the dorsals, and their smaller size. The latter are i^robably half grown. As the fin-rays and other characters agree closely, I am inclined to think the separation of the dorsals either an individual character, or one due to greater age. Mr. Fisher's examples w^ere obtained in fresh- water lakes formed by the melting snows, and communicating with the ocean only by shallow outlets. This species differs from those of the genus found in the United States by its smaller mouth, lower fins, and the four soft rays in the ventrals. In all these respects it resembles the European TJra- nidca gohio. Dimensions. Total length Greatest depth Depth of caudal peduncle , Length of head Width of head Lougitudiual diameter of orbit Length of snout Tip of snout, alons top of head, to origin of first dorsal Length of base of lirat dorsal Length of base of second dorsal Tip of snout to insertion of ventrals Length of ventrals Length of pectorals Tip of lower jaw, along abdomen, to origin of anal Length of anal base Number of dorsal rays Number of anal rays Number of pectoriil rays Number of caudal rays No. 1. 4.87 .85 .29 1.06 .94 .21 .30 1.30 .75 1.62 1.12 .73 1.00 2.36 1.28 8-19 14 14 5-10-2 No. 2. .18 .80 .75 .15 .21 .54 1.15 .55 .62 .95 9-19 14 14 No. 3. 4.30 . 75 .27 L03 .81 .22 .31 L25 .73 L37 .94 .70 .94 2.10 1.25 8-19 12 14 60 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. l>ESCRII»TIO'V OF A NV.W SPECIES OF A«JO]\II>iE (BRACIIVOPSaS VEKKOJCOSUS), FKOM TiaE COAST OF €AL,IFOKNIA. By W. ]V. LiOCKII^GTOlV. Brachyopsis verrucosus. D. VII-IX, 7-8. A. 10-11. P. 14-15. V. 1-3. C. 2-10, 2. Lateral scutes, 34-30. Form elongated, slender, lateral dorsal outline rising very gradually from the snout to above the base of the pectoral ; central part of the upper orbital margin elevated above the line of the forehead and occi- put, as is also the tip of the lower jaw and front i^ortion of the snout, so that there is a not very conspicuous depression in front of the eye. From the highest point the dorsal outline descends gradually to the elongated and narrow caudal peduncle. Abdominal outline from posterior extremity of mandible to caudal peduncle straight. Greatest height about 11 ; greatest width 7-7^ ; length of head 4^-4^ times in total length to tip of caudal (mouth closed); greatest depth about 1 J in greatest width ; depth of caudal peduncle about 3| times in the greatest depth. Mouth oblique, the lower jaw projecting considerably beyond the upper, its tip entering into the dorsal outline, and its posterior extremity reaching to a vertical from the anterior margin of the pupil. Mandible half or nearly half the length of the head. Maxillary short, broad posteriorly, and set at a more oblique angle than the mandible, below which the lower angle of its posterior margin projects when the mouth is closed, while the entire length of its upper margin is hidden beneath the preorbital in the closed mouth ; a short and slender barbel at its posterior extremity. Entire length of upper jaw less than ^ that of head. Teeth uniform in both jaws, villiform, very small, in a band which is widest in front, but divided in the center. A i»atch of similar but even finer teeth (perceptible to the touch, but scarcely to the eye) on vomer, and another on each palatine. Eyes directed laterally and somewhat upwards, oval, their longi- tudinal diameter a little less than the length of the snout, and about ^-^ in tlie length of the side of the head; interorbital area sunken, its width about 5 times in the length of the head. Snout a little longer than the longitudinal diameter of the eye ; two short backward-directed spines on its summit, slightly posterior to the line of the tubes of the nostrils. Preorbital large, with several small spines on its lower margin. Supraorbital margin set with small spines, and rising iu its posterior portion to a spinulose crest. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 61 Lower orbital margin prominent, a pair of spines at its posterior extremity, the binder tbe larger. Preopercnlum with a spinnlose longitudinal ridge, ending in a back- ward-directed spine; a second smaller spine below tbis, at angle; lower limb witb two flat angular projections. Operculum striate, witb a ridge, ending in a spine, on its upper part. Occipital and lateral ridges of upper surface of bead prominent, spinulose or denticulated above, but without spines; lateral ridges each formed of three shorter ridges ; no pit on occiiHit. Gill-membranes continuous below, without isthmus ; branchiostegals five, large. Pectoral very long, boldly rounded on its posterior and lower mar- gins, broad; the upper rays slightly increasing to about the sixth, the five lowest decreasing rapidly. Tips of the longest rays reaching, nearly to or beyond the sixth dorsal ray, or to the back of the thir- teenth or fourteenth dorsal scute. Longest rays about equal in length to the head. Eays simple, base slightlj^ oblique. Ventrals inserted on the plane of the upper pectoral axil, longer than the pectorals, their greatest length about 4 times in the total length, and consisting of a spine and two rays, the spine attached to the first ray, which is of considerable length, but shorter than the second, the tip of which extends beyond the second anal ray. Membrane between the two rays broad; the second ray fringed with a membrane along its in- ternal margin. First dorsal commencing at about the eighth dorsal scute and termin- ating at the sixteenth. First spine shorter than the second, the next five about equal in length, the remainder diminishing rapidly. Height of the longest spines somewhat exceeeding the depth of the body below the fin. Second dorsal about equal in height and similar in form to the first, arising at about the nineteenth dorsal scute, and terminating at or near the twenty-seventh. First ray shorter than the second, the next four nearly equal, the remainder falling rapidly. Anal commencing directly below the last ray of the first dorsal, and coterminous with the second dorsal, its lower margin nearly straight, and its depth rather less than the height of the second dorsals. The last rays of the dorsals and anal are joined to the body by mem- brane. Posterior margin of caudal convex ; accessory rays few. Dorsal scutes 35-36, the two series approaching and uniting a little behind the second dorsal; about seven scutes between the point of junction and the caudal. Each scute produced posteriorly into a large spine bent backwards, and frequently denticulated upon its anterior or outer edge. Behind the point of junction of the two dorsal rows the spines are in closely coupled pairs. 62 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Lateral scries of scutes eacli consisting of 34-36 plates, each armed with a spine similar to those above described. Ventral series containing- 29-31 plates, the last three or four single, the remainder forming a double series similar to the dorsal series, but ■with less conspicuous spines. The ventral series commences at the axils of the ventral fins, and the lower surface between these fins and the gill-openings is occupied by several large, separate, subcircular, strongly striated scales or plates, those running along the margin of the gill-openings placed closer to- gether, and forming a series of about seven. About seven pairs of subcircular scales, not striated, or only slightly striated, are scattered along the acutely triangular space behind the ventrals, between the two ventral series of scutes, "which do not fairly meet each other anterior to the anal fin. An elongate naked area be- hind the pectorals, separating the lower lateral from the ventral series. Some small scales in the space between the mandibles, and a series of small, elevated, and sharp-pointed scales along the curve of the pectoral base. Vent not far behind the base of the ventrals. The center of the interocular space, the area between the occipital ridges, some spaces on the lateral f>spect of the head between the more prominent parts of the bones, and the areas between the large scales in front of the ventral are set with numerous prickles, a few of AA'hich also occur in the intermaudibular area. Similar prickles are numerous on the anterior portion of the trunk, occupying the spaces between the parallel dorsal and upper lateral series of scutes ; those of the upper surface end at the first dorsal, those of the upper lateral surfaces at the i^osterior extremity of the same fin. Behind these points the scuta of these surfaces closely interlock. Lateral line continuous ; a pore between each pair of scutes ; pores simple. Color. — After exposure to alcohol, the upper and lateral surfaces of the body are banded alternately with dull yellowish and olivaceous brown; pectorals whitish on their basal i)ortion, a dark spot on the upper and another on the lower edge excepted, and dark on their terminal part, the margin of the dark color running obliquely from the center of the first to the tip of the eleventh ray. Ventrals with a large black spot on the membrane inside the first ray, and two small si^ots near the tip of the membrane. Abdomen yellowish white. When somewhat fresher, the dirty yellowish tint of the ventrals was bright orange yellow, and the black of that fin was more positive, so that it is probable that in life the colors of the whole body were much brighter than they are now. The total length of the specimens examined, from tip of lower jaw (mouth closed) to tip of caudal, varied from 5.68 inches to 6.65 inches. PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 63 Actual measurements of tlie jiarts are*not given, as tlie proportions vary but little. Several examples were collected November 26, 1879, at a depth of ten fathoms, in Drake's Bay, 35 miles north of San Francisco, by Mr. Voy, who has i^resented them to the State University, Berkeley, Cal. One of the types is in the United States National Museum, num- bered . This species is referred to the genus Bracliyopsis^ proposed by Dr. Gill for the reception of Agonus rostratus. This genus is distinguished from Agonus by the projecting lower jaw and consequent comi)aratively large terminal mouth, and by the absence of an isthmus. DE^C'RaPTffOlV OF A NE'^V CEIVITS AN» SO.^E IVEIV SB»ECIES OF €At,. DEOKMA FISMES (ICOSTEUS ^:::VI«.^IATICtJS AIV» OSmERUS AT- TENUATUS). By TV, N. I.OCKI1VGTON. Fam. BLENNID^(?). IC03TEUS. Body much compressed. Teeth in a single row in both jaws, close-set, sharp. No teeth on vomer, palatines, or i^haryngeals. Gill-openings continuous under the throat, composed of flexible rays, tbe anterior simple. A single long dorsal fin ; anal similar. Base of pectorals fleshy. Ven- trals thoracic in i^osition. Lateral line vrith groups of spines. Pseudo brauchiop. Body scaleless throughout ; fins beset with spinules along tbe rays. Etymology: ejzw, to yield; v(T7£(», bone. Icosteus Eenigmaticus. Body much compressed throughout; head thicker than any portion of the body. Dorsal outline rising rapidly to the origin of the dorsal ; thence more slowly in a regular curve to about the center of the length of the bodj^ ; thence curving gradually downward to the caudal peduncle. Abdominal outline regularly curved. Upper and lower outlines of caudal peduncle concave, the peduncle widening posteriorly to support the fin-shaped caudal. Greatest depth about 3:} times in total length ; length of head about 5 times in total length ; eye 6 ; snout more than 3; interorbital width about 2^ times in the length of the head ; caudal peduncle about 5i times in the greatest depth. Nostrils simple, elongate-elliptical; eyes lateral^ tbeir diameter less than the length of the snout ; mouth-opening rather large, horizontal, or nearly so ; tip of the intermaxillary below the lower margin of the eye ; margin of upj)er jaw formed of the intermaxillaries only ; maxilla- 64 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, ries narrow tlirougliont, not hidden beneatli the preorbital ; posterior extremity of the maxillary extending to a little beyond a vertical from the center of the eye. Teeth. in jaws in a single row, numerous, tine, sharp-pointed, closely and regularly set, those in the upper jaw smaller than those in the lower. No teeth on vomer or palatines. ISTo pharyngeal teeth present. Gillralvers flexible, few, about half as long as the diameter of the eye on the first branchial arch, diminishing on each successive arch. Gill-openings continuous under the throat ; branchiostegals six. Dorsal commencing at a vertical above the pectoral axil, and consist- ing of 52-55 rays, all soft and flexible, but some of the anterior ones un- branched. Anterior portion of dorsal low, the rays gradually increas- ing in height posteriorly, the base of the fin terminating opposite to that of the anal, at about li times the least width of the caudal pedun- cle from the origin of the caudal fin; but the longest rays (last but two or three) extending backwards almost to the origin of the central caudal rays. None of the dorsal rays bifurcate more than once. Anal commencing opposite the 24th-27th dorsal ray ; similar to and about equal in depth to the height of the posterior portion of the dor- sal, consisting of 37-40 rays, most of them once bifurcate; its base ter- minating opposite to that of the dorsal, and its longest posterior rays extending backwards even with those of the latter ; three last anal rays diminishing rapidly in length. Some of the anterior anal rays appear to be unbranched. Caudal elongate, fan-shaped, the central rays longest, and the pos- terior margin greatly rounded. Posterior part of caudal peduncle ex- panded, and forming the larger half of an ellipse, around which the rays are set; the central ones straight, the outer ones curving outward and backward. Accessory rays numerous ; j)rincipal rays twice bifurcate. Pectorals with a fleshy base, having a curved posterior border from which the rays radiate, forming a fan-shaped fin ; the central rays longest, the others diminishing regularly on both sides. All the raj's straight ; the seven or eight central ones twice, the others once, bifurcate. Ventrals inserted n little behind the base of the pectorals, narrow, con- sistiug of a short (spinous ?) and four long rays. Lateral line conspicuous, curving downwards above the pectoral until, a little posterior to the origin of the anal, it reaches the median line of the trunk, along which it continues till it dies out ui^on the fleshy base of the caudal. Groups of small spines along the entire length of the lateral line, the number of spines in each group variable. About 120 groups of spines in the smaller example. Ko scales upon any i>ortion of the body or fins, but the latter rendered rough by asperities or small spinules ; a single series along the base of each ray, and a series along each of its branches. Color. — Purple spots and blotches of irregular shape upon a yellowish- brown ground ; the spots largest upon the dorsal region, and becoming rnOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. G5 sinaller fnicl more numerous near the lateral line. The region above and beliind the pectorals beset ^itli numerous purple spots, smaller tlian those above the lateral line. Beneath the lateral line, on the posterior part of the body, there are no spots, except along the line of the anal; but probably this is the result of exposure to alcohol, wliieli has caused the disappearance of most of the si)cts from the smaller specimen, the color of Avhich, when fresher, was like that of the larger. Throat and greater portion of gill-membranes vrithout blotches, bat sown v/ith dark points, which occur ?Jso over the whole of the body and the interior of the mouth. Fleshy bases of caudal and pectorals with sev- eral purple blotches. Fins darker than the body, and shpwing traces of blotches of a deeper tint, especially upon tlie caudal. Vertebra? nunierons; vertebral column highly flexible and soft. Cranial bones tolerably firm, those of the lace and opercles, »S:c., highly, flexible. Entire body characterized by a lack of firmness, as it can be doubled up as readily as a piece of soft, thick rag. Swim-bladder large. I append measurements of the two specimens, but many of these nuist be regarded as approximate only, in consequence of the distortion aris- ing from the softness of texture of the fish, together with that conse- quent upon catting them open shortly after tliey were first procured. In the larger specimen the ventrals are partly" destroyed, and the tips of many of the dorsal and anal rays are wanting. The shape of the head in the two examples is verj: different, doubtless owing to the flexibility of the bones. In the larger the snout is blufl", almost perpendicalar, the dorsal outline rises rajiidly to the origin of tlie dorsal, and the tip of the p^Tmaxillaries is fiir below the eye ; while in the smaller the dorsal outline slopes regularly' from the tip of the snout, which is almost level with the lower margin of the eye, to the origin of the dorsal. lUmcnslons. Totnl Icnjrth, to tip of caudal Greatest depth (approximate) Ueptli of peduncle of tail wliere narrowest Lengtb of iiead Uiaiiieter of eye Interorbital width Length of upper jaw Length of snout •. Tip of snout to origin of dorsal Length of base of snout Length of longest po.sterior dorsal rays Interval between dorsal and caudal Tip of mandible to anal fin Length of anal base Origin of dorsal to upper axU of pectoral. ■ Upper axil of pectoral to tip of snout Length of pector.ils Length of ventrals ^Number of dorsal rays !N"unilier of anal rays' dumber of groups 'of spines in lateral line. No.L 55 40 Circa 110 Xo. 2. m m 2b 3A- iB f 2i % i IS }% S 2i- 3" r.i Ci 1,'- 5 5i 3^ 3§ H '-S n 1* 7 52 or 53 37 Circa 120 Proc. Nat. Mrs. 80- May S4, 1880. 66 PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. These two individuals, together with a third of smaller size, and cer- tainly of another species, were i^rocured in the market of San Francisco by W. G. W. Harford, in 1876. The fishmonger called them " deep-sea fish," and. said that he had never seen the kind before. !N"o others have appeared in the market since. A smaller example is in the museum of the State University, Berkeley, and was iirocured in Washington Terri- tory. The relations of this iish are i)robably with the Blennioid fishes. It can, however, hardly be referred to any of the current forailies, and should jierhaps form the type of a separate one. Osnisrus atteiiuatus. Osmcnts clongatus Lockiugton, Rep. Coiainissioners Fislieries State of Cal., 1879, p. 43; uot Osmerus elorifjatus' Ajcvs, Proc. Cal. Acad., Vol. I, p. 17. D. 1-10. A. 17. P. 14. V. 1-8. Form elongate, fusiform, dorsal outline rising gently to a point just behind the origin of the pectoral, thence almost straight to dorsal, thence tapering regularly to the caudal peduncle. Abdominal outline straight from the posterior extremity of the maxillary to the ventrals, thence inclining upwards slowly to the caudal peduncle. Greatest depth 7§-8f times; head 4^ to nearly 5 times in the total length; eye about 4 times in the length of the head; snout about the same length as the eye; caudal peduncle 2f-2^ times in the greatest depth. Viewed from above, the forehead and snout diminish in width ante- riorly. Nostrils conspicuous, divided by a thin partition, simple, situated on a line from the top of the i^upil to the tip of the snout, and about half- way between the latter and the anterior margin of the orbit. Ey-es large, subcircular, entirely in the anterior half of the head; ujiper orbital margins raised, but the interorbital space between these margins flat transversely. Mouth large, the commissure straight and ascending anteriorly at an angle of about 30^, the tip of the upx:>er jaw horizontal with the center of the pui^il, and the jiosterior extremity of the maxillary on a vertical line from the posterior margin of the pupil ; mandible straight on its lower border, its tip projecting beyond that of the upper jaw. Dentition tolerably strong, on jaws and iialatines. Teeth of upper jaw in a single row, numerous, small, slender, those in front inclined forward, a large tooth at the symphysis. Lower jaw with a double row of slightly recurved teeth in front, the outer extending only about one-fifth of the length of the sides of the mandible, the inner row extending along the sides, and consisting of larger teeth than the outer or than those of the upper jaw; the largest situated along the sides, and much wider apart than those of the upi^er jaw. Inner jialatine row of numerous small teeth; outer pahitine series procp:edings of united states national museum. 67 very variable iu its dcvelopmeut, but usually consistiug of few rather large tectli, increasing iu size forwards, the auterior tooth sometimes quite a large cauiue. Teeth in front part of tongue in a single series on each side, with a single terminal tooth ; all the teeth large and curved, the terminal tooth largest. A large patch of several rows of villiform teeth on the base of the tongue, marked off by a constriction from the termiual patch. Gill-rakers long and slender, those of tirst pair of branchial arches half as long as the eye, the others diminishing gradually. Branchios- tegals seven. Angle of preoperculum a little more than a right angle, both the pos- terior and the inferior margins nearly straight. Posterior margin of gill-cover forming a bold and almost regular curve, its most i)osteriorly produced portion occupied by the suboperculum. Pectoral of fourteen rays, the third or fourth longest, narrow, the rays Infurcate. Tips of the pectorals distant from the ventrals more than the length of the ventrals. Yentrals not greatly shorter than the pectorals ; the rays bifurcate, their tips not reaching to the anus; insertion of ventrals about one scale in advance of that of dorsal. Dorsal of one spine and ten bifurcate rays, highest in front, the height about twice the length of the base; the second ray slightly longer than the first, the last longer than the spine. Anal commencing at about the posterior third of the total length, and consisting of seventeen branched rays, the first very short, the second nearly equal to the third and longest, the fourth nearly equal to the third, thence descending gradually. Caudal deeply emarginate, almost forked; rays 11-10-9— 4^, principal rays several lines branched. Lateral line not very distinct, running along the center of the silvery band of each side. Scales rather large, their exposed portion forming a diamond-shaped pattern, each diamond about twice as deep as long. Head scaleless. No scales upon the fins. Adipose fin falcate, rather large. Color of the fresh fisli. — Light greenish gray on the back, the pattern of the scales marked by a series of black dots around the edge of each ; these die out upon the silvery lateral line. A very bright silvery line along the side, reaching one scale above lateral line ; the upper boundary of this band distinct, the lower fading into the silvery-white of the belly. Operculum and suboperculum bright like the lateral band, ex- cept above, where they become greenish gray like the back; snout and cheeks darker greenish gray than the back. Lower jaw with black points below and on the sides, closer together toward the tip. Fins spotted with dark points. Forehead between eyes almost black; eyes silvery ; pupil black. Locality, San Francisco. 68 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The whole fish is higjily transparent wheu fresh, the oiitliue of th& brain being elearly visible through the occi})nt. From Osmenis thakichtJtys, which at first siglit nearly resembles it, this species may be distinguished by the following characters: The slightly greater length and more tapering form of tlie snout, when viewed from above; the straight lower jaw, which in 0. thaleichtJiys is considerably curved upwards toward the tip ; the gradual declivity of the upper outline of the head, which in the latter species is straight with the line of the back ; the larger eyes ; the different arrangement of the teeth; the more elongated body, much less curvate along the abdom- inal outline ; and the much greater distance between the tips of the pectorals and the base of the ventrals. Dimensions. Inches. Totr-l lonjrth 4. r2 Greatest depth of lindy .5.3 Lengtb of head, to tip of lower jaw . 9(i Longitiidinp.l diameter of eye .23 Interorbital width .19 Length of snout, to tip of upper jaw .23 Len^gtli without candal 3. 47 Tip of lower jaw, to adijiose tin 2. 97 Tii3 of lower jaw, to ventrals 1.9 Length of pectoral .50 Height of dorsal . , Length of ventral ! .45 Tip of lower jaw to origin of dorsal ; 2. 00 LenTth of lower jaw | .50 Width of caudal peduncle l .20 No. 1. I Xo. 2. Inches. 4.50 .58 1.00 .23 .20 .25 3.84 3.00 2.10 .58 .50 .45 2.15 .CO .20 ISTo. Inches. 5.25 .00 L13 .30 .23 .28 4.42 3.02 2.50 .03 .04 .50 2.50 .08 .24 JTo. 4. !No. 5. Inches. 5.72 .72 1.25 , .29 .31 .30 4.87 4.14 2.68 .72 .75 .64 2.75 .70 .30 Inches. 5.00 .02 L12 .25 .20 .28 4.30 3.60 2.35 .65 .62 ,53 2.40 .60 .26 No. 6. Inches. 0.00 .75 1.22 .:.o .■i45 ..al 5.(>9 4.31 2.78 .81 .09 .69 2.94 Xos. 1, 2, and 3 are alcoholic specimens ; the others were measured while fre.sh. The comparatively elongate form of this fish induced me to believe that -this species must be Q. elongatus Ayres (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., I, 17, 1854), but as the latter ichthyologist transmitted examples of his species to Washington, and these examples were examined by Girard, and found by him to be identical with his Osmerus pretiosufi (= Argen- tina pretiosa Grd. = Hypomesns oUdtus (Pallas) Gill), there is no doubt that the foregoing is an undescribed species. There are thus four species of Microstomatidw on the Pacific coast, United States, viz, ThaleichtJiys pacijicus, Hypomesns ol ictus, Osmenis thalcichthys, and 0. attenuatus. The first of these does not occur in the markets of San Francisco, but is sent down packed in salt from the Columbia Eiver, also to some extent in oil, under the name of " Colum- bia Eiver sardines." The other three are brought into the markets in a fresh state. Hypomesus olictus grows to the largest size, and is most highly esteemed of the three. Osmerus attenuatus is tolerably abundant in the markets during the spring and summer months. PEOCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 69 Dr:f§t'K5B»TI©IV OF A IVEl^' I3.%KE (PIIYCflS EAK!.!.!!), FKOITI S05JTH €AKOB>B?iA, ArifD A NOTE ©rtf THE Ot'C'l'BSSEI^l'E OF PBIVCDS REfJBUS C.-V i\-©KTE!I I'AKOHIVA. By TAKI.ETOIV EI. BEAM. 1. Phyci3 eaiil-i Dmui. Tho United States ^STational Museum lias just received from Mr. R. E. Earll tliree specimens of a species of Fhycls which differ from all the other recognized eastern American species. It is quite unlike P. tennis, P. chnss, and P. chesteri, since none of the rays of the first dorsal are produced. In the shape of the anterior dorsal and the general form of the body it resembles P. .rcr/ius, from which, however, it may be at once distiuguished by its much smaller scales. From P. DeKayi Kaup it is well separated by the structure of its anterior dorsal, and by having the veutrals shorter than the head. The species difl'ers also from P. rostratus Gthr. in having a much greater number of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line. 3Ir. Earll secured these lish in the market of Cliarlestou. They were numbered 131 in his collecting invoice, and are catalogued as numbers 25207, 25208, and 25209 of the M useuui Register. The species is dedi- cated to its discoverer, who first collected it and called attention to its specific distinctness from the four known east coast forms. Description. — The species is short and stout, resembling in this re- spect P. regins. The greatest height of the body equals twice the length of the longest ray of the anterior dorsal, and is contained 5 times in the total length, caudal included. The length of the head is contained 3| times in the length of the body, measured to the origin of the middle caudal rays. The length of the snout equals the distance between the eyes. The length of the upper jaw equals half that of the head. The length of the eye is contained nearly twice in length of snout, CJ times in length of head, and nearly 4 times in the length of the postorbital part of the head. The lower jaw is as long as the upper, but is received within it. The maxiUa extends somewhat behind the vertical through the i)osterior margin of the eye. The barbel is ^ as long as the upper jaw, or nearly so. Both jaws and the head of the vomer are armed with teeth in villiforin bands, as in other species of the genus. The pectorals are as long as the postorbital part of the head. The veutrals extend nearly to the vent, and their length is contained 4 times in the distance from the tip of the snout to the end of the second dorsal. The distance of the anal from the tip of the snout nearly equals the length of the anal base. The origin of the anterior dorsal is directly over the axil of the pecto- ral ; the dorsals are su1)continuous ; none of the rays of the anterior 70 PROCEEDINGS 'of UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. dorsal are produced, and none of tliem are longer than the longest rays of the second dorsal. The longest anal ray is not much more than half as long as the longest dorsal ray, and equals half the length of the pec- torals. The length of the anterior dorsal base is about equal to that of the snout ; the second dorsal base is about 2J times as long as the ven- tral fill. The length of the middle caudal raj'S is contained 8 times in the total "length witliout caudal. The typical specimens are 13 inches, 13.1 inches, and 14 inches long, respectively. Eadial formula.— B. VII; D. 10, C0-G3; A. 53-54 ; P. 15. There are 21 or 213 rows of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line, and about 155 along the lateral line. Color. — Brown, with some light spots on the second dorsal and the sides ; the anal fin and the two dorsals margined with darker brown. 2. Phycis ragias (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. Col. Marshall McDonald, among numerous interesting forms of south- ern fishes, has recently secured G specimens of this species of Phycis, which were taken in a haul seine, March 20, 1880, at the mouth of the Cape Fear Eiver, in North Carolina. These are numbered 90 in his col- lecting invoice. Phycis regius has not been recorded so far south before ; specimens have been taken in York Eiver, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay. The discovery of two gadoids as far south as the Cape Fear and Charleston is quite unexpected. U. S. ITational Museum, Washington, April 9, 1880. l>ESCRIPTIO>f OF A IVEW .*iPECIES OF SEBASTICIITH YS (SEBAS- TaCBITHlS :TtI?VIATUS), FROM iWONTEREY BAY, CAI^IFOKIViA. By OAVIO S. J©RS>AIV ami CHARLES H. GILBERT. Ssbastichthys miniatus .sp. nov. Allied to Sebastichthijs pinniger Gill. Body oblong, the form much as in S. pinniger and /S'. atrovirens; the caudal peduncle rather stouter tban in pinniger. Ilead moderate, some- what pointed, the profile not very steep. Mouth rather large, the max- illary reaching to opposite the middle of the pupil, the premaxillary in front on the level of the lower edge of the pupil. Lower jaw projecting somewhat beyond the upper, with a rather conspicuous symphyseal knob, which is larger than in pinniger. Middle of lower jaw elevated, so that the mesian teeth are much raised, and fit into an emarginatiou PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 71 of tlie upper jaw. This elevation is much more marked in the preseut species thau in plnniger. Head more completely scaly thau iu related species, the scales also rougher, the scales on the maudible, snout, preorhital, and head gen- erally being fully ctenoid. In ^S*. pmnhjer the scales on nearly all parts of the head are cycloid. Mandible scaled even to the sj'mphyseal knob. Interopercle fully scaled; most of the branchiostegals with series of scales. Maxillary-, preorbital, and tip of snout fully scaled. Preorbital with a narrow neck, and two distinct spines, the neck less than one- fourth the diameter of the eye, vdiich is of moderate size, about as in pinniger. Spinous ridges on top of head low and small. Tbe following pairs of spines are present: Nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital, six pairs in all. Interorbital space very broad aud almost flat, a slight depression on each side of the supraocular ridge, between which depressions is a slight convexity. In S. plnniger the interocular space is notablj^ narrower, and both de- pressions and concavity are more marked. Si^ace between occipital ridges slightly convex. In S. pinniger this is slightly concave. Preopercular spines rather long and sharp, the second the longest and sharpest, the spines radiating and having less of a backward direc- tion than in S. pinniger. Opercular spines sharp. Spines on subopercle and interopercle mod- erate. Two suprascapular spines and a rudiment of a third. Scales large, in about 47 transverse rows; the accessory scales few. Dorsal fin low, rather deeply emarginate, essentially as in S. pinniger^ but both spines and soft rays somewhat higher, the latter a little higher than the spines. Caudal fin lunate. Anal fin rather high, the second spine about as long as the third and rather stouter, little more than half the height of the soft rays. Pectoral fin moderate, as in pinniger, the tip reaching about to the vent, the base rather narrow, and the rays not fleshy. Ventrals, as in pinniger, very long, reaching past the vent al- most to the beginning of the anal. Dorsal rays XIII, 14 ; A. Ill, 7. Gill-rakers, as iu pinniger, very long and slender, about 10 -f 22 in number, the longest about § the diameter of the eye. Color darker than in pinniger, deep red, strictly speckled with dusky. Above bright deep vermilion, mottled with flesh-color on the sides, the belly light red. Back and sides everywhere with clusters of black dots, so that the whole body has a dusky shade. Top of head and back with vaguely defined cross-blotches made of dark points on snout, interorbi- tal space, occiput, under fourth dorsal spine, under eighth dorsal spine, one under first soft ray, last soft ray, and base of caudal. Three obscure orange stripes radiating from the eye. ]\raxillary with a red streak. 72 Pr.OCEEDIXGS 01'^ UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEU:!^!.- Lips red, mottled with blaekisli. Uiide'V side of head liglit red, mottled with darker. Inside of moiitli red. Fius all bright vermiliou; spinous dorsal spotted with olive-gray be- low, the membrane posteriorly edged with blackish; soft dorsal spotted below with blackish, a vertical dark olive streak on each membrane; other fins tipped with blackish, the membranes more or less dotted. Ko hlacl: blotch on the s])inous dorsal; no distinct pale streak alon.g the lateral line. The coloration of ISehasficlithys piuui(/e>\ which has thus far uever been described, is as follows : Ground color light olive-gray, profuse!}" blotched with bright clear orange-red, the red shades predominating above, the pale below. Belly nearly white. Top of head with cross-blotches and marblings of orange, alternating with i^ale. Sides of the head flesh- colored, with three bright orange bands radiating from the eye; maxillary Avith orange touches. Ijil)s pale, tinged with blackish. Inside of mouth pale. Dorsal fin with the membranes bright orange, a large hJacl- hloich oc- cupying the membranes between the seventh and tenth dorsal si)ines; this si)ot is usually distinct, but in old examples it is sometimes obso- lete. Pectorals light red, mottled with yellowish. Other fins all bright orange, without dusky tips, slightly mottled with paler at base. Lateral line running in a distinct continuous light-gray streak, wluch is not crossed by the red markings. S. miniatus was first known to us from two specimens taken at Santa Barbara. These were provisionally considered as representing a variety oiiyinniger^ but after the examination of an extensive series of specimens from Monterey Bay we were forced to the conclusion that the deep-red forms, although nearly allied to S. 2nnniger, belong to a distinct species. The .difference in color is very marked and the two species may be sep- arated at sight. In life any of the numerous species of this genus may be at once recognized by the color alone, a feature which, circumstances of age and surroundings being equal, is in this group remarkably con- stant. This species reaches the same size as S. innniger, and is brought with it to the San Francisco market, but in much less abundance. In the description already published by us of Sebasticldliys proriger the specimen measured as '■'■S.p'mnigcr'''' belongs to the present species. PKOCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIOX/VL MUSEUM. 73 ALcasurcmcnts. Extreme lengtli, in inclsos Li>niTITl TIO> IIV BEIIAL.F OF TSIK U.VITEB STATES NATIONAL .TlUsiEU.Tl, 1877-lSSO. Prepared B>y TARLETOIV Jl. BEAN. LOPHIID^. 1. Lophius piscatorius Liuu. Lopliius americanus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 101, \A. xviii, fig. 2. 22311. Gloucester, Massachusetts. ANTENNARIID.E. 2. Pterophryne histrio Liuu. Pternphryne Icevigata (Cuv.) Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 1873, p. 14. 20662. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts (3). DIODONTID^. 3. Diodon hystrix Liuu. 23779. Bermuda. 4. Chilomycterus geometricus (Liuu.) K.inp. 9448. East coast of United States. 14752. Koank, Connecticut. 19460. Eastern shore of Virginia. 19674. Beaufort, North Carolina. 19719. Fort Macon, North Carolina. 19707. 20074. 21634. 22911. 22912. Eastern shore of Virginia. Coast of New England. Newport, Rhode Lsland. Eastern coast of United States. 76 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIOxN'AL MUSEUM. TETEODONTID.E. 5. Tetrodon turgidus Mitch. GhiUchthys turgidus Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 10740. Wood's Holl, Massacliusett.s. !Noaiik, Counecticut. 14037. 14746. 14747. 1474S. 14749. 14750. 14828. 14972. 17596. 17597. 17598. 17599. 17000. Eastern coast of United States. !Noanlc, Connecticut. 17601. 17602. 17603. 17604. 17005. 17606. 17607. 10461. 19765. 19829. 20290. 21444. 22718. 23147. 1873, p. 15. Koahk, Connocticat. Eastern shore of Virginia'. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Ea.stern coast of United States. Cohasset Narrows, Massachusetts. Eastern coast of United States. BALISTID.E. 6. Alutera Schoeplii (Walb.) Goocle & Bean. Alutera cuspicauda Gi\l, Cat. Fish. E. Coast Ni A., 1873, p. 15. Ceratacaiithus auraiitiacus Gill, op. cit., p. 14745. 16601. 16314. 16567. 18715. 18716. 18717. 18718. 18719. 18734. 18735. 18736. 18737. 18738. 18739. Ig740, 18741. 18742. 18743. 18744. ratacaiithus auraiitiacus Gill, op. cit., "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Menetn.sha Bight, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 15. 18745. 18746. 18747. 18748. 18749. 18750. 18751. 18752. 18753. 18863. 19251. 19280. 19282. 19718. 20691. 21644. 21649. 22937. 22738. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Fort Macon, North Carolina. Newport, Ilhode Island. Eastern coast of United States. 7. Monacanthus setifer Bennett 18893. 18894. 18895. 18896. 18897. 18898. 18899. 18900. 18901. 18902. 18903. 18904. 18905. 18906. 18907. Stcphanolcpis setifer GiU, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 1873, p. 15. )3. Wood's Holl. ^Tasa-aehnsetts. fonno ■rrr..„,ii„ i 18908. 18909. 18910. 18911. 18912. 18913. 18914. 18915. 18916. 18917. 18946. 21545. 21631. 23144. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Charleston, South Carolina. Newjiort, Ilhode Island. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 77 8. Balistes capriscus Linn. 21C50. :N^ewport, Rhode Island. 9. Balistes vetula Liun. 22731. Eastern coast of UiiitcJ States. I 22739. Eastern coast of United States. SYNGNATHID^. 10. Syngnathus fuscus Storer. 18919. W ood's Holl, Massachiisett.s. 18932. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18920. 18933. 18921. 18934. , 18922. 18935. 18923. 18936. 18924. 18937. 18925. 18938. 18926. 18939. 18927. 18940. 18928. 1894i. 18929. 18942. 18930. 18943. 18931. GASTEROSTEID^. 11. Gasterosteus nculsatus L. 13397. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19831. 21455. 23162. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 24433. Wilmington, Delaware. 12. Gasterosteus pungitius L. 23161. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 24460. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 13. Gasterosteus pungitius L. .sub. sp. hrachnpoda Bean. 21767. American Harbor, Cuniberlaud Gulf. 21769. 21770. American Harhor, Cuml>erland Gulf. 14. Apeltes quadracus (Mitcli.) Bvevoort. 13404. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 13413. 13418. " " 14002. Xoanli, Counc-cticut. 16110. Wood'-s Holl, Mass.achusett8. 17753. 19832. " " 23X60. SOLEID.E. 15. Solea vulgaris Quensel. 22734. England. 16. Achirus liiieatus (Liim.) Cnv. 7280. AVashiugton, District of Columbia. 10365. Potomac Eiver. 12984. iCew Bedford, ilassachusetts. 15091. Tompkinsville, 5few York. 15350. Eastern coast of United States. 15628. New Tort Market. 19759. Eastern coast of the United States. 19876. Potomac Eiver. 19877. 19878. 19916. 20199. 20756. 22021. 23472. 24249. Potomac Eiver. Eastern coast of the United States. Newport, Rhode Island. Potomac River. Chesapeake Bay. Providence, Rhode Island. 78 PROCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES XxlTIOXAL MUSEUM. PLEURONECTIDiE. 17. Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walb.) Gill. 14G01. Porllanil, Maine. 14692. 14693. 14694. 14695. 14696. 14697. 14699. 14700. 14701. 14702. 14704. 14706. 14707. 14708. 14709. 14710. 14711. 14712. 14714. 14716. 14717. 14718. 14719. 14721. 14722. 14723. 14724. 14725. Wood'.s Holl, Massacliusetts. 14726. 14727." 14728. 14729. 14730. 14731. 14732. 14733. 14734. 14735. 14738. 14739. 14740. 14741. 17231. 17232. 17233. 17234. 17235. 17236. 17237. 17238. 17239. 17240. 20868. 20874. 20953. 22730. 23179. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. New York Market. Washington Mk't, from Portland, Me. Bucksport, Maine. Eastern Coast of United States. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18. Limanda ferruginea (Storer) Goocle & Bean. 21020. 21033. 21051. 21504. 21902. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Salem, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 22323. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 22691. Milk Island Trap, Gloucester, Mass. 24625. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 24626. Gulf of Maine. 19. Pleuronectes glaber (Storer) Gill. 14657. Portland, Maine. 14*658. 14660. 14661. 14662. 14663. 14665. 14666. 14667. 14668. 14669. 14670. 14671. 14672. 14673. 14677. 14679. 14680. . Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Liim. 21000. Massachusetts Buy. 21001. Le Have Bank. 21005. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 21019. " " 21032. Mouth of Harbor, Halifax, N. S. 21047. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 21060. Le Have Bank. 14683. 14684. 14685. 17163. 17164. 17165. 17166. 17167. 17168. 17169. 17170. 17171. 17172. 17173. 20903. 20904. 20954. 22241. Portland, Maine. "Washington Market. Bucksport, Maine. Washington Market, from Portland, Me. 21817. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 21821. 21908. " . " 22694. Milk Island Trap, Gloucester, Mass. 23141. Massachusetts Bay. 24032. Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 79 21. Lophopsetta maculata (Mitch.) Gill. 14634. 14030. 14038. 14039. 14040. 14G41. 14042. 1404;!. 14044, 14047. 14G4S. 14049. 146.J2. 14G53. 14034. 140.53. 10002. 17151. 171.52. 17153. "Wood's Hull, M;iss;icluisetts. Portlaud, Maine. I\oaiilc, Connecticut. Wooers noil, Massachusetts. Eastport, Maine. iS'oank, Connecticut. 17154. 17155. 17156. 17157. 1715S. 17159. 17100. 17101. 17102. 19429. 19753. 22313. 22372. 22693. 22735. 22759. 23703. 24221. 24202. 24349. Isoauk, Counecticut. Charleston, South Carolina. Noauk, Connecticut. "VTood'.s IIoll, Massaclmsetts. Eastern coast of United States. Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ea.stern coast of United States. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Off Capo Cod, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Mas.sachusetts. Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts. Provincetown, ^lassacliusetts. 22. Citharichthys spilopterus Gtlir. ? 23529. Cnsfield, Maryland. 23. Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fiihr.) Gill. 21009. 21021. 21023. 21037. 21045. 21040. 21052. 21064. 21005. 21785. 21818. 22288. 22029. Halifax, Xova Scotia. Off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax, JTova Scotia. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Lat. 42^ 49' N., Lon. 02=' 55' "W. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 23142. 23920. 24002. 24606. 24007. 24609. 24011. 24012. 24019. 24021. 24027. 24033. 24034. Massachusetts Bay. Sahle Island. Massachusetts Bay. Halifax, Nora Scotia. 24. Pseudorhombus dentatus (Linu.) Gtlir. Ch(Bnopsetta ocellaris (DeKay) Gill. Chcvnopsetta dentata (Storer) Gill. 14028. Noank, Connecticut. 14029. 14630. 10029. 16318. 17114. 18442. 18443. 18444. 18445. 18446. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Charleston, South Carolina. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 18447. 18531. 18532. 19397. 19398. 19501. 20982. 21279. 22717. 22908. 23528. 25. Pseudorhombus oblongus (Mitch.) Gthr. 'Chcenoxisetta ohlonga (Mitch.) GiL. 10677. 10078. 10679. 10082. 10683. 10716. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 14624. 14625. 14626. 14627. 19299. 24365. Saint John's River, Florida. Kinstou, North Carolina. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Beaufort, North Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina. Sauit John's River, Florida. Eastern coast of United States. Crisfield, Maryland. Noank, Connecticut. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Provincetown, Massachiisotts. 80 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 26. Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleni. 23394. Jeffrev's Bank. I 24242. Jefifrey's Bank. MACRUPJD.E. 27. Macrurii.'s Bairdii Goode & Bean. I 24313. Gloucester, M.issachusette. 23140. Grauil Banks. 28. Macrurtis Fabricii Suudeval. Lat. 42° 46' N., Lon. 63° 45' "W. Off coast of New England. Lat. 43° 53' N"., Lon. 59° 05' W. Off coast of New England. 21C15. 21783. 21806. 22280. 22646. 22747. 22748. 22872. 22873. 22875. 22876. 23054. Sable Island Bbnl Off coast of New England. Banqueiean. 23055. 23057. 23058. 23059. 23060. 23061. 23909. 24285. 24286. 24702. 24703. E.anquereau. Lat. 44° 20' N., Lon. 7° 57' "W. Off coast of New England. GADID^. 29. Poliachius carbonarras (Linn.) Bonn. 14615. Eastport, Maine. 1461G. 14617. 14618. 14G21. ■21794. 22690. 22796. 24219. 24451. Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts'. 30. Gadiis niorrhua Linn. 22215. Nomau's Land. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 22770. 22837. 23156. 23166. 23764. Proviucetowu, Mass.achusetts. 24217. 24218. 24347. 24380. 24419. 25212. Proviucetowu, Ma.ssachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. W«)od's Holl, Massachusetts. 31. Microgadus tomcodus (Walb.) Gill. 10778. 10779. 13015. 13019. 13835. 14009. 14590. 14591. 14592. 14594. 14597. 14598. 14599. 14600. 14601. 14602. 14603. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. No.ank, Connecticut. Eastport, Maine. Portland, Maine. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 14604. 14605. 14606. 14607. 14608. 14609. 14610. 17611. 17746. ' 20595. 21454. 22221. 23158. 24445. 24457. 24513. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 32. Phycis chuss (W.ilb.) Gill. 22630. Gloucester. Massachusetts. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 81 33. Phyois tenuis (Mitch.) DeKay. 10450. Eastpoit, Maine. 14508. AV'ooil'.s lloll, Massachusetts. 14.5SJ9. 14573. Eastpoit. Maine. 14575. Portland, Maine. 14576. 14577. " 14578. 14582. 14583. 14584. 14585. 191G4. lyifiO. 191C9. 19172. 19174. Wootl'.s IIoIl, Massachusetts. 1917G. 19756. 21018. 21616. 21790. 21796. 21816. 22321. 22631. 22653. 22701. 22722. 24373. 24143. 24404. 24574. 24610. Wood'.s Holl, Massachusetts. Eastern coast of United States. Halifax, Xova Scotia. Lat. 42° 42' N., Lon. C-i^ 20' "W. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 34. Phycis regius (Walb.) Jordan &, Gilbert 10845. Xew York Aquarium. 10i-'47. East coast of United Statea. New England. ProviucetoAeu, Massachusetts (14). "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 20923. East coast of United States. 35. Ouos (Rhinonemus) cimbrius (L.) Goode A: Bean. 23149. (Gloucester, Massachusetts. 1 2376L P^ovinceto^vn. Massachusetts. 23150. Halifax, Xova Scotia. 36. Haloporphyrus viola Goode tV Ht-an. 23062. 23003. 23918. 24251. Lat. 44-^ 20' N., Lou. 57° 57' W. Grand Banks. Lat. 43° 41' N., Lon. 59^ 15' W. Lat. 44^ 13' N., Lon. 58° 02' W. 37. Lota maculosa (LeS.) Eich. 11019. Sanduskv, Ohio. 11020. 11022. 11024. 11201. 11202. 11203. 12452. 12466. Alpena, Michigan. Apostle Island, Lake Superior. 24713. Lat. 43= 17' N., Lon. 51° 25' W. 24714. Grand Banks, western edge. 24746. Banquereau. 24747. Lat. 59° 04' X., Lou. 43° 56' W. 15860. New York Market. 16637. 16638. 16639. 16640. 17782. Sandusky, Ohio. 17783. 19793. Alpena, Michigan. 22926. Lake Superior. MEELUCIID.E. 38. Merlucius bilineaiis (Mitcli.) Gill. 13010. "Wood's Holl, ^^Lissachusetts. Portland, Maine. Eastport, Maine. 14500. 14561. 14562. 14563. 14564. 14565. 14566. 149.52. 16797. 18705. 18706. 18707. 18708. 18709. 18710. 18711. 18730, "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Eastern coast of United States. New Bedford, Massachusetts, "^'ood's Holl, Mas.sachusetts. Proc. Nat. Mils. 80- 18731. 18732. 18733. 19757. 19846. 19807. 20848. 21055. 21793. 22049. 22098. 23154. 24240. 242*1. 24268. 24525. 24715. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Noman's Land. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Lat. 42° 53' N., Lon. 69° 14' W. Jeffrey's Bank. Lat. 42° 53' N., Lon. 09° 14' W. AVood's Holl, Massachusetts. Lat. 42° 53' N., Lon. 09° 14' W. may 94, 1880. 82 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM:. LYCODID^. 39. Lycodes Vahlii Eciiili. 24239. East Bauquereau. 40. Zoarces anguillaris (Pcclc) Storer. 14553. Eastport, Maine. 22871. Gloucester, Massadhusetts. 14554. " " 23084. " " 14556. " " 23193. Massacliusetts Bay. 14557. Portland, Maine. 23760. Provincetown, Massacliusetts 14558. " 23910. 14559. " " 24222. 21784. Gloucester, Massacliusetta. 24311. 22632. " 24346. 22C58. 1' (t 24382. 22695. " " CEYPTACANTHID^. 41. Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer. 21433. Eastern coast of United States. 21857. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 24254. Fisliiug Banks, off New England. 24255. Fishing Banks, off New England, 24710. " " 24737. " " XIPHIDIONTID^. 42. MursBiioides gunnellus (L.) Goode & Bean. Murcenoides mucronatus (Mitch.) Gill. 13429. "Wood's IIoll, Massachusetts. 13432. " 13438. 13848. Eastport, Maine. 16503. Eastern coast of United States. 19827. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19847. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 22842. " " 23164. New Bedford, M^assachusetts. 23165. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 24926. " " ANAERHICHADID^. 43. Anarrhichas lupus L. 23900. East coast of United States. 23907. 24234. Lat. 42^ 10' N., Lon. 66' 30' W. 24235. 8 miles S. E. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 24699. 5 miles S. S. E. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 24700. " " 44. Anarrhichas minor Olafsen. 24233. Lat. 440 30' K, Lon. 57° 10' W., 250 fths. [24237. Lat. 43° 52' N., Lou. 59° 09' W:, 200 fths. 45. Anarrhichas latifrons Steeustrup & Hallg. 21623. Lat. 42° 27' N., Lon. 64° 20' W., 280 I 24238. Lat. 42° 53' N., Lon. 59° 09' W., 200 fths. fathoms. 24698. Lat. 43° 33' N., Lon. 52° 06' W., 150 fths. 21845. Banqucrcau, 300 fathoms. 25109. Lat. 43° 33' N., Lon. 52° 06' W., 140 to 160 22710. East coast of United States. fathoms. BLENNIID^. 46. Blennius crinitus. 21959. Bermuda. 47. Labrosomus nuchipiuuis (Q. &'G.) Poey. 21240. Bermuda. I 21946. Bermuda PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 83 BATEACHID^. 48. Batrachus tau Liuu. -6823. East coast of Uuited States. 10711. WoocV.s HoU, Massachusetts. 10743. 10744. 14542. Xoanli, Conuecticut. 14543. 14544. " " 14545. 14546. 14548. 14549. 14550. 14551. u • u 14552. 16550. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 49. Porichthys porosissimus. 6669. "West coast of United States. 9316. San Diego, California. 17046. Santa Barbara, California. 17210. 17211. 17212. 17213. 17214. 17215. 17216. 17217. 17218. 17219. 17609. 19758. 20632. 22760. Noank, Connecticut. "Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. East coast of Uuited States. "Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 20005. Santa Barbara, CaUfornia. 22333. Monterey, California. 24814. San Diego, California. URANOSCOPID.E. 50. Astroscopus aiioplus (C. &Y.) Brcvoort. 7304. Eastern United States. 51. Cyclopterus lumpus Linn. 2069S. Xowport, Khode Island. 52. Gobius soporator. 21935. Bei-muda. 53. Eleotris. 19880 ? 54. Dormitator. 19881 ? CYCLOPTERID^. 1 23051. Gloucester, Massachusetts. GOBIID^. 19882 ? TEIGLID^. 55. Dactylopterus volitans (Liuu.) Lac 18579. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 18580. 18581. " " 18582. 18583. " " 18584. " " 18585. " " 18586. " " 18587. " " 18588. " " 18589. " " 18590. " " 18591. " ■ " 18592. " " 18593. " " 18594. " " 18595. " " 18596. " " 18597. " " 18598. " " 18599. 18600. 18601. 18602. 18603. 18605. 18606. 18607. 18608. 18609. 18610. 18611. 18612. 18613. 18614. 18615. 18616. 18617. 18618. 18619. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 84 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 18620. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18655. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18622. 18656. " " 18623. 18657. " " 18624. 18658.- " " 18625. • 18659. " " 18626. 18660. " " 18627. 18661. " " 18628. " " 18662. " " 18629. 18663. " " 18630. 18064. " " 18631. 18665. " " 18632. " 18666. " " 18633. 18667. " " 18634. " " 18668. " X 18635. 18669. " V 18636. 18070. " " 18637. 18671. " " 18638. 18672. " 18639. 18673. " " 18640. 18674. " " 18643. 18676. " " 18644. " " 18677. " " 18645. 18678. " " 18646. 18679. " " 18647. 18680. " " 18648. 18681. " " 18649. " " 18682. " " 18650. " " 18683. " " 18651. 18684. " " 18652. 20835. " " 18653. 24481. " " 18654. " " 24497. " " 56. Prionotus evolans (L.) Gill. 13575. 13581. 14534. 14535. 14536. 14537. 14.538. 14539. 14540. 14955. 16004. 16008. 16009. 16011. 10593. 18868. 18869. 18870. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. !JToank, Connecticut. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18871. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18872. 18873. 18874. " " 18875. " " 18876. " " 18877. " " 18878. " " 18879. " " 19307. 19308. 19310. 20703. Newport, Ehode Island. 21442. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 21652. Newport, Rhode Island. 22713. East coast of United States. 22750. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 22754. 57. Prionotus carolinus (Linu.) 0.& V. 14528. jS'oauk, Connecticut. 14529. 14530. 14531. 14532. 14533. 16032. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 16309. 17142. Noank, Connecticut. 17143. 17144. 17145. 17146. 17147. 17148. 17149. 17150. 19341. 19342. 19343. 19344. 19345. o^oanlv, Coiinc ictlcut. AVood's Holl, Massachusetts. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 85 19346, 19347. 19348. 19349. 19350. 19352. 19353. 19354. 19356. 19357. 19358. 19400. 19401. Wood's Roll, Massachusetts. 19403. 19404. 19405. 19406. 19407. 19408. 19409. 19410. 19415. 20664. 21443. 23531. "Wood's Holl, Massacliuaetts. CoLasset Narro'ws, Massachusetts. Cristield, Maryland. AGONID^. 58. Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Blocli) Storer. 23174. jSIassachtisetts Bay. | 24336. rrovincetown, Massachusetts. 59. Cottus octodecimspinosits Mitcli. 14514. Poitlaud, Maine. 14515. 14516. 14515. " " 14.519. 14520. 14522. 14523. 14525. 14526. 19186. 19187. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. €0. Cottus eeneus Mitch. 10365. 10367. 13516. 13522. 13525, 13530. 13541. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. COTTID^. tell. 19188. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19189. 19190. 19191. 19192. 19193. 19194. 19195. 19749. Coast of Massachusetts. 21036. Halifax , Nova Scotia. 21507. SalcTO, Massachusetts. 22266. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 15093. Tompkinsville, 'New York. 16185. Koank, Connecticut. 20883. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts 20889. " 21457. ' " 22766. ' " 23159. ' " 61. Cottus scorpius L., suljsp. gronlaiidicus C. & Y. Cottus grcenlandicus Cuv. & Val. 14507. Portland, Maine. 14509. " " 14510. " " 14511. Eastport, Maine. 21506. Salem, Massachusetts. 22314. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 22648. " " 62. Cottus scorpioides Fabr. 21744. Cumheiiaud Gulf. 22331. Cumheiland Gulf. 63. Centridermichtliys uncinatus (Ehdt.) Giiutli. 24340. JIast coast of United States. 64. Gymnacanthus pistilliger (Pall.) Gill MSS. 21732. Disco Island, Greenland. 1 21741.^* Kiantilic Harbor, Cumberland Gnlf- 21735. " " I 86 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. HEMITRIPTERID^E. 65. Heniitripterus americanus (Gmel.) 14497. Eastport, Maine. 14499. Portland, Maine. 14500. 14.'30-2. 14503. 14504. 14505. 14959. 16438. 16514. 16558. 16594. 19412. 19413. 19414. 19748. 20696. Noank, Connecticut. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Coast of Massacliusetts. Boston, Massacliusetts. Nantucket, Khode Island. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Newport, lihode Lsland. Storer. ■ 20956. 21010. 21026. 21035. 21508. 21646. 21795. 22269. 22283. 22315. 22647. 22655. 22699. 22839. 22843. 24368. Bucksport, Maine. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Salem, Massachusetts. Newport, Rhode Island. Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Grand Banks. SCORP^NIDyE. 66. Sebastes marinus Liuu. Sebastes viviparus Kroyer. 14472. Eastport, Maine. 14473. 14474. 14476. 14477. 14478. 14479. " " 14480. 14484. 14486. " " ■ 14488. 14489. 14490. 14495. 14496. 21620. Lat. 42<^ 42' N., Lou. 04° 20' "W., 270 to 300 fathoms. 21792. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 21811. 22267. " " 22298. East coast of United States. 22299. " " • 22651. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 22700. " " 22882. East coast of United States. 23092. " " 23143. Massachusetts Bay. 23774. " 23775. " 23911. Banquercau. 24637. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 67. Sebastomiis melanops (Grd.) Gill. 21582. "Washington Territory. 68. Scanis radians Val. 21373. Bermuda. SCARID^. I 21882. Bermuda. 69. Pseudoscariis vetula (Scliu.) Gill. 21880. Bermuda. LABRID^. 70. ChoerojuUs radiatus (L.) Gooile. 21879. Bermuda. PR0CEEDINC4S OF UNITED STATES NATIOXAL MUSEUM. 87 Xoaiik, Connecticut. 71. Tautoga onitis (Liuu.) CJtlir. 10.J98. Wood's KoU, ilassaebusetts. 10599. " 1064.3. " " 13630. 14446. " " 14453. 14454. 14455. 14456. 14457. 14458. 14459. 144C0. 14461. 14462. 14463. 14464. 14466. 14467. 17610. 17611. 17612. "Wood's HoU, Massacliusetts 17013. V.'ood's Hull, :^Lis.sachusett3. 17G14. 17015. 17616. 17618. 17619. 17620. 17621. 17622. 22725. 22769. 22914. ilassachusetts Bay. 22915. 22916. 24438. 24444. 24447. 24455. 24473. 24507. 24519. 24572. Wood's HoU, Massacliusetts. 72. Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walb.) Gill. 10745. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 10746. 14431. 14432. 14433. 14434. 14435. 14436. 14438. 14439. 14440. 14441. 14442. 14443. 14444. 14445. 14446. 14447. 14448. 14449. 14450. 14452. 16034. Portland, Maine. Xoant, Connecticut. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 17555. 17556. 17557. 17558. 17559. 17560. 17561. 17562. 17563. 17564. 17617. 17623. 17624. 17625. 17626. 17627. 17628. 17629. 22652. 22742. 227G7. 23908. Noauk, Connecticut. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Noank, Connecticut. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Provincetown, Massachusetts , 73. Oxyjulis modestus (Grd.) Gill. 17025. Santa Barbara, California. 17027. Santa Barbara, California. POMACENTEID^. 74. Glyphidodou saxatilis (L.) C. & V. 10333. Bermuda. 16856. 18207. 18208. 18209. " 18210. " 18211. " 18212. " 18213. 18214. 18215. 18216. 18217. 18218. 21984. Bermuda. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. CICIILID/E. 75. Heros. 10008. West coast of Central America 76. Embiotoca Jacksoni Ag. 17048. Sauta Barbara, California. 17049. I 19910. • "West coast of Central America. EMBIOTOCID^. I 22255. California. 77. Taeniotoca lateralis (Ag.) A. Ag. 6216. Presidio, California. . 22259. California. 22256. California. 22304. 78. Holconotus rhodoterus Ag. 506. Presidio, California. 567. Humboldt Bay. 572. San Diogo, California. 17028. Santa Barbara, California. 17029. Santa Cruz Island. California. 17030. Sauta P.arbara, California. 17031. 17032. 17033. 20340. California. CHJiTODONTIDvE. 79. SarathroduB bimaculatiis (lUotli) Poej-. 18197. Bermuda. 18198. 18199. 18200. 18201. 80. Holacanthus ciliaris Lac. 18243. Bernnula. 18244. 18202. Bermuda. 18203. " 18204. " 18205. " 18206. 21876. Bermuda. 23782. TRICHIURIDyE. 8.1. Trichiurus leptuius Liun. 19504. Beaufort, North Carolina. 19676. Nortli Carolina. 19677. 21541. Charleston, South Carolina. 22817. Pensacola, Florida. 23139. Southern coast United States. SCOMBEID.^ 82. Scomber scombrus Liuu. 10604. Washington Market, from New En 10605. " . " 10650. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 10651. 13593. 13594. 13595. 13597. 14429. Portland, Maine. 16224. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 16443. New York Market. 16494. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 18989. 18990. 18991. 1899^. 18993. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18994. 18995. " " 18996. " " 18997. 18998. " " 18999. 19000. 21808. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 23769. Provinceto-mi, Massachusetts. 24463. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 24506. 24514. 24568. 24594. " " 25183. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 83. Scomber piieumatophorus Do la Roclic. 23754. Proviucetown, Massachusetts. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 89 84. Sarda pelamys (L.) Ciiv. 8482. New Tort. 14423. !Noank, Connecticut. 14424. 14425. 85. Orcynus pelamys (L.) Poey. 21.")5G. WiioiTs Holl, Massachuselts. 86. Cybium maculatum (flitch.) Cuv. 23118. AVasliinKton Market. 14426. Noank, Connecticut. 15455. Moutli Potomac Elver. 22728. East coast Tnited Statas. 22778. I 21557. AYood's Holl, Massachusetts. CAEANC4ID^. 87. Vomer setipinnis (Mitch.) Ayres. 16838. Xew York Market. i 19735. East coast United States. I 83. Argyreiosus vomer (Linn.) C. & V. IO.jUC). Beaiifort, IS'ortli Carolina. 89. Decapterus punctatus (Ag.) Gill. 18120. Bermudas. 18121. 18122. 18123. 18124. 18125. 18126. 18127. 18128. 18129. 18130. 18131. 18951. 18952. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, 21G55. Newport, Rhode Island. 22753. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18953. 18954. 18955. 18956. 18957. 18958. 18959. 18960. 18961. 18962. 18963. 18964. 19143. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 90. Trachurops crumenophthalmus (IJlocli) Gill. 18G85. 18686. 18687. 18688. 18689. 18690. 18691. 18692. 18693. 18694. 18695. 18696. 18697. 18698. 18699. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18700. 18701. 18702. 18703. 18704. 18725. 18726. 18727. 18728. 18729. 18982. 18983. 21638. 22368. 22784. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Newport, Ehode Island. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 91. Carangus pisquetus (C.&V.) GrJ. Paratractus 2Jisquetiis (C. «fc V.) Gill. 5991. Florida. 13663. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 14401. 14402. 14403. 14404. 14406. 14407. 14408. 14409. 14410. 14412. 14414. 14415. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 90 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Wood's IIoU, Massacliusetta. 14416. 14417. 14418. " 16508. 17199. " 17200. " " 17201. " " 17202. " " 17203. " " 17204. " 17205. " 17206. " " 17207. 17208. " " 18807. " " 19020. " " 19255. " " 92. Carangus hippos (L.) Gill. 14389. Wood's IIoll, Mas.sacliusetts. 14390. " 14391. " 14392. 14393. 14394. " " 14395. 14396. " " 14398. " " 14400. " " 18779. " " 18780. " " 18781. 18782. 18783. " " 88784. " " 18785. " " 18786. " " 18787. " " 18788. 19296. 19298. 19377. 19378. 19381. 19383. 19384. 19380. 19388. 19391. 19392. 19393. 19394. 20628. 20755. 21637. 22781. 18789. 18790. 18791. 18792. 18793. 18794. 18795. 18796. 18797. 18798. 18799. 18800. 18801. 18802. 18803. 19492. 20842. 21654. 24922. Wood's Holl, Massaoliusctta. 93. Biepharichtliys crinitus (Akerly) Gill. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Mauritius. 13087. 13088. 16413. 16520. 19984. 19985. 19986. 19987. 94. Trachynotus carolinus (L.) Gill. 1 6249. Xe w York Market. 18808. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18809. " 18810. " " 18811. 18812. 18813. 18814. '■ 18815. 18816. 18817. " " 18818. " " 18819. " " 18820. " " 18821. » " 19988. 20205. 20682. 20705. 20750. 21040. Newport, lihode Island. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Beaufort, North Carolina. Newport, Rhode Island. AVood's Holl, Massachusetts. Mauritius. Newport, Khode Island. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Newport, Khode Island. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18822. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18823. 18824. 18825. " " 18826. 18827. " " 18828. 18829. 18830. 18831. 18832. 22322. " " 22737. East coast of United States. 22768. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STxVTES NATIONAL MCSEUM. 91 i. Seriola zonata (Mitcli.) C. & V. Halatractus zonatus (Mitcb.) Gill. 10402. Wootrs Holl, Massacliusetts. 12995. " 12998. 12999. 14384. 14385. 14387. 14.388. 14953. 1C2S2. 1G393. 1C543. 1G569. 18965. 18960. 18967. 18968. 19018. East coast of United States. "Wood's IIoH, Massachusetts. New Bedford, Massachusetts. "Wood's IIoU, Massachusetts. 19019. 19274. 19365. 1936G. 19367. 19368. 19369. 19370. 19371. 19372. 19374. 19395. 20197. 2064C. 20650. 20743. 21636. 22774. "Wood's noil, MassachiLsetts. ^N'ewport, lihode Island. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Newport, Ehode Island. "Wood's IIoll, Massachusetts. CORYPH.ENID.E. 96. Coryphaena Sueuri C. &, V. 1 0485. New York Market. STEOMATEID.E. 97. Palinurichthys perciformis 14055. 16080. 16081. 16082. 16083. 16084. 16085. 16086. 16087. 16088. 16089. 16090. 16337. 16516. 19285. 19286. 19287. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Off Neman's Land. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. New York Market. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. (Mitch.) Gill. 19288. 19289. 19290. 19291. 19292. 19305. 19750. 20704. 22650. 22746. 22913. 24252. 24253. 24375. 24418. 24431. 24432. 98. Poronotus triacanthus (Peck) Gill. 10705. "Wood's lIoll, Massachusetts. 10706. 13249. " " 13267. " " 13270. " 13271. " " 13275. 1.3276. " " 13278. 13279. "■ " 14358. 14360. " •• 14361. 14362. " '• 14364. 14367. 14368. No.ink, Connecticut. 14369. 14370. 14371. 14372. 14373. 14374. 14375. 14376. 14377. 14378. 14379. 14381. 14382. 14383. 14939. 14944. 14951. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. East coast of United States. Newport, Khode Island. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishing banks off coast of Maine. East coast of United States. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Noauk, Connecticut, Eastport, Maine. Portland, Maine. Norfolk, Virginia. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. East coast of United States. 92 PROCEEDINGS OF UXITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Tompkinsville, K^ow York. "VYoodM IIoll, Massaclmsotts. INoauk. Connecticut. 1.5082. 16459. 17188. 17189. 17190. 17191. 17192. 17193. 17194. 17195. 99. Peprilus alepidotus (L.) Cnv, Peprilus Gardenii (Bl. Scliu.) Gill. 12871. Otr coast of Floriila. 15372. 15373. Washington Market. 1719G. Koauk, Connecticut, 17197. 17198. 20651. 21667. 23155. 24259. 24260. 24927. '"Wood's noil, Masaacliusetts. liauquereau. Wood's Holl, Ma.^sachnsetts. Off coast of Maine. , Vineyard Sound. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 19499. 22924. Beaufort, North CarolinOu Korfolk, Virginia. LATILID^. 100. Lopholatilus chaniBeleonticeps Goode & Beau. ■ 24291. Lat. 40= 10' N., Lon. 70= 56' W., 75 fathoms. BEEYCID^. 101. Holccentrum sogo Blocli. 18071. 18072. 18073. 18074. 18075. 18076. 18077. 18078. 18079. Bermiula. 18080. 18081. 18082. 18083. 18084. 18085. 18086. 18087. 21891. Bermuda. SCI^NID^. 102. Cynoscion carolinensis (C. &V.) Gill. 8315. 12807. 19459. 19651. 19652. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. Norfolk, Virginia. Fort Macon, North Carolina. Beaufort, North Carolina. 19653. 19654. 19713. 22932. 24684. Beaufort, North Carolina. Fort Macon, North Carolina. Off coast of North Carolina. Near Charleston, South Carolina. 103. Cynoscion regalis (Bloeli) Gill. 12804. 14356. 16323. 16429. 16548. 18880. 18881. 18882. 18883. 18884. 18885. Norfolk, Virginia. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18886. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18887. 18889. 18890. 18891. 18892. 18948. 22307. 23195. 23508. Norfolk, Virginia. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 93 104. Pogcnias cromis Lac. 17904. Saint John's River, Florida. 17905. 17906. 17907. " " 17908. " " 17909. " " 17910. " " 17911. " " 17912. 18303. 18405. 18406. 18407. 18408. 18409. 18410. 18411. 18484. 19040. 19041. 19704. 22779. 24090. 105. Liostomus obliquus (Mitcli.) De Kay. 1C850. 18047. 18333. 18334. 18336. 18448. New York Mar1;et. Mouth of Saint John's River, Florida. Saint John's River, Florida. 18449. 18450. 19055. 21283. 24484. Suint John'a River, Florida. Florida. Southeast coast United States. Xear Charleston, South Carolina. Saint John's River, Florida. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 24688. Neai- Charleston, South Carolina. 106. Bairdiella argyroleuca (Mitcb.) Gill. Baiidiclla punctata (L.) Gill. 3370. Southeast coast of United States. Brunswick, Georgia. Mouth of Saint John's River, Florida Saint John's River, Florida. 17755. 18050. 18335. 18498. 18499. 18500. 18501. 18502. 18503. 18504. 18505. 18506. 18507. 18508. 18509. 18510. 18511. 18512. 19002. 22927. 23 109. S:iiuT John's Rivei", Florida. Florida. South Carolina. 107. Sciasnops ocellatus (Liim.) Gill. 18317. Saint John's River, Florida. 19498. Beaufort, North Carolina. 19655. 19714. Fort Macon, North Carolina. 22710. Southern coast of United States. 108. Menticirrus nebulosus (Mitoli.) Gill. 10701. 10709. 14353. 14354. 15579. 18712. 18713. 18847. 18848. 18849. 18850. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. Noank, Connecticut. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. New York Market. Woods Holl. Massachusetts. 18851. 18852. 18853. 18854. 18855. 1885G. 18857. 18858. 18859. 21441. 22757. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Cohasset Narrows, Massachusetts. East coast of United States. 109. Men'cicirrus littoralis (Ilolbr.) Gill 10081. Fhnida. 19082. 19083. " 19084. 19085. " 19086. 19087. 19088. 19089. 19090. 19091. Florida. 94 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 110. Micropogon undulatua (L.) C. & V. 18332. Saint John's Kiver, Florida. 18495. 18493. " " 22740. 18494. " " 22933. 85. Orcyiius pelamys (L.) Poey. 21364. Bermuda. 112. Haploidonotus grunniens Kaf. Saint John's Elver, Florida. East coast of United States. I 21881. Bennuda. 9504. Mississippi Valley. 17770. Sandusky, Ohio 11037. Sandusky, Ohio. 17771. ii n 11040. " " 17772. " " 11041. " " 17773. " " 11089. Ausable Eiver, Michigan. 17774. " " 12279. Cincinnati, Ohio. 17775. " " 12285. " 17776. " " 12286. u 11 17777. 11 11 12287. " ■ 17778. 11 11 12288. " " 17779. u t< 17768. Detroit, Michigan. 17780. " " 17709. Sandusky, Ohio. 17781. It 11 GEEEIDJL. 113. Diapterus gula. 21896. Bermuda. 23580. Bermuda. 23557. " 23581. " 23562. " 23582. " 23564. " 23583. " 23567. " 23584. " 23568. " 23586. " 23569. " 23587. " 23570. " 23588. " 23571. " 23590. " 23576. " 23591. " 23579. " 23592. " 114. Diapterus Lefroyi Goode. Eucinostomus Lefroyi Goode. 18157. Bermuda. 18158. 18159. " 18160. " 18161. " 18162. " 18163. " 18164. " 18165. 18166. 18167. 18168. 18169. 18170. 18171. 18172. Bermuda. PIMELEPTERIDiE. 115. Pimelepterus Boscii Lac. 10338. Bermuda. 18173. " 18174. " 18175. " 18176. " 18177. " 18178. 18179. " 18180. " 18181. " 18182. " 18183. " 18184. " 18185. " 18186. " 18187. Bermuda. 18188. " 18189. " 18190. " 18191. " 18192. 18193. " 18194. " 18195. " 18196. " 20177. " 21900. " 23547. " 23548. " PEOCEKDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 95 SPAEID^. 116. Lagodon rbomboides (L. ) Holhrook. 17899. 17900. 17901. 18343. 18344. 18345. 18346. 18451. 18452. 18453. 18454. 18455. 18456. Saiut Juhu's Eiver, Florida. 117. Archosargus probatocephalus (W 15578. 18309. 18389. 18390. 18391. 18392. 18393. 18394. 18395. 18396. 18397. 18398. Kew York Market. Saint John'.s Kiver, Florida. 18457. 18458. 18459. 18460. 18461. 18462. 19134. 19687. 19716. 21280. 21569. 21570. 24284. Illb.) 18399. 18400. 18401. 18402. 18403. 18404. 18413. 18414. 18415. 18416. 21546. 22729. Saiut .Jolm'.s Iliver, Florid.a. Florida. Fort Macon, Korth Carolina. Saint Jolin's Eiver, Florida. Charleston, South Carolina. East coast of United States. Gill. Saint John'.s lUver, Florida. 118. Stenotomus argyrops (L.) Gill. 5940. East coast of United States. 10652. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 10668. 10702. " 12922. " 12923. 14326. " 14327. 14328. 14329. 14330. " 14331. " 14332. " 14333. " 14335. " 14336. 14337. " 14338. 14339. " 14340. " 14341. " 14342. 14344. 119. Sargus Holbrookii Bean. 20979. Charleston, South Carolina. 22870. New York Market. j 120. Calamus megacephalus (Sw.) Poey. 21893. Bermuda. 121. Pagnis argenteus Scliu. ? 24695. Off Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina. East coast of United States. YTood's Holl, Massachusetts. 14345. 14347. 14348. 14349. 14350. 14351. 14352. 14964. 14965. 16007. 16030. 16042. 10049. 17186. 17187. 21436. 22758. 22925. 24468. 24491. 24508. 24512. 24545. 24691. Charleston, South Carolina. Cohasset Narrows, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. East coast of United States. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 96 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. PEISTIPOMATID.E. 122. Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitcli.) Gtbr. 22923. East coast of United States. | 23507. Norfolk, Virg ma. 123. Haemylum xanthopterum C. & V. 18219. Bernmila. 18220. 18221. 18222. 18223. 18224. 18225. " 18226. 18227. 18228. 18229. 18230. 18231. 124. Haemylum flaviguttatus Gill. 19032. Colima. 125. Hesmylum. 19039. Florida. 126. Lutjanus caxis (Sohu.) Poey. 18101. Bermuda. 18102. 18103. 18104. 18105. 18106. 18107. ■ 18108. 18109. 18232. 18233. 18234. 18235. 18236. 18237. 18238. 18239. 18240. 18241. 18242. 20179. 21372. Bermuda. 18110. Bermuda. 18111. 18112. 18113. 18114. 18115. 18116. 18117. 22798. 127. Lutjanus Blackfordii Goode & Beau. 2^795. Southem coast of United States. 128. Rhomboplites aurorubens (C. & V.) Gill. 21224. Charleston, Soiitli Carolina. 1 21571. Charleston, South Carolina. CENTRAPtCHID.E. 129. Micropterus salmoides (Lac.) Gill. 10715. Potomac Kiver. Bay City, Michigan. Alpena, Michigan. Charlestown, New Hampshire. 11100. 11208. 12308. 12309. 12810. 12809. 15517. Norfolk, Virginia. Potomac Kiver. 10844. 17791. 19614. 19015. 10016. 19G17. 22727. New York Market. Holyoke, Massachusetts. Sandusky, Ohio. Bay City, Michigan. Potomac Kiver. 130. Micropterus pallidus (Raf.) Gill & Jordan. 10380. Norfolk, Virginia. i 15664. New York M.arket. 10381. " " 11072. Sandusky, Ohio. 12297. Cincinnati Ohio. 12298. " " 12472. Sandusky, Ohio. 16910. 16911. 16912. 16913. 16914. Tangipahoa Kiver, Mississippi. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 97 17925. 17968. 18438. 18439. 18440. 19032. 19033. 19034. S.Tiiit Jiibu's Rivor, Florida. Wilniiufiton, Xnrth Carolina. Saiut Jobn's lliver. Florida. 131. Ambloplites rupestris (Raf.) Gill. 4173. 5707. 7667. 7673. 7680. 7703. 7708. 7734. 8469. 8926. KocLi'ster, 'Wisconsin. Lake Champlain. Yellow Creek, Ohio. Eacinc, Wisconsiii. Cleveland, Ohio. Yellow Creek, Ohio. Eed River, Biitish America. Sandusky, Ohio. 1C035. 19030. 19037. 19038. 1C039. 20555. 21278. 24812. 11013. 11014. IIOIG. 11218. 12415. 10919. 19022. 23183. 24066. Saiut John's River, Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Saint John's River, Florida. Xorth Carolina. Sandusky, Ohio. Alpena, Michigan. Sandusky. Ohio. Tangipahoa River, Mississippi. Saudu.sky, Ohio. Aiix Plaines, Illinois. 132. Acantharcus pomotis (Bd.) Gill. 17844. IN'ew Jersey. 20353. Trenton, New Jersey. 133. Chaenobryttus gulosus (C. &V.) Gill. C'hcenohrijttvs viiidis (C. & V.) Jordan. 24054. Wat.sou's Creek, Xew Jersey. 18384. Saint John's River, Florida. 18385. 18387. 18514. 18515. " 18516. " 18517. 18519. 18520. " 18521. 19096. 19097. 19098. 134. Apomotis cyanellus (Raf.) Jordan. 20052. Cumberland River, Tennessee. 135. Lepomis auritus (L.) Gill. 4220. - Florida. 6246. Sing Sing, Xew York. 77.57. 7775. ■' " 8099. Rivers of e.ist coast of United States. 19099. Saiut Johns River, Florida. 19100. 24753. "Washington Market (from N. C ) 24754. - .. ' ' 24755. 24756. " u 24757. " a 24758. " « 24759. " •< 24700. " •• 24761. " <• 24769. '• .< 24809. " •• 1.5351. Su.squehanna River, Pennaylv.aniii. 18017. 20305. Havre de Grace, Maryland. 21453. Potomac River. 22230. 136. Lepomis pallidus (Mitch.) Gill & Jordan 11006. Sandusky, Ohio. 11069. 11070. 11217. " . 12409. 19109. Saiut John's River, Florida 19113. 19114. 19116. 19118. 19119. Proc. Nat. Mns. 80- 19123. Saiut John's River, Florida 1912.5. 19126. 19127. 19128. 19129. •' u lOl.'il. 191.32. " I. 191.33. " » 24702. Xorth Carolina. •24703. " ■i May 26, 1880. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 3.37. Lepomis punctatus. 17948. Saint Jobu'.s Iliver, Florida. 18361. 18363. , 18365. 18366. 18375. 18377. Saint John's River, Florida. 18464._ 18473." 18477. " " 18480. " " 23170. Florida. 138. Xenotis sanguinolentus (Ag.) Jordan. 16922. Tangipahoa Eiver, Missis.sippi. 3.39. Xenotis peltastes (Cope) Jordan. 3274. Racine, "Wisconsin. 9266. Michigan, 340. Xystroplites heros (B. & G.) Jordan. ■4158. Saint Louis, Missouri. 141. Eupomotis aureus (Walb.) Gill & Jordan. ai063. :no64, 11065. 112952. 14941. i4L»42. 149i;2. .18200. a8261. 218202. 18263. 18264. 18265. 18266. JS267. 18268. Sandusky, Ohio. South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. Washiuiiton Market. 18269. 18270. 18271. 18272. 18273. 18274. 18275. 18276. 18277. 19631. 20304. 228C3. 24668. 24768. 24810. 24877. "Washington Market. Havre de Grace, Maryland. Potomac River, Washington, D. C. Aux Plaines, Illinois. "Washington Market, from North Carolina. 3.42. Eupomotis speciosus (Holbr.) Gill. 18364. -18309. 18371. 18373. 18383. 184C9. 18478. 19103. Saint John's River, Florida. 19106. 19107. 19108. 19110. 19115. 19117. 19120. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 3.43. Enneacanthus margarotis Gill & Jordan. 20494. AVatson's Creek, Mercer County, New Jersey. 3.44. Enneacanthus obesus (Baird) Gill. 24659. • San Francisco Market, California. 3.45. Centrarchus irideus (Bo.sc.) C.& V. 7747. -24601. 124C62. 2S«76. -.24677. :24748. Tarborough, North Carolina. AVashington Mi.rket, fromN. Carolina. Noith Carolina. "Washington Market, fromN. Carolina. 24749. "Washington Market, from Nortli Carolina, 24750. 24751. 24752. 24766. 24808. PROCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 99 146. Ponioxys iiigromaculatus (LeS.) Giraid. 10382. Xorfolk, Virginia. 18524. 10386. " " 18525. 11007. Sandusky, Ohio. 1852G. 11011. .. 19312. 11160. " 19313. 12805. Norfolk, Virginia. 19314. 17903. Saint John's Kiver, Florida. 19315. 17964. Wilmington, North Carolina. 19317. 17005. " 19318. 17067. " " 19319. 17969. " 19320. 17970. " 23181 18350. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 24767 18351. 24891. 147. Pomoxys annularis Eaf. 23182. Mississippi Vallej". 148. Epinephelus striatus (Blocli) Gill. 18088. Bemiuda. 18089. 18090. 18091. 18092. 18093. 18094. 18095. 18096. 18097. 18098. 18099. 18100. Kinston, North Carolina. Licking Eiver, Ohio. Sandusky, Ohio. "Washington Market. SERRANID^. Bermuda. 149. Epinephelus guttatus (Gmelin) Goode. 12709. Bermuda. 18113. 18119. 150. Epinephelus morio (Cuv.) Gill. 22775. Bermuda. 151. Centropristis atrarius (Linu.) Barn. 19644. Florida. 20182. Bermuda. 21683. 10642. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17181. 10667. " 17182. 14321. Noank, Connecticut. 17183. 14322. " 17184. 14323. " 17241. 14324. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19300. 14325. " 19417. 16026. " 19511. 16574. " 19641. 17174. Noank, Connecticat. 19828. 17175. 21440. 17176. 22378. 17177. " 22800. 17178. " 22959. 17179. 24584. 17180. Noank, Connecticut. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Beaufort, North Carolina. Florida. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Cohasset Narrows, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. East coast of United States. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 152. Diplectruni fasiculare (C. & V.) Holbrook. 24692. Off Charleston, South Carolina. 100 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. ETHEOSTOMATID^. 153. Percina caprodes (Eaf. ) Giranl. 1152. Mcadville, Peimsylvania. Eacine, Wisconsin. 1201. 1202. 1223. 1246. 1204. 1J06. Wisconsin. Columljus, Ohio. Westport, New York. Poland, Obio. 1017. Poland, (Jhio. 13C9. Yellow Creek, Ohio. 1394. Madrid, 5fcw York. 8145. Ohio. 9GG2. " 9731. Potomac River. 20407. Pennsylvania. 154. Diplssiuni blennioides (Raf.) Jordau. 1307. Black lUver, Ohio. PEECID^. 155. Perca fluviatili.^. Perca americana Schrank. 7118. Sandusky, Ohio. 7259. 7281. 7344. 7345. 7^30. 7441. 7478. 7878. 8094. 8713. r831. 8832. 8883. 10327. 10330. 11001. 11003. 11004. '11005. 11140. 11150. 11176. 12321. 12324. 12325. 12947. (5^ Ohio. Sandusky, Ohio. Ohio. Ecorse, Michigan. Sandusky, Ohio. Deep Lake, Illinois. Sandusky, Ohio. Van Hutton Lake, Michigan. "WashinKton Market. South nadl.n- Falls, Massachusetts. Washington Market. 14976. 15333. 15334. 15335. " 15336. " 15337. 15338. " 15339. 15340. 15341. 15342. 15343. 15344. 15345. " 15346. 15347. 15348. 15402. Chapman's Landing, Marj'land. 18527. Kinston, North Carolina. 18528. 19450. 19491. 19779. 19781. 19782. 19783. 20550. Potomac Eiver. Sandusky, Ohio. Illinois. 156. Stizostethiuai vitreum (Mitch.) Jordan ».t Coprland. StizostetMuvi americanum (Cuv.) Gid. 10811. Sandu.sky, Ohio. 11181. Ausable, Michigan. 11182. 11183. 11184. 11186. 12391. Ecorse, Michigan. 12392. 12396. 19709. Ecorse, Michigan. 19770. 22704. East coast of Fnited States. 22705. 22706. " " 22707. " " 22715. " " 22741. '• " 1D7. Stizostethium caaadense (Smith) Jordan, 22238. Memiibis, Teunesseo. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 101 LACRACID.E. 158. Morone aniericana (Gmel.) Gill. IToO. SiiiK Sinir, Xow York. Potomac Kiver. "WootVs Holl, Masaacliusctta. AVaslunston Market. 10633. 10634. 10G90. 10729. 10730. 13354. 14319. 15323. 15324. 15325. 15326. 15327. 15328. 15329. 15330. 15331. 15332. 159. Roccus lineatus (Bl. Schn.) Gill. 10693. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Norfolk, Virginia. "Washington Market. 12808. 19321. 19322. 19323. 19324. " 19325. 1U326. 19327. 19328. 19329. 19330. 19331. ' = 19332. '• 19333. 160. Roccus chrysops (Raf.) Gill. 9142. Sandusky, Ohio. IIOOG. llO.-.l. 161. Paralabrax clathrata Girard. 17037. Santa Cruz Island, California. 15471. 15472. 17127. 17128. 17129. 17130. 17242. 17243. 17244. 17245. 17246. 17247. 17248. 17249. 17250. 22308. 24925. 19334. 19335. 19336. 19337. 19338. 19339. 19447. 19613. 22714. 22726. 22960. 23117. 24807. 24846. Chapman's Landing, Maryland. Noauk, Connecticut. Potomac Kiver. New York Market. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. "Washington Market. Potomac Kiver. Holyoke, Mas.sachusetts. East coast of "United States. "Washington Market. North Carolina. "Washington Market. 12468. Sandusky, Ohio. 19020. I 17038. Santa Barbara, California. EPHIPPIIDiE. 162. Parephippus quadratus (Gliu.) Gill. 19493. Beaufort, North Carolina. POMATOMID^. 163. Pomatomus saltatrlx (Linn.) Gill. 10768. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17587. 14097. Noank, Connecticut. 17588. 14312. " " 17589. 14313. " 17590. 14314. " " 17591. 14315. " 17592. 14316. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17593. 14318. " 17594. 15554. New York Market. 17595. 1G124. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18491. 1G125. " 18492. 16139. Menemsha Bight, Massachusetts. 190.54. 1G371. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19301. 17585. Noank, Connecticut. 22719. 17586. " " 22762. Noank, Connecticut. Saint John's Kiver, Florida. AVood's Holl, Massachusetts. East coast of Ilnited States. "Wood's Holl, Massachuaetta. 102 PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, AMMODYTID^. 164. Ammodytes americanus De Kay. 13095. Wood's IIoll, Massacliusetts. 16193. 16559. ISTaiitucket, llhode Island. 19830. Wood's Holl, Massacliusetts. 19842. 22841. ECIIENEIDID.E. 165. Echeneis nr.uciateoides (Zneiew). 20702. Xewport, llhude Iijlaod. 20843. 22776. East coast of United States. 22917. East coast of United States. 22918. SPHYEiENID^. 166. Sphyraena borealLs De Kay. 18754. Wood' s Uoll, Massacliusetts. 18767. 18755. 18768. 18756. 18769. 18757. 18770. 18758. 18771. 18759. 18772. 18760. 18773. 187C1. 18774. 18762. 18775. 18763. 18776. 18764. 18777. 18765. 18773. 18766. MUGJ] LID^. 18767. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 167. Mugil albula Linu. , Mugil Uneahis Mitcli. 14930. K'orth Carolina. 15307. Washington Market. 15308. 15309. 15310. 15311. 15312. " 15313. " 1531.5. " 15316. " 15317. 15318. 15319. 15320. 15321. 15.322. 185G8. 18569. 18570. 18571. 18572. 18804. 18805. 18806. 18807. 21635. 22387. 22777. 24510. 24697. Wa.sliington Market. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Xewport, Ehodo Island. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. !N"ear Ch.arleston, South Carolina. 168. Mugil brasiliensis Ag. 24505. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 169. Mugil cephalotus Cuv. & Val. 18003. Honolulu, Hawaii. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 103 ATHERINID^. 170. Chirostoma menidiutn (L.) Gill. Christoma notata (Mitch.) Gill. 13318. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17630. 17631. " 17632. " " 17633. 17634. " 17635. 17636. 17638. " " 17639. " " 17640. " " 17641. 17642. " " 17643. " " 17644. " " 17645. 17646. 17647. 17648. 17649. 17650. 17651. 17652. 17653. 17654. 17655. 22858. 23157. 24541. 24923. "Wood s Holl, Massachusetta. Orland, Wood Maine, s Holl, Massachnsetts. BELONID.E. 171. Belone longirostris (Mitch.) Gill. 14018. Noank, Connecticut. 17574. 17575. 17576. 17577. 17578. 17579. 17580. 17581. 17582. 17583. 17584. 18833. 18834. 18835. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18836. 18837. 18838. 18839. 18840. 18841. 18842. 18843. 18844. 18845. 18846. 20629. 21451. 22371. 22773. Wood s Holl, Massachusetts. 172. Belone hiaus. 21424. New York Market. 173. Belone latimanus Poey. 18721. "Woods Holl, Massachusetts. 21421. New York Market. SCOMBRESOCID^. 174. Hemirhamphus Pleii Val. 18132. Bermuda. 18133. 18134. " * 18135. " 18136. " 18137. " 175. Scombresox saunis (Walb.) Flem. Scomberesox scutellatus LeS. 19196. "Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 19197. 19203. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 19204. 19205. " 18138. 18139. 18140. 18141. 18142. 18143. 19206. 19207. 19208. 19845. Bermuda. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts.- 104 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 176. Escx lucius Linn. 11025. Sandusky, Ohio. 11027. " " 11143. 177. Escx iiobilior Thomx^son. 11028. Sandusky, Ohio. 178. Esox americanus Gmelin. 1587. Piermont, New York. ESOCID.T:. 12942. 15659. 17784. 6814. 15711. New York. New York Market. South. Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. New York Market. Sandusky, Ohio. I 11029. Sandusky, Ohio. 15716. Now York Market. 20350. Trenton, New Jersey. 24771. Long Island, New York. 179. Esox reticulatus LeS. Norfolk, Virginia. 10388. 12453. 12943. 15012. 17785. South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. Washington Market. Norfolk, Virginia. 17786. Norfolk, Virginia. 24848. Washington Market 24892. 24896. UMBRIDJi:. 180. Umbra limi (Kirt.) Giiutli. Melanura limi (Kirt.) Ag. 8807. Northfield, Illinois. 181. Dallia pectoralis Beau. 6661. Saint Michael's, Alaska. I 9288. Eacine, Wisconsia. CYPRINODONTIDyE. 182. Cyprinodoa variegatus Lac. 17706. Noank, Connecticut. 17707. 17708. " " 17709. 17710. " " 17711: " " 17712. " " 17713. " " 17714. " " 17715. " " 17716. " " 17717. " " 17718. '■ " 719. 720. 721. 722. 724. 725. 726. 727. 728. 729. 730. 19. Noank, Connecticut. 24581. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 183. Fundulus pisculentus (Mitch.) Vul. 13762. 13901. 13903. 17681. 17682. 17683. 17684. 17685. 17686. 17687. 17688. 17689. 17690. 17691. 17092. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Casco Bay, Maine. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17693. 17694. 17695. 17696. 17097. 17698. 17699. 17700. 17701. 17702. 17703. 17704. 17705. 20888. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 105 184. Fundulus parvipiniiis. 24SS3. Sau Diego, Califoiiiia. 185. Hydrargyra majalis (Walb.) Val. ITOriO. AVood'a Holl, Massachusetts. 17GJ7. 17658. 176J9. 176G0. 17601. 17G02. 17633. 170S4. 17665. 1706G. 17GG7. 17G:S. 17CG9. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17670. 17671. 17672. 17673. " " 17G74. " " 17675. " " 17676. " " 17677. " " 17G78. " " 17679. " " 17680. " " PERCOPSID/E. 186. Percopsis guttatus A< G301. Lake Superior. 24772. Lake Superior. SYNODONTID^. 187. Synodus fcDteiis (Linii.) Gill. 195U7. Beaufort, North Carolina. MICROSTOMID^. 188. Mallotus villosu.s (Miiller) Cuv. 12698. Ilalitax, Xova Scotia. 189. Osmerus niordaz (Mitch.) Gill. 13330. Wood's Holl. Massachusetts. 13333. 13866. 13936. Noauk, Comiecticut. 16113. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 1G186. INoank, Corunecticut. 18971. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18972. 18973. • 18974. 18975. " " 190. Osmerus pacificus. 23184. Xaas Kiver, Oregon. 24924. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 1897fi. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18977. 18078. 18979. " " 18980. 19838. 20959. Buckspoit, Maine. 20964. 23173. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 24441. 24476. 1 231S3. Fraser River, British Columhia. COREGONIDiE. 191. Thymallus tricolor Cope. 11080. A usable Kiver, Michigan. 11094. Ausable Eiver, Michigan. 11083. 11095. 11084. 11096. 11088. _ " 11097. 11091. " 11098. 11092. " 19547. 11093. " " 19548. 192. Argyrosomus Artedi (LeS.) Hoy, A. clupeiformis (Mitch.) Ag. 6813. Great Lakes. 10801. Sandusky, Ohio. 11162. Sandusky, Ohio. 11195. Ausable River, Michigan. 106 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 193. Argyrosomus Artedi (LeS.) Hoy var. sisco Jor. 21501. Geneva Lake, "Wisconsin. SALMONID^E. 194. Salmo salar Linn. var. sebago Girard. 10543. Grand Lake, Maine. 12370. Sebes Pond, Maine. 20764. Schoodic Lake, Maine. 195. Salmo irideus Gibbous. 22336. 22338. 22353. 22354. 22356. 22359. 22361. 22402. 22404. 22405. 22406. 22419. 22420. 22421. 22422. 22423. 22424. 22425. 22420. 22427. 22428. 22429. McClond Kiver, California. California. McCloud Eiver, California. 22430. McCloiid Eiver, C alifomia 22431. 22432. 22454. 22455. 22456. 22457. 22458. 22459. 224C0. 22462. 22463. 22464. 22465. 22470. 22471. 22473. Clackam as Ptiver, Oregon. 22474. McCloud Eiver, California. 22475. 22476. 22484. Clackamas Eiver, Oregon. 22485. 196. Oncorhynchus quinnat (Ricli.) Gtlir. 22335. 22340. 22345. 22393. 22394. 22395. 22396. 22410. 22411. 22412. 22413. 22414. 22415. 22416. 22417. 22418. 22433. McCloud Eiver, California. 224:^4. 22435. 22436. 22437. 22438. 22440. 22441. 22444. 22445. 22447. 22448. 22449. 22481. 22482. 22483. 23153. McCloud Eiver, California. California. 197. Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitch.) Gill & Jor. 3613. Madrid, New Tork. 6820. Sing Sing, New York. 7064. 7988. Madrid, New York, 16098. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 16099. " " ' 21581 New York Market. 198. Salvelinus oquassa (Girard) Gill & Jor. 19521. New York Market. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 107 199. Salvelinus Bairdii (Suckley) Gill & Jor. 15533. MeCloud River, California. | 22357. Clackamas Eiver, Oregon. 22337. " " ' 22469. McCloud River. California. 22355. Clackamas River, Oregon. I ALEPIDOSAURID^. 20t). Alepidosaurus ferox Lowe. 22294. Oflf Gloucester, Massachusetts. 22640. 22641. LeHave Bank, 200-250 fathoms. 24243. Lat. 43° 00' X., Lon. 01° 18' W., 200 fths. 24244. Western part Lo Have Bank, 120 fathoms. 24290. Lat. 42° 37' X., Lon. 62° 55' W., 200 fathoms. 24207. HYODONTID^E. 201. Hyodon tergisus LeS. 11058. Sandusky, Ohio. 11170. " 11221. Cincinnati, Ohio. 12255. " " 12256. " 12257. " 12258. " " 12259. " " 12261. " " 12262. " " 12263. " " 12450. 12451. 12474. 12475. 1247C. 12478. 12480. 185G4. 18566. 18567. 22961. Ecorse, Michigan. Yellowstone Eiver. Pompey's Pillar. Yellowstone River. Sandusky. Ohio. Ecorse, Michigan. ALBULID^. 202. Albula vulpes. Allula conorhynchus Bl. Schn. 18144. Bermuda. 18145. 18146. " 18147. 18148. 18149. 18150. " 18151. " 18152. " 18153. Bermuda. 18154. 18155. 18156. 19788. ' 21560. Xew York Market. 21648. Newport. Rhode Island. 21859. New Bedford, Massachusetts. 21863. New London, Connecticut. 203. Elops saurus Linn. 15573. New York Market. 15574. 15580. 16852. 18573. 18.574. 18575. 18576. New Bedford, Massachusetts. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. ELOPID.E. 19037. Florida. 19649. Fort Macon, North Carolina. 19851. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts 19874. ■ u u 21559. New York Market. 22955. " 24802. " 24803. " DUSSUxMIERID^. 204. Etrumeus teres (DeKay) Brevoort. 19517. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 108 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. CLUPEIDiE. 205. Bravoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) Goode. llrcviwrtia'inenhaden (Mitcli.) Gill. 10G'J8. 143UJ. 14304. 14305. 14300. 14307. 14308. 14309. 14948. 16012. 16014. 10310. 18417. 18418. 18419. Wi)od's Holl, Massailiusetts. Xoauk, Counccticut. Wood's Holl, Masaachusetts. Saint Johu'a River. Florida. 18420. 18421. 18422. 18423. 18424'. 18425. 18420. 18427. 18428. 18429. 18431. 19043. 19045. 22801. 24434. 24465. Saiut John's River, Florida. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Yorktowu, Virginia, Wood's Holl, Masaachusetta. 206. Brevoortia patronus Goode. 21341. Pensacola, Florida. 1 22810. Pensacola, Florida. I 2282.5. 207. Alosa sapidissima (Wiis.) Liusly. Portland, Maine. Noank, Connecticut. Neu.se River, North Carolina. Washinijton Market. South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. Avoca, North Carolina. Gravesend Bay, New York. Avoca, North Carolina. East coast of United States. Avoca, North Carolina. 5472. New Bedford, Massachusetts. 14.')00. 10626. Potomac River. 14301. 10627. " 14847. 10629. " 14931. 12944. South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. 14934. 12945. " " 18513. 12946. " " 19209. 14292. Noank, Connecticut. 20469. 14293. " " 20472. 14294. " " 20970. 14295. Portland, Maine. 21225. 14296. ^ " " • 21414. 14297. * " " 22953. 14298. " " 23107. 14299. " " 208. Opisthonema thrissa Gill. 19463. Eastern shore of Vii-ginia. 209. Pomolobus aestivalis (Mitcli.) Goode & Bean. P. pseuduhareriffus (Wils.) Gill (in part). 22370. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. | 23175. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 210. Pomolobus vernalis (Mitcli.) Goode & Bean. P. pseudoharenijus (Wils.) Gill (in part) 14848. Noank. Connecticut. 21439. Cohasset Narrows, Massachusetts. 22369. Wood'.s Holl, Massachusetts. 22786. 23176. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 23177. 23178. 211. Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson) Gill. Under this name, which is now known to have been bestowed npon the two distinct species immediately preceding it in this list, a number of specimens were distributed in 1877. Pomolobus vernalis may be at PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 109 once separated from P. a'sUvaUs by its larger eye aud higher fins, catalogue numbers of the mixed lot follow. The 10G44. 10645. 10609. 10699. 10700. 10732. 10753. 14268. 1427G. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, PoitLiiiil, Maiue. 14279. 14280. 14281. 14283. 14283. 1428G. 14945. 14946. 212. Pomolobus mediocris (Mitch.) Gill 5470. New Bedford, Massachusetts. 10624. rotomac riiver. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 10640. 10647. 10671. 10C88. 12500. 12802. 15237. Potomac ItivoT. Koifolk, Virsinia. PotOTuac Iliver. 1 67.^3. 18432. 18433. 19456. 19715. 19751. 197S5. 10871. 213. Clupea Larengus LiiiL!iT?iis. 14217. Eastport, Maine. 14259 14218. H7.-W 14220. 147." 8 14230, 175C7 14232. 17508 14235. 175C9 14238. P(ArtI;;iid, Maine. 17570 14241. . 17.571 14242. 17572 14245. 17573 14248. 216i-7 142.- 1. 22306 14253. Wood's H«:ll, M: ssachi setts. 21526 142.-7. •' Portland, Maine. East coast of United States. Potomac River. Saint John's ttiver, Florida. Potomac Eivei'. Foit Macon, North Carolina. East coa.st of "Cnited States. New Jjedford, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Ea.stport, Maine. Ipswich Eay, Ma.ssachusetts. \\ood'.s Holl, Massachusetts. DOKOSOMID.E. 214. Do osoina cepedia- uni (Lae.) Gii! Vrashiu'.:ton M.iikct. 12314. 12315. 128;;3. 14991. 1.5073. 17131. 17132. 17133. 17134. 17135. 17136. 17137. Norfolk. Virjrinia. Potomac Ilivtr. New York Market. Potomac r.iver. 171^8. Potomac Eiver. 17130. 17141). 17141. 18435. Saint John's Piver, Florida. 1843G. 18417. 18529. Kinston, North Carolina. ■18530. 19S73. East coast of United States. 24678. Vrashinyiton Market. 24975. ENGRAULID.E. 215. Sngraulis vittatus (Mitch.) Bd. & Giiaid. 19003. 19004. 19005. 19006. 19007. 19008. 19009. 19010. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19011. 19012. 19013. 19014. 19015. 19016. 19017. Wood's Holl, Mas-sachu-setts. 110 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. CATOSTOMIDJi:. 216. Myxostoma macrolepidota (LeS.) Jor. 24850. AVasliington Market. I 24898. Washington Market. 24895. • •■ I 217. Erimyzon sucetta (Lac.) Jor. 1824.'). Potomac Eiver. 1824G. 18247. 18248. 18249. Potomafc Rivor. 18250. 18251. 24897. 'Wasbiuirton Market. 218. Hypentelium nigricans (LeS.) Jordan. Catostomxi.s yivjrlcans LfSutnir. 7679. Yellow Creek, Ohio. | 153.57. Susquehanna P.irer, Pennsylvania. 8303. Aux Plaines, lUiaoi.s. 1 19868. Yellow Creek, Ohio. 8762. " '■ I 19870. 9152. lUinois. I 219. Catostomus commersonii (Lac.) Jordan. 6853. Port Huron, Wisconsin. 7677. Cleveland, Ohio. 7706. " 7777. "Wiscon.sin. 7781. 8409. Yellow Creek, Ohio. 8440. Eacine, Wisconsin. 8457. Port Huron, Wisconsin. 8501. Detroit River, Michigan. 8728. Huron River, Wisconsin. 8870. Alabama. 8984. Cleveland, Ohio. 9054. Racine, Wisconsin. 9059. Ohio. 9170. Western States. 9207. Lake Champlain. 9393. Ecorse, Michigan. 9G46. " 20097, Sing Sing, ISTew York. 20241. Near Richmond, Indiana 20268. Root River, Wisconsin. 24849. Washington Market. 220. Catostomus longirostrum LeS. 8437. Essex County, New York. CYPRINID^. 221. Hybopsis aniarus (Grd.) Cope. 15379. Chapman's Point, Maryland. 222. Luxilus corimtus (Mitch.) Jordon. 7377. Yellow Creek, Ohio. 8556. 9431. Aux Plaines River, Illinois. 153.58. Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania. 19850. Aux Plaines River, Hlinois. 223. Semotilus corporalis (Mitch.) Putnam. 7435. Westport, New York. ( 8833. 8308. Root River, Wisconsin. 8956. 8336. Westport, Lake Champlain. 8965. 8741. Black River, Ohio. I 224. Semotilu.'s bullaris (Raf.) Jordon. Semotilus rhothcus Cope. Semotilus argenteus (Storer) Putnam. 7823. New England, and New York. j 12933. 8775. ■■ ' ' " I lo404. 8979. " '■ j 19848. 8985. •• " 19869. 9107. '■ " 22857. 9645. 225. Ceratichthys biguttatus (Kirt.) Girard. C31G. Llack River, Ohio. j 18019. 15361. Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. I Black Warrior River, Alabama. Racine, Wisconsin. Quebec, Canada. South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. New England and New York. Sing Sing, New York. Schoodic Lake, Maine. Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. PROCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Ill 226. Rhinichthys cataractae (C. & V.) Jordan. Iihinic}tth:is nasutus (Ayres) Ag. 8505. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 227. Noteniigoniis americanus (L.) Jordon. 92^7. AVashiiigton Market. 11074. Sandusky, Ohio. 11152. 11153. " " 11154. 17792. 17793. 17794. 17795. 18323. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 183:4. 18325. " " 1832G. " " 18327. 18329. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 18330. 18331. 19063. 190C4. 190C5. 19060. 190G7. 19068. 19060. 23109. Avoca, North Carolina. 23110. 23111. 228. Exoglossum mazillingua (LeS.) Haldemau. 77C0. Kew York to Ohio and Maryland. I 15360. Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. 9044. " " " ' 229. Idus melanotus Heckel. 22973. Druid llill Ponds, Baltimore, Maryland. 230. Carassius auratus (Linu.) Bleeker. 18293. "Wa.shington Market. 18291. 18292. 18293. 231. Cyprinus carpio Linn. 22964. Druid Hill Ponds, Bixltimore, Md. 22966. 18294. Washington Market. 18297. 20965. New York Market. 22968. Druid Hill Ponds, Baltimore, Md. 22969. " '• " I 12250, ! 12251 ' 12252, 12282 12283 212i SILUEID^. 232. Ichthaelurus punctatus (Raf. ) Jordan. 1540. Cincinnati, Ohio. 8882. Michigan. 11118. Sandusky, Ohio. 11123. 12247. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1224S. 12249. " ■ 'V 233. Amiurus nigricans (LeS.) Gill. 21269. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 234. Amiurus albidus (LeS.) Gill. I486. Potomac Elver. 15352. Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. 19930. Washington Market. 20299. Havre de Grace, Maryland. 23188. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 235. Amiurus lophius Cope. 15829. Huntington, Maryland. Cincinnati, Ohio. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. I 21270. Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 23190. Washington Market. 23191. 24851. 24893. 1 15830. Huntington, Maryland. 236. Amiurus natalis (LeS.) Gill var. lividus (Raf.). 8847. Western and Southern United States. I 9220. Western and Southern United States. (7). 237. Amiurits vulgaris (Thomp.) Nelson var. ^lurus (Grd.). 1507. North Eed Eiver, Minnesota. 112 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 238. Amiurus catus (L.) Gill. Amiurus nebulosuH (LeS.) Gill. 1433. Sing Sing, New Toik. Cbesapcake Bay. Washiniiton Market. 1479. 8444. 8G9.1. 9085. 9730. 9732. 12940. 15353. 18278, 18279. 18280. 18281. 18282. PhilaiU'liiliia. Pennsylvania. Wasliington Market. South Hadley Falks, Massachusetts. Bainbriflge, Pennsylvania. WashingtoQ Market. 18283. 18284. 18285. 18286. 18287. 18288. 18289. 19453. 20378. 20454. 22108. 23186. 23189. 24852. "Washington Market. Potomac Kiver. South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania'. Washington Market. Potomac River. Wa.shiugton Market. 239. Amiurus mela.s (Raf.) Jordan & Copcland. I 1525. Patapsco River. 1497. Novthlielil. Illinois. 1514. Racine, Wisconsin. 7."i97. Cook County, Illinois. 240. Noturus insignis (Rich.) Gill «fc Jordan. Xotii.n(s marjjinutus Baird. 1470. James River, Virginia. 194.54. Potomac River. 15354. Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. 23187. " 18012. " 23196. "■ 18016. 241. Noturus exilis Nelson. 1438. South Grand River, Missouri. 242. Noturus gyrinus (Mitch.) Raf. 1430. Near Piermont, New York. 243. Ariopsis felis (L.) Gill & Jordan. 22751. ? CONGRID^. 244. Conger oceanica (Mitch.) Gill. 19495. Beaufort, North Carolina. I 22797. East coast of United States. ANGUILLIDyE. 245. Anguilla rostrata (LeS.) De Kay. Anguilla hostonicnsis (LeS.) De Kay. 18583. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 13584. 13586. 13589. 13590. 14051. Noank, Connecticut. 14183. 14184. 14185. " " 14180. 14188. 14191. u u 14194. .' '' 14195. 14190. 14200. '• " 14202. 14203. 14211. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 14216. Eastport, Maine. 1G115. 16146. 17220. 17221. 17222. 17223. 17224. 17225. 17226. 17227. 17228. 17229. 17230. 207G6. 22G54. 22711. 22910. 24422. 25093. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Noank, Connecticut. Grand Lake Stream, Maine. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 113 SIMENCHELYID^. 246. Simenchelys parasiticus Gill. 21675. Le Have Bank. 21676. 21849. 21862. 22791. 22794. 22888. 23071. 23072. 23075. 23076. 24370. "Western Bank, 200 fathoms. Banquereau. Grand Banks. Lat. 43° 25' 2f,, Lon. 60° 20' "W. Grand Bank.s. Lat. 44° 17' N., Lon. 58° 10' W., 120 fths. Banquereau. Lat. 43° 18' N., Lon. 60° 24' "W., 250 fths. Lat. 43'^ 15' N., Lon. 50° 20' W., 200 fths. 24384. 24385. 24386. 24387. 24388. 24395. 24414. 24426. 24427. 24428, 24429. 24733. Lat. 42° 48' N., Lat 42° 37' N., Lat. 43° 05' N., Lat. 44° 12' ST., Lat. 43° 27' N., Lat. 44° 02' i^., Lat, 43° 42' N., Lat. 42° 37' N., Lon. 63° Lon. 62° Lon. 61° Lon. 58° Lon. 60° Lon. 59° Lon. 59° Lon. 66° W., 130 fathoms. 55' W., 200 fathoms. 03' W., 150 fathoms. 56' "W., 230 fathoms. W., 150 fathoms. "W., 300 fathoms. 10' W., 300 fathoms. 55' W., 200 fathoms. Lat. 44° 12' N., Lon. 58° 56' "W., 230 fathoms. Lat. 43° 27' N., Lon. 60° W., 150 fathoms. Lat. 43° 48' W., Lon. 59° W., 300 fathoma. MUE^NID^. 247. Muraena sanctas-helense. 20183. Bermuda. SYNAPHOBRANCHID.^. 248. Synaphobranchus pinnatus (Gronow) Gtbr. 21683. 21684. 21685. 21848. 21860. 21868. 21871. 22792. 22889. 22892. 22893. 23077. 23078. 23080. 23083. Le Have Bank. Western Bank, 200 fathoms. Le Have Bank, 150 fathoms. L-at. 43° 23' N., Lon. 60° 40' W., 280 fths. Lat. 59° 50' N., Lon, 43° 25' W., 300 fths. Lat. 42° 47' N., Lon. 63° 10' W. Grand Banks. Grand Banks, 200 fathoms. 30 miles S. N. W. light of Sable Island. Lat. 4.3° 53' K., Lon. 58° 51' W., 250 fths. Lat. 43° 53' N., Lon. 58° 51' W., 250 fths. !Near George's Bank. Banquereau. 23145. 23146. 24209. 24210. 24216. 24271. 24272. 24352. 24353. 24383. 24390. 24430. 24734. 24735. 249. Amia calva Linnoeiis. Falls of the Missouri Mississippi Valley. 3227. 6702. 9502. 11017. 11018. 11134. 11135. 11137. 11139. 11141. 12495. 16584. Sandusky, Ohio. AMllDM. 18545. 18546. 18547. 18548. 18549. 18550. 18551. 18552. 18553. 18555. 23104. New York Market. Banquereau. Lat. 44° 29' IST., Lon. 57° 09' "W., 250 fathoms. Banquereau. Lat. 44° 30' N., Lon. 57° 08' "W., 200 fathoms. Lat. 43° 41' N., Lon. 59° 15' "W., 200 fathoms. Lat. 42° 41' N., Lon. 62° .58' W., 200 fathoms. Lat. 44° 30' N., Lon. 57° 08' W., 200 fathoms. Lat. 47° 20' ]Sr., Lon. 50° 48' "W., 48 ftithoms. Lat. 43° 25' N., Lon. 60° W., 180 fathoms. Lat. 44° N., Lon. 58° 30' W., 160 fathoms, Lat. 43° 05' Jr., Lon. 61° 03' W., 150 fathoma. Southern p.art of Western Bank. Grand Banks, Lat. 44°. Mississippi Valley. Aroca, North Carolina, LEPIDOSTEID^. 250. Lepidosteus osseus (Liun.) Ag 3236. Potomac Eiver. Mississippi Valley. 6785. 9510. 9512. 10G37. 10717. 12493. Potomac Eiver. Detroit, Michigan. Proc. Nat. Mus. 80- 15366. 15449. 15450. 15451. 15452. 18298. 18523. Potomac Elver. Saint John's Biver, Florida, Kinston, Nortli Carolina. jHiae r, 1880. 114 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Potomac Eiver. Florida. 18556. 18558. 18559. 185G0. 18501. 185G2. 19048. 19444. 19445. 19446. 251. Lepidosteus platystomus Eafinesque. 9505. Great Lakes and W. to Eocky Mts. | 12497. 19875. Potomac Eiver. 22496. '■ 23102. Avoca, North Carolina 25149. Potomac Eiver. 251 5L " 25153. " 25154. " 25155. " 25158. " Great Lakes and "W. to Eocky Mts. POLYODONTIDiE. .252. Polyodon folium Lac 3234. Foxburg , Pa. 3235. Tennessee. 12228. Cincinnati, Ohio. 12229. 12230. 12231. 12232. 12233. 12297, 12331. 12334. 12414. 15475. 15480. 15481. 15482. 15483. ACIPENSEKID^. Madison, Indiana. Cincinnati, Ohio. Madison, Indiana. 253. Acipenser oacyrhynchus Mitchell. 19897. Potomac Eiver. 22956. Potomac Eirer. 20336. " 22957. " 22703. " 254. Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus. 22974. Baltimore, Maryland. 255. Scaphirhynchops platyrhynchus (Raf.) Gill. . 2565. Cinci nnati, Ohio. 3246. Itepublican Eiver, Kansas. 3255. Cincinnati, Ohio, 12230. ' " 12237. ' " 12238. 1 11 * 12239. ■" 1 « 12240. " 12241. I X 12242. " 256. Chimaera plumbea Gill, 21805. Lat. 43° 51' X., Lon. 59° 05' W. 21858. Lo Have Bank, 21904. Banquereau. 22642. " 22667. Grand Banks, 23912. Banquereau, 23913. " 12244. 12245. 12461. 12463. 12473. 15476. 15478. 15479. 22158. Cincinnati, Ohio. It (( (I C( Yellowstone River. Madison, Indiana. Mt. Carmel, Illinois. CHIM^RID^. 23914. 24287. 24303. 24304. 24305. 24306. Lat. 43° 32' N"., Lon. 60° 21' "W., 250 fathoms. Lat. 42° 37' N., Lon. 62° 55' W., 200 fathoms. Lat. 44° 15' N., Lon. 58° 52' W., 250 fathoms. Lat. 44° N., Lon. 58° 30' "W., 160 fathoms. Pishing Banks, DASYBATID^. 257, Da.sybatis centrums (Mitcli.) Gill, MSS. 22938. i PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 115 258. Raia eglanteria Lac. 22270. Gloucester, Massachusetts. KAIID^. 24203. Provincetown, ilassachusetta. 259. Raia erinacea Mitch. 14156. "Wood's HoU, Massachnsetts. 14159. 14160. 14161. 14165. H169. 14172. 260. Raia ocellata Mitch. 14158. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 22886. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 24226. " " 24227. " " 261. Raia radiata Donovan. 14176. 2-2320. 22386. 22887. 22954. 24358. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Noank, Conuecticut. East coast of United States. Provincetown, Massachusetts. 24229. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 24230. 24248. Provincetown, Massachusetts. 21012. 21031. 21048. 21502. 21815. 22271. 22295. 22312. H.alifas, Nova Scotia. Salem, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Off Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gloucester, Massachusetts. Provincetown, Massachusetts. Off coast of Nova Scotia. "Wood'.s Holl, Massachusetts, 22662. 24310. 24354. 24608. 24631. 25193. 25210. Gloucester, Massachusetts. ODONTASPIDID^. 262. Eugomphodus littoralis Gill. 22720. East coast of United States. SPHYENID^. 263. Sphyrna zygaena (L.) Miill. «fe Henle. 22942. East coast of United States. | 22943. East coast of United States. GALEOEHINID^. 264. Eulamia obscurus (LeS.) Gill. 19420. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19421. 19422. " " 265. Mustelus canis (Mitch.) DeKay. 7298. East coast of United States. Beesley's Point, New Jersey. Noank, Connecticut. 19423. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19424. " 7301. 14153. 14154. 14754. 16006. 16028. 16213. 16214. 16215. 16242. 16243. 16244 Wood's Holl, Massachnsetts. 16245. 16:;46. 16247. 16248. 16580. 19257. 19425. 19426. 21854. 22712. 22941. 23163. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. Newport, Rhode Isl.ind. East coast of United States. Wood's HoU, Massachusetts. 116 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. SPINACID^. 266. Squalus acanthias Linnseus. Squaliig americanus (Storer) Gill. 19275. "Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 19921. Eastport, Maine. 19276. 19923. " " ' 19277. " " 21855. George's Bank. 19278. " " 22316. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 19279. " " 22660. " " 267. Centroscyllium Fabricii (RMt.) Miill. & Heule. 21G22. Lat. 42° 40' N., Lon 63° 50' "W., 250 ftlis. 23065. Banquereau. 21686. George's Bank. 23066. " 21836. Off Gloucester, Massachusetts. 23067. Lat. 44° 20' If., Lon. 57° 57' W. 22281. " " 24257. Lat. 43° 25' N., Lon. 60° W., 250 fathoms. 22637. Le Have Bank. 24300. Lat. 42° 37' N., Lon. 62° 55' W. 200 fathoms. 22743. Lat. 43° 56' N., Lon. 59° 04' "W. 24392. " " 22744. Banquereau. 24705. Lat. 43° 27' N., Lon. 51° 47' W. 200 fathoms 22749. Sable Lsland Bank. 24706. " " " . 22878. Lat. 44° 33' N., Lon. 53° 48' "W. 25105. Grand Banks. 22879. Lat. 44° 23' N., Lon. 53° 25' W., 200 fths. 25106. " 22880. Lat. 44° 38' N. , Lon. 57° 09' W. , 200 fths. 25111: Lat. 42° 46' IST., Lon. 65° 18' W. 200 fathoms 268. Centroscymnus ccElolepis Bocage & Capello. 21021. Lat. 42° 40' K., Lon. 63° 50' W., 260 fths. 23064. Banquereau. 21833. Grand Banks. 24295. Lat. 43° 25' K., Lon. 60° W., 180 fathoms. 21835. 24298. Lat. 42° 15' N., Lon. 58° 52' W. , 250 fathoms 21905. Banquereau. 24299. Lat. 42° 37' K"., Lon. 62° 55' W. , 200 fathoms 22282. " 24711. Lat. 44° N., Lon. 52° 50' W., 250 fathoms. 22668. Grand Banks, 200 fathoms. MYXI] '^ID^ 269. Myxine glutinosa LiuniBus. 21679. Le Have Bank. 23087. Lat. 44° 18' K., Lon. 58° 24' W. 150 fathoms. 22894. Lat. 44° 45' N., Lon. 53° 54' W., 400 fths. 23088. Grand Banks. 22895. Lat. 45° 03' K., Lon. 54° 30' "W., 85 fths. 23089. Lat. 44° 17' ISi ., Lon. 58° 10' W. 120 fathoms. 22896. Grand Banks. 23090. " " " • 22897. 24204. Grand Banks. 23085. Eastern part of George's Bank, 46 fths. 24367. Banquereau. 23086. " " " 24725. Lat. 44° 30' N., Lon. 58° 07' W. 200 fathoms. Washington, May 1, 1880. THE lilTTORAIi OTAKIIVE FAUNA OF PROVINCETOWIV, CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS. By RICIIARI> RATHBUIV. The species enumerated in the following list were, unless otherwise stated, all collected by the United States Fish Commission during the summer of 1879. As the list, however, represents only a few days' col- lecting, at intervals when the steamer was not available for dredging purposes, it must be considered as far from complete, especially as re- gards the smaller forms, while no attempt has been made t'> include the groups of Eutomostraca, Foraminifera, &c. Considering the fact that very little has yet been published concerning the shore animals of this region, I feel justified in offering the list in its present imperfect form in PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 117 order to supply more definite information as to the so-called boundary line separating- the Northern and Southern New England faunaj. llock exjwsures are entirely wanting about the outer extremity of Cape Cod, and the sandy areas which compose the most of that region are generally of so pure a character as to ofter little inducement to animal life in the way of food. The littoral fauna of Provincetown and vicinity is therefore less rich in specdes than a more diverse region would be. Nevertheless a more diligent search than has hitherto been insti- tuted would undoubtedly result in the finding of many species additional to those given below. Prof. H. E. Webster, who spent the entire sum- mer of 1879 in collecting and studying especially the shore annelids about Provincetown, obtained many new forms not included in this list. The localities examined in 1879 were about as follows: The inner beach of the cape in front of the town of Provincetown, from the dike on the south to Wood End on the north and ^rom high-water to low- water mark, including the eel-grass areas lying directly off the beach and the broad sand-flats in front of and behind it; the inner beach at Long Point; the piles of the wharves, especially" those at the ends of the long- steamboat and railroad wharves; and the outer beaches at Wood End, Kace Point, «S:c. A few interesting species obtained at Wellfleet by Professor Webster are included in the list, and I am also indebted to him fcr material from about Provincetown. The identifications of species are only partly mine. Prof. A. E. Verrill furnishes the lists of worms and Nudibranchs; Prof. S. I. Smith has kindly identified the Am])liipods and more difficult Decapods; and Mr. Sanderson Smith the more critical species of Mollusks. Mr. O. Harger has also examined the Isopods. In addition to the species contained in the list, a species of Chu'onomus in the larval stage was found abundantly on the shore, and one or more species of mites were common among Hydroids. Of the one hundred and fifty-seven species included in the list, all but twenty-one were previously known to range both to the north and south of Cape Cod. Of the species whose range has been extended, thirteen belong properly to the fauna of Southern New England and seven to that of Northern New England. The southern species are as follows: FaUene emjmsa, Pinnixa cJicctopterana, Gehia affinis, Mcera levis, Miero- deutopus grandimamts, Ampliithoe longlmana, Chelura terehrans, Caprella geometrica, Leptochelia algicola, Sigalion arenicola, Sthenelais picta, Antho- stoma robustum, and Leptosynapta roseola. The northern species are: Leptoclielia cwca, Fraxilla zonalis, Tetrastemma rermiculus, Flanocera eUiptica, Emhletonia fuscata, Stiliger fuscata, and Edicardsia sulcata. The only new littoral species discovered by the Commission, so far as the collections have been worked up, is Edwardsia pallida. Excepting- in a few necessary instances the synonymy of the species has been omitted, but references have been given in nearly all cases to American publications in which the synonymy and range of the several species and other information concerning them are discussed. New Haven, Conn., April 8, 1880. 118 PEOCEEDmGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. PYCKOGONIDA. Pallene empusa Wilson, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sciences, vol. v, p. 9, pi. iii, figs. 2ft to 2g, 1878. — Fhoxichilidium maxiUare Smith, Inv. of Vineyard Sound, p. 544, 1874 {non Stimpson). Found amongst the eel-grass, low water to ^ fathom. Former localities: Vineyard Sound (U. S. F. 0., 1871) and Noank, Conn. (U. S. F. C, 1874). MEEOSTOMATA. Limulus Polyphemus Latreille. Smith, Inv. V. S.,p. 580,1874. Very common along the entire inner shore of the cape, in the vicinity of Provincetown. The living specimens were usually encountered i^artly buried in the sand, near low-water mark. They sometimes attain a very large size in this region, but the majority of the specimens seen were from small to medium size and females. All the larger specimens col- lected were males. The cast skins or exuviae were sometimes so abun- dant that they nearly made up the little ridge of debris running along the upper part of the beaches. Two specimens, both females, were obtained in the act of molting; one was living, the other dead. In tbe case of the latter the operation of throwing off the old skin had advanced considerably, allowing us to measure accurately the increase in the size of the carapax for the past year. Of the exuvia, the greatest width of the carapax was 57'"'"; length of carai)ax along the median line, So"""* ; distance between the tips of the spines surmounting the compound eyes, 31.5'^'"; length of compound eye, 3.5""". The carapax of the newly expanded animal had a width of 07'""'; length, 45"""; distance between the spines of com- pound eyes, 43'"'"; length of compound eye, 5'"°'. The living specimen had only broken slightly through the outer skin, so that but one meas- urement could be made without destroj'ing it. The width of the old carapax was 124'""', of the new 141"'"^; but as the latter had suflered contraction in alcohol, it must have been larger originally. DECAPODA. Gelasinins pugnax Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. ii, p. 131, 1870; ibid., vol. v, p. 33, 1879; Inv. V. S., p. 545, 1874. Very abundant on the salt marshes and uj)per part of the beaches, between the town and Wood End Light. Also found at the same place by Prof. S. I. Smith and Mr. O. Harger, in 1872. Gelasimus pugilator Latreille. Smith, Tians. Conn. Acad., vol. ii, p. 136, 1870 ; ibid., vol. V, p. 33, 1879; Inv. V. S., p. 545, 1874. A few specimens only of this species have been noticed from Province- town ; they were found on the beach near the dike in 1872, by Smith and narcer. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 119 Pinuixa chaetopterana Stimi)., Ann. Lye. N. H., New York, vol. vii, j). 235, 18G0. Wellfleet, 1870; collected by Prof. H. E. Webster, wlio found it in great abimdaiice in the tubes of Amjyhitrite ornata, on the flats near the town. Platyonichus ocellatus Latr. Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 547, 1874; Trans. Conn. Acad., Tol. V, p. 33, 1879. Extremely abundant everywhere along the inner shore, in the vicinity of Provincetown, at low water and deeper. Large numbers were ob- served to be molting during August and the last of July, and fresh exuviiie were very common all through the latter half of the summer. One small specimen obtained while molting, and preserved in alcohol, aflbrded tbe following measurements: length of carapas in the exuvia, 35"'"; width, 42""°; length of freshly expanded carapax, partly con- tracted in alcohol, 38™™ ; width, 47'°™. The largest specimen taken on tbe shore measured: length of carapax, 71™™ ; width, 80™™. On August 10, and during one or more succeeding days, the young were seen swim- ming at the surface in countless numbers, but how ftir from the shore they extended was not determined ; they were very plentiful about the end of tbe long steamboat wharf. They varied in length of carapax from about 11™™ to 10 ™™. September 3 they were again abuudant, but less so than on the former occasion, and they remained nearer the shore, or at least closer to the bottom. At this time they were from 18™™ to 23™™ long. Carciiius maenas (Linn^) Leacli. Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, p. 34, 1879. — C. (jranidatus Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 547, 1874. Collected by Smith and Harger, 1872. Panopeus depressus Smith, Proc. Bos. Soc. N. H., vol. xii, p. 283, 1859; Inv. V. S., p. 547, 1874 ; Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, p. 37, 1879. Collected by Smith and Harger, 1872. Panopeus Sayi Smith, Proc. Bos. Soc. N. H., vol. xii, p. 284, 1859; Inv. V. S., p. 547, 1874 ; Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, p. 37, 1879. Found abundantly in the eel-grass off the dike, and also collected by Smith and Harger, 1872. Cancer irroratus Say. Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, p. 38, 1879. Common; shore, at low water. Libinia emarginata Leach. Smith, Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, p. 45, 1879.— i. cana^ Vwulata Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 548, 1874. Very abundant at low water, Provincetown ; several very large males were also obtained from Wellfleet Harbor, the largest measuring: length of carai)ax, 113™™; width, excluding spines, 103™™. Eupagurus longicarpus (Say) Stimp. Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 549, 1874; Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. V, p. 47, 1879. Very abundant. 120 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Gebia affinis Say. Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 549, 1874. This species was not collected at Proviiicetown, but was obtained from the flats at Wellfleet by Prof. H. E. Webster, in 1879, and seems to be abundant tliere. This is the first time it has been recorded from the north side of Cape Cod. Crangon vulgaris Fabr. Smitli, luv, V. S., p. 550, 1874; Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. V, p. 55, 1879. Very common along the shore. Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say) Stimp. Smith, Inv. Y. S., p. 550, 1874; Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. V, p. 88, 1879. Only a very few specimens of this species were collected, although it was diligently sought for. These were found in the eel-grass in front of the town and off the dike. SCHIZOPODA. Mysis stenolepis Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 551, 1874; Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, p. 103, 1879. A few specimens only were collected ; they were from the eel-grass in front of the town. AMPHIPODA. Orchestia agilis Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 555, 1874. Very abundant on the beaches, under dead sea-weeds, etc. Talorchestia longicornis(Say) Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 556, 1874. Very abundant on both the outer and inner beaches, burrowing deeply into the sand, about high-tide level. Talorchestia megalopthalma (Bate) Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 556, 1874. Associated with the preceding. Hyale littoralis (Stimp.) Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 556, 1874. Collected in 1879; and also in 1872, by Smith and Harger. Calliopius laeviusculus (Kroy.) Boeck. Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 557, 1874. Found upon the beach at Long Point among stranded sea weeds. Gammarus locusta (Linn6) Fabr., Systema Entomologia, 1775. Gonld, Inv. Mass., ed. I, p. 334, 1841. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns., No. 15, p. 139, 1879.^G. or- natus Edwards, Ann. des Sci. Nat., tome xx, p. 367, 1830; Hist. Nat. des Crust., tome iii, p. 47, 1840. Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 557, 1874. Only a few specimens of small size were obtained from the eel-grass in various places. The scarcity of this species at Provincetown is prob- ably due to the absence of rocks and of much rock- weed, which together form its favorite grounds. A comparison of Evu-opean with American specimens has enabled Professor Smith to establish the identity of G. ornatus and 0. locusta. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 121 Gammarus annulatus Smith, Iiiv. V. S., p. 5r)7, 1874. Shore aud flats at low water, and eel-grass ; abundant. Gammarus mucronatus Say, Jouru. Pliila. Acad., vol. i, j). 37G, 1818. Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 55U, 1874. Shore and flats at low water; very abundant. Moera levis Smith, luv. V. S., p. 559, 1874. In the eel- grass off the dike. Kot hitherto recorded from north of Vineyard Sound. Microdeutopus grandimanus Smith. — Autonoe grandimana Bruz., Skand. Amphip. Gamm., p. 26, 1859. — Microdeutopus minax Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 562, 1874. On the shore at low water, in the eel-grass off the dike, aud among the sea-weeds on the piles of the wharves. Formerly known on the American coast only from Vineyard and Long Island Sounds. Amphithoe longimana Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 563, 1874. Found at low water and in the eel-grass in one-half fathom. Pre- viously known only from south of Cape Cod. Corophium cylindricum (Say) Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 566, 1874. Eel-grass, one-half fathom. Chelura terebrans Philippi, Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 232, 1879. Abundant in old submerged piles of wharves, associated with Lim- noria Ugnornm aud Teredo navalis. First recorded from America in the l)aper of Professor Smith referred to above, but previously found by him at Wood's Holl in 1875. Caprella geometrica Say, Joiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., vol. i, p. 390, 1818, Smith, Inv. V. S., p. 567, pi. v, fig. 20, 1874. In the eel-grass, one-half fathom, and also obtained from floating sea- weeds in Provincetown Harbor. Hitherto recorded from south of Cape Cod only, but discovered by the Fish Commission at Quahog Bay, Maine, in 1873. ISOPODA. Jaera albifrons Leach. Harger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 158, 1879. — Jmra cojn- osa Stimpson, Mar. Inv. Grand Manan, p. 40, 1853. Harger, Inv. V. S., p. 571, 1874. Very abundant on the shore between tides, under loose stones and other objects; and also in the eel- grass in very shallow water. Chiridotea ccEca (Say) Harger, Am. Journ. Sci., Ill, vol. xv, p. 374, 1878. Shore, low water; only a few specimens collected. Idotea irrorata (Say) Edwards. Harger, Inv. V. S., p. 569, 1874 ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 160, 1879. — Idotea tricmindata Desm., Diet, des Sci. Nat., tome xxviii, p. 373, 1823. Very abundant on the shore, on piles of wharves, in the eel-grass, and swimming at the surface amongst floating sea-weeds. 122 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Idotea phosphorea Harger, Inv. V. S., p. 569, 1874. Occasioually foiiud swimiiiiug at the surftice in Proviucetown Har- bor, aud also upon the beach, with stranded sea-weeds. Epelys trilobus (Say) Smith, luv. V. S. , p. 571, pi. vi, fig. 28, 1874. Harger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., vol. ii, p. 160, 1879. Moderately abundant; shore, between tides, and in the eel-grass, one- half lathom; only si)ecimens of small to medium size were met with. Sphaeroma quadridentatum Say. Harger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 161, 1879. Abundant, but only specimens of small size were obtained; low water and between tides on the shore and flats, and ux^on eel-grass, in one-half fathom. Limnoria lignoruin (Eatlike) White. Harger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 161, 1879. In piles of old wharves, in company with Leptoclielia algicola and Chelura terebrans. Leptocbelia algicola Harger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 162, 1879. — Paratanais algicola Harger, Am. Journ. Sci. , III, vol. xv, -p. 377, 1878. Very abundant at low water, on eel-grass, in one-half fathom, and in old piles, associated with Limnoria lignorum and Chelura. Leptocbelia coeca Harger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 164, 1879. A single specimen only of this species was recognized among the shore collections. CIREIPEDIA. Balanus balancides (Linnc?) Stimp., Mar. luv. of Grand Manan, p. 39, 1853. Smith, luv. y.S., p. 579, 1874. Oommon on -piles of wharves, on shells, stones, and wood on the beaches, and occasioually found on floating fucus. On the piles it was usually of small size, but on stones lying on the beaches it often exceeded half an inch in diameter. Lepas fascicularis Ellis and Sol. Smith, luv. V. S., p. 579, 1874. On floating fucus in the harbor. ANNELIDA. Lepidonotus squamatus Leach. Verrill, Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound, p. 581, pi. 10, figs. 40, 41, 1874. On the piles of wharves. Harmothoe imbricata Malmg. Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. 582, 1874. Piles of wharves. SigaUon arenicola Ver., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 167, 1879. Shore, in sand, at low water. Stbenelais picta Ver., Inv. Y. S., p. 582, 1874; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 167, 1879. Shore, in sand, at low water. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 123 Nephthys ciliata Eatlike. Ver. , In v. V. S., p. 583, 1874. Shore, in sand. Phyllodoce catenula Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 587, 1874. Piles of wharves. Eulalia pistacia Ver., lav. V. S., p. 584, 1874. Piles of wharves. Autolytus cornutus A. Ag., Jour. Bos. Soc. N. H., p. 392, 1S63. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 590, pi. 13, figs. 65, G6, 1874. Piles of wharves, and among eel- grass near the beach. Nereis limbata Ehlers. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 590, pi. 11, fig. 51, 1874. Shore, in sand, and among eel-grass. Nereis virens Sars. Ver., Iqv. V. S., p. 590, pi. 11, figs. 47-50, 1874. Shore, in sand. Liimbrinereis fragilis A. and E. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 594, 1874 {Lumhriconereis). Shore, in sand. Lumbrinereis tenuis Ver., Check List, p. 8, 1879; Inv. V. S., p. 594, 1874 {Lunibrico- nereis). ■ Shore, in sand. Arabella opalina Ver., Check List, p. 8, 1879; Inv. V. S., p. 594, pi. 13, figs. 69, 70, 1874 (Lumbrico)iereis). Shore, in sand. Goniada gracilis Ver. , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 174, 1879. — Eone gracilis Yer., Iuv.V.S.,p.596,1874. Shore, in sand. Rhyuchobolus dibranchiatus Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 596, pi. 10, figs. 43, 44, 1874. Shore, in sand. Anthostoma fragile Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. 598, 1874. Shore, in sand. Anthostoma robustum Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 597, pi. 14, fig. 76, 1874. Shore, in sand. Scolecolepis viridis Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 600, 1874. Shore, in sand. Polydora ciliatum Clapar. (?) Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 603, pi. 14, fig. 78, 1874. Shore, in sand. Cirratulus grandis Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 606, pi. 15, figs. 80, 81, 1874. Shore, in sand. Notomastus luridus Ver., Inv. V. S,, p. 610, 1874. Shore, in sand. 124 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Notomastus filiformis Ver., Inv. V. S., p. Gil, 1874. Shore, iu sand. Praxilla zonalis Ver., Proc. Am. Ass. Adv. Sci., 1873, p. 384. Shore, in sand. Clymenella torquata Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. 608, pi. 14, figs. 71-73, 1874. Shore, in sand. Cistenides Gouldii Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 612, pi. 17, figs. 87, 87a, 1874. Shore, in sand. Nicolea simplex Ver. , InV, V. S., p. 613, 1874. ' Piles of wharf, and eel-grass.^ Scionopsis palmata Ver. , Inv . V. S. , p. 614, 1874. Piles of wharf. Polycirrus eximius Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. 616, pi. 16, fig. 85, 1874. Shore, in sand, and piles of wharf. Fabricia stellaris Blainv. — Fabricia Lddyi Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 619, 1874. Piles of wharf. Hydroides dianthus Ver., Check List, p. 11, 1879; Inv. V. S., p. 620, 1874 {Serpula). On piles of wharves, and incrusting living and dead shells of Pecten irradions, Ensatella americanaj Littorina Uttorea, Anomia glabra, &c.; also on fncus and other objects j especially abundant in the vicinity of the dike. Spirorbis borealis Daud. Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. 621, 1874. On fucns growing on the piles and floating at the surfacej abundant. Clitellio irrorata Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. 622, 1874. Shore, in sand, near high-water mark. Halodrillus littoralis Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 623, 1874. On the beach, under dead sea- weeds near high- water mark. GEPHYEEA. Phascolosoma Gouldii Dies. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 627, pi. 18, fig. 93, 1874. Shore, in sand. ENTEEOPi^EUSTA. Balanoglossus aurantiacus Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 627, 1874. Shore, in sand. NEMEETIN^A. Tetrastemma dorsalis M'Int. Ver. , Am. Journ. Sci. , vol. x, p. 40, 1875. Piles of wharves. Tetrastemma vermiculus Elir. (?) Ver. , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , p. 184, 1879. Piles of wharves. PROCEEDINGS OP UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 125 Liucus viridis Vcr., Am. Joiiru. Sci., vol. x, p. 40, 1875; luv. V. S., p. G28, 1874 {Nc- incrtcs). Piles of wharves. Cerebratulus ingens (Leidj') Ver., Check List, p. 12, 1879; luv. V. S., p. 630, 1874 (Alcckdia). Shore, in sand. Cerebratulus roseus (Leidy) Ver., Check List, p. 12, 187P; Inv.V. 'S., p, 030,1874 (Mcckdia). Shore, in sand. TUEBELLAEIA.* Planocera elliptica Gir., Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., p. 251, 1850. Piles of wharves, and on the shore nnder bits of wood, &c. Bdelloura Candida Gir. Ver. , Inv. V. S. , p. G34, 1874. Parasitic on Limulus Polyphemus. CEPHALOPODA. Ommastrephes illecebrosa (Les.) Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 034, 1874. — 0. sagitiatus Binney, in Gould, Inv. Mass., ed. II, p. 510, 1870. This species is caught in Provincetown Harbor during the summer and early fall in considerable numbers, to use for bait, and is often stranded upon the beaches at low tide. Prof. S. I. Smith and Mr. Oscar Harger, while at Provincetown in 1872, noticed large numbers of this squid about the docks, killing and eating young mackerel. Their obser- vations on the habits and appearance of the creature made at that time are given in the report of the United States Fish Commission for 1871-'72, pp. 441, 442, 1874. Loligo Pealei Les. Binney, in Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 514, 1870. Ver., luv. V. S., p. 035, 1874. Tliis species was not encountered at Provincetown by the Fish Com- mission, but it is rei^resented in the collection of Mr. J. H. Blake, of that place, by two pens taken from specimens caught in the harbor, in July, 1879. It is not abundant north of Cape Cod, although several speci- mens were procured at Annisquam, on the north side of Cape Ann, by Professor Hyatt, in 1878, and it has also been previously noticed from Massachusetts Bay. GASTEROPODA. Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say) Stimp. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 641, 1874. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 302,1870 {kassa). Yery common on many of the inner beaches, and extending up to high- tide level. It is especially abundant in places where the brackish water from i)onds runs down the face of the beach as it is left uncovered by the tide. * About six species of Bhabdocoola were collected, but they have not been determined. 126 PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Purpura lapillus (Linn6) Lam. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 360, 1870. Ver.,Iuv. V. S., p. G42, 1874. Shore, rare. Anachis avara (Say) Perkins. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 643, 1874. Gould, Inv. Mass., I, p. 313, 1841 ; li, p. 356, 1870 {Columhella). Eare; only a single specimen was found by the writer, but others have collected it at Provincetown. Astyrla lunata (Say) Dall. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 645, 1874. — Colunibella lunaia Gould, luv. Mass. , il, p. 359, 1870. Abundant in the eel-grass in front of the town and off" the dike. Lunatia hercs (Say) Adams. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 338, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 646, 1874. Very common along the entire inner shore, and often picked up dead on the outer beaches. Neverita duplicata (Say) Stimp. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 345, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 646, 1874. Abundant, associated with Lunatia lieros. Littorinella niinuta (Totten) Stimp. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 653, 1874. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 298, 1870 (Bissoa). Common, shore at low water. Skenea planorbis (Fabr.) Forbes and Hanley. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 296, 1870. Ver., luv. V. S., p. 655, 1874. Common on the shore, with Tottenia gemma, Littorinella oninuta, &c., and also on the piles of wharves. Littorina littorea (Linne) Johnston. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 308, 1870. Very abundant on the shore, on i)iles of wharves, and on eel-grass which is more or less exposed, at low tide. Just off the dike it occurs on the eel-grass in countless numbers, and, in common with all the other species of shells in that vicinity, is frequently covered with the white calcareous tubes of Hydroides dianthus. Littorina rudis (Maton) Gould, Inv. Mass., I, p. 257, 1841 ; II, p. 304, 1870. Ver., luv. V. S., p. 651, 1874.— i. tenebrosa Gould, In v. Mass., I, p. 259; II, p. 306. This is an exceedingly common species on the shore. Littorina palliata (Say) Gould, Inv. Mass., I, p. 260, 1841 ; II, p. 309, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S.,p. 652, 1874. Common on the shore and on i)iles of wharves among sea- weeds. Lacuna vincta (Mont.) Turton. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 302, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 652, 1874. On the eel- grass, shallow water; not found in much abundance. PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 127 Bittium nigrum (Totten) Stimp. Gould, luv, Mass., II, p. 321, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. G48, 1874. Yery abundant amongst the eel-grass, in sliallow water in front of the town, and off the dike, and also on the beaches, where it often occurs in immense numbers. Crepidula fornicata (Linn^) Lamarck. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 271,1870. Ver., luv. V. S.,p.649, 1874. Common, especially in the \dcinity of the dike, on shells of Pecten and Ensatella. Crepidula plana Say. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 272, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 650, 1874. Common off the dike, and also found elsewhere. Crepidula convexa Say. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 273, 1870, Ver., Inv. V. S., p.-650, 1874. Abundant off the dike, adhering to the surfaces of living and dead shells, to Limulus, and other objects. Acmaea testudinalis (Mliller) Forbes and Hanley. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 661, 1874. Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 267, 1870 (Tectiira). Eare, shore; variety alveiis also found. Odostomia bisuturalis (Say) Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 327, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p* 656, 1874. Not uncommon ; eel-grass off the dike, and elsewhere. Odostomia trifida (Totten) Gould, luv. Mass., I, p. 274, 1841; II, p. 328, 1870. Ver. Inv. V. S., p. 656, 1874. Associated with the last, and about equally common. Odostomia dealbata Stimp. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 327, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S.,p. 656, 1&74. A single specimen only was obtained from the eel-grass off the dike. Melampus lineatus Say, Am. Conch., p. 85, 1822. — Melampus bidentatus Say. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 467, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 662, 1874 {uoii Mont.). Abundant, shore, between tides. Onchidoris, sp. An undetermined species of this genus was obtained from sea- weeds on the inner beach at Long Point. Tergipes despectus Aid. and Han. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 667, 1874. — ^olis (Tergipes) despccta Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 248, 1870. From hydroids, on piles of wharves, and sea- weeds of beach. Embletonia fuscata Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 251, 1870. Found among the filamentous green algse in little rills of water on the beaches and sand-flats. Stiliger fuscata Bergli. Ver., Prelim. Check List, p. 23, 1879.— Calliopcsa (^) fuscata Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 250, 1870. Associated with Embletonia fuscata. 128 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. LAMELLIBEANCHIATA. Teredo navalis Linn^. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 28, 1870. Ver. , Iiiv. V. S. , p. 669, 1874. Very abimdant in the piles at the outer end of steamboat wharf, and in other situations. A few years ago about forty feet of the above-men- tioned wharf was so weakened by the borings of this shell -fish that it completely gave way under the weight of a ship's load of merchandise stored upon it. Teredo megotara Hanley. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 30, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 670, 1874. At Proviucetown, in cedar buoys (Gould). Teredo dilatata Stimp. Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 32, 1870. Ver., Inr. V. S.,p.670, 1874. From pine buoy attached to lobster pots, at Provincetown (Gould). Ensatella americana (Gould) Ver., Am. Journ. Sci., vol. iii, pp. 212, 284, 1872; luv. V. S., p. 674, 1874.— ^oZe« americanns Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 42, 1870. Many dead adult shells and living young were collected on the sand- flats at low water. Mya arenaria Liun^. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 5.5, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 672, 1874, Very abundant on the shores and flats; especially so on the broad flats between the town and Wood End Light House, where, in the clean sands, the shells are often of a nearly pure white. Lyonsia hyalina Con. Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 64, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 672, 1874. Quite common at low water on the inner shore at Provincetown, and in the inlet behind Pace Point Light House. It was also picked uj) in extreme abundance on the outer beach at Pace Point. Cochlodesma Leanum (Say) Coutli. Gould, Luv. Mass., II, p. 68, 1870. Vei-., Inv. V. S.,p.673,1874. Dead shells in fresh condition were collected on the outer beach at Pace Point, but not on the inner. Spisula solidissima (Dillw.) Gray. — Macira solidissima Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 73, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 680, 1874. Living young and adult dead shells were frequently found on the shore at low water. Ceronia arctata (Con.) Adams. Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 80, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 679, 1874. Many living specimens were obtained by Prof. H. E. Webster in the inlet behind Pace Point Light House and on the outer beach near the same place ; not known from the inner shore. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 129 Cumingia tellinoides Con. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 79, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 679, 1874. Not found by the Fish Commission, but several dead shells were col- lected on the inner beaches by Mr. J. H. Blake, of Cambridge, and Dr. Crocker, of Provincetown. Augulus tener (Say) Adams. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 677, 1874. Gould, luv. Mass., II, p. 97, 1870 (TeUina). Abundant on the shore, low water. Venus mercenaria Linn6. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 133, 1870. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 681, 1874. Eare on the beaches at Provincetown, bnt very common farther south on the inner shores of the cape, especially in the neighborhood of Well- fleet, where they attain a large size and have the purple coloration of the interior of the shell more than usually intense and widespread. Tottenia gemma (Totten) Perkins. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 682, 1874. Very abundant on the beaches in company with tSl'enea planorbis and LittorineUa minuta, and also found amongst the eel-grass. The small dark-colored shells of this species are frequently scattered over the white beaches in the greatest profusion, appearing like coarse grains of black sand. But, being lighter than the sand, they are readily blown along by the wind until they collect in large numbers in the lee of any prominence that may present itself, and hi the furrows of the beaches.. In such places as these several handfuls of pure shells, with little admixture of sand, may often be scooped n-p. The first specimens of this si)ecies obtained by General Totten, its earliest describer, were from the beach at Provincetown. Laevicardium Mortoni (Con.) Perkins. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 683, 1874. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 143, 1870 (Liocardium). Low water, rare. Cryptodon Gouldii (Phil.) Adams. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 100, 1870. Ver., Inv. V.S.,p.686, 1874. Dead shells frequently found along the beaches; probably lives in shallow water close to the shore, but not dredged in Cape Cod Bay in less than thirteen fathoms, at which depth it was very abundant. Solemya velum. Say. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 48, 1870. — Solenoviya velum Ver., Inv.V. S.,p.688,1874. A few dead valves only were picked up on the inner beaches. Astarte castanea Say. Gould, Inv. Mass., II, p. 117, 1870. Ver., Inv.V. S., p. 685, 1874. Found abundantly in Provincetown Ilaibor, w^est and north of the light-house, at low-water mark (Gould). Although searched for at this locality in 1879, no specimens were discovered ; a very low tide is prob- ably required to uncover them. Mr. J. H. Blake says they are also- common low down on the inner shore, near Wood End Liglit. Proc. Nat. Mus. 8U 9 Jlifly S, 1880. 130 PEOCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Argina pesata (Say) Gray. Yer., Inv. T. S., p. e&i. 1874. Gould. Inv. Mass.. II, p. 147,1?^0 (Area). Collected on the beach at Provineetown (S. I. Smith, 1S72). Mytilus edulis Linn^. Gould, Inv. Mass., 11, p. ISo. 1S70. Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 69-2, 1874. Terr abundant, shore, piles of Tvharres, attached to floating fucns, &:c. Modiola plicatola Lam. Gould, Inv. Mass., n, p. 18S, 1870. Yer., Inv. Y. S.. p. 693, 1874. Yery abundant on the flats near high- water mark. Crenella glandula (Totten) Adams. Gould, Inv. Mass., n, p. 194, 1870. Yer., Inv, Y. S.,p.695,l=^-1. A few fresh, but not living, shells were obtained from the beaches at low water. Provineetown, at low water (Stimx)Son, Shells of y. Eng- land). This species was first known to Totten, its describer, from Pro- vineetown. Pecten iiradians Lam. Gould. Inv. Mass., n, p. 199. 1870. Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 695, 1874. This species was formerly very abundant in front of the town, in the patches of eel-grass just below ordinary low-tide level, but at present the ftdl-grown shells are rarely found there. They are, however, still very plentiful off the dike in similar simations. The adult shells rest on the ground amongst the eel-grass, which at low water becomes thickly matted above them, generally quite concealing them. Young shells usually adhere to the eel-grass by their byssus. Anomia glabra Yer., Am. Joum. Sci.,vol. iii, p. 213, 1872; Inv. Y. S., p. 696, 1874. — A.ej)h}j)j)ium,electrica, squamula. Gould {non Linn^). Abundant on the flats in front of the dike, but generally of small size, attached to dead shells of Pecten irradians, Ematella americana, &c. TUXLCATA. Molgula manhattensis Yer.. Am. Joum. Sci., vol. i, p. 54, 1871 ; Inv. Y. S., p. 699, 1874. Abundant near high-tide level, amongst the grass in the pools left on the shore at low tide ; attached to eel-grass and to floating sea-weeda. Also thrown up in immense numbers on the outer beach at Eace Point during heavy storms. Botryllus Gouldii Yer., Am. Joum. Sci.. vol. i, p. 211. 1871: Inv. Y. S., p. 702, 1874. Growing on eel-grass in shallow water and on floating sea-weeds, &c. BEYOZOA. Crisia ebumea Lamour. Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 707, 1874. Yery abundant on facus and eel-grass, often associated with Bugula turrita; on eel-grass every^^here in shallow water from the dike to Long Point, and on fucus growing on the piles and floating at the surface. PROCEEDINGS OF UXITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 131 Tubulipora serpens (Linn6) Flem., Brit. Anim., p. 529, t. Johnston, Hist. Brit. Zooph., p. 275, 1847. — T. flahtllaris Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 708, 1874. Found very abundantly on the eel-grass in shallow water, forming small rounded clusters. Flustrella hispida (Fabr.) Gray. — Alcyon'idium hisjndum Smitt. Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 7U8, 1-74. Incrusting floating fucus in the harbor, and i)robably also occurring on the sea- weeds of the piles. Vesicularia, sp. One or two small specimens of a Vesicularia with creeping stem, jjos- sibly V. una Smitt, were found upon fucus growing upon the piles. Bugula turrita (Desor) Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 712, pi. xxsiv, figs. 258, 259, 1874. Very abundant on piles of wharves, eel-grass in shallow water, and on floating fucus; associated with Crisia ehurnea. Electra pilosa (Linn^) Fisch., t. Yer., Preliminary Clieck List Mar. luv. Atl. Coast, p. '^9, 1879. — Memhranipora pilosa Farre, Phil. Trans., p. 412, 1837. Yer., Inv. Y.S.,p.712,1874. Incrusting fucus, laminaria, eel-grass, &c , floating in the harbor, and stranded on the beaches. CribreUina puncturata Smitt, Floridan Bryozoa, part II, p. 24, 1873. — Escliaripora punctata Smitt, Ofvers. af K. Yetens.-Akad. Fiirh., 1808, appendix;, p. 4. Yer.,Inv.Y. S.,p.713, 1874. On eel-grass, one-half fathom, rare. Hippothoa hyalina (Linne) Smitt, Floridan Bryozoa, part II, p. 40, 1873. — MoUia hyaUiia Smitt, Ofvers. af K. Yetens.-Akad. Fiirh., 1868, appendix, p. 16. Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 713. 1874. On floating fucus and eel-grass in the harbor, and on the beaches. Lepralia americana Yer.. Am. Joum. Sei., Ill, vol. is, p. 415, pi. vii, figs. 4, 5, ISlb.—Lejiralia Fallasiana Yer. Inv. Y. S., p. 713, 1874 (with query; non Busk). Very common ; incrusting fucus and other sea-weeds on the piles, and, also growing on eel- grass in shallow water. ECHIXODEEMATA. Leptosynapta Girardii (Pourtales) Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 716, 1874. This species is common everywhere about Provincetown, on the sandy beaches between low-tide and half-tide levels, but it is most abun- dant on the sandy flats about midway between the town and YTood End Light House, where large areas are left dry for a considerable time at low water. It also occurs in abundance on the sand-flats inside of Eace Point Light House, on the outer shore. Leptosynapta roseola Yer., Inv. Y. S., p. 716, 1874. Provincetown beach, and sheltered inlets bact of Race Point, on the outer side of Cape Cod, buried in the sand at low water, and associated 132 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Avith L. Girardii. Collected at the latter place by Prof. H. E. Webster and Mr. Benedict. Hitherto known only from Kew Haven, Conn., and Vineyard Sonnd (VerriJl). Asterias^ Porbssii (Desor) Ver., Am. Jonrn. Sci., vol. xi., p. 418. 187G ; Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 345, 1886; Inv. V. S., p. 718, 1874. — A. arenicola Stimp., Pi-oc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. viii, p. 268, 1862. Ver., iftiVZ., vol. x,p. 339,1866; luv. V. S.,p. 713, 1874. — Asieracanthion lerylinus Ag., A. Ag., Mem. Mus. Comj). Zool., vol. v, No. 1, p. 94, pi. ix, 1877. Yery abundant along the shore above and below low-water mark, and on piles of wharves, but always of comparatively small size. A com- parison of the specimens from Provincetown with those obtained from Gloucester in 1878 shows more or less constant differences to exist between the two. In the former the spines are generally longer and more acute, sometimes even quite slender, and the pedicellarise appear to be somewhat more numerous, and to vary greatly in their arrange- ment. These differences are, however, of very slight value in this exceedingly variable species. Asterias vulgaris Stimp., MSS. Packard, Can. Nat., Dec, 1863. Ver., Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 347, 1868; Inv. V. S., p. 718, 1874. Below low-water mark at the outer ends of the long wharves. Amphipholis elegans Ljimg. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 720, 1874. — AmpMura squamata Lyman, lUust. Cat. Mus. .Comp. Zool., No. I, p. 121, 1865 {non Delle Chiaje, t. Ljung.). Only a few specimens of this Ophiuran were obtained; they were from the eel-grass in very shallow water. ANTHOZOA. Metridium marginatum M.-Edw. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 738, 1874. Common on the mooring posts in the harbor (J. H. Blake). Edwardsia sulcata Ver., Mem. Bos. Soc. N. H., vol. i, No. I, p. 29, 1864. Sand, at low water. Edwardsia pallida Ver., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, vol. ii, p. 198, 1879. In sand, at low water. ACALEPH^. Clytia Johnstoni (Alder) Hincks. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 725, 1874. On floating fucus thrown up on inner beach of Long Point. Campanularia flexuosa Hincks. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 726, 1874. Abundant on fucus of piles of wharves, &c. Obelia geniculata (Liun6) Allman. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 727, 1874. On floating fucus stranded on Long Point beach, inner shore. Obelia dichotoma (Linn4) Hincks. Ver., Inv. V. S., p. 728, 1874. Very abundant on eel-grass, one-half fathom. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEIBI. 133 Sertularia pumila Linn^. Ver. , luv. V. S. , i). 732, 1874. Very common, and growing principally on fucus, on piles of wliarves; also on floating fucus in the harbor. A very robust variety was col- lected from fucus stranded on the outer beach at Eace Point. DESCKIPTION OF A NE W^ SPECIES OF RAY (RAIA STEtliUliATA) FROIU MONTEREY, CAEIFORIVIA. By DAVID S. JORDA]¥ and CHARLES H. GILBERT. Raia stellulata sp. nov. Allied to Eaia radula Delaroche. Disk much broader than long, anteriorly broadly arched, and convex, the tij) of the snout very slightly exserted. Anterior margin of pectorals undulated, convex anteriorly, then concave. Length of snout from eyes a little more than twice the width of the interocular space, which is concave, less than the distance between the outer angles of the spiracles. Breadth of disk equal to the distance from the tip of the tail to the shoulder-girdle. Length of tail equal to the distance from its root to the middle of the interocular area. Male everywhere above rough with stellate prickles, the base of the pectorals being almost smooth. Along the middle region of the back and the whole upper surface of the tail is a band of close-set, rather low prickles, with broad, very distinctly stellate bases. An elongate patch of stout, recurved spines on the anterior part of the pectorals, and farther back the usual series of claw-like spiues found in the males of all species. Stout spines above the eye, a few in the middle of the shoulder, and along the middle line of the tail. Sides of the tail with- out large prickles. Lower side smooth, except around the mouth. Female everywhere above rough with stellate prickles, the anterior region, middle of back, and u])per surface of tail most so. A median row of strong spines on the tail above, and six on the scapular region. A series of strong spines over the eye. A lateral row of rather strong ]3rickles on the tail. Body smooth below, except anteriorly. Tail flat below, with a conspicuous lateral fold. Dorsal tins low, their height equal to the iuterorbital space, separated by a space considerably shorter than their base. Caudal fin reduced to a very small fold, as in the "genus" Uraptera^ to which this species would be referred in Miiller & Henle's arrangement. Mouth somewhat arched. Teeth not ^ery sharp, tricuspid, about — ^^ — . Nasal flaps slightly fringed externally. Distance between Of) nostrils about equal to the distance from them to the tip of the snout. Color grayish- brown, everywhere mottled with light and dark colors, the markings sharj) and distinct. Numerous black spots of all sizes, some of them ocellated. A black spot about as large as the eye at the 134 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. base of eacli pectoral, each surrounded by a pale ring and in turn by another dark one. Head with blact cross-bars. The two sexes entirely similar in color. This species is not uncommon in the Bay of Monterey. We have obtained eight examples, which agree with each other very closely. One of these is a female, about 18 inches in length, in which the ovaries are immature. The other females are about 30 inches in length, and the ovaries are fully matured, containing eggs. The males are about 30 inches long, likewise bearing evidences of maturity. These speci- mens are now in the United States National Museum. This species is readily distinguished from the two others known from the Pacific coast by its obtuse snout and its rough skin. The Eaia hinoculata Girard is the common skate of the Pacific coast, and is brought in in large numbers to the San Francisco markets. In color it is uniform light brown, with a black ring near the base of each pectoral, and usually a dusky crescent on each ventral. The pectoral ocellus is often obscure, and sometimes can hardly be traced in pre- served examxdes; in living specimens it is generally conspicuous. The skin in the male is entirely smooth above, except the anterior edge of the pectorals, the bony part of the snout, and the larger spines on the front part of the pectorals, the suj)raocular region, a few (one to six) on the scapular region, and a series along the median line of the tail. There are two or three detached si)ines usually along the side of the tail. The claw-like pectoral si)ines are also present. The females have, in addition, a lateral series of spines on the tail and some prickles on the posterior part of the pectorals, the larger spines found on the pectorals of the male being wanting. The actual length of the snout in B. hinoculata is not much greater than in E. stellulata, but its form is diflerent, the disk being anteriorly acuminate, bounded by concave lines, its length being more than three times the interocular space. Male and female exami)les of this si^ecies, with ripe eggs, or well- developed claspers, are about two feet long. Still another ray is known to us from a female example from Mon- terey about 30 inches in length. It agrees witli B. hinoculata in every respect, except in the form of the snout, which is extremely long, acuminate, and pointed, its length nearly four times the iuterorbital width. The anterior outline of the disk on each side of the snout forms a nearly uniform concave curve, it being scarcely at all undulated. These differences are shown by the appended table of measurements. We consider this at ])reseut a variety of Eaia hinoculata, although such variations in the length of the snout are unusual in the same species. Still another form is known to us from two examples, a male and a female, each about 6 feet in length, taken at Monterey. This forui must be considered as the Eaia cooperi Girard, as the very imperfect descrip- tion of the latter species agrees in all essential respects with these si)ecimens. PROCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 135 Bala cooper i has the snout acutely iiroduced, rather more so than in B. hinoculata, though less than in the variety referred to, the distance from the eye to the tip of the snont being about twice the interorbital width. The length of the disk is § its width; the tail is | the length of the disk. The female is covered above with small stellate prickles, which are larger over the eye, on posterior edge of pectorals, on ven- trals, the middle line of the back, and on the tail. Prickles on tail in several series. Differentiated spines present only over eye and on tail. The male is nearly smooth, its spines essentially as in B. hino- culata. Color brown, with paler blotches ; a large, obscure, blackish blotch at base of i^ectoral. This species has scarcely a trace of caudal 44 40' fin, and is therefore likewise an " TJraptera.''^ Its teeth are about Whether this Baia cooperi is a distinct species or merely very old indi- viduals of Baia hinoculata we are now unable to decide. There are no important differences, except such as might accompany increased age. Table of measurements. Extreme lenjrth, in inches Length of disk, in inches Disk: Greatest width (hundredths of length of disk) Greatest width at front of eyes Width of .snout, midway between eyes and tip of snout. Distance tnim shout to first gill-opening Distaufc between first gill-openings Distaueo between last gill-openings Distance from first to last gill-openings Width of mouth Widt h of interorbital space Distance from snout to mouth Diameter of orbit Tail : Length Distance between dorsals Height of first dorsal Length of base of first dorsal Rata stellulata. 9 17.45 10.10 121 58 41 43 31.5 18 14 18 8 24 71.5 5 liaia hinoculata. cj 21.6 13.00 106 45.5 16.7 50.5 25.5 14.3 12.8 15 7 21.5 6.2 67 3.8 8 7.6 Haia binoculata var. * ? 28.8 18.4 103 41 14 12 15.5 30 5.5 MONTEKEY, Cal., April 7, 1880. DESCJRIPTION!^ OF IVETV SPECIF..^ OF XIPHISTFB AND APODICH- THYS, FROM JTIONTFKEir, CALIFORIVfA. By DAVID S. JORDAIV and CHARLES H. OILDEBT, 1. Xiphister chirus sp. nor. Body elongate, somewhat compressed, formed as in Xij^Mster mucosas {XipMilion mucosum Girard). Head short, convex in profile, not de- pressed above the eyes. Mouth smaU, oblique, the maxillary extending to opposite middle of pupil. Eye small, as long as snout, about 5 in head. Lower jaw slightly projecting. Teeth strong, the anterior canine- like, bluntishj four canines in lower jaw, six or more in the iqtper, similar 136 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. to the posterior teeth, but somewhat enlarged. Lateral teeth of lower jaw short, blunt, the series extending behind the anterior canines. Lips full, the upper protractile. Head naked. Gill membranes united, without isthmus. Body covered with minute scales, the usual three i)arallel lateral lines running without union from the head to the tail. Each of these, as in other species, with a series of simple, transverse, alternating, short branches at right angles, and each with one or two open pores. These branches correspond in the outer lines each to a dorsal or anal ray. Middle line farther from each of the outer lines than these are from the dorsal or anal. A short dorsal line, similar to the lateral lines and simi- larly branched, extending from the occiput to the first dorsal spine. An abdominal line on each side of the belly. These gradually converge anteriorly and meet on the breast. They are not connected icith the lower lateral line. In the other species of the genus the lower lateral line sends a branch to the abdominal line. The vertical fins are similar in all the species, the dorsal of low sharp spines only; the anal similar, but composed of soft rays, both slightly joined to the caudal. Dorsal Jin beginning close hehind the pectoral, at a distance from the opercular angle not greater than the diameter of the eye. Anal begin- ning about a head's length nearer the snout than the base of the cau- dal, or about l^ head's lengths nearer snout than end of caudal. Pectoral tin quite small, hut several times larger than in any of the other species, larger than the eye, its length about equal to the distance between the middle and lower lateral lines. Fin rays: D. LXX; A. 50; P. 14. Color olive-brown, yellowish below ; the sides everywhere with mar- blings.of different shades of brown, mostly in the form of vertical bars. Some round black spots along the back and upi^er part of the sides; a black spot behind opercles. Head brown above, yellowish below; a narrow black streak from eye directly backward across the temporal region. Numerous black spots on sides of head, but no radiating bands. Dorsal aud anal fins with black spots; pectorals plain yellowish, a con- spicuous dark axillary si)ot; caudal jdain reddish. This species differs from the others of the genus in the large pectorals, the absence of anterior union of the lower lateral and the abdominal lines, in the position of the first rays of dorsal and anal, in the i>resence of more than two canines in the upi)er jaw, and in the coloration, the sides of the head being without stripes and the caudal plain. It is known to us from about twelve examples taken at the Point of Los Pinos, near ^Monterey. It inhabits rocks at the extreme low-tide mark, and is abundant chiefly among the masses of mussels which cover the outermost rocks exposed to the wash of the waves. Like the other species of the genus, it is very active and makes its way readily out of water over damp rocks aud algfle. It seems to reach a smaller size than the other species. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 137 2. Xiphister rupestris sp. nov. Besides the foregoing species, which is distinguishable at sight from Xiphister- mucosusy a second species occurs in great abundance among the rocli;s about Monterey. This species is more nearly allied to X. mu- cosus, agreeing with it in form of body, mouth, teeth, and arrangement of the lateral lines; differing in the coloration of the head, in the num- ber of dorsal and anal rays, in the insertion of the dorsal and anal fins, and in the size of the pectoral fins. A description of these points will suffice, without the enumeration of features common to all the species of the genus. The life coloration of Xiphister mucosus is blackish green, becoming pale green on the belly and sides of the head; toward the tail the black- ish is commonly broken with much olive- green in various patterns; a transverse light-greenish bar at base of caudal, which extends to the dorsal and anal tins. Eadiating backward from the eye are three olive- brown streaks, these much lighter in the center and edged above and below with blackish, outside of which is sometimes a streak of light green. These streaks all merge backward in the olive-green of the head. The upjier streak trom the eye toward the occiput is generally obsolete or small and indistinct; the middle streak is wedge-shaped, with the edges straight or nearly so; it is but slightly more than one- third the length of the head; tbe third streak terminates before reach- ing the margin of the preopercle. A very old example, over a foot long, has a difi'use yellow blotch on the back anteriorly. In Xiphister rupestris the life coloration is olive-brown or reddish brown, uniform or variously marked and shaded with lighter; a light olivaceous bar at base of caudal, extending on dorsal and anal; behind this a blackish area; the tip of the caudal usually jiale. Three long, well-defined streaks radiating backward from the eye, these streaks uniform black, overlaying the olive cheeks, and abruptly' margined with very light olive; the upper streak is more distinct than in X. mucosus ; the central streak proceeds straight backward from the eye, half the breadth of the cheeks, at which point it is broadest ; it is then narrowed and bent abruptly downward ; both the middle and lower streak reach the margin of the preopercle, the length of the middle streak being three-sevenths that of the head. In Xiphister mucosus the dorsal fin begins anteriorly, nearly as in Xiphister chirus, the distance from its origin to the occiput heing less than that from the occiput to the tip of the sjiout. The origin of the anal fin is neai"ly midway from the snout to the tip of the caudal, it being nearer the snout than the tip of the caudal fin by from one third to two- thirds the length of the head. The fin rays are pretty constantly D. LXXIII, A. 48. The pectoral fin is as long as the eye. In Xiphister rupestris the dorsal fin begins farther back, the distance from its origin to the occiput being one-third greater than the distance from the occiput to the snout. The anal fin begins much in advance of the 138 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. middle of tlie body, tlie distance from the first ray to the tip of the caudal exceediug the distance to the snout by nearly twice the length of the head. The fin rays are very constantly D. LXVI, A. 50. Pec- toral fin very short, its length less than the diameter of the eye (about three-fifths). These two species are extremely and equally abundant about Monte- rey, especially on the Point of Pines. They live under rocks in the sand, in crevices of rocks, and in masses of algse between tide-marks. They are very active, making their way readily on land, and remaining out of water in damp places for hours without inconvenience. We have procured upwards of a hundred specimens of each species, and find the distinctive characters, although few, to be very constant. Xiphister cnioreus {Xiphidium cruoreum Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, 1873), from Alaska, is apparently either identical with Xiphister mucosus or closely allied to it. The description agrees better with mucosus than with rupestris. The systematic position of the genus XipMstcr deserves a moment's notice. Professor Gill has referred it to a family, ^'■Xipliidiontidcc^^'' dis- tinguished from ^^Stichwidcv^^ chiefly by the absence of pyloric cceca, and from " Cebedichthyidw^' by the short intestinal canal, the absence of pyloric coeca, and the absence of soft rays in the dorsal. As a matter of fact, the intestinal canal in Xiphister is but little shorter than in Cebedichthys. It has Jive or six well-developed pyloric cceca. AYhatever may be the value of the family ^^ StichwidWj'^ the w^riters do not believe that Cebedichthys., Xiphister, and Apodichthys are representa- tives of distinct families. The lateral line of Cebedichthys, by the way, corresponds to the ui)per lateral line of Xiphister, and like it has for its whole length a series of short lateral branches ending in oi^en i^ores. Table of measurements. X. chirus. X. mucosus, 1. X. mucosus, 2. X. rupes- tris, 1. X. rupes- tris, 2. Total lensrtli, inclies 4.08 3.90 10 10.90 10.40 12.9 4.3 13.7 8.4 2 5.7 1.7 16 3 51.5 4.7 L7 6.70 6.40 13 3.8 14 8.5 7.08 6.75 10 6.25 Length to base of caudal = 100 Body : Greatest depth 6.10 Least depth Head: Greatest length 14 15.4 15 10 Interorbital area 1.8 6.3 2 21 3 44.5 Length of maxillary 5 Diameter of orbit 2.5 15.5 Dorsal : Distance from snout •. 15 51.5' 21.5 Height Anal, distance from snout , 43 43 Caudal, leui^th Pectoral, leniith 3 2.5 70 50 1.5 1 66 50 Pectoral, width Dorsal rays 73 48 Anal rays PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 139 3. Apodiclithys fucorum sp. no v. Allied to Apodiclithys Jlavidus Girard, but differing in the form of the anal spine, in the smaller number of flu-rays, and in the smaller size of the pectoral fins. Form of head and body and dentition as in Apodiclitliys flavidus. Mouth very oblique, the maxillary reaching the vertical from the center of the pupil. Dorsal tin beginning at a point considerably nearer the nape than the latter is from the end of the snout. Anal spine small, its length about one-fifth that of the head, iransversely very convex in front, and slightly concave or grooved behind. I'ectoral fins very small, about one-fifth the length of the head. Anal tin beginning nearer base of caudal than tip of snout by about three times the length of the head. Dosal, very constantly, LXXXIII; A. 35. In Apodichthys flavidus the dorsal begins as much behind the nape as the latter is behind the tip of the snout. The anal spine is very large, two-tifths the length of the head, and deeply excavated on its anterior surface and very convex behind, the spine being very thin and with sharp edges, resembling a quill-i)en. Pectoral fins larger, 'about two-fifths the length of the head. Anal beginning nearer base of caudal than tip of snout by twice the length of the head. Fin rays: D. XCIII; A. 40. The life coloration of Apodichthys fucorum is either bright olive- green or brownish red, becoming in alcohol either bright straAv color or ver- milliou ; a row of dark sjjots extending along axis of body, these some- times with light-bluish center, and connected by a very narrow dark streak. Generally a dark streak downward from eye, but no other markings about the head. The ground-color of these fishes, whether red, green, yellow, or brown, has no significance in specific distinction. As with many other species of rock-fish, they take the color of their surroundings. When in masses of Fuciis, this species is always olive-green; when among Chondrus, or other red-brown algge, it is colored like the plants. We have seen Oligocottus maculosus (which species is ordinarily brownish, mottled, the belly blue) dark grayish red in pools lined with Corallina, deep crimson w^hen surrounded by brighter algsie, plain gray in pools Avith granite bottoms and no plants, and of the most intense grass-green when taken from among fronds of Ulva. Other fishes imitate exactly the brown branches of the kelp {Macrocystis). Thus the names flavidus, virescens, and sanguineus have been successively applied to differently colored examples of Apodiclithys flavidus. Our specimens of the latter species are orange-red, everywhere dusted with minute punctulations. A few pale round spots on axis of body posteriorly. A narrow jet-black bar downward and backward from eye, falling behind the maxillary ; a shorter black streak from eye toward occiput. Anal fin obliquely barred with brownish. Apodichthys fucorum is exceedingly abundant about the Point of Los 140 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Pinos, near Monterey. It is found mostly in masses of Fucus attached to rocks between tide-marks, and it is often found at low tide at a con- siderable distance from any water, kept damp by the masses of algae. Sometimes a dozen of them can be shaken from a bunch of algse attached to a dry rock. It is, like the species of Xiphister, very active, moving over stones or sand, and showing less anxiety about the x)res- ence of its native element than any ;ther fish known to us. The very numerous typical examples are all of nearly the same size as the one measured below. It probably does not attain so great a size as Apo- dichihys Jiavidus. We have little doubt that Professor Gill is right in uniting jiavidus Girard, virescens Ayres, and sanguineus Gill as one species. Whether inornatus Gill is diiferent or not we do not know. At any rate, its num- ber of fin-rays (D. XC, A. 38) will separate it from A. fucoruni. Table of measurements. Extreme lenfftli, in inches Length to base of caudal = 100 Body, greatest depth Head : Length Distance from snout to nape Dorsal, distance from snout Anal : Distance from snout Height ot spine Length of pectoral Dorsal rays Anal rays Monterey, Cal., April 7, 1880 A. Jiavidus. 8.90 8.50 H 11 6 11.5 60 4 4 93 40 JDESCBIPTIOIV OF A TEKY LAROG FOSSII. OASTEBOPOD FKOM THE STATE OF FUEB1,A, JAEX1€0. By C. A. WHITE. The United States National Museum has received from Mr. H. B. Acton, through the Hon. J. W. Foster, United States minister to Mexico, the very interesting fossil shell which is described in the follow- ing paragraphs. Mr. Acton says, in a letter accompanying the sj^ecimen, that it was obtained from the strata upon which are located the Zapo- titlan Salt Works, which works are about six miles south westward from the town of Tehuacan, in the State of Puebla, Mexico, and about 115 miles inland from the Gulf coast. He gives the elevation of that local- ity as 6,50U feet above the level of the sea. Only one example of this species has been received, and it is accom- panied with examples of no other species. Fragments of the imbed- ding rock, which is a dense bluish limestone, have been carefully exam- ined, and although they were found to contain numerous fragments of PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 141 fossil shells, not any of tliem were sufficiently well preserved to indicate eveu their generic relations. No satisfactory information has been obtained concerning any geological observations that may have been made in that region, which might convey a knowledge of the geological age of the strata of the locality from which the fossil in question was obtained, and I am therefore under the necessity of relying wholly upon the testimony afforded by the fossil itself. The genus to which I have referred it has hitherto been known only in rocks of Cretaceous age; and there appears to be no good reason to doubt that the strata from which this Mexican shell was obtained belong also to that period. Genus TYLOSTOMA Sharpe. Tylostoma princeps (sp. nov.). (Plate II, figs. 1 and 2.) Shell very large, general form rhombic-ovate, inflated; spire moder- ately extended ; volutions five or six, convex, having an ill-defined nar- row shouldering at the distal or upper portion, adjacent to the suture; umbilicus none, suture impressed; aperture ovate-semilunate, large, its length equal to more than two-thirds the full length of the shell; outer lip forming an approximately regular curve from near the suture to the anterior portion of the aperture, which, although broad, is somewhat produced; margin of the outer lip only slightly sinuate; inner lip bear- ing a broad, moderately thin callus, its outline somewhat strongly sin- uate and its margin narrowly flexed along its anterior portion. Surface marked by the ordinary lines of growth. Length from the apex to the front margin of the aperture, 220 milli- meters; greatest breadth, 160 millimeters; length of aperture, 150 mil- limeters. (Museum, No. 8804.) This is much the largest fossil gasteropod that has ever been found in North American Mesozoic strata; and it is excelled in size by only comparatively few of its class that have since existed. It has much the general aspect of a Limatia^ but it is referred with- out much hesitation to the genus Tylostoma Sharjie. This last-named genus is regarded by some malacologists as having affinities with the Tectibranchiata, near Pterodonta ; but I agree with Stoliczska and Zit- tel in referring it to the Pectinibranchiata, and placing it near Lunafia in the Naticidfe. It is true that all the characteristics of Tylostoma, as enumerated by Sharj)e and characteristic of most if not all the species which have been referred to that genus, are not clearly observable upon the only examjile of this species that has been discovered ; but being plainly without an umbilicus, or any umbilical i)erforation, in connection with its other characteristics, it cannot be referred to any other recog- nized genus of the Naticidte. The condition of our example is not such as to show clearly whether or not the outer lii) was thickened at the time of the death of the mollusk. 142 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The varices or alternate swellings, characteristic of Tylosfoma, are present, but not so conspicuous upon this exami^le as they are upon some species of the genus, especially uj^on T. mutahiUs Gabb, another Mexican Cretaceous form; but they are quite as conspicuous as they are shown to be in the published figures of Sharpe's typ6 species, T. tor- ruhice. These varices or swellings are more apparent in our example by an apical than by a lateral view of it, but their i^reseuce is indicated in fig. 2 upon the ultimate and penultimate whorls. Although size cannot generally be relied upon as a specific character, the extraordinary dimensions of this shell separate it clearly from any other known form with which it might be otherwise in danger of being confounded. The only fossil species which resemble it, or even ai)iirox- imately approach it in size, are the Naiiea pedernaUs ?i\\([ N. priv-(irmidis of Eoemer, from the Cretaceous of Texas; but both these species evi- dently belong to a group that is now generally referred to Lunatia, or Euspira; and tlie largest known examples of either of these forms have scarcely more than half the dimensions of the examx)le here described. DESCRIPTIOIV OF TWO IVEAV SPEtlES OF 8FB ASTICIITnY!^ (SEBA- ST1CD5TBIVS ExXTOMEtiA,** X^ia SEBAS^TICHl'IlYS RfllODOCH1.0- RIS), FROM IT10NTKRE¥ RA¥, €AI.IFORIMlA. By DAVID S. JORDAN and CHARLES H. OILBERT. Sebastichthys entomelas sp. nov. Allied to *S'. ovaJis (Ayres). Body oblong, rather elongate, the back regularly but not strongly arched, contracted to a rather slender caudal peduncle. Head moder- ate, the i^rofile less steep than in related species, but the tip of the snout blunter than in ovalis. Mouth small, the short maxillary extend- ing to below the middle of the eye. Lower jaw projecting, its tip enter- ing the profile, but considerably less protruding than in ovalis. Pal- atine teeth few. Preorbital very narrow, without spine. Eye rather large, about 4 in length of head, less than the interorbital space, which is strongly con- vex, especially in its middle part. Nasal s])ines minute. Preocular spine broad, triangular, rather prom- inent, more conspicuous than in mclanops. but much less so than in ovalis. Sui»raocular ridge little developed, its spine minute, sharp, con- cealed by the scales. Postocular spine present, minute, similarly con- cealed. No tympanic spine. Occipital ridges scarcely developed, concealed by the scales, without distinct spine at tip. In ovalis all these spines, though small, are distinct. In Jiai'idus there is no trace of any spines on the cranium, and the ridges are little developed. Preopercular spines rather small, diiected backwards, the two lower obsolete. Oxjercular sx)iues small, two suprascapular spines. Scales on PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 143 top and sides of bead very small, present on maxillary, mandible, pre- orbital, and snout. Scales on body small, in about Go transverse series. Gill-rakers numerous, long and slender, their length about half the diameter of the eye. Dorsal spines very low and slender, the fin moderately emarginate, the membrane joining the last spine at about two-fifths its height. Soft dorsal long and low, the soft rays about as high as the highest spines, a little more than one-third the length of the head. Caudal forked. Anal low, its second spine stronger than third, but scarcely higher, less than two-thirds the height of the first soft ray. Pectoral fins moderate, not- reaching vent, their tips beyond tips of veutrals, their base 3^ iu length of head. Fin rays: D. XIII, 15; A. Ill, 8. Color rather dull olive-green. Sides with obscure round rusty spots. Belly, lips, and lower parts tinged with creamy. Obscure light and dark shades across cheeks. Traces of two or three obscure dark verti- cal bars. Dorsal dusky, with reddish shades. Caudal dusky, the rays olive. Other fins dusky, with creamy reddish at base. Lower half of pectoral distinctly reddish. VeritouQnuijet-hlaclc. This species is known to us from five specimens taken in deep water outside of Monterey Bay, in company with S. ovalis, riihrivinctuSj elon- gatus, etc. It is known to the Portuguese fishermen as ^^Buda.^^ Its relations are probably most intimate with ovalis, which differs in the following respects: Ovalis is much deeper and more oval in form, with the back consider- ably more elevated, and the profile much more steep, the lower jaw more x^i'otruding. The mouth reaches to the iiosterior edge of the puiiil. The preociilar ridge is very strong, forming a large triangular protuberance ending in a spine; small supraocular, postocular, tympa- nic, and occipital spines are i)resent, the tympanic spine very minute, but constant. The dorsal fin is very low, the notch between the spinous and soft parts extremely sliallow^ the membrane joining the last spine at more than two-thirds its height, the height of the spinous and soft por- tions about equal. The second anal spine is considerably the longest and strongest, scarcely lower than the soft rays. The pectoial fins are long, reaching to the vent. Anal rays. III, 7, or III, 8. The color of this species when adult is olivaceous, strongly tinged with pale creamy red, especially below. The membrane of both dorsals are covered with many small round black spots. Some of these are usually present on the body. The upper fins are greenish, the lower more yellowish, and most of them are more or less dusky-edged. Cau- dal fin rather dark. Peritoneum black. 144 PEOCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The remamiiig species of this type, mvlanops, simulans, ami tlaridiis, differ in the absence of any distinct spines on the cranium, as well as in color, form, ami other peculiarities. Mchmops has the preocular riiljio considerably developed, and occasionally ending- in a si>iue. The others have this ridjie obsolete. The mouth in ^i inula )is ixud^fJacidus is consid- erably larger than in the other species. In nichmojKs and .s/w»/<(«,v the fins are slaty black, like the body, lujhu-idiis they are olivaceous, the caudal being distinctly brownish yellow (hence the i>opular name of Yellow-tail). The peritoneum in Jhn-idus is pui"e white, in nielanops somewhat dusky. Sebastichthys rhodochloris sp. nov. Allied to 6^. rosaceus (Girard). Body oblong, more elongate than in rosaceus, the back less elevated, the profile less steep. Mouth comparatively large, but rather smaller than in rosaceus, the maxillary not reaching beyond i>osterior border of pupil. Jaws about equal in the closed mouth, the lower with a small symphyseal prominence. Preorbital narrow, with two bluntish x^rojec- tions. Eye very large, longer than the long snout, o.V in head. Spinous ridges on top of head very high, slender, and sharp, more elevated than in rosaceus, chlorostictus, and coustellatus, and sharper. Xasal, jyreocular, supraocular, j^ostocuJar, tipnpanic, and occipital spines present, as in most of the red species. Supraocular ridge long and prom- inent. Postocular and tympanic spines close behind it, sharp and large. Interorbital space very narroic, its width even posteriorly less than length of supraocular spine (in rosaceus considerably more). Inter- orbital space with two longitudinal ridges, sharp and consi)icnous, not covered by the scales, the very naiTow interspace between them strongly concave, the spinous ridges strongly divergent behind. Preopercnlar spines sharp, directed backward, the three n])per long and i)ointed, more developed than in rosaceus, less radiating than in chlorostietus. Two sharp suprascapular spines. Opercular spines short and sharp. Gill-rakers about as in rosaceus and chlorostietus, moderately long and slender, much shorter than in oralis or piuniger, but longer than in nebulosus and ruber, the longest gill-raker about one-fourth the diame- ter of the eye. Dorsal tin still lower than in rosaceus, the membranes little emargiu- ate, the longest spine about 2'^ in head (in rosaceus 2.}). Emargination of dorsal moderate. Soft rays low, the highest about equal to the highest spine. Caudal liu slightly emarginate. Second anal spine proportionately longer than in any other of our species, very strong, curv^ed, its length about equal to that of the max- illary or the base of the soft dorsal, or about half the length of the head. It is higher than the soft rays of the anal. Pectoral lius reach- ing past tips of the ventrals nearly to the anal. D. Xin, U; A.III,G. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES- NATIONAL MUSEUM. 145 Scales moderate, in 58 transverse series, the small accessory scales very numerous. Ground-color bright clear rose-red, icithout any trace of purplish. Eegion above the lateral line with much deep green, in the form of reticulating streaks. Below the lateral line the green gives place to bright golden yellow, which is similarly mixed with the red. Top of head with cross-bands of green and red, green streaks radiating from the eye, one to snout, one along maxillary, three across cheeks and opercles, and one across temporal region. Four bright pale pink spots on the sides of the back, arranged as in rosaceiiSj constellatus, and chlorostichis ; the color brighter than in these species, and entirely devoid of the purplish ring which is found in rosaceus; one spot is under the fourth dorsal spine, one near the lateral line under eighth dorsal spine, one under junction of spinous and soft rays, and me under the last soft ray. The first and third of these spots are each surrounded by a distinct ring of green. Another pink spot on the tip of the opercle. A distinct pale area behind eye. Dorsal with the rays red and tbe membranes olive-green. Caudal and anal with the rays red and the membranes golden. Pectorals red, dashed with olive. Ventrals red. Under parts of head and the inside of the mouth i)ale red, unspotted. In S. rosaceus the red on head above, and around the pink spots on the sides, is distinctly purple-red. The yellow or olive on the back and sides blends with the red instead of forming distinct reticulations, and there is little if any green on the back or fins. The lateral line is clear red, usually not crossed by the olive marks. SebasticJifhys rhodochloris occurs in abundance in the deep waters of the Bay of Monterey. It is a small fish, like S. rosaceus, and rarely reaches a weight of more than a pound. It is known to the fishermen of Monterey by the name of "Flj'-fish," >S^. rosaceus being called "Corsair." One fisherman who procured a number of them for us, on being told that his "Fly-fish" was very much like the "Corsair," summed up the relationships of the two as follows: "You bet it is like it, but it is a different kiml of fish." The following species of "rock-fish" were obtained by us in Monte- rey Bay. The names used by the fishermen of Monterey are appended. Most of these are evidently names in use for other species at the Azores, transferred to species of Californian waters: S. pancispinis Meron, Tom-cod, Jack-fish. S. flavidus Yellow-tail. S. simnlans S. melanops Pesce Pretre (Priest-fish, from its color). S. entomelas Buda. S. ovalis Yinva (Widow). Proc. Xat. Mus. 80 10 July S, 1 880. 146 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. atro^irens Garrnpa (Yera). piuniger Fliaum. miniatus Easher. auriculatus j)roriger. elongatus = Eeiia. vexillaris Yellow Garrupa.' clilorostictus Pesce Yermigiia. rhodocliloris Fly-fisli. rosacens Corsair. constellatus Bagre. ruber Tainbor. rubrivinctus Spanish Flag. rostrelliger Garruxia. maliger . carnatus Red Garrupa. nebulosus fasciolaris ■. Spotted Garrupa. serriceps Tree-fish. Table of measurements. Entomelas (Monte- rey). Ovalis (Monterey). Melanops (Sta. Bar- bara). Flavidus (Monterey). Rhodoclilo- ris (Mon- terey). Sosaceus (Monterey). Extreme length, inches Length to base caudal, in- ches — 100 12 10 29.5 9 30.5 7.8 12.5 8.7 5 13 11 35 9 32 8 11.5 8 5 12.25 10.10 36 11 31.6 7.3 13 9.5 3.8 14.90 12.05 33.8 11.5 36.5 8.5 16 9.3 5 9.10 7.90 34 9 39.5 12 18.5 5 3 8 7.5 15 15 8.85 7.55 Body: Greatest height 36 Head: 35 10 19.5 Width intei'orbital area. Longest giU-rakers 3.5 5 7 Dorsal : Height highest spine . . . Highest soft ray Height 12th spine Height membrane 12th 12 12.5 4 3.5 9.5 9 14 14 21 8 27 18 13 12 8 5.5 12.5 11.5 14.5 14.5 19 9 31 20 11.3 15 13.7 17 16 15.5 Anal: 8 10 17.5 17 23 29 29 20.5 9.5 10.7 20 19.3 22.5 27 27 22.5 19 13.5 17 17 15 19 Caudal: Middle rays . External rays Pectoral : Width base 9 27 21.5 9 5 27.5 20 Santa Cruz, Cal., April 15, 1880. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 147 O^ THE OCCURREIVCE OF A SPECBESi OF CREMNOBATES AT SAN ©SEGO, CAEIFORNIA. By ROSA SMITH. Three specimens of a small scaly Bleuny fonud in those rocky tide- pools which are heavily lined witli algte, on March 6, 1880. This Blenny is evidently of rare occnrrence, this one point being at present its only known habitat on the Pacific coast of the United States, and these three specimens the only ones I conld procnre. It is accompanied by OUgocottus (malis, which in this vicinity is abundant in all rock-pools, by Gibhonsia elegcms of a dnll color, and by HypleurocM- lus gentilis. These specimens were i^ro vision ally identified as belonging to Cremno- hates monoxjlitlialmus (Glinther) Steindachner {Anchenopterus monoph- thalmus Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mns., iii, 275), a species hitherto known from three examples from the Pacific coast of Central America. My specimens differ from Gtiuther's description in the following partic- ulars: The dorsal Jin is continuous, the membrane of the third spnie joining the fourth near its summit in two examples, at its first third in the other. The iiead is x^roportionally shorter, forming two-ninths of the total length instead of one-fourth, and the body is less elongate, its depth forming one-fifth the total length instead of one-sixth. The characters of the San Diegan form of this genus agree more closely with Steindachner's description of Cremnohates affinis (Ichthyologische Beitriige, v, 178), a species considered by its describer as doubtfully distinct from G. monophtlialmus. G. affinis is known from one individual taken on the West Indian island of St. Thomas, the i)roportions and coloration of which accord with my specimens, but this species also has the membrane from the third dorsal si^ine joining the fourth at its hase ("die Membrane des dritten letzten Strahles setzt sich an die Basis des folgenden ersten Stachels des zweiten Dorsales an"). If the specimens from San Diego prove to be of a distinct species, which seems i^robable, they will be separated from those already known by the single merely emarginate dorsal fin, instead of two separate fins. In any event, the genus Gremnobates furnishes an interesting addition to the fauna of our Pacific coast. Gremnobates integripinnis sp. nov. Desceiption. — The body is oblong, compressed. The head is less than the fourth of the total length, which measures two inches and an eighth. Gape of mouth oblique, the maxillaries reaching a vertical line intersecting x>osterior rim of orbit. Head conical, thickish, with the orbits placed far forward, smaU fringed tentacles on their superior margins, a tentacle on posterior margin of anterior nostril, and i^almate tentacles on occii)ut. A cusp or spine on opercle. Dorsal continuous, comi^osed wholly of spines of nearly equal height 148 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. throughout, the first and second spines a little higher than the third, which is rather higher than the fourth, the third and fourth somewhat separated, but connected by membrane nearly as high as that connect- ing fourth and fifth, the other spines gradually increasing in height backward. The three anterior spines less stiff than the others. The two anal spines are connected by a membrane to the soft part of that fin, the anterior insertion of which is about midway between tip of snout and base of caudal. The caudal is liosteriorly rounded, its inter- radial membrane being emarginate ; the membrane of the last dorsal spine joins the base of the first ray of the caudal, while the latter is free from anal, the free tips of which extend beyond base of caudal. Pectorals fan-like, their extremities reaching a vertical line intersect- ing vent. Branchiostegal membranes continuous under throat. Body covered with conspicuous cycloid scales, which are smaller on the belly. 'No scales on head or fins. Lateral line of thirty-eight scales, beginning on the scapular region, running anteriorly very high, abrui>tly curving around i)ectorals, and i:)ursuing a straight course on the median line of the side to the tail. Teeth rather strong, conical, in a narrow band; a single series of rather strong teeth on vomer. Color varies in three individuals: one is a dark brownish gTay; another, of equal size (2^ inches long), is lighter; while a third, of 1^ inches in length, is lavender in color. The markings are similar on all my specimens, each being maculated and obscurely barred with a darker shade of its own color; the dorsal region is always darkest, and each individual has an ocellated spot, black, with narrow pale edging on posterior portion of dorsal fin. Dorsal and anal fins each with narrow pale edgiug. Pectoral fins reddish violet at base, with a black crescent around it, the rest of the fin i^ale, with dark cross-bars. Yentrals barred. Caudal with a dark bar at base, the rest of the fin translucent, with narrow dark bars formed of spots. Table of measurements. Length: Total, in iuclies 2. 05 To base of caudal, iu inches 100 = 1.70 Body, greatest dei^th 23 Head: Length ' 26 Diameter of eye 7.5 Length of maxillary 11 Dorsal fin : Total length 80 Distance from snout 21 Length of anterior part 9 Height of first spine , 6 Height of second spine 7 Height of third spine 4 Height of fourth spine 3 Height of highest spine 7.5 Height of membrane connecting third and fourth spines 1.8 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 149 Anal fin, distance from snout 4.7 Caudal, length 18 Pectoral, length 24 Ventral, length 17 Fin rays : Dorsal XXXII Anal II, -20 Scales in lateral line 38 The specimens have been presented to the United States J>rational Museum. San Diego, Cal., April 10, 1880. OTS SOITIE ISEW SPECIES OF EOCEIVE MOL.L1JSCA FROM THE SOITTIS- EBIV UIVITED STATES. By AWGELO IIEII.PR1^. A part of the species herein described have been for several past years among the collections of the United States National Museum. Those which are mentioned as coming from Texas were collected by Mr. G. W\ Marnoch, who sent them some years ago to Dr. C. A. White, and were by the latter gentleman presented to the National Museum. The num- ber following the description of each species is that by which it is re- corded in the museum register. PLEUEOTOMA, Lam. Pletjeotoma pagoda, n. sp. Plate, fig. 1. Yentricose; whorls about nine, the body- whorl nodulated on its most convex portion (nearly central), the nodulation consisting of a single series of sharp, obtusely-pointed, and flattened spines or nodes, which frequently appear double by the crossing of an impressed line over their basal portion; upper volutions with a similar series of nodes almost im- mediately above the sutural line, and gradually dwindling off into a cren- ulation ; upi)er surface of the whorls concave, faintly striated, the sinual rugsB indicating but a faint sinus ; lower surface with numerous well- developed revolving lines, which show a tendency to alternate. Aper- ture exceeding the spire in length, considerably contracted at about its center. Length, 1^ inch. (No. 1505.) Eocene of Alabama. This species in its general appearance greatly resembles certain forms of Fusus, and a comparison of more numerous specimens may show it to belong to that genus, although the ornamentation of the whorls, as well as the sinual indication, more clearly point to Pleurotoma. The loO PEOCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES XATIOXAL MUSEUM. only two specimens in the collection liave tlie outer lip fractured, and I am therefore unable to pronounce conclusively upon the preseuce of a true notch. PLEUK0T03IA VENUSTA, U. sp. Plate, lig. 2. Slender, acuminate ; whorls about nine, convex, ornamented by numer- ous tine revolving lines, which on tht? body- whorl are disposed in jiairs; cue deeply impressed line margins the majority of the volutions imme- diately below the suture: sinnated lines of growth not prominent; spu'e and aperture of about equal length. Length, l-^ inch. (So. 1509.) Jackson, Miss. Pleueotoma platysoma, n. sp. Plate, fig. 3. Whorls '? in number, flattened, each volution following the other al- most in direct continuation without any prominent sutural division, and ornamented with immerous revolving lines, which on the caudal portion of the body- whorl tend to alternate, a fine line interposing itself between the more i)romiueut ones ; aperture probably a Uttle more than one-third the length of the entire shell ; notch deep, sigmoidal. Length, 2 inches? (No. 891G.) Atascosa County, Texas. EUCHEILODON, Gabb. EUCHETLODON CRENO-CAEINATA, n. Sp. Plate, fig. 4. TVhorls subscalariform, flattened above, the angulation formed by a doubly crenulated carina ; volutions ornamented by nunun-ous revolving, profoundly elevated strife, which are decussated by the much finer sinn- ated lines of growth; the upper or flattened portion with a inxmiineut beaded line bordering the suture, and two (a finer and a coarser line) intermediate ones between the same and the cariua; outer lip grooved within, and i)robably sharply creuulated by the terminations of the re- volving stricTB; columella with about eleven beads, which decrease in size from above downwards. Aperture nearly equal in length to the spire? Length of fragment, 1 inch. (No. 8921.) Jackson, Miss. SCALAEIA, Lam. SCALAKIA UNILINEATA, U. Sp. Plate, fig. 5. Whorls about nine in number, convex, with numerous very faint, almost invisible, revolving lines, and much more prominent transverse PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 151 oues (about 24 on tlie body- whorl) ; two very distinct revolving lines on the last volution, the upper one placed at about the middle, the lower one subcarinating it (only the upj)er of these two lines is seen on the remaining whorls, appearing there as a central line) ; base striated by revolving lines, and radially by the continuations of the transverse lines ; apperture elliptical, somewhat produced distaUy. Length, f inch. (No. 8920.) Jackson, Miss. FUSUS, Lam. Subgenus Strepsidtiba, Swainson. FuSUS MARNOCHI, n. Sp. Plate, fig. 6. Volutions seven or eight, the earlier three or four convex, the remain- der flattened; body-whorl subangulate; suture impressed; aperture less than one-half the length of shell, the canal shari^ly twisted; col- umella with a pseudo-fold following the curve of the canal. The whorls in the single specimen before me are destitute of ornamentation, but some traces of the former existence of revolving lines are ajy^aient. Length, | inch. (No. 8917.) Atascosa County, Texas. Ifamed after Mr. G. W. Marnoch, through whom this and other spe- cies of older Tertiary Texas fossOs have been obtained. TEEEBEA, Lam. Terebra plicifera, n. sp. Plate, fig. 8. Turreted; whorls ? in number, flattened, rapidly decreasing in size from the base ui)wards, and ornamented by numerous broad and prom- inently defined plicpe, having a sigmoidal flexure ; an impressed line on the upj)er portion of each volution produces a subsutural ring or band, over which the plicse and corresponding sulci are continued, and which occasionally tends to become double from the presence of a second im- pressed Mne. Body- whorl with two elevated revolving lines on its basal angulation; base radiately and longitudinally striated; aperture? (bro- ken in all specimens). Length? (Xo. 8919.) Atascosa County, Texas. CEASSATELLA, Lam. Crassatella declivis, n. sp. Plate, fig. 9. Very inequilateral, somewhat inflated anteriorly, the posterior dorsal margin descending very obliquely to the extremity, which is subcunei- 152 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STxiTES NATIONAL MUSEUM. form; anterior margin descending- rather abruptly, obtusely rounded; basal margin somewhat sinuous posteriorly. Surface deei^ly sulcated for the greater portion, the sulci mainly disappearing on the umbonial slope, where they give place to finely crowded striaj ; apex acute ; mus- cular impressions impressed ; margin minutely crenulat'ed. Length, If inches. (No. 2490.) Aquia Creek, Virginia. Apeil 25, 1880. WESCBIEPTIOIV OF A NEW AG©lVOII> FISH (KRACHYOI»SES XYOSTEE- IVUS), FBOM MONTEKEY BAY, CAI^BFOKNIA. By BAVID S. JORDAN and CIIAMJLES II. GII^ISEIST. Brachyopsis xyosternus sp. nov. Form of head and body as in Bracliyojysis verrucosus Lockington. Body elongate, depressed, broadest at the shoulders, thence tapering rapidly to the snout, and gradually and evenly to the tail. Snout broad, obtuse, depressed, its sides parallel. Mouth terminal, very oblique, the lower jaw much the longer, its tip i^rojecting upward above the upper profile of the snout. Mandible very broad, its greatest depth one- third its length, maxillary reaching to half way between front of orbit and pupil. A long barbel three-fourths the diameter of the orbit at its end. Premaxillaries anteriorly above the level of the pupil. Jaws with bands of villiform teeth. Vomer and palatines with slight asperities. !N"asal spines present. No spines on top of cranium. Interorbital space broad, concave, from the elevation of the supraocular ridges. Preorbital with two spines. A sharj) spine on the suborbital at lower posterior margin of eye. Preopercle with four processes, the upper one a sharp spine. Opercle striate, without spine. Top of head and the upper parts of the body without the small prickles which are found in B. verrucosus. Oc- cipital \)\t obsolete. N"o isthmus, the gill membrane united across the breast. No slit be hind the last gill. Body with the usual eight series of long keeled plates. Each keel terminating in a strong spine hooked backward, strine radiating in every direction from the spine. Dorsal series of plates 32, 6 before the spinous dorsal, 6 along its base, 4 betw^een the two dorsals, 5 along the base of the soft dorsal, and 11 behind it. The two dorsal series uniting immediately behind the soft dorsal, the resultant single series round, with radiating striii>, the kee- and spine obsolete. The two abdominal series similarly unite close be- hind the anal fin. The plates in the upper lateral series diminish in size forward, becom- ing very small anteriorly. The lower lateral series becomes broader for- wards as the other series decreases. It terminates abruptly opposite PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 153 the origin of the seeond dorsal. In the lower lateral series are 29 plates, in the abdominal series 30, 10 before the anal, 8 along its base, and 11 behind it. Breast ivitliout distinct plates, hxii entirely covered with minute tubercles) each of ichich has a central spine. A series of five plates in front of the base of the pectorals, four of them armed with hooked spines. Fin rays : D. VI-6 ; A. 8 ; V. I, 2. Lowest rays of pectorals not so short as in B. verrucosus, the lower- most two thirds the length of the longest (in B. verrucosus two-sevenths). Pectorals barely reaching front of anal. Ventrals much shorter than in B. verrucosus, the tips reaching slightly more than half the distance to the anal fin (beyond front of anal in B. verrucosus). Inner ray of ventrals very little longer than the outer, the connecting membrane narrow (very broad in verrucosus). Vent but lit- tle behind ventrals. Coloration. — Upper parts dusky ; mandible, cheek, and subopercle sil- very. Belly pale, with reddish tint. Lower half of pectoral reddish at base, the rest of the fin thickly dusted with black points. Yeutrals red- dish. Dorsal membrane immaculate, the rays punctulate with black. Caudal blackish. Anal reddish anteriorly, dusky behind. This species is related to Brachyopsis verrucosus, lately described by Mr. Lockington, differing, however, in several important respects, espe- cially {a) in the presence of small prickles on the breast instead of the large wart-like plates characteristic of verrucosus, (b) in the short ven- tral fins, (c) the absence of small prickles on the plates of the body, {d, the smaller number of plates, (e) the shorter vertical fins, (/) the long maxillary barbel, and (g) the deep mandible. Brachyopsis verrucosus is comparatively common in the open water be- tween Point Eeyes and the Farallones, and is frequently brought in in the trawl-nets. Brachyopsis xyosternus is thus far known oulj^ from a specimen found on the beach at Santa Cruz by Dr. C. L. Anderson, and presented by him to the United States National Museum. The genus to which these two species belong is well separated from Agonus by the absence of an isthmus, as well as by the entirely different form of the mouth and anterior portion of the head. Whether they are congeneric with the type of Brachyopsis Gill {Agonus rostratus Tilesius, from Kamtschatka) is yet to be proven. Table of measurements. Xyosternus, Santa Cruz. Vcrrifcosus, Puuta Keyes. Extreme length, in inches . . 5.20 4.40 11 (ca) 22 17.5 15 4 4.2 6.45 Lens;tli to base of caudal — 100 5.55 Body, greatest deptli 12 Head: Length 24 Distance from snout to nape 19.5 Greatest width 16.5 InterorWtal width 5 Length of snout G 154 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. TaMe of measurements — Continued. Head: Length of maxillary Length of maiuliljlo Depth of manilible Diameter of orbit Length of mamillary barbel Dorsal (spinous) : Distance from snout Greatest height Length of w{*°f-JfpP«,-J>--; Dorsal (soft) ■ ' T„^„+i, r.f unc,. ^ to end of membrane. Length of base ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Height of longest ray Anal: Distance from snout Length of base{^o-'l«4-f_-^--- Height of longest ray Caudal, length Pectoral, length Ventral : Distance fiom snout Length Dorsal i-ays Anal lays Pectoral rays Ventral rays I^umber of tubes in lateral line Number of plates in dorsal series Number of plates in lower lateral series . . . Xyosternus, Santa Cruz. Yei'n(cosiis, Pnnta Keyes. 7.5 12 2.5 6 1 25.5 13.5 12 52 24 10 16.5 24.5 28 29.5 LS-T 11 14 L2 37 35 35 Santa Oruz, Oal., April 20, 1880. DESCRIPTBON OF A NEIY FliOffJIVlJEK (HIPPOCiliOSSOIDFS EXBIilS), FROM THE COAST OF CALIF OBNIA. By ©ATI® S. JOKOAWf amd C1IAEI.ES M. GILKEKT. Hippoglossoides exilis sp. nov. Eyes and color on the riglit side. Body elongate, comparatively slender, rather closely compressed ; the dorsal outline more curved than the ventral, and neither strongly arched; the body tapering backwards Into a slender caudal j)eduncle, which is considerably longer than deep. Greatest depth about one-third the length to base of caudle. Head moderate, not obtuse, the outline of the snout continuous with the descending profile of the back. Mouth not large, very oblique, the upper jaw with its margin on each side concave, the lower jaw correspond- ingly convex. Lower jaw slightly protruding, with a distinct sym- physeal knob. Maxillary rather narrow, its x>osterior end obliquely truncate, not extending quite to oi)posite the middle of the pui)il. Pre- maxillary anteriorly on the level of the interorbital space. Teeth all conical, the upper jaw with tvvo distinct series; outer series of teeth smaller than in the other species of Hippoglossoides, not large anteriorly, and becoming quite small posteriorly. Teeth of the inner series quite small, closely and evenly set. Lower jaw with a single PEOCEEDING^ OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 155 series of close-set teeth, mucli smaller than in the outer series of the upper jaw. Eyes hirge, the lower somewhat in advance of the upper, their diam- eter two-sevenths of the length of the head. The upper eye with some vertical range, but not encroaching on the dorsal line. Interorhital space a very narrow sharp ridge, with three rows of small scales, a slight ridge connecting it with the lateral line. A series of mucous pores around lower eye behind. About 8 scales in a series obliquely across the cheeks. Gill-rakers rather slender, shorter than in the other species of this genus, but similar in form, compressed, toothed on the inner edge, somewhat curved forwards. About 10 of them below the angle of the arch, the longest not one-third the diameter of the eye. Scales comparatively large, very much larger than in the other species of Hippoglossoides, thin, almost membranaceous, and somewhat readily deciduous, their edges conspicuously ctenoid, but much less rough than in H.jordani. In the latter species the scales are of much firmer texture, and their cilia are spine-like and stiff. The character of the scales is similar to that of AtherestJies stomias, which this species also simulates in form and color. Scales on the head entirely' similar to those on the body, but somewhat smaller. Those on left side also similar, but less strongly ctenoid. They are, however, considerably rougher than on the blind side in related spepies. Lateral line very i)rominent, its tubes coarse. It is straight behind, slightly and regularly rising anteriorly, without trace of arch or con- vexity. Eays of both dorsal and anal fins extensively scaly on both sides. Scales extending high up on all the fins. Scales 16-71-18 (12-125-43 in Hippoglossoides jordmii ) . Fins low, rather fragile, the rays set well apart. Dorsal fin beginning immediately in front of the pupil, its anterior rays very low, the highest rays much behind the middle of the fin, their height much less than the length of the caudal peduncle, and but little more than the diameter of the eye. Anal fin similar to the dorsal, but rather higher, preceded by a spine which is shorter than in H.jordani. Caudal fin long, somewhat pointed, the middle rays unusually pro- duced. Pectoral fins small, little more than half the length of the head, that of the left side less than a third. Ventral fins both lateral, small, not reaching to the anal spine. Fin rays : D. 78 ; A. C2 ; Y. 6. Color pale olivaceous brown, rendered darker by black punctulations, which form an edging around each scale, sometimes with a few very faint bronze si)ots. Fins somewhat dusky, especially the caudal and 156 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. pectoral ; dorsal and anal edged with yellowisli anteriorly ; ventrals with considerable light yellow. This species is known to ns from upwards of a hundred specimens taken in sweep-nets between the Golden Gate and Point Keyes. All the specimens are small, ranging from 8 to 12 inches in length. Its abundance, in the San Francisco market at least, seems to be con- fined to the month of April. Its relations are not intimate with the two species of this genus pre- viously known — H. j)latessoides of the North Atlantic and H.jordani of the iSTorth Pacific. From both it differs in the elongate form, much larger scales, fevv^er fin rays, smaller teeth, &c. With H. jordani, which inhabits the same waters, it agrees in scarcely any respect, excepting in the characters of the genus Hippoglossoides, i. e., the large mouth, conical teeth, ctenoid scales, simi)le, straight, lateral line, convex caudal, dextral eyes, «&c. Tahle of measurements. Extreme length, in inches Length to base of caudal, in inches =^100. . Body: Greatest height Least height Length of caudal peduncle Head: Greatest length Width of interorbital area Length (if snout Length of ovbii Length of maxillary Length of mandible Length of longest gUl-raker Dorsal : Distance from snout Greatest height Anal : Distance from snout Height at longest ray Caudal: Length of middle rays Length of outer rays Pectoral: liiiiht side, lensth Left side, liuiith Ventral, right side, length Dorsal rays Anal rays Scales in lateral line Scales in transverse row above lateral line Scales in transverse row below lateral line Exilis. Jordani. 10.25 9.08 8.40 7.70 33 41 8.2 ■ 9.8 12.5 8 25.5 28.5 .50 1.50 3.7 3.8 9.3 9 9 11 1L5 14 2 3 9.3 9 S 11.5 35 33 9.5 10.5 20.5 17.5 17 17 14 15.5 8 11 7.5 8 78 94 62 73 71 125 16 42 18 43 San Francisco, Gal., A;gril 21, 1880. PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 157 DESCRIPTIOIVS OF 1VE\^'' I^ifVEKTEBKATE F08§lIi:.S FKOM THE 1T1ES©Z»SC ANO CElVOZOaC BOCK!^ OF ARKANSAS, WYOMING, COI^- ORADO, AND UTAH. By C. A. 1¥HITE. The fossils described in the following paragraphs are among the col- lections of the National Museum. All except one species liave been selected for description from among the collections that •svere made under the auspices of the surveys formerly in charge, respectively, of Professor Powell, Dr. Hayden, and Captain Wheeler. Two of them, Callianassa ulrichi and Spirorbis dicJchauti, are embraced in a small Col- lection of Cretaceous fossils sent to the National Museum from near Lit- tle Eock, Ark., by Mr. E. O. Ulrich, of Cincinnati, Ohio. MOLLDSCA. CONCHIFERA. Genus PTERIA Scopoli. Subgenus OXYTOMA Meek. Pteeia (Oxytoma) eeecta (sp. nov.). Avicuhi linguiformis WMte, 187G (not Sliuiaard), Powell's Rep. Geol. Uiuta Mts., p. 95. Shell rather small, appearing to be nearly erect, but the axis is slightly oblique to the hinge-line ; both valves convex, but the right one less convex than the left ; hinge-line long, much longer than the axial length of the shell ; i^osterior wing large, its extremity acutely angular and moderately prominent; anterior wing comparatively large, prominent, obtusely pointed, defined from the body of the shell by a sinus or furrow in both valves, the direction of which forms a slightly obtuse or nearly right angle with the hinge-line ; front, exclusive of the anterior wing, nearly perpendicular the margin forming a nearly regular curve from the front all the way around to the i^osterior side, where it is flexed with a backward carve to meet the extremity of the hinge-line ; umbones somewhat prominent, especially that of the left valve. Surface having a nearly smooth appearance, but the lens reveals the presence of some- what regularly disposed concentric lines. Length of hinge-line, 32 millimeters; axial length of the shell, 26 millimeters. (Museum No. 8771.) This shell was formerly referred by me {loc. cU.) to the Avicula lingui- form is of Shumard, but it differs from that species by having larger wings, a much longer hinge-line, and a much less oblique axis. It may be compared with P. (0.) salinensis White, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. ii, p. 296, pi. 5, figs. 1 and 2; but it differs in being less robust, having 158 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. proportionalJy larger wings, narrower body, and a more nearly erect axis. Position and locality. — Lower Potato Valley, Southern Utah, whexe it was obtained by Prof. J. W. Powell from Cretaceous strata. Genus SOLEMYA Lamarck. SOLEMYA BILIX (sp. nOV.). Shell about two and a half times as long as high, broader anteriorly than posteriorly ; both ends rounded, the posterior one more narrowly so than the other 5 both dorsal and basal margins gently convex or nearly straight ; test thin and fragile ; valves moderately convex from above downward, the greatest convexity in that direction being near the dor- sum ; beaks, having the usual inconspicuous character common to the genus, situated near the posterior end ; ligament necessarily short, but apparently well develoi^ed, and resting upon a fulcrum of sui)portof the usual character in each valve. Surface bright and, besides the usual lines of growth, marked by numerous faint radiating lines, which are visible to the unassisted eye, but are satisfactorily seen only under a lens, nearly imiformly distributed over the whole surface, but upon the middle portion they are arranged in paii's. Length, 20 millimeters; height at the broadest part, which is in front of the middle, 8 millimetres. (Museum No. 8913.) This is plainly a characteristic species of Solemya, but the only fossil species with which it need be compared is S. suhplicata Meek & Hay- den, from the Fox Hills Cretaceous of the Upper Missouri. It differs from, that species in being proportionally broader in front, in the charac- ter and uniformity of distribution of its radiating strife, and in wanting the subplicate character of the front portion. The extension of the epi- dermis has not been observed, but in other respects this species may be compared with the hving 8. velum Say in general form, and in the pair- ing of its radiating lines. Position and locality. — Cretaceous strata, associated with Mactra liolmesii {=Gyrenaf liolmesii Meek), about four miles north of Golden, Colo., where it was obtained by Mr. W. H. Holmes. These strata were for- merly supposed to belong to the Lignite series (Laramie), but they are marine Cretaceous, as I have shown in An. Eep. U. S. Geol. Sur. Terr, for 1877, pp. 193-196. Genus LUC IN A Bruguik'e. LUCINA PKOFUNDA (sp. nov.). Shell subcircular or subpentahedral ; valves not very convex; pos- terior side truncate, narrower than the anterior ; basal border having its margin more abruptly convex at its middle than towards the front and rear; dorsal marginshort, nearly straight; front marginliaving a nearly PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 159 regular ciu-ve; beaks small, submedially located, distinct but incon- spicuous: umboual ridge slightly developed, curved, passing near the dorsal and posterior borders. Surface marked by the usual concentric lines of growth. Length, 20 milhmeters; height, from base to beaks, 18 millimeters. (Museum No. 8362.) This species is readily recognizable by its comparatively narrow pos- terior side, its deeply convex basal border, and slight convexity of the valves. Position cmd locality. — Cretaceous strata. Monument Creek, Colorado, where it was obtained by Dr. A. C. Peale. GASTEROPODA. Genus PLANORBIS Guettarcl. Planorbis ^qualis (sp. nov.). Shell rather small, coiled nearly in a plane, ai)i)arently sinistral; whorls apparently 4 or 5, in close contact but only shghtly involute, broadly convex upon the periphery, but their sides more narrowly con- vex, their transverse diameter greater than that which corresponds with the plane of the coil. Surface marked by a considerable number of revolving raised lines or slight angulations, which are crossed by the usual lines of growth. Diameter of the full coil of the largest example discovered, 6 milli- meters. (Museum No. 8909.) This is apparently the only species of typical biumbilicate Planorhis that has yet been discovered among the fossil fresh-water faunjie of the Western region, and it therefore needs no detailed comi)arison. Position and locality. — Green Eiver Group, Eocene, Henry's Fork of Green Eiver, Southern Wyoming. Subgenus GYRAULTJS Agassiz. PLAJ?fOEBis (Gyeaulus) militaris (sp. nov.). Shell very small, dextral, depressed-convex above, umbilicate below ; Tolutions two and a half to three and a half, convex on all sides except the inner, which is very narrowly flattened against each preceding coil; suture deeply impressed both above and below; surface marked by com- paratively coarse lines of growth. Diameter of the full coil of the larger examples in the collection, 4 millimeters. (Museum No. S594.) This form was noticed but not named by me in vol. iv, U. S. Expl. & Sur. West of the 100th IMerid., p. 210. At that time I was not sat- isfied as to the mature condition of these shells, but by careful examina- 160 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. tioii of a larger number of examples there seems to be no reason for doubt upon that point. The subgenus GyrauLus has not heretofore been ijublished as occurring among our large fossil pulmonate molliiscan faunae of the West, but at least two other species probably exist there, one in the Bear Eiver (Lar- amie) strata, and the other in those of the Green River Group. Position and locality. — Head of Soldiers' Fork, Utah, where they were obtained by one of the parties of the survey in charge of Lieutenant Wheeler. The true age of the strata is not at present definitely known, but it is understood to be either that of the upper portion of the Lara- mie or the lower portion of the Wahsatch Group. Genus LIMN^A Lamarck. Subgenus LEPTOLIMi^EA Swainson. • Li:mn^a (Leptolumnea) minuscula (sp. nov.). Shell rather small, moderately attenuate; spire much longer than the aperture; volutions six or seven, moderately convex, the distal border very narrowly appressed against each preceding coil; aperture small, elongate, subovate; columellar fold distinct, but not large. Surface marked by distinct lines of growth, but no revolving lines have been detected. The only two examples of this species that have been discovered are broken, but the full length of the larger one is estimated at 9 millime- ters; diameter of last volution, 3 millimeters; length of aperture, 3^ millimeters. (Museum No. 8907.) Position and locality. — From strata belonging to either the basal por- tion of the Green Elver Group or the upper portion of the Wahsatch Group, about three miles east of Table Eock Eailroad station. Southern Wyoming, where it is associated with Planorhis cirratus White, and also a small Limnreid that is probably referable to Acella Haldeman. Genus HELIX Linnaus. Subgenus PATULA Haldeman. Helix (Patula) sepulta (sp. nov.). "Shell convex above; umbilicus moderately wide; volutions about six, convex upon all sides except the inner ; suture impressed ; surface reg- ularly but minutely ribbed, the ribs having the same direction as the lines of growth. All the examples discovered are distorted by pressure, but the diam- eter of the full coil of the largest example was about 12 millimeters and its full height about 7 millimeters. (Museum No. 8908.) Position and locality. — The coal-bearing series of strata at Evanston, Wyo., where it is associated with K. evansfonensis White and other forms. These strata belong either to the upper part of the Laramie or the lower i^ortion of the Wahsatch Group. PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 161 ARTICULATA. VERMES. Genus. SPIRORBIS Lamarck. SPIEOKBIS? DICKHAUTI (sp. IIOY.). Shell discoid, one side being nearly flat and the other broadly um- bilicate ; volutions about five, partially embracing but all of them visible, somewhat rugose but increasing in size with considerable regularity ; peripheral side of the volutions flattened or gently convex, having a single revolving raised line along its middle and another similar one at each border, where it sharpens the angularity between the • lateral and peripheral sides; outer portion of both the lateral sides of the volutions concave, and the inner portion convex, giving the last-named portion a greater transverse diameter than the outer portion, the larger part of which is embraced by the next succeeding volution ; aperture small, round, and apparently, but not really, contracted. The cavity being round, the outer portion of the test only partakes of the irregu- larity described, and seems to have been deposited as an encrustation upon the first-formed inner portion, that of adjacent volutions seeming to blend, obscuring the suture. Besides a considerable degree of rugosity, the surface shows under the lens a peculiar granular or rather an etched appearance. Greatest diameter of the full coil of the largest example discovered, 9 millimeters; greatest diameter of the outer volution, near the aper- ture, 2^ millimeters. (Museum No. 9073.) In size and general aspect this species resembles S. rotuhis Morton sp., from the Cretaceous of New Jersey, but although doubtless con- generic, it differs from that species in the character of its surface orna- mentation, and in having a round instead of quadrangular aperture. This shell is referred to the shell-bearing worms and not to the mollusca on account of the peculiar character of the test. It probably does not strictly belong to the genus Spirorbis, but it is regarded as at least a closely related form. Fosition and locality. — Cretaceous strata near Little Eock, Ark., where it was obtained by Mr. E. O. Ulrich, and also by Mr. H. E. Dickhaut, in whose honor the specific name is given. CRUSTACEA. Genus CALLIANASSA Leach. Callianassa uleichi (sp. nov.). Hand quadrate, flattened; inner face less convex than the outer; both upper and lower edges acute, tlie lower one more so than the upper, and finely crenulate; fixed finger slender, plain, its transverse section sub- Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 11 Auff. 24, 1880. 162 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. triangular, gently curved, shorter tlian the hand; movable finger larger and stronger than the fixed one, having "a moderately strong prominent ridge upon the inner side, between the front end of which and the ex- tremity of the finger there is sometimes a distinct tooth.. Surface nearly smooth, but some examples are granulate about the middle of both sides of the hand, and several small foramina are observable along the upper margin of the movable finger. Length of hand, 13 millimeters; breadth, 10 millimeters; thickness, 4 milUmeters. (Museum No. 8910.) Position and locality. — This species has been sent to the United States Il^ational Museum by Mr. E. O. Ulrich, in whose honor the specific name is given. He obtained it from Cretaceous strata near Little Rock, Ark, Associated with it, besides certain characteristic Cretaceous mollusca, there are several separate movable fingers which x)lainly belong to an- other decapod crustacean ; but although complete in themselves, they constitute too small a portion of the animal to satisfactorily base a specific description upon them. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 163 A CATAIiOGUC OF THE BIRDS OF NORTB AMERICA. By ROBERT RIDOTVAY. IXTEODUCTIOiT. During' the interval of twenty-one years which ha« elapsed since the publication of the last Smithsonian catalogue,* a great advance has naturally been made in our knowledge of ]S'orth American ornithology; and so numerous and important are the changes which have resulted, through additions of new species, rectifications of synonymy, etc., that a new list seems desirable to take the place of the old one. The total apparent number of species given in the old catalogue has been increased only from 738 to 764, a slight numerical discrepancy which it is necessary to explain. From the catalogue of 1859 there have been eliminated no less than 02 names, which are either not entitled to a place in the Xorth American fauna or which have been degraded to varietal or sub-specific rank, the number of the species in the latter case being here simply duplicated as many times as there are varieties of a species. To offset this large reduction, 59 valid new species have been described since 1859, and 77 added, or restored, to the fauna, the acces- sions thus numbering 127 species, or 65 more than the eliminations. The forms considered to be of merely subspecific rank number 160, which, added to the 764 valid species recognized, gives a total of 924 definable forms composing the North American avian fauna, as now understood, t It is found impracticable to here distinguish, in all cases, between * Two catalogues of North Americau birds have been issued by the Sinithsoniau In- stitution, as follows : (1) Catalogue of North American Birds, chiefly in the Museum of the Smiths4.] 13. HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS (Lixx.) Caban. Brown Thrasher. [261,261a.] i:Ut. HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS LONGIROSTRIS (Lafr.) COUES. Mexican Brown Thrasher. [260.] 14. HARPORHYNCHUS CINEREUS Xantus. Saint Lucas Thrasher. 14 a. HARPORHYNCHUS CINEREUS BENDIREI (CouES) Hexsh. Bendire's Thrasher. 15. HARPORHYNCHUS CURVIROSTRIS (Sw.) Caban. Curve-billed Thrasher. [259, 259 o.] 15 «. HARPORHYNCHUS CURVIROSTRIS PALMERI PaDGW. Palmer's Thrasher. 16. HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS (Gamb.) Cabax. Californian Thrasher. [256.] 16 rt. HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS LECONTEI (Lawr.) Coues. Leconte's Thrasher. [257.] 17. HARPORHYNCHUS CRIS^ALIS Hexky. Red-vented. Thrasher. [258. ] 18. HARPORHYNCHUS GRAYSONI Baird. Socorro Thrasher. 19. CINCLUS MEXICANUS Swains. American Water Ouzel. [164.] [20.] CYANECULA SUECICA (Lixx.) Brehm. Blue-throated Warbler. [21.] SAXICOLA CENANTHE (Lixx.) Bechst. Stone Chat. [157.] 22. SIALIA SIALIS (LjNX.) Haldejl Bluebird. [158.] 23. SIALIA MEXICAN A Swaixs. Californian Bluebird. [159.] 24. SIALIA ARCTICA. SwAixs. Rocky Mountain Bluebird. [160.] 23. MYIADESTES TOWNSENDI (AuD.) Cabax. Townsend's Solitaire. [235.] 26. PHAINOPEPLA NITENS (Sw.) ScL. Black-crested Flycatcher. [234.] 27. POLIOPTILA CiERULEA (Lixx.) Scl. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. [282.] 168 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 28. POLIOPTILA PLUMBEA Baird. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher. [1^83.] 29. POLIOPTILA. MELANURA Lawr. Black-capped Gnatcatcher. [284.] 30. REGULU3 CALENDULA (Linn.) Light. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. [161.] 31. REGULU3 OBSCURUS EiDGW. Dusky Kinglet. 32. REGULUS CUVIERI AuD. Cuvier's Kinglet. [163.] 33. REGULUS SATRAPA Light. Golden-crowned Kinglet. [162.] 33 «. REGULUS SATRAPA OLIVACEUS Baird. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. [34.] PHYLL03C0PUS BOREALIS (Blas.) Dresser. Kenuicott's Warbler. 35. CHAMiEA FASCIATA Gamb. Ground Tit. [274.] 36. LOPHOPHANES BICOLOR (Linn.) Bp. Tufted Titmouse. [285.] 37. LOPHOPHANES ATROCRISTATUS Cass. Black-crested Titmouse. [286.] 38. LOPHOPHANES INORNATUS (Gamb.) Cass. Plain Titmouse. [287.] 39. LOPHOPHANES WOLLWEBERI Bonap. Wollweber's Titmouse. [288.] 40. PARUS MONT ANUS, Gamb. Mountain Chickadee. [294.] 41. PARUS ATRICAPILLUS LiNN. Black-capped Chickadee. [290.] 41a. PARUS ATRICAPILLUS SEPTENTRIONALIS (Harris) AixeN. Long-tailed Chickadee. [289,289a.] 41J. PARUS ATRICAPILLUS OCCIDENTALIS (Baird) CotjeS. Oregon Chickadee. [291.] 42. PARUS CAROLINENSIS AuD. Carolina Chickadee. [293.] 43. PARUS MERIDIONALIS ScL. Mexican Chickadee. [292.] [44.] PARUS CINCTUS Bodd. Siberian Chickadee. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 169 45. PARUS HUDSONICUS FoRST. Hudsonian Chickadee. [29G.] 46. PARUS RUFESCENS Tuv^-^-s. Chestnut-backed Chickadee. [29.5.] 46a. PARUS RUFESCENS NEGLECTUS, Eidgw. Californian Chickadee. 47. PSALTRIPARUS MINIMUS (Towns.) Bp. Least Tit. [-298.] 48. PSALTRIPARUS PLUMBEUS Baird. Lead-colored Tit. [299.] 49. PSALTRIPARUS MELANOTIS (Hartl.) Bp. Black-eared Tit. [297.] 50. AURIPARUS FLAVICEP3 (Sundev.) Baird. Yellow-headed Tit. [:>00.] 51. SITTA CAROLINENSIS Gmel. "White-bellied Nuthatch. [277.] 51a. SITTA CAROLINENSIS ACULEATA (Cass.) Allen. Slender-billed Nuthatch. [278.] 52. SITTA CANADENSIS Linn. Red-bellied Nuthatch. [279.] 53. SITTA PUSILLA Lath. Brown-headed Nuthatch. [280.] 54. SITTA PYGMiEA YiG. Pigmy Nuthatch. [281.] 55. CERTHIA FAMILIARIS RUPA (Bartr.) Ridgw. Brown Creeper. [27.5.] 55a. CERTHIA FAMILIARIS MEXICANA (Glogeu) RiDGW. Mexican Creeper. [276.] 56. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS BRUNNEICAPILLUS (Lafr.) Gray. Cactus Wren. [262.] 57. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS AFFINIS Xantus. Saint Lucas Cactus "Wren. 58. SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS (Say) Caban. Rock Wren. [264.] 58a. SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS GUADALUPENSIS RiDGW. Guadalupe Rock Wren. 59 CATHERPES MEXICANUS (Sw.) Baird. Mexican White-throated Wren. [263. J 59 a. CATHERPES MEXICANUS CONSPERSUS RiDGW. White-throated Wren. 170 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 60. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS (Gm.) Bp. Carolina Wren. ['265.] . GO a. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS BERLANDIERI (CouCH) COUES. Berlandier's Wren. [266.] 60 &. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS MIAMENSIS HlDGW. Florida Wren. 61. THRYOMANES BEWICKI (AuD.) Baird. Bewick's Wren. [267.] 61a, THRYOMANES BEWICKI SPILURUS (ViG.) Baikd. Californian Bewick's Wren. 61 6. THRYOMANES BEWICKI LEUCOGASTER Baird. Texan Bewick's Wren. 62. THRYOMANES BREVICAUDA Eidgw. Guadalupe Wren. 63. TROGLODYTES AEDON, Vieill. House Wren. [270,272.] 63a. TROGLODYTES AEDON PARKMANNI (AuD.) CoUES, Western House Wren. [271.] 64. TROGLODYTES INSULARIS Baied. Socorro Wren. 65. ANORTHURA TROGLODYTES HYEMALIS (Vieill.) Coues, Winter Wren, ['273.] 65ffl. ANORTHURA TROGLODYTES PACIFICUS (Baird) Eidgw. Western Winter Wren. 66. ' ANORTHURA ALASCENSIS (Baird) Coues. Alaskan Wren. 67. TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS (Wils.) Baird. Long-billed Marsh Wren. [268.] 67a, TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS PALUDICOLA Baird Tule Wren. 68. CISTOTHORUS STELLARIS (Licht.) Cab.\n, Short-billed Marsh Wren. [269.] [69.] MOTACILLA ALBA Lixx. White Wagtail. [70.] BUDYTES FLAVA (Linn.) Gray. Yellow Wagtail. 71. ANTHUS LUDOVICIANUS (Gm.) Light. American Titlark. [105.] [72,] ANTHUS PRATENSTS (Linn.) Bechst, European Titlark. PROCEEDINGS . OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 171 73. NEOCORYS SPRAGUEI (Aud.) Scl. SpragTie's Titlark. [1C6.] 74. MNIOTILTA VARIA (Lixx.) Vieill. Black-and-white Creeper. [167 «.] 74 a. MNIOTILTA VARIA BOREALIS (Nutt.) Ridgw. Small -billed Creeper. [167.] 75. • PROTONOTARIA CITREA (Bodd.) Baird. Prothonotary Warbler. [169.] 76. HELON^A SWAINSONI Aud. Swainsons Warbler. [1*9.] 77. HELMITHERUS VERMIVORUS (G.mel.) Bp. Worm-eating Warbler. [178.] 78. HELMINTHOPHAGA BACHMANI (Aud.) Caean. Bachman's Warbler. [182.] 79. HELMINTHOPHAGA PINUS (Linn.) Baird. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. [180.] 80. HELMINTHOPHAGA LAWRENCEI Heerick. Lawrence's "Warbler. 81. HELMINTHOPHAGA CHRYSOPTERA (LiNN.) Baird. Golden- w^inged Warbler. [181.] 82. HELMINTHOPHAGA LEUCOBRONCHIALIS BREWSTER. White-throated Warbler. 83. HELMINTHOPHAGA LUCIiE Cooper. Lucy's Warbler. 84. HELMINTHOPHAGA VIRGINIiB Baird. Virginia's Warbler. [183 «.] 85. HELMINTHOPHAGA RUFICAPILLA (WiLS.) Baird. Nashville Warbler. [183.] 86. HELMINTHOPHAGA CELATA (Say) Baird. Orange-crowned Warbler. [184.] 86 a. HELMINTHOPHAGA CELATA LUTESCENS RiDGW. Luteous Warbler. 87. HELMINTHOPHAGA PEREGRINA (WiLS.) Baird Tennessee Warbler. [185.] 83. PARULA AMERICANA (Linn.) Bp. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. [168.] 80. PARULA PITIAYUMI INSULARIS (Lawr.) Ridgw. Socorro Warbler. 89 a. PARULA PITIAYUMI NIGRILORA COUES. Sennett's Warbler. 172 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 90. PERISSOGLOSSA TIGRINA (Gmel.) Baird. Cape May Warbler. [gOo.] 91. PERISSOGLOSSA CARBONATA (AcD.) Baird. Carbonated Warbler. [-207.] 92. PEUCEDRAMUS OLIVACEUS (Giraud) Coues. Olive-headed Warbler. 93. DENDRCECA iBSTIVA (Gmel.) Baird. Summer Yellow Bird. [203. ] 94. DENDRCECA CiERULESCENS fLixx.) Baird. Black-throated Blue Warbler. [193.] 95. DENDRCECA CORONATA (Lixx.) Gray. Yellow-rump Warbler. [194.] 96. DENDRCECA AUDUBONH (Towxs.) Baird. Audubon's Warbler. [195.] 97. DENDRCECA MACULOSA (Gmel.) Baird. Black-and-yellow Warbler. [204.] 98. DENDRCECA CJERULEA (Wils.) Baird. Cerulean Warbler. [201.] 99. DENDRCECA PBNNSYLVANICA (Lixx.) Baird. Chestnut-sided Warbler. [200.] 100. DENDRCECA CASTANEA (Wils.) Baird. Bay-breasted Warbler. [197.] 101. DENDRCECA STRIATA (FoRSx.) Baird. Black-poU Warbler. [202.] 102. . DENDRCECA BLACKBURNIiB (Gm.) Baird. Blackburnian Warbler. [196.] 103. DENDRCECA DOMINICA (Lixx.) Baird. Yellow-throated Warbler. [209.] 103a. DENDRCECA DOMINICA ALBILORA Baird. White-browed Yellow throated Warbler. 104. DENDRCECA GRACI^aEJ Coues. Grace's Warbler. 105. DENDRCECA NIGRESCENS (Towns.) Baird. Black-throated Gray Warbler. [192.] 106. DENDRCECA CHRYSOPARIA ScL. & S.alv. Golden-cheeked Warbler. 107. DENDRCECA VIRENS (Gmel.) Baird. Black-throated Green Warbler. [189.] 108. DENDRCECA TOWNSENDI (Nuxx.) Baird. Townsend's Warbler. [191.] PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 17^ 109. DENDROBCA OCCIDENTALIS (Towxs.) Baird. Hermit "Waibler. [190.] 110. DENDRCECA KIRTLANDI Baird. Kirtlands Warbler. [205.] 111. DENDRCECA PINUS (Wils.) Baird. Pine-creeping Warbler. [198.] 112. DENDRCECA MONTANA (Wils.) Baird. Blue Mountain Warbler. [199.] 113. DENDRCECA PALMARUM (Gmel.) Baird. Red-poll Warbler. [20S.] 113 «. DENDRCECA PALMARUM HYPOCHRYSEA EiDGW. Yellow Red-poll Warbler. 114. DENDRCECA DISCOLOR (Vieill.) Baird. Prairie Warbler. [210.] 115. SIURUS AURICAPILLUS (Lixx.) Swaixs. Golden-crowned Thrush. [186.] lie. SIURUS N^VIUS (BODD.) CoiES. Small-billed Water Thrush. [187.] 116 «. SIURUS NiEVIUS NOTA3ILIS Grixxell. Griunell's Water Thrush. 117. SIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieill.) Coue.s. Large-billed Water Thrush. [188.] 118. OPORORNIS AGILI3 v^Vils.^ Baird. Connecticut Warbler. [174.] 119. OPORORNIS FORMOSA (Wils.) Baird. Kentucky Warbler. [175.] 120. GEOTHLYPIS PHILADELPHIA (Wils.) Baird. Mourning Warbler. [172.] 121. GEOTHLYPIS MACGILLIVRAYI (Aud.) Baird. Macgillivray's Warbler. [173.] 122. GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS ,Lixx.) Cabax. Maryland Yellow-throat. [170.] 123. ICTERIA VIRENS (Lixx.) Baird. YeUow-breasted Chat. [176.] 123rt. ICTERIA VIRENS LONGICAUDA (Lawr.) Coues. Long-tailed Chat. [177.] 124. WILSONIA MITRATA (Gmel.) Bp. Hooded Warbler. [211.] 125. WILSONIA PUSILLA (Wils.) Bp. Black-capped Yellow Warbler. [213.] 174 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 125 rt. WILSONIA PUSILLA PILEOLATA (Pall.) Ridgw. Pileolated Warbler. 126. WILSONIA MINUTA (WiLS.) Eidgw. Small-headed Flycatcher. [212.] 127. WILSONIA CANADENSIS (Linn.) Coues. Canadian Flycatching Warbler. [214,215.] 128. SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA (Linn.) Swains. American Redstart. [217.] 129. SETOPHAGA PICTA Swains. Painted Redstart. [218.] 130. SETOPHAGA MINIATA Svv ains. Red-bellied Redstart. [219] 131. CARDELLINA RUBRIFRONS (Giraud) Scl. Red-faced Warbler. 132. ERGATICUS RUBER (Swains.) Bated. Red Warbler. [216.] 133. BASILEUTERUS CULICIVORUS (Light.) Bonap. Brasier's Warbler. 134. BASILEUTERUS BELLII (Giraud) Sol. Bell's Warbler. 135. VIREOSYLVIA OLIVACEA (Linn.) Bonap. Red-eyed Vireo. [240.] 136. VIREOSYLVIA AGILIS FLAVO-VIRIDIS (Cass.) RiDGW. Yellow-green Vireo. [241.] 137. VIREOSYLVIA CARIDRIS BARBATULA (Caban.) RiDGW. Black-whiskered Vireo. [243.] 138. VIREOSYLVIA PHILADELPHICA Cass. Philadelphia Vireo. [244.] 139. VIREOSYLVIA GILVA (Vieill.) Cass. Warbling Vireo. [245.] 139a. VIREOSYLVIA GILVA SWAINSONI Baird. Western Warbling Vireo. 140. LANIVIREO FLAVIFRONS (Vieill.) Baird. Yellow-throated Vireo. [252.] 141. LANIVIREO SOLITARIUS (Vieill.) Baird. Blue-headed Vireo. [250.] 141a. LANIVIREO SOLITARIUS CASSINI (Xantus) Ridgw. Cassia's Vireo. [251.] 141 &. LANIVIREO SOLITARIUS PLUMBEUS (CouES) All. Plumbeous Vireo. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 175' 142. VIREO ATRICAPILLUS Woodh. Black-capped Vireo. [247.] 143. VIREO NOVBBORACENSIS (Gmel.) Bp. White-eyed Vireo. [248.] 144. VIREO HUTTONI Cass. Hutton's Vireo. [249.] 145. VIREO BELLII Aro. Bell's Vireo. [246.] 146. VIREO PUSILLUS Coues. Least Vireo. 147. VIREO VICINIOR Coues. Gray Vireo. 14S. LANIUS BOREALIS Yieill. Great Northern Shrike. [236.] 149. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS LiNX. Loggerhead Shrike. [237.] 149a. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS EXCUBITORIDES (Sw.) COUES. White-nimped Shrike. [233.] 149 6. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS ROBUSTUS Baird. Large-billed Shrike. 150. AMPELIS GARRULUS Lixx. Northern "Wax- wing. [232.] 151. AMPELIS CEDRORUM (Vieill.) Baikd. Cedar Wax-wing. [233.] 1.52. PROGNE SUBIS (Lixx.) Baird. Purple Martin. [231.] 152a. PROGNE SUBIS CRYPTOLEUCA Baird. Cuban Martin. [231 a. ] 153. PETROCHELIDON LUNIFRONS (Say) Lawr. CUflf SwaUow. [226.] 154. HIRUNDO ERYTHROGASTRA BODD. Barn Sw^allow. [225.] 155. TACHYCINETA BICOLOR (Vieill.) Cabax. White-bellied Swallow. [227.] 156. TACHYCINETA THALASSINA (SWAIXS.) CabaN. Violet-green Swallow. [228.] 157. COTILE RIP ARIA (Lixx.) Boie. Bank Swallow. [289.] 1-58. STELGIDOPTERYX SERRIPENNIS (AUD.) Baird. Rough-winged Swallow. [230.] 176 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 159. CERTHIOLA BAHAMENSIS Reichenb. Baliaman Honey Creeper. [301.] 160. EUPHONIA ELEGANTISSIMA (Bp.) Gray. Biue-lieaded Euphouia. [224.] IGl. PYRANGA RUBRA (Linn.) Vieill. Scarlet Tanager. [220.] 162. PYRANGA LUDOVICIANA (WiLS.) Bp. Western Tanager. [223.] 163. PYRANGA HEPATICA Swaixs. Hepatic Tanager. [222.] 164. PYRANGA -SJSTIVA (Lixx.) Vieill. Summer Redbird. [221.] 164 rt. PYRANGA iESTIVA COOPERI Ridgw. Cooper's Tanager. 16.-1. HESPERIPHONA VESPERTINA (Cooper) Bp. Evening Grosbeak. [303.] 166. PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR (Lixx.) Vieill. Pine Grosbeak. [304.] [167.] PYRRHULA CASSINI Baiep. Alaskan Bullfinch. 168. CARPODACUS PURPUREUS (Gm.) Baird. Purple Finch. [305.] 168 «. CARPODACUS PURPUREUS CALIFORNICUS B.-UED. Californian Purple Finch. [308.] 169. CARPODACUS CASSINI Baiep. Cassin's Purple Finch. [307.] 170. CARPODACUS FRONTALIS (Say) Gray. House Finch. [308.] 170 rt. CARPODACUS FRONTALIS RHODOCOLPUS (Cab-O;.) Ridgw. Crimson House Finch. 171. CARPODACUS AMPLUS Ridgw. Guadalupe House Finch. 172. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA AMERICANA (WiLS.) COUES. American Crossbill. [318.] 172«. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA MEXICANA (Strickl.) Baird. Mexican Crossbill. [318a.] 173. LOXIA LEUCOPTERA Gm. White-winged Crossbill. [319.] 174. LEUCOSTICTE GRISEINUCHA (Brandt) Baird. , Aleutian Rosy Finch. [323. ] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 177 175. LEtJCOSTICTE TEPHROCOTIS Swains. Gray-crowned Rosy Finch. [322.] 175a. LEUCOSTICTE TEPHROCOTIS LITTORALIS (Baird) Coues. Gray-headed Rosy Finch. 176. LEUCOSTICTE ATRATA RiDGW. Black Rosy Finch. 177. LEUCOSTICTE AUSTRALIA Allex. Brown-capped Rosy Finch. 178. JEGIOTHUS CANESCENS GorLD. Mealy Redpoll. [321.] 17Sa. ^GIOTHUS CANESCENS EXILIPES (CoUES) RiDGW. "White-rumped Redpoll. 179. ^GIOTHUS LINARIA (LiXN.) Caban. Common Redpoll. [320.] 179a. ^GIOTHUS LINARIA HOLBOLLI (Brehm) Ridgw. Greater Redpoll. 180. ^GIOTHUS BRE^WSTERI EiDGW. Brewster's Linnet. 181. ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS (LiXN.) Cab. American Goldfinch. [313.] 182. ASTRAGALINUS P3ALTRIA (Say) Coues. Green-backed Goldfinch. [314.] 182 (t. ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA ARIZONA, CoUES. Arizona Goldfinch. [315.] 182 b. ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA MEXICANUS (Sw.) COITES. Mexican Goldfinch. 183. ASTRAGALINUS LA"WRENCEII (Cass.) Bp. Lawrence's Goldfinch. [316.] 184. CHRYSOMITRIS NOTATA (Du Bus) Bp. Black-headed Goldfinch. [310.] 185. CHRYSOMITRIS PINUS (WiLS.) Bp. Pine Goldfinch. [317.] 186. PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS (LiNX.) Meyer. Snow Bunting. [325.] 137. CENTROPHANES LAPPONICUS (LiNX.) Caban. Lapland Longspur. [326.] 188. CENTROPHANES PICTUS (SwAixs.) Cabax. Smith's Longspur. [327. J 189. CENTROPHANES ORNATUS (Towxs.) Cabax. Chestnut-collared Longspur. [328,329.] Pioc. Nat. Mus. 80 12 ^„^^ 94,188 O. 178 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 190. RHYNCHOPHANES MACCOWNI (La-VVK.) Baird McCown's Longspun [330.] 191. CENTRONYX BAIRDII (AvD.) Baird. Baird's Bunting. [331.] 192. PASSERCULU3 PRINCEPS Maynard. Ipswich Sparro'w. 193. PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS (Gmbl.) Baird. Sandwich Sound Sparrow, [333.] ' 193 a. PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA (WiLS.) ElDGW. Savannah Sparrow. [332.] 193 &. PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS ALAUDINUS (Bp.) RiDGW Western Savannah Sparrow. [335.] 194. PASSERCULUS ANTHINUS Bonap. Titlark Sparrow. [334.] 19.5. PASSERCULUS GUTTA^TUS Lawr. Saint Lucas Sparrow^. 196. PASSERCULUS ROSTRATUS (Cass.) Baird. Large-billed Sparrow. [336.] 197. POCECETES GRAMINEU3 (Gm.) Baird. Grass Pinch. [337.] 197a. POCECETES GRAMINEUS CONFINIS Baird. Western Grass Finch. 193. COTURNICULUS PASSERINUS (WiLS.) Bp. YeUow- winged Span-ow. [33S.] 193 «. COTURNICULUS PASSERINUS PERPALLIDUS RiDGW. Western Yellow-winged Sparrow 199. COTURNICULUS HEN3LOWI (AuD.) Bp. Henslow's Sparrov/. [339.] 200. COTURNICULUS LECONTEI (AuD.) Bp. Leconte's Sparrow. [340.] 201. AMMODROMUS CAUDACUTUS (Gm.) Swains. Sharp-tailed Finch. [341.] 201 «. AMMODROMUS CAUDACUTUS NELSONI Allen. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Finch. 20-2. AMMODROMUS MARITIMUS (WiLS.) SwAUS'S. Sea-side Pinch. [342.] 203. AMMODROMUS NIGRESCENS Ridgw. • Black-and-white Sea-side Finch. 204. CH0NDE3TES GRAMMICA (Say) Bp. Lark Finch. [344.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 179 204 a. CHONDESTES GRAMMICA STRIGATA (Sw.) Ridgw. Western Lark Finch. 205. ZONOTRICHIA QUERULA (Nutt.) Game. Harris's SparroTW. [34S.] 206. ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS (Forst.) Swains. "White-crowned Sparrow. [345.] 207. ZONOTRICHIA GAMBELI (Nutt.) Game. Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow. 207a. ZONOTRICHIA GAMBELI INTERMEDIA RiDGW. Intermediate White-crowned Sparrow. [346.] 203. ZONOTRICHIA COROITATA (Pall.) Baird. Golden-crowned Sparrow. [347.] 209. ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS (Gm.) Bp. White-throated Sparrow. [349.] 210. SPIZELLA MONTANA »; Forst.*) Eidgw. Tree Sparrow. [357.] 211. SPIZELLA DOMBSTICA (Bartr.) Coues. Chipping Sparrow. [3-59.] 211a. SPIZELLA DOMESTICA ARIZONA (CoUES) ElDGW. Western Chipping Sparrow. 212. SPIZELLA PALLIDA (Sw.) Bp. Clay-colored Sparrow. [360.] 213. SPIZELLA BREWERI Cass. Brewer's Sparrow. [361.] 214. SPIZELLA PUSILLA (WiLS.) Bp. Field Sparrow. [358.] 215. SPIZELLA ATROGULARIS (Cabax.) Bd. Black-chinned Sparrow. [362.] 216. JUNCO AIKENI EiDGW. White-winged Snowbird. 217. JUNCO HYEMALIS (Lixx.) SCL. Black Snowbird. [354.] 218. JUNCO OREGONUS (Towns.) Scl. Oregon Snowbird. [352.] 219. JUNCO ANNECTENS Baird. Pink-sided Snowbird. 220. JUNCO CANICEPS (Woodh.) Baird. Gray -headed Snowbird. [353.] 221. JUNCO DORSALIS Hexry. Red-backed Snowbird. [351.] 180 PEOCEEDTXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 222. JUNCO CINEREUS (Swains.) Caban. Mexican Snowbird. [350.] 223. JUNCO INSULARIS Ridgw. Guadalupe Sno"wbird. 224. AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA (Cass.) Cohes. Black-throated Sparrow. [355.] 225. AMPHISPIZA BELLII (Cass.) Coues. Bell's Sparrow. [356.] 225 o. AMPHISPIZA BELLII NEVADBNSIS RiDGW. Sagebrush Sparrow. 226. PEUCiBA iESTIVALIS (Light.) Cabax. Bachman's Finch. [370.] 226 0. PEUCiEA iESTIVALIS ILLINOENSIS EiDGW. Oak-woods Sparrow. 227. PEUCiEA ARIZON-5! Ridgw. Arizona Sparrow, 228. PEUC2BA CASSINI (Woodh.) Bated. Cassin's Sparrow. [371.] 229. PEUC-aiA CARPALIS Coues. Rufous-winged Sparrow. 230. PEUCiEA RUFICEPS (Cass.) Baird. Rufous-crowned Sparrow. [372.] 230«. PEUCiEA RUriCEPS BOUCARDI (ScL.) B.B.&R. Boucard's Sparrow. 231. . MELOSPIZA FASCIATA (FoRST.) Scott. Song Sparrow. [363.] 231 «. MELOSPIZA FASCIATA FALLAX Baird. Mountain Song Sparrow. [367.] 231 h. MELOSPIZA FASCIATA HEERMANNI Baird. Heermann's Song Sparrow. [364.] 231c. MELOSPIZA FASCIATA SAMUELIS Baird. Californian Song Sparrow. [343,365.] 231 f?. MELOSPIZA FASCIATA GUTTATA (NUTT.) Baird. Rusty Song Sparrow. [366.] 231 (. MELOSPIZA FASCIATA RUFINA (Brandt) Baird. Sooty Song Sparrow. 232. MELOSPIZA CINEREA (Gm.) Ridgw. Aleutian Song Sparrow. 233. MELOSPIZA PALUSTRIS (WiLS.) Baird. Swamp Sparrow. [369.] PROCEEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 181 234. MELOSPIZA LINCOLNI (AuD.) Baird. Lincoln's Finch. [363.] 235. PASSERELLA ILIAC A (Merrem) Sw. Fox-colored Sparrow. [374.] 235 fl. PASSERELLA ILIACA UNALASHKENSIS (Gm.) Ridgw. Townsend's Sparro"w. [375.] 235 &. PASSERELLA ILIACA MEGARHYNCHA (Baird) Ridgw. Thick-billed Sparrow. [376«.] 235 c. PASSERELLA ILIACA SCHISTACEA (Baird) Allen. Slate-colored Sparrow. [376.] 236. EMBERNAGRA RUFIVIRGATA Lawr. Texas Sparrow. [373.] 237. PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS (LiXN.) ViEiLL. Chewink; Towhee, [391.] 237 «. PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS ALLENI COUES. Florida Towhee. 238. PIPILO MACULATUS ARCTICUS (Swains.) Coues. Northern Towhee. [393.] 238o. PIPILO MACULATUS MEGALONYX (Baird) Coues. Spurred Towhee. [394.] 238 b. PIPILO MACULATUS OREGONUS (Bell) Coues. Oregon Towhee. [392,] 238 0. PIPILO MACULATUS CONSOBRINUS RiDGW. Guadalupe Towhee. 233(7. PIPILO MACULATUS CARMANI Baird. Socorro Towhee. 239. PIPILO CHLORURUS (Towxs.) Baird. Green-tailed Towhee. [398.] 240. PIPILO PUSCUS MESOLBUCUS (Baird) Ridgw. Caiion Towhee. [397.] 240a. PIPILO FUSCUS ALBIGULA (Baird) Coues. Saint Lucas Brown Towhee. 240 &. PIPILO FUSCUS CRISSALIS (ViG.) CoUES. Califomian Brown Towhee. [396.] 241 PIPILO ABERTI B.yird. Abert's Towhee. [395.] 242. CARDINALIS VIRGINIANUS (Briss.) Bp. Cardinal Grosbeak. [390.] 242a. CARDINALIS VIRGINIANUS IGNEUS (Baird) Coues. Saint Lucas Cardinal. 182 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES. NATIONAL MrSEUM. 243. PYRRHULOXIA SINUATA BOXAP. Tezan Cardinal. [389.] 244. ZAMELODIA LUDOVICIANA (Lno,.) CouES. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. [3c0.] 245. ZAMELODIA MELANOCEPHALA (SwAI^-s.) CoUES. Black-headed Grosbeak. [381.] 246. GUIRACA CiERULEA (Lixx.)^,Swalxs. Blue Grosbeak. [382.] 247. PASSERINA PARELLINA (Bp.) Kidgw. Blue Bunting. [383.] 248. PASSERINA CYANEA (Lixx.) Gray. Indigo Bunting. [387.] 249. PASSERINA AMCENA (Say) Gray. Lazuli Bunting. [386.] 250. PASSERINA VERSICOLOR (Box.^.) Gray. Varied Bunting. [385.] 251. PASSERINA CIRIS (Lixx.) Gray. Painted Bunting ; Nonpareil. [384.3 252. SPERMOPHILA MORELETII Pucherax. Morelet's Seedeater. [388.] 253. PHONIPARA ZBNA (Lixx.) Bryaxt. Black-faced Seedeater. 254. SPIZA AMERICANA (Gm.) Boxap. Black-throated Bunting. [378.] 255. SPIZA TOWNSENDI (AuD.) EiDGW. Townsend's Bunting. [379.] 256. CALAMOSPIZA BICOLOR (Towxs.) Boxap. Lark Bimting. [377.] 257. DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS (Lixx.) Swaixs. Bobolink. [399.] 258. MOLOTHRUS ATER (Bodd.) Gray. Cowbird. [400.] 258a. MOLOTHRUS ATER 0BSCURU3 (Gmel.) Coues. Dwarf Cowbird. 259. MOLOTHRUS -SNEUS (Wagl.) Cabax. Bronzed Cowbird. 260. XANTHOCEPHALUS ICTEROCEPHALUS (Boxap.) Bd. YeUow-headed Blackbird. [404.] 261. AGEL.a]US PHOSNICEUS (Lixx.) Vieill. Red-and-buff-shouldered Blackbird.. [401.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 183 261a. AGEL^US PHCENICEUS GUBERNATOR (Wagl.) Coues. Red-and-black-shouldered Blackbird. [402.] 2G2. AGEL-SIUS TRICOLOR (Nutt.) Bp. Red-and-wliite-sliouldered Blackbird. [403.] 263. STURNELLA MAGNA (Linx.) Swains. Meadow Lark. [40G.] 263 a. STURNELLA MAGNA MEXICANA (SCL.) RiDGW. Mexican Meadow Lark. 264. STURNELLA NEGLECTA AuD. Western Meadow Lark. [407.] 265. ICTERUS VULGARIS Daud. Troupial. [406.] 266. ICTERUS AUDUBONII Giraud. Audubou's Oriole. [409.] 267. ICTERUS WAGLERI ScL. V/agler's Oriole. [412.] 268. ICTERUS PARISORUM Boxap. Scott's Oriole. [411.] 269. ICTERUS CUCULLATUS Swaixs. Hooded Oriole. [413.] 270. ICTERUS SPURIUS (Lixx.) Bp. Orchard Oriole. [414.] 271. ICTERUS GALBULA (Lixx.) CouES. Baltimore Oriole. [415.] 272. ICTERUS BULLOCKI (Swaixs.) Bp. Bullock's Oriole. [416.] 273. SCOLECOPHAGUS FERRUGINEUS (Gm.) Swaixs. Rusty Blackbird. [417.] 274. SCOLECOPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS (Wagl.) Caba:^. Brewer's Blackbird. [418.] 27.-. QUISCALUS MACRURUS Swaixs. Great-tailed Grackle. [419.] 276. QUISCALUS PALUSTRIS Swaixs. Mexican Beat-tailed Grackle. 277. QUISCALUS MAJOR Yieill. Boat-tailed Grackle. [420.] 278. QUISCALUS PURPUREUS (Bartr.) Leicht. Purple Grackle. [421.] 278fl. QUISCALUS PURPUREUS AGLiEUS (Baird) Coues. Florida Grackle. [422.] 184 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM; 278 &. QUISCALUS PURPUREUS iENEUS EiDGW. Bronzed Grackle. [279.] STURNUS VULGARIS Linn. European Starling. * 280. CORVUS CORAX CARNIVORUS (Bartr.) Eidgw. American Raven. [423,424.] 281. CORVUS CRYPTOLEUCUS Couch. White-necked Raven. [425.] 262. CORVUS FRUGIVORUS Bartr. Common Crow. [426.] 282 a. CORVUS FRUGIVORUS FLORID ANUS (Baird) RidgW. Florida Crow. [427.] 282 &. CORVUS FRUGIVORUS CAURINUS (Baird) EidgW. Northwestern Fish Crow. [428.] ' 283. CORVUS OSSIFRAGUS Wils. Fish Crow. [429.] 284. PICICORVUS COLUMBIANUS (WiLS.) Bp. Clarke's Nutcracker. [430.] 285. GYMNOCITTA CYANOCEPHALA M.ix. Maximilian's Nutcracker; Piuon Jay. [431.] 286. PICA RUSTICA HUDSONICA (Scop.) Baird. Black-billed Magpie. [432.] 287. PICA NUTTALLI Aud. Yellow-billed Magpie. [433.] 288.. PSILORHINUS MOiilO (Wagl.) Gray. Brown Jay. [444.] 289. CYANOCITTA CRISTATA (Linn.) Strickl. Blue Jay. [434.] 290. CYANOCITTA STELLERI (Gm.) Caban. Steller's Jay. [435.] 290a. CYANOCITTA STELLERI FRONTALIS Ridgw. Blue-fronted Jay. 290 &. CYANOCITTA STELLERI ANNECTENS (Baird) Eidgw. Black-headed Jay. 290 c. CYANOCITTA STELLERI MACROLOPHA (Baird) EidgW. Long-crested Jay. [436.] 291. APHELOCOMA FLORIDANA (Bartr.) Caban. Florida Jay. [439.] 292. APHELOCOMA WOODHOUSEI (Baird) Ridgw. Woodhouse's Jay. [438.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 185 293. APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA (ViG.) Cabax. California Jay. [437.] 294. APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA COUCHII Baird. Couch's Jay. [441.] 295. APHELOCOMA SORDIDA ARIZON-ffi RiDGW. Arizona Jay. [440.] 296. XANTHURA LUXUOSA (Less.) Bp. Green Jay. [442.] 297. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS (Lixx.) Bp. Canada Jay. [443.] 297fl. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS CAPITALI3 Baird. ■WMte-headed Jay. 297 &. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS FUMIFRONS ElDGW. Smoky-fronted Jay. 298. PERISOREUS OBSCURUS EiDGW. Oregon Jay. [299.] ALAUDA ARVENSIS Lixx. Sky Lark. 300. EREMOPHILA ALPESTRI3 (FoRST.) BoiE. Shore Lark. [302.] 300rt. EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS LEUCOLiEMA COUES. White-throated Shore Lark. 300 &. EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS CHRYSOLiEMA (Wagl.) CoxJES. Mexican Shore Lark. 301. MILVULUS FORPICATUS (Gm.) Swaixs: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. [123.] [302.] MILVULUS TYR ANNUS (Lixx.) Bp. Fork-tailed Flycatcher. [122.] 303. TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS (Gm.) Reich. Gray Kingbird. [125.] 304. TYRANNUS CAROLINENSIS (Lixx.) Temm. Kingbird; Bee Martin. [124.] 305. TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICUS COUCHII Baird. Couch's Kingbird., [128,129.] 306. TYRANNUS VERTICALIS Say. Western Kingbird. [126.] 307. TYRANNUS VOCIFERANS SwAixs. Cassin's Kingbird. [127.] 303. PITANGUS DERBIANUS (Kaup) Scl. Mexican Pitangus. 186 PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 309. MYIOZETETES TEXENSIS (Giraud) Scl. Giraud's riycatcher. 310. MYIODINASTES LUTEIVENTRIS Bonap. Henshaw's Flycatcher. 311. MYIARCHUS MEXICANT7S (Kaup) Lawr. Mesican Great Crested Flycatcher. [132.] 312. MYIARCHUS CRINITUS (Lixx.) Caban. Great Crested Flycatcher. [130.] 313. MYIARCHUS CINERASCENS Lawr. Ash-throated Flycatcher. [131.] 314. MYIARCHUS LAWRBNCEI (Giraud) Baird. Lawrence's Flycatcher. [133.] 315. SAYORNIS FUSCUS (Gmel.) Baird. Phoebe Bird ; Pewee. [135.] 316. SAYORNIS SAYI (Boxap.) Baird. Say's Pewee. [136.] 317. SAYORNIS NIGRICANS (S^YAIXS.) Bp. Black Pewee. [134.] 318. CONTOPUS BOREALIS (Swaixs.) Baied. Olive-sided Flycatcher. [137.] 319. CONTOPUS PERTINAX Cabax. , Coues's Flycatcher. 320. CONTOPUS VIRENS (Lixx.) Cabax. Wood Pewee. [139.] 321. CONTOPUS RICHARDSONII (Sw.) Baird. Western Wood Pewee. [138.] 322. EMPIDONAX FLAVIVENTRIS Baird. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. [144.] 323. EMPIDONAX DIFFICILIS Baird. Western Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. [144a.] 324. EMPIDONAX ACADICUS (Gmel.) Baird. Acadian Flycatcher. [143.] 325. EMPIDONAX PUSILLUS (Swaixs.) Bd. Little Flycatcher.' [141.] 325a. EMPIDONAX PUSILLUS TRAILLII (Aud.) Baird. Traill's Flycatcher. [140.] 326. EMPIDONAX MINIMUS Baird. Least Flycatcher. [142.] 327. EMPIDONAX HAMMONDI (Xaxtus) Bd. Hammond's Flycatcher. [145.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 187 328. EMPIDONAX OBSCURUS (Swains.) Baird. Wright's Flycatcher. [146.] 329. EMPIDONAX FULVIPRONS (Giraud) Scl. Fulvous Flycatcher. 329a. EMPIDONAX FULVIFRONS PALLBSCENS COUES. Buff-breasted Flycatcher. 330. PYROCEPHALUS RUBINEUS MBXICANUS (SCL.) COUES. Vermilion Flycatcher. [147.] 331. ORNITHION IMBERBE (SCL.) CoUES. Small-billed Flycatcher. 332. PACHYRHAMPHUS MAJOR (Boxap.) Scl. Thick-biUed Flycatcher. [121.] 333. HADROSTOMUS AGLAIiE (Lafe.) Cab. Rose-throated Flycatcher. [120,] 334. EUGENES FULGENS (Swaixs.) Gould. Refulgent Hummingbird. 335. TROCHILUS COLUBRIS Lixx. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. [101.] 336. TROCHILUS ALEXANDRI BouRC. & MuLS. Black-chinned Hummingbird. [102.] 337. CALYPTE COSTiE (BouRC.) Gould. Costa's Hummingbird. [106 J 338. CALYPTE ANNiE (Less.) Gould. Anna's Hummingbird. [105.] 339. SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS (Swlixs. ) Bp. Broad-tailed Hummingbird. [104.] 340. SELASPHORUS RUFUS (Gmel.) Aud. Rufous Hummingbird. [103.] 341. SELASPHORUS ALLENI Hensh. Allen's Hummingbird. 342. ATTHIS HELOISiE (Less.) Reich. Heloise's Hummingbird. 343. STELLULA CALLIOPE Gould. Calliope Hummingbird. 344. CALOTHORAX LUCIFER (Swaixs.) Gray. Lucifer Hummingbird. 345. AMAZILIA FUSCICAUDATA (Eraser) RidGVT. Rieflfer's Hummingbird. 346. AMAZILIA YUCATAN ENSIS (Cabot) Gould. Buff-bellied Hummingbird. 188 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 347. BASILINNA XANTUSI (Lawe.) Elliot. Xantus's Hummingbird. 348. lACHE LATIROSTRIS (Swains.) Elliot. Broad-biUed Hummingbird. 349. CYPSELUS SAXATILIS Woodh. White-throated Swift. [107.] 350. CYPSELOIDES NIGER BOREALIS (Kenxerly) RiDGW. Black Swift. [103.] 351. CHiETURA PEL AGIO A (Lixx.) Baird. Cliimney Swift. [109.] 352. CH^TURA VAUXII (Towxs.) De Kay. Vaux's Swift. [110.] 353. ANTROSTOMUS CAR0LINENSI3 (Gm.) Gould. Chuck-w^ill's-widow. [111.] 354. CAPRIMULGUS VOCIFERUS (WiLS.) Bp. Whip-poor-will. [112.] 355. PHALJENOPTILUS NUTTALLI (Aud.) PaDGW. Poor-wiU. [113.] 356. NYCTIDROMUS ALBICOLLIS (G?.i.) BuRH. Parauque Goatsucker. [116a.] 357. CHORDEILES POPETUB (Yieill.) Bd. Nighthawk. [114.] 357 rt. CHORDEILES POPETUE HENRYI (Cass.) Allen. Western Nighthawk. [115.] 357 6. CHORDEILES POPETUE MINOR (Cabax.) RiDGW." Cuban Nighthawk. 358. CHORDEILES ACUTIPENNIS TEXENSIS (Lawr.) RidgW. Texan Nighthawk. [116.] 359. CAMPEPHILUS PRINCIPALIS (Lixx.) Gray. Ivory -billed Woodpecker. [72.] 360. PICUS VILLOSUS Lixx. Hairy Woodpecker. [74.] 360a. PICUS VILLOSUS LEUCOMELAS (Bodd.) Ridgw. Great White-backed Sapsucker. 360 &. PICUS VILLOSUS HARRISI (Aud.) Allex. Harris's Woodpecker. [75.] 361. PICUS PUBESCENS Linn. Downy Woodpecker. [76.] 361a. PICUS PUBESCENS GAIRDNERI (AuD.) COUES. Gairdner's Woodpecker. [77.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 18^ 362. PICUS QUERULUS Wils. Red-cockaded Woodpecker. [80.] 363. PICUS SCALARIS Wagl. Tesan Sapsucker. [79. ) 363 rt. PICUS SCALARIS LUCAS ANUS (Xant.) Ridgw. Saiut Lucas Sapsucker. 364. PICUS NUTTALLI Game. Nuttall's Woodpecker. [78.] 365. PICUS STRICKLANDI Malh. Strickland's Woodpecker. 360. XENOPICUS ALBOLARVATUS (Cass.) Baird. White-headed Woodpecker. [81.] 367. PICOIDES ARCTICUS (Swains.) Gray. Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. [82.] 368. PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS AMERICANUS (Brehm) RiDGW. Banded-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. [83.] 368 «. PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS DORSALIS (Baird) Ridgw. Striped-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. [64.] 309. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS (Lixx.) Baird. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. [85.] 369 «. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS NUCHALIS Baird. Red-uaped Woodpecker. [66.] 3691). SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS RUBER (Gm.) Ridgw. Red-breasted Woodpecker. [67.] 370. SPHYRAPICUS THYROIDEU3 (Cass.) Baird. Black-breasted Woodpecker. [88,89.] 371. HYLOTOMUS PILEATUS (Lixx.) Baird. Pileated Woodpecker; Logcock. [90.] 372. CENTURUS CAROLINUS C^.) Bp. Red-bellied Woodpecker. [91.] 373. CENTURUS AURIFRONS Wagl. Golden-fronted Woodpecker. [92.] 374. CENTURUS UROPYGIALIS Baird. GUa Woodpecker. [93.] 375. MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS (LiNN.) Sw. Red-headed Woodpecker. [94.] 376. MELANERPES TORQUATUS (WiLS.) Bonap. Lewis's Woodpecker, [96.] 377. MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS (Sw.) Bp. Califoinian Woodpecker. [95.] 190 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 377 a. MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS ANGUSTIFRONS Baird. Narrow-fronted "Woodpecker. 378. COLAPTES AURATUS (Lixx.) Sw. Yellow-shafted Flicker. [97.] 378a. COLAPTES AURATUS HYBRIDUS (B.urd) Ridgw. "Hybrid " Flicker. [9S a.] 378 &. COLAPTES AURATUS MEXICANUS (Sw.) RiDGW. Red-shafted Flicker. [98.] 379. COLAPTES CHRYSOIDES (Malh.) Baird. Malherbe's Flicker. [99.] 380. COLAPTES RUFIPILEUS Ridgw. Guadalupe Flicker. 381. MOMOTUS CiERULEICEPS Gould. Blue-capped Motmot. [119.] 382. CERYLE ALCYON (Lixx.) BoiE. Belted Kingfisher. [117.] 333. CERYLE AMERICANA CABANISI (TsCHUDi) COUES. Texan Kingfisher. [118.] 384. TROGON AMBIGUUS Govld. Coppery-tailed Trogon. [65.] 385. GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS (Less.) Baird. Road-runner; Chaparral Cock. [68.] 386. COCCYZUS S.ENICULUS (Lath.) Yieill. Mangrove Cuckoo. [71.] 387. COCCYZUS AMERICANUS (LiXN.) Bp. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. [69.] 388. COCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS (WiLS.) Baird. Black-billed Cuckoo. [70.] 389. CROTOPHAGA ANI LiXN. Savannah Blackbird. [66,67.] 390. CROTOPHAGA SULCIROSTRIS Swaixs. Groove-billed Crotophaga. 391. RHYNCHOPSITTA PACHYRHYNCHA (SWAIKS.) Bp. Thick-billed Parrot. [64,] 392. CONURUS CAROLINENSIS (Lixx.) Kuhl. Carolina Parakeet. [63.] 393. CONURUS HOLOCHLORUS BREVIPES Baird. Socorro Parakeet. 394. ALUCO FLAMMEUS AMERICANUS (AUD.) RiDGW. American Barn Owl. [47.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 191 395. ASIO AMERICANUS (Steph.) Sharpe. American Long-eared Owl. [51.] 396. ASIO ACCIPITRINUS (Paxl.) Newtox. Short-eared Owl. [52.] 397. STRIX NEBULOSA FORST. Barred Owl. [54.] 397 a. STRIX NEBULOSA ALLENI RiDGW. Florida Baxred Owl. 398. STRIX OCCIDENTALIS (Xaxt.) Ridgw. Spotted Owl. 399. ULULA CINEREA (Gmel.) Bp. Great Gray Owl. [53. ] [399 fl.] ULULA CINEREA LAPPONICA (Retz.) Ridgw. Lapland Owl. 400. NYCTALE TENGMALMI RICHARDSONI (Bp.) RiDGW. Richardson's Owl. [55.] 401. NYCTALE ACADICA (Gmel.) Bp. Saw-w^liet Owl. [56,57,] 402. SCOPS ASIO (LiNX.) Bp. Little Screech Owl. [49. j 402a. SCOPS ASIO FLORIDANUS RiDGW. Florida Screech Ow^l. 402 &. SCOPS ASIO MACCALLI (Cass.) Ridgw. Texan Screech Owl. [50.] 402 r. SCOPS ASIO MAXWELLI-aS Eidgw. Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. 402rf. SCOPS ASIO KENNICOTTII (Elliot) Ridgw. Northwestern Screech Owl. 403. SCOPS TRICH0P3IS AVagl. Mexican Screech Owl. 404. SCOPS FLAMMEOLUS (Light.) Scl. Flammulated Screech Owl. 40.5. BUBO VIRGINIANUS (Gm.) Bp. Great Horned Owl. [48.] 405 a. BUaO VIRGINIANUS SUBARCTICUS (HoY) RiDGW. "Western Horned Owl. 405 6. BUBO VIRGINIANUS ARCTICUS (Swains.) Cass. Arctic Horned Owl. 405c. BUBO VIRGINIANUS SATURATU3 RiDGW. Dusky Horned Owl. 192 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 406. NYCTEA SCANDIACA Lixx. Suowy Owl. [Gl.] 407. SURNIA FUNEREA (Lixx.) Rich & Sw. American Hawk Owl. [62.] [407a.] SURNIA FUNEREA ULULA (Lixx.) Ridgw. European Hawk Owl. 408. SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOG.S3A (Boxap.) Ridgw. Burrowing Owl. [58, 59. ] 408 a. SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA FLORID ANA Ridgw. Florida Burrowing Owl. 409. GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA Wagl. California Pigmy Owl. [60.] 410. GLAUCIDIUM PHAL^NOIDES (Daud.) Scl. & Salv. Ferruginous Pigmy Owl. 411. MICR ATHENE WHITNEYI (Coopei:) Coues. Whitney's Pigmy Ow^l. 412. HIEROFALCO GYRFALCO CANDICANS (Gm.) Eidgw. White Gyrfalcou. [11.] 412a. HIEROFALCO GYRFALCO ISLANDUS (Gm.) Ridgw. Iceland Gyrfalcou. [12.] 412 &. HIEROFALCO GYRFALCO SACER (FoRST.) Ridgw. McFarlane's Gyrfalcon. 412c. HIEROFALCO GYRFALCO OBSOLETUS (Gm.) Ridgw. Labrador Gyrfalcon. 41.3. ' HIEROFALCO MSXICANUS POLYAGRU3 (Cass.) Ridgw. Prairie Falcon. [10.] 414. FALCO PEREGRINUS NiEVIUS (Gm.) Ridgw. American Peregrine Falcon ; Duck Haw^k. [5,6.] 414 «. FALCO PEREGRINUS PEALEI Ridgw. Peale's Falcon. 415. FALCO ALBIGULARIS Daud. Chestuut-thighed Falcon. [8.] [416.] iESALON REGULUS (Pall.) Blyth. European Merlin. 417. iESALON COLUMBARIUS (Lixx.) Kaup. Pigeon Hawk. [7.] 417a. iESALON COLUMBARIUS SUCKLEYI Ridgw. Black Merlin. 418. iESALON RICHARDSONII Ridgw. EichardsouK Merlin. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 193 419. RHYNCHOPALCO FUSCO-CiERULESCENS (Vieill.) ElDGW. Aplomado Falcon. ['.'.] 420. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS (Lixn.) Vieill. Sparrow Ha-wk. [13.] 420 a. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS ISABELLINUS (SWAIXS.) PtlDGW. Isabelline Sparrow Hawk. 421. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIOIDES (ViG.) Gray. Cuban Sparrow^ Haw^k. [422.] TINNUNCULUS ALAUDARIUS (Gm.) Gray. European Kestril. 423. POLYBORUS CHERIWAY (Jacq.) Cabax. Caracara Eagle. [45.] 424. POLYBORUS LUTOSUS Ridgw. Guadalupe Caracara. 425. PANDION HALIAETUS CAROLINENSIS (Gm.) Eidgw. American Osprey; Fish Hawk. [44.] 42G. ELANOIDES FORFICATUS (LiNX.) EiDGW. Swallow-tailed Kite. [34.] 427. ELANUS GLAUCUS (Bai:tr.) Coues. White-tailed Kite. [35.] 428. ICTINIA SUBCiERULEA (Bartr.) Coces. Mississippi Kite. [36.] 429. ROSTRHAMUS SOCIABILIS PLUMBEUS ElDGW. Everglade Kite. [37.] 430. CIRCUS HUDSONIUS (Lixx.) Vieill. Marsh Hawk. [38.] 431. ACCIPITER COOPERI Boxap. Cooper's Hawk. [15,16.] 432. ACCIPITER FUSCUS (Gmel.) Bp. Sharp-shinned Hawk. [17.] 433. ASTUR ATRICAPILLUS (Wils.) Bp. American Goshawk. [14.] 433a. ASTUR ATRICAPILLUS STRIATULUS ElDGW. "Western Goshawk. 434. ANTENOR UNICINCTUS HARRISI (AuD.) EiDGW. Harris's Hawk. [46.] [4:;5.] BUTEO VULGARIS Leach. European Buzzard. 436. BUTEO BOREALI3 (Gm.) Vieill. Red-tailed Hawk. [23.] Proc. Xat. Mils. 80 13 4„g.. 34^ 1 880. 194 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 436a. BUTEO BOREALIS KRIDERI Hoopes. Krider's Hawk. 436 5. BUTEO BOREALIS CALURUS (Cass.) RidgW. Western Red-taU. [20,24.] 436 c. BUTEO BOREALIS LUC AS ANUS Ridgw, Saint Lucas Red-tail. 436^. BUTEO BOREALIS SOCORROENSIS RiDGW. Socorro Red-tail. 437. BUTEO COOPERI Cass. Cooper's Henhawk. [29.] 438. BUTEO HARLANI Aud. Harlan's Hawk. [22.] 439. BUTEO LINEATU3 (G.M.) Jard. Red-shouldered Hawk. [25.] 439a. BUTEO LINEATU3 ELEGANS (Cass.) Ridgw. Red-bellied Hawk. [26.] 440. BUTEO ABBREVIATUS Caban. Zone-tailed Hawk. 441. BUTEO ALBICAUDATUS Vieill. "White -tailed Hawk. 442. BUTEO SWAINSONI Bonap. Swainson's Hawk. [18, 19, 21, 28.] 443. BUTEO PENNSYLVANICUS (WiLS.) Bp. Broad- winged Hawk. [27.] 444.* URUBITINGA ANTHRACINA (Light.) Lafr. Mexican Black Haw^k. 445. ASTURINA NITIDA PLAGIATA (Light.) Ridgw. Mexican Goshawk. [33.] 446. ONYCHOTES GRUBERI Ridgw. Gruber's Hawk. 447. ARCHIBUTSO LAGOPUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS (Gmel.) Ridgw. American Rough-legged Hawk. [30,31.] 448. ARCHI BUTEO FERRUGINEUS (Light.) Gray. Ferruginous Rough -leg. [32.] 449. AQUILA CHRYSAETUS CANADENSIS (LXx\N.) RiDGW. Golden Eagle. [39.] 450. THRASAETUS HARPYIA (Linn.) Gray. Harpy Eagle. 451. HALIiEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (LiNN.) SA\aG. Bald Eagle; Gray Eagle. [41,43.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 195 452. HALIiEETUS ALBICILLA (LiNx.) Leach. Gray Sea Eagle. [4-2.] 453. PSEUDOGRYPHUS CALIFORNIANUS (Shaw) Ridgw. Californian Condor. [2.] 454. CATHARTES AURA (Lixx.) Illig. Turkey Buzzard. [1.] 455. CATHARISTA ATRATA (WiLS.) Less. Black Vulture; Carrion Crow. [3.] 456. COLUMBA FASCIATA Say. Band-tailed Pigeon. [443.] 457. COLUMBA ERYTHRI2TA Light. Red-billed Pigeon. [44G.] 453. COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA Linx. "White-crov7ued Pigeon. [447.] 459. ECTOPISTES MIGHATOP.IA (Lixx.) Sw. Passenger Pigeon. [448.] 460. ZENiEDURA CARCLINENSIS (Lixx.) Bp. Mourning Dove. [451.] 461. ZENiEDURA GRAYSONI Baird. Socorro Dove. 462. ZENiEDA AMABILIS Bp. Zenaida Dove. [449.] 463. ENGYPTILA ALBIFRONS (Bp.) Coues. White-fronted Dove. 464. MELOPELIA LEUCOPTERA (L.) Bp. White-winged Dove. [450.] 465. CHAMiEPELIA PASSERINA (L.) Swains. Ground Dove. [453.] 466. SCARDAFELLA INCA (Less.) Bp. Scaled Dove. [4.52.] 467. GEOTRYGON MARTINICA (Gm.) Bp. Key West Dove. [454.] 468. STARNCENAS CYANOCEPHALA (Lixx.) Bp. Blue-headed Dove. [455.] 469. ORTALIS VBTULA MACCALLI (B.a.ird) RiDGW. Chachalaca; Texan Guan. [456.] 470. MELEAGRIS GALLOP AVO Lixx. Mexican Turkey. [458.] 470 a. MELEAGRIS GALLOP AVO AMERICANA (Bartr.) Coues. Wild Turkey, [457.] 196 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 471. CANACE OBSCURA (Say) Bp. Dusky Grouse. [459.]' 471a. CANACE OBSCURA FULIGINOSA RiDGW. Sooty Grouse. 471b. CANACE OBSCURA RICHARDSONII (DoiTGL.) Baird. Richardson's Grouse. 472. CANACE CANADENSIS (Linn.) Bp. Canada Grouse; Spruce Partridge. [460.] 472a. CANACE CANADENSIS FRANKLINI (DOUGL.) Baird. Franklin's Grouse. [461.] 473. BONASA UMBELLUS (Link.) Steph. Ruffed Grouse. [465.] 473rt. BONASA UMBELLUS UMBELLOIDES (DoUGL.) Baird. Gray Ruffed Grouse. [4G5a.] 473?). BONASA UMBELLUS SABINEI (DoUGL.) COUES. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. [466.] 474. LAGOPUS ALBUS (Gm.) Aud. Willow Ptarmigan. [467,470.] 475. LAGOPUS RUPESTRIS (Gm.) Leach. Rock Ptarmigan. [468.] 476. LAGOPUS LEUCURUS Sw. "White-tailed Ptarmigan. [469.] 477. CUPIDONIA CUPIDO (Linx.) Baird. Prairie Hen. [464.] 477 «. CUPIDONIA CUPIDO PALLIDICINCTA RiDGW. Lesser Prairie Hen. 478. PEDICECETES PHASIANELLUS (L.) Elliot. Northern Sharp-tailed Grouse. 478a. PEDICECETES PHASIANELLUS COLUMBIANUS (Ord) CoUES. Common Sharp-tailed Grouse. [463.] 479. CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS (Bp. ) Swains. Sage Cock. [462.] 480. ORTYX VIRGINIANA (L.) Bp. Bob-white; American Quail. [471,] 480fl. ORTYX VIRGINIANA FLORIDANA CouES. Florida Quail. 480 1. ORTYX VIRGINIANA TEX ANA (Lawr.) Coues. Texan Quail. [472.] 481. OREORTYX PICTA (DouGL.) Baird. Mountain Quail. [473.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 197 481a. OREORTYX PICTA PLUMIFERA (GouLD) RiDGW. Plumed Quail. 482. LOPHORTYX CALIFORNICA (Shaw) Bp. Califoruian Quail. [474.] 483. LOPHORTYX GAMBELI Nutt. Gambel's Quail. [475.] 484. CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA (ViG.) Gray. Scaled Quail. [476.] 485. CYRTONYX MASSENA (Less.) Gould. Massena Quail. [477.] 486. ARDEA OCCIDENTALI3 AuD. Great White Heron; Wiirdemann'a Heron. [488,489.] 487. ARDEA HERODIAS Lixx. Great Blue Heron. [4t^7.] [488.] ARDEA CINEREA Linn. Common European Heron. 489. HERODIAS ALBA EGRETTA (Gmel.) RiDGW. American Egret. [486, 486«.J 490. GARZETTA CANDIDISSIMA (Gmel.) Bp. Snowy Heron. [4~'5.] 491. DICHROMANASSA RUPA (Bodd.) Ridgw. Reddish Egret; Peale's Egret. [482,483.] 492. HYDRANASSA TRICOLOR LUDOVICIANA (WiLS.) RiDGW. Louisiana Heron. [484.] 493. FLORIDA CiERULEA (Linx.) Baied. Little Blue Heron. [490.] 494. BUTORIDES VIRESCBNS (Lixx.) Bp. Green Heron. [493.] 495. NYCTIARDEA GRISEA NSVIA (Bodd.) Axlen. Black-crowned Night Heron. [495.] 496. NYCTHERODIUS VIOLACEUS (Linn.) Reich. White-crowned Night Heron. [496.] 497. BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS (Montag.) Steph. American Bittern. [492.] 498. ARDETTA EXILIS (Gmel.) Gray. Least Bittern. [491.] 499. MYCTERIA AMERICANA Linn. • Jabiru. 500. TANTALUS LOCULATOR LiXN. Wood Ibis. [497.] 198 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 501. BUDOCIMUS ALBUS (Lixx.) Wagl. "White Ibis. [499.] 502. EUDOCIMUS RUBER (Lixx.) Wagl. Scarlet Ibis. [49S.] 503. PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS (Lixx.) Kaup. Glossy Ibis. [500.] 504. PLEGADIS GUARAUNA (Lixx.) EiDGW, "White-faced Glossy Ibis. [500a.] 505. AJAJA ROSEA (Briss.) Ridgw. Roseate Spoonbill. [501.] [506.] H.aiMATOPUS OSTRALBGUS Lixx. European Oystercatcher. 507. H.5:MAT0PUS PALLIATUS Temm. American Oystercatcher. [512.] 508. H.aiMATOPUS NIGER Paix. Black Oystercatcher. [513.] 509. STREPSILAS INTERPRBS (Lixx.) Illig. Turnstone. [515.] 510. STREPSILAS MELANOCEPHALA ViG. Black Turnstone. [516.] 511. APHRIZA VIRGATA (Gmel.) Gray. Surf Bird. [511.] [512.] VANELLUS CRIST ATUS Meyer. Lapwing. 513. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA (Lixx.) Cuv Black-bellied Plover. [510.) [514.] CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS Lixx. Golden Plover. 515. CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS Mull. American Golden Plover. [503.] [515a.] CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS FULVUS (Gmel.) KidgW. Pacific Golden Plover. 516. OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS (Lixx.) Reich. KiUdeer. [504.] 517. .ZEIGIALITIS SEMIPALMATA (BoxAP.) Caban. ; Semipalmated Plover. [507.] 518. iEGIALITIS HIATICULA (Lixx.) Boie. Ringed Plover. [519.] iEGIALITIS CURONICA (Gmel.) Gray. Little Ringed Plover. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUJI. 199 520. ^GIAIiITIS MELODA (Ord) Bp. Piping Plover. [508.] 520 rt. ^GIALITIS MELODA CIRCUMCINCTA EiDGTV. Belted Piping Plover. 521. JEGIALITIS CANTIANA NIVOSA (Cass.) Eidgw. Snowy Plover. [509.] 522. OCHTHODROMUS 'WILSONIUS (Ord) Eeich. Wilson's Plover. [506.] 523. PODASOCYS MONTANA (Towxs.) COUES. Mountain. Plover. [505.] [524.] SCOLOPAX RUSTICULA LiXN. European Woodcock. 525. PHILOHELA MINOR (Gmel.) Gray. American Woodcock. [522,] [526.] GALLINAGO MEDIA Leach. English Snipe. 52G«. GALLINAGO MEDIA WILSONI (Te.mm.) ElDGW. Wilson's Snipe. [523.] 527. MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS (Gmel.) Leach. Red-breasted Snipe; Gray Snipe. [524.] 527 «. MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS SCOLOPACEUS (Say) Coues. Red-bellied Snipe; Greater Gray-back. [525,] 528. MICROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS (Boxap.) Baird. Stilt Sandpiper. [536.] 529. TRINGA CANUTUS Lixx. Knot; Robin Snipe. [526.] 530. ARQUATELLA MARITIMA (Bruxx.) B.AUID. Purple Sandpiper. [528.] 531. ARQUATELLA COUESII Eidgw. Aleutian Sandpiper. 532. ARQUATELLA PTILOCNEMIS (CouES) EiDGW. Prybilov Sandpiper. [533.] ACTODROMAS ACUMINATA (HORSF.) EiDGW, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 534, ACTODROMAS MACULATA (Vieill.) Coues, Pectoral Sandpiper. [531.] 535. ACTODROMAS COOPERI (Baird) Coues. Cooper's Sandpiper, [527.] 53C. ACTODROMAS FUSCICOLLIS (Vieill,) Eidgw Bonaparte's Sandpiper. [533.] 200 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 537. ACTODROMAS BAIRDII COUES. Baird's Sandpiper. 533. ACTODROMAS MINUTILLA O'ieill) Bp. Least Sandpiper. [532.] [539.] PELIDNA ALPINA (LiKN.) BoiE. European Dunlin. 539a. PELIDNA ALPINA AMERICANA Cass. Red-backed Sandpiper. [530.] [540.] PELIDNA SUBARQUATA (GULD.) Cuv. Curlew Sandpiper. [529.] 541. EREUNETES PUSILLUS (Lixx.) Cass. Semipalmated Sandpiper. [535.] 541(7. EREUNETES PUSILLUS OCCIDENTALIS (LaWR.) C0UE3. "Western Sandpiper. 542. CALIDRIS ARENARIA ^hiss.) ILUG. Sanderliug. [534.] 543. LIMOSA FEDOA (Lixx.) Ord. Marbled Godwit. [547.] 544. LIMOSA LAPPONICA NOViE-ZEALANDIiE GRAY. Pacific Godwit. 545. LIMOSA HiEMASTICA (Lixx.) CouES. Hudsonian Godwit. [54S.] [546.] LIMOSA iEGOCEPHALA (Lix-x.) Leach. Black-tailed Godwit. [547.] TOTANUS GLOTTIS (Lixx.) Bechst. Green-shank. [53S.] 548. TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (.Gmel.) Yieill. Greater Yellow-legs; Tell-tale. [539.] 549. TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmel.) Yieill. Yellow-legs. [540. ] 550. RHYACOPHILUS SOLITARIUS (WiLS.) Cass. Solitaiy Sandpiper. [541.] [551.] RHYACOPHILUS OCHROPUS (Lxxx.) Eidgw. Green Sandpiper. 552. SYMPHEMIA SEMIPALMATA (Gmel.) Hartl. Wiliet. [537.] 553. HETEROSCELUS INC ANUS (Gmel.) Coues. Wandering Tattler. [542.] [554.] MACHETES PUGNAX (Lixx.) Cuv. Ruff. [.544.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM: 201 555. BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechst.) Bp. Bartrani's Sandpiper; Field Plover. [545.] 556. TRYNGITES RUFESCENS (Vieill.) Caban. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. [546.] 557. TRINGOIDES MACULARIUS (LiNX.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. [543.] 558. NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS WiLS. Long-billed Curlew. [549.] 559. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. [550.] 560. NUMENIUS BOREALIS (FoRST.) Lath. Eskimo Curlew. [551.] [.561.] NUMENIUS PH^OPUS (Lixx.) Lath. Whimbrel. [562.] NUMENIUS TAHITIENSIS (Gmel.) CaSS. Bristle-thighed Curlew. 563. PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (Lixx.) BP. Red Fhalarope. [521.] 564. LOBIPES HYPERBOREUS (Lixx.) Cuv. Northern Phalarope. [520.] 505. STEGANOPUS V/ILSONI (Sab.) Coues. "Wilson's Phalarope. [519.] 566. RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA Gmel. American Avocet. [517.] 567. HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS (MtJLL.) Ord. Black-necked Stilt. [518.] 568. PARRA GYMNOSTOMA Wagl. Mexican Jacana. 569. RALLUS ELEGANS AUD. Red-breasted Rail. [542.] 570. RALLUS OBSOLETUS PaPGw. Californian Clapper Rail. 571. RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS CREPITANS (Gmel.) RidgW. Clapper Rail. [.553.] 571 rt. RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS SATURATUS Hexsh. Louisiana Clapper Rail. 572. RALLUS VIRGINIANUS Lixx. Virginian Rail. [554.] [573.] PORZANA MARUETTA (Leach.) Bp. Spotted Crake. 202 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 574. PORZANA CAROLINA (LixN.) Baird. I Sora Rail. [555.] 575. PORZANA NOVEBORACBNSIS (Gmel.) Baiud. Little Yellow Rail [557.] 576. PORZANA JAMAICENSIS (iaetus pelagicus, Siebold. Not North Atnerican. 41. Haliaetus washingtonii, Jard. = No. 451, young female. 56. Nyctaxe albifrons, Cassin = No. 401, young. 59. Athene cuniculajua, Bon. The true cunicularia is a South American form.* 66. Crotophaga rugirostris, Sw. =• No. 389. 73. Campephilus imperialis, Gray. Not North American. 88. Sphyropicus williamsonii, Baird = No. 370, adult male. 100. Lampornis mango. Swains. Not North American. [ =i. violicauda (Bodd.) Ell.] 129. Tyrannus melancholicus, Vieill. Not North American. 167a. Var. Mniotilta longirostris, Baird. t 171. Geothlypis A'elatus, Cab. Not North American. 215. Myiodioctes bonapartei, And. =No. 127, young. 239. CoLLYRio ELEGANS, Baird. An Asiatic si^ecies {Lanius lahtora, Sykes.). 242. ViREO viRESCENS, Vieill. = No. 135? 253a. Var. Mimus caudatus, Baird. Not separable ixom. poly glottus. 259a. Harporhynchus vetula, Baird = No. 15. 261a. Harporiiynchus longicauda, Baird. Scarcely separable from rufus. 272. Troglodytes americanus, And. ==: No. 63. * 289a. Var. Parus albescens, Baird = No. 41a. 309. C ARPODACUS HAEMORRHOUS, Wagl. Not North American ? 311. CiiRYSOMiTRLS STANLEYi, Bonaj). Not North American. [=C. barbata (Mol.).] 312. Chrysomitris yarrelli, Bonap. JVot North American. 324. Leucosticte arctous, Bonap. No sufficient evidence of occiureuce in North America. 329. Plectropiianes melanomus, Baird = No. 189. 365. Melospiza gouldii, Baird = No. 231c. 405. Trupialis militaris, Bonap. Not North American. '" There appears to be but a single race inhabiting North America. fWhile there is undoubtedly a very appreciable diflerence between specimens of M. raria from the "West Indies and those from the interior of Eastern North America in the length of the bill, it is the small-billed form which should receive a new name, since Linnaeus's name varia was based upon the bird of the South Atlantic States and West Indies. If to be regarded as separable, the name borealis, Nutt., may be applied to the western birds. 213 214 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. 424. CORVUS CACALOTL, Wagl. = No. 280. 470. Lagopus americanus, Aud. = No. 475. 482. Demiegretta pealii, Baird = No. 491, white phase. 486a. Herodias egretta V. californica = No. 489. 488. Ardea wurdemannii, Baird = No. 486, colored phase. 494. BuTORiDES BRUNNESCEXS, Baird. Not North American. 514. Haematopus ater, Viellot. Not North American. 566. Anser frontalis, Baird =: No. 593a, young. 603. Pelioxetta trowbridgii, Baird = No. 633. 605. OiDEMiA bimaculata, Baird = No. 632, young. 630. DiOMEDEA EXULANS, Liiin. Not North American. 659. Larus chalcopterus, Lawr. = No. 662. 665. Larus suckleyi, Lawr. = No. 670, young. 669. Chroicocephalus cucullatus, Br. =No. 674, young, second year. 671. Chroicocephalus minutus, Brucli. Not North American. 673. RissA SEPTENTRiONALis, Lawr. = No. 670, adult. 675. RisSA NiVEA, Bruch = No. 659. 677. Pagophila brachytarsi, Holb. = No. 657. 686. Sterna haa'elli. And. ^No. 685, winter plumage. 693. Sterna pikei, Lawr. =No. 687, young. 703. PoDiCEPS cristatus, Latli. Not North American? 703a. PomcEPS cooperi, Lawr. =No. 731, young. 716. Sagmatorhina labradoria, Cas. = No. 745, young. 718. Cerorhlna SUCKLE^^, Cassiii = No. 746, young. 720. Phaleris tetracula, Stephens = No. 748, winter dress. 722. Phaleris microceros, Brandt = No. 750, summer dress. 730. Uria ringvia, Briinnicli = No. 763, individual phase. 733. Brachyrhajiphus wrangelii, Br. = No. 755, ivinter dress. Seven of the above are included in Coues's "Check List of North American Birds" (1873), viz, numbers 88, 100, 309, 488, 563«, 603, 693, and 703; the equivalent numbers of the "Check List" being, respectively, 305. 274, 141a, 450, 480a, 518a, 568, and 609— some of them bearing a different name from that given in the Smithsonian catalogue. Besides the foregoing, there are given in the "Check List" the following untenable names: 146a.' jEgiothus linaria (L.) Cab. rar. euscescens, Cs. =No. 179, midsummer dress. 157bis. Centronyx ochrocephalus, Aiken = No. 191, autumnal plumage. [187.] Passer DOMESTicus, Linn. An introduced species. 215a. Icterus spurius (L.) Bp. var. aefinis, Lawr. Not separable from /. spurius. [283.] Agyrtria linnjei (Bp.) . Not North American. [= J. tohaci (Gm.) Ell.] 374a. CHAiLEPELiA PASSERiNA (L.) Sw. var. PALLESCENS, (Bd.) Cs. Untenable race. A\bter [appendix]. Ibis thalassinus, Ridg. =No. 504, young. b. Species and races described or added to the North American fauna since 1859.* 6. Tardus iliacus, 'Linn. — Cf. Reinhardt, Ibis, 1861, 6. (Greenland; two examples.) 7a. Merula migratoria propinqua, Ridgw. — Turdus migratorious pn-opifiquas. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. Jan. 1877, 9. (Western U. S.) 8. Merula confinis, Baird.— Turdus confinis. Review Am. B. i. 18S4, 29. (Tiignis", Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. i. 1869, 319, pi. 29, fig. -J. (Kadiak, Alaska ; F. Bischoff.) 237a. PiPiLO erythropiithalmus allexi, Coues. — P. allent, CouES, Am. Nat. v. Aug. 1871, 366. (Florida.; 238c. PiPiLO MACULATUS coxsoBRixus, Ridgw. — Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. ii. No. 2, Apr. 1, 1876, 189. (Guadalupe I., Lower Cal.) 238f7. PiPiLo MACULATUS CARMANi (Lawr.) Ridgw. — Pipilo carmani, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. X. 1871. 7. (Socorro L, N. W. Mexico.) 218 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. 240a. PiPiLO FUSCUS ALBiGULA (Baircl) Eidgw/ — P. albigiila, Baird, Proc. Philad. A«ad. Nov. 1859, 305. (Cape St. Lucas.) 242a. Cardinalis virginianus igneus, Baird. — C. igneus, Baird, Proc. PMlad. Acad. Nov. 1859, 305. (Cape St. Lucas.) 253. PUmpara zena (Linn.) Bryant.— C/". B. B. & E. Hist. N. Am. B. ii. 1874, 93. (Key West, Florida ; H. W. Henshaw. ) 258a. Molothrus aler obscuriis (Gmel.) Coues. — M. obscurns, Cass. Proc. Philad. 1866, 18. (Lower California.) 259. Molothrus (mens (Wagl.) Cab.— C/. Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. July, 1876,88. (Ft. Brown, Texas.) 263a. Sturnella magna mexicana (Scl.) Ridgw. — Cf. Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. July, 1878, 152. (Ft. Brown, Texas; J. C.Merrill.) 276. Quiscalus paliistris (Swains.) Cassin. — "(2. major", Gambel, Jour. Philad. Acad. i. 1847, 47. (Gulf of California. )* 278?>. Quiscalus versicolor ^neus, Ridgw.— (). ceneus, Ridgw. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1869, 134. (Mississippi Valley, Hudson's Bay Terr., Maine, etc.) [279.] Sturnus vulgaris, Linn. — Cf. Reinhardt, Ibis, 1861, 7. (Greenland.) 290a. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis, Ridgw. — Cyanura stelleri, var. frontalis, Ridgw. Am. Jour. Sci. & Arts, third ser. v. Jan. 1873, 41, 43. (Sierra Nevada, California.) 290&. Cyanocitta stelleri annectens, Baird. — Cyanura stelleri, var. annectens, Baird, • in B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii. 1874, 281, in text. (Northern Rocky Mts. ) 297a. Perisoreus canadensis capit.vlis, Baird. — P. canadensis, var. capiialis, Baird, Bull. Essex Inst. v. Nov. 1873, 193. (Rocky Mountains.) 2976. Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons, Ridgw. — Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. March 27, 1880, 5. (Coast of Alaska.) 298. Perisoreus obscurus, Ridgw. — P. canadensis, var. obscurus, Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. Nov. 1873, 194. (Northwest coast of U. S.) [299.] Alanda arvensis, Linn. — Cf. Dresser & Sharpe, Birds Eur. pt. — , and B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. ii. 1874, 136. (Greenland and Bermuda.) 300«. Eremopiiila alpestris leucol^ma, Coues. — Birds N. W. 1874, 38. (Interior plains N. Am.) 300&. Eremopiiila alpestris clirysolama (Wagl.) . — E. cornuta, var. chrysolwma, Baird, B.N. Am. 1858, 403, in text. (Southwestern U. S.) 308. Pitangus derbianus (Kaup) Scl. — P. derbyanus, Coues, The Country, July 13, 1878, 184. (Lomita, Texas ; G. B. Sennett. ) 309. Myiozcietes texensis (Giraud) Scl. — Muscicapa texensis, Giraud, Texan Birds, 1841, pi. 1. ("Texas.") 310. Myiodinastes luteiventris, Bona]i. — Cf. Henshaw, Orn, Wheeler's Exp. 1875, 346, pi. xiv. (S. Arizona.) 319. Contopus pertinax. Cab. & Hein. — Cf. Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1866, 60. (Ft. Whipple, Arizona.) 329. Empidonax fulvifrons (Giraud) Scl. — Musdcapa fulvifrons, Giraud, Texan Birds, 1841, pi. ii. ("Texas.") 329a. Empidonax fulvifrons pallescens (Coues) Ridgw. — Mitrepliorns pallescens, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. ••■ii;i, 63. (Fi. Whipple, Arizona.) 331. Ornithion imberbe {8cl.) Coues. — " O. incanescens", Coues, The Country, July 13, 1878, 184. (Lomita, Texas; G. B. Sennett.) 334. Eugenes fulgens (Sw.) Gould. — Cf. Henshaw, Am. Nat. Apr. 1874, 241; Orn. Wheeler's Exp. 1875, 379. (Mt. Graham, Arizona.) 341. Selasphorus alleni, Henshaw. — Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. 1877, 54. (Coast of California.) ■ The National Museum possesses an example of what ia apparently this species from the coast of Louisiana. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 219 Catalogue No. 342. AUhis heJoim (Less. & Del.) Ricli.— C/. Elliot, Illustr. Am. B. i. 1869, xxi. xii, plate. (El Paso, Texas; J. H. Clarke.) 343. Stelhtla calUope, GovKk.—Caloihorax caUiope, Xantus, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 190. (Ft. Tejou, Cal.) 344. Calothorax lucifer (S\v.) Gray.— " Dor icha enicura", Hensh. Am. Sportsman, v. 328, Feb. 20, 1875 ; Orn. Wheeler's Exp. 1875, 381. Cf. Lawr. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. Oct. 1877, 108. (Camp Bowie, Arizona.) 345. Amazilia fuscicaudata (Eras.) Ridgw. — " Pyrrophcena riefferi", Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. Oct. 1876, 88. (Ft. Browu, Texas.) Cf. Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 1878, 147 (synonymy and diagnosis). 346. AmazUia yucatanensis (Cabot) Gould. — "^. ■cervineiventris''' , Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. Jan. 1877, 26. (Ft. Brown, Texas.) Cf. Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 1878, 148 (synonymy and diagnosis). 347. Basilinna xaxtusi (Lawr.) Elliot.— Jma^i/ta xantusi, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. vii. April, 1860, 109 (=$). — HeVioptedica castaneocauda, Lawr. t. c. 145 ( = <^ ). (Cape St. Lucas.) 348. lache latirostris (Sw.) Elliot. — Circe latirosfris, Hensh. Am. Sportsman, v. Feb. 20, 1875; Orn. Wheeler's Exp. 1875, 380. (Chiracahna Mts., S. Arizona.) 3576. Chordeiles popetue minor (Cab.) Ridgw. — Cf. B. B «fc R. Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874, 520. (Miami, Florida; C. J. Maynard.) 360a. Piciis villosus leucomelas (Bodd. ) Ridgw. — Picus leucomelas, Bodd. Tabl. P. E. 1783 (ex. PI. Enlum. 345, fig. 1 = $ ad.). 363a. Picus scalaris lucasanus (Xant.) Cones. — P. lucasanus, Xantus, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 298, 302. (Cape. St. Lucas.) 365. Picus stricJcIandi, Malh. — Cf. Henshaw, Am. Sportsman, v. 328, Feb. 20, 1875; Orn. Wheeler's Exp. 1^75, 389. (S. Arizona.) 377a. Melanej'.pes formicivorus angustifrons, Baird. — IF. formicivorus, var. angustifrons, Baird, Orn. Cal. i. 1870, 405. (Cape St. Lucas.) 380. COLAPTES RUFIPILEUS, Ridgw. — C. mexicaiius riifipileus, Bull. Geog. & Geol. Surv. Terr. ii. No. 2, Apr. 1, 1876, 191. (Guadalupe I., Lower Cal.) 390. Crotopliaga sulcirostris, Swains. — Cf. COUES, The Country, July 13, 1878, 184. (Lomita, Texas; G. B. Sennett.) 393. CONURUS IIOLOCHLORUS BREViPES, Baird. — Conurus holochlorus, var. hrevipes, "Baird, MS.", Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. 1871, — . (Socorro I.) 397a. Strix nebulosa alleni, Ridgw. — Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. March 27, 1880, — . (Clearwater, S. Florida.) 398. Strix occidentalis (Xant.) Ridgw. — Syrnium occideniale, Xantus, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 193. (Ft. Tejou, Cal.) 399a. Ulula ciiierca lapponica (Retz.) Ridgw. — Syrnium lapponicum, RiDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. Jan. 1878, 37. (St. Michael's, Alaska; L. M. Turner.) 402a. Scops asio floridanus, Ridgw. — S. anio, var. Floridanns, Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. Dec. 1873, 200. (Florida.) 402c. Scops asio maxwellle, Ridgw. — S. asio, e, maxwelliw, Ridgw. Field & Forest, June, 1877, 210, 213. (Boulder Co., Colorado.) 402(?. Scops asio kennicottii, (Elliot) Coiies. — S. EennicoUii, Elliot, Proc. Philad. Acad. 18G7, 69; Illustr. Am. B. 1869, pi. 11. (Sitk:i, Alaska; F. Bischoff.) 403. Scops triclwpsis, Wagl. — "-S. asio, var. maccalli", B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874, 52. (New Mexico.) 404. Scops flammeoJus (Licht.) Scl.— C/. Cooper, Orn. Cal. i. 1870, 422. (Ft. Crook, N. California.) 405a. Bubo virginianus suiarcticus (Hoy) Ridgw. — Buho subarcticus, Hoy, Proc. Philad. Acad. vi. 1852, 211. (Wisconsin.) [="var. arciicus" of Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874, 64.] 405&. Bubo virginianus arciicus (Swains.) Cass. — Buho arcticus, Swains. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 86, 111. 30. (Interior of fur countries.) 220 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. 405c. Bubo virginianus saturatus, Eidgw.^Orn. 40tli Parallel, 1877, 572, foot-note. . (Northern coast N. Am.) [=" var. lyacificus" of Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 65.] 407a. Surnia funerea ulula (Linn.) Eidgw. — Cf. Eidgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. Jan. 1878, 38. (St. Michael's, Alaska; L. M. Turner.) 408a. Speotyto cunicularia floridaj^a, Eidgw. — *Sf. cunicularia, var. floridana, Eidgw. Am. Sportsman, iv. No. 14, July 4, 1874, 216. (Sarasota Bay, Florida.) 410. Glaucklium plialccnoldcs (Daud.) Scl. &. Salv. — G. fcrrugineum (Mas.) COUES, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 370. (Tucson, Arizona; C. Bendire.) 411. Micrathene whitxeyi (Cooper) Cones. — Athene wMtneyi, Cooper, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii. 1863, 118. (Ft. Mojave, S. E. California.) 412&. Hierofalco gyrfalco sacer (Forst.) Eidgw. — F. sacer, Forster, Philos. Trans. Ixii. 1772, 383, 423. (Hudson's Bay Terr.) 412c. Hierofalco sacer ohsolefns (Gm.) Eidgw. — Falco oisoletus, Gmel. S. N. i. 1788, 268. (Hudson's Bay Terr.) 414a. Falco peregrinus pealei, Eidgw. — F. communis, var. Pealei, Eidgw. BuU. Essex Inst. Dec. 1873, 201. (Northwest coast N. Am.) 416. Msalon regulus (Pall.) Blyth. — Falco wsalon Newton, Man. Nat. Hist. Greenl. 1875, p. 96. (At sea, near Greenland, lat. 57^ 41' N., long. 35° 23' W.) 417a. iEsALON coLUMBARius SUCKLEYI, Eidgw. — Falco columbarius, var. SucTcleyi, Eidgw. Bull. Essex Inst. v. Dec. 1873, 201. (Northwest coast N. Am.) 418. JiLsALOX RiCHARDSONii, Eidgw. — Falco {Hypoiriorclils) richardsonii, Eidgw. Proc. Philad. Acad. Dec. 1870, 145. (Interior of North America.) 421. Tinnunculus sparvcrioides (Vig.) Gray. (Florida.)* 422. Tinnunculus alaudarius (Gm.) Gray. — Cf. Newton, Man. Nat. Hist. Greenl. 1875, 96. (Ofl' Cape Farewell, Greenland.) 424. POLYBORUS LUTOSUS, Eidgw.— Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. No. 6, 2dser. Feb. 8, 1876, 459. (Guadalupe I., Lower California.) 433a. ASTUR ATRiCAPiLLtis STRiATULUS, Eidgw. — A. palumlarius, var. siriatulus, Eidgw. in Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874, 240. (Western N. Am.) 435. Buieo vulgaris, Leach. — Cf. Maynaud, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. No. 1, April, 1876, 2-6. (Pawpaw, Mich.) 436a. BUTEO borealis krideri. — "B. iorealis, variety kridei-H," Hoopes, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1873, 238. pi. v. (=juv.; Winnebago Co., Iowa.) 436c. BuTEO BOREALIS LUCASANUS, Eidgw.— i?. Ifovealis, var. lucasanus. Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874, 2.58, 285. (Cape St. Lucas.) 436d. BUTEO BOREALIS SOCORROENSIS. In the "Proceedings" of the Boston Society of Jfatural Hi.storj-, 1871, p. 42, Mr. Lawrence refers to a "Buteo borealis, var. montanus, Nutt." as being very abundant on the island of Socorro, where it is the only species of hawk to be found, and where it is a " constant resi- dent, rearing its young, and subsisting entirely on land crabs ", etc. In the same paper, p. 10, Mr. Lawrence applies the same name to a hawk occurring abundantly on the Tres Marias Islands, iind there subsisting "entirely upon the Iguana lizard and rabbits." In "Hi.story of North American Birds", vol. iii, p. 285 (1874), I referred the Tres Marias bird to Buieo ftoreaKs vai*cos.— "Cygnus ietvickii", Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 465. C'lgloolik [Arctic America], lat. 66°, June 19, 1823." Said to breed "on the sea-coast within the Arctic circle." The description, from specimens killed at locality quoted above, is of the true 0. minor, or Bewick's Swan.) 592. Chen rossii (Baird) Ridgw. — A)iser rossii, "Baird, MSS.", Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1861, 73. (Arctic America.) 593. Anser alhifrons (Gm.) .—Cf Reinh. Ibis, 1861, 12. (Greenland.) 603. Anas fulvigula, Ridgw. — A. obseura, var. fulvigula, Am. Nat. viii. Feb. 1874, 111. (Florida.) 627a. Somateria mollissima dresseri (Sharpe) Coues. — S. dresseri, Shaiipe, Ann. Mag. N. H. July, 1871, 51, figs. 1,2. This bird has been called by all American writers S. moUinsima. The true Eider, how- ever, has only lately been detected in America, it being the form found by Mr. Kumlieii breeding abundantly on the west side of Cumberland Gulf. 631. Melanetta fusca (Linn.) — Cf. Reinhardt, Vid. Medd. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, 1879, 1. (South Greenland.) 646a. Phalacrocorax violaceus respUndens (Aud.) Ridgw. — Graculus bairdii, "Gruber, MSS.", Cooper. Proc. Philad. Acad. Jan. 1865, 5. (Farallone Islands.) PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 223 Catalogue No. 647. rhalacrocorax Vicnstatus, Pallas. — "Graculus Ucristatus, Pallas", Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. i. 18G9, — , pi. 33. (St. George's I., Alaska; W. H. Dall.) G51. Sula cijaiiops, Siindev. — Cf. Lawr. Proc. Boston Soc. xiv. 1871, 302. (Socorro I.) 653. Sulaphcator (Linn.) -—Cf. Lawr. Proc. BostonSoc. xiv. 1872, 303. (Socorro I.) 655. Phaethon a'thereup, Linn. — Cf. Freke, Sci. Proc. Eoy. Dubl. Soc. 1879.* (Banks of Newfoundland, August, 1876.) 665. Larus affinis, Reinh. — Vid. Medd. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, 1853, 78. (Greenland.) 666a. Larus argentatus smithsonianus, Coues. — L. smiihsonianus, Coues, Proc. Pliilad. Acad. 1862, 296. (North America. ) 667. Larus cachinnans, Pall. — "Larus horeaUs, Brandt", Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. i. 1869, 305. (St. Michael's, Alaska; Bischoff.) 671. Larus canus, Linn. — Cf. Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. Jan. 1878, 50. (_Lab- rador; Coues.) 689. Sterna aleutica, Baird.— Trans. Chicago Acad. i. 1869, 321, pi. 31, fig. 1. (Kadiak, Alaska; Bischoif.) 692. Sterna anastheta, Scopoli. — Sterna {Haliplana) anostliwta, Coues, Key, 1872, 322, (Florida.) 694. Hijdrochelidon leucoptera (Meisn.) Boie. — Cf. Brewer, Am. Nat. March, 1874, 188. (Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin; T. Kumlien.) 705&. FULMARUS GLACiALis RODGERSi (Cass.) Coues. — F. rodgersii, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad, 1862, 290 (North Pacific) ; Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. i. 1869, 323, pi. 34, fig. 1 (St. Georges I., Alaska). 710. PuFFiNUS CREATOPUS, Cooper. — Cf. Coues, Proc Philad. Acad. 1864, 131. (Coast California.) 713. Piiffinus gavia (Forst.) Finsch. — P. ojnsthomclas, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, 139. (Coast California.) 715. Puffmus griseus (Gmel.) Finsch. — Xectris amaurosoma, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, 124. 716, Pitffinus temiirostris, Temm. — Nectris tenuirosiris, Dall & Bannister, Trans. Chi- cago Acad. i. 1869, 303. (Kotzbue Sound.) 718. JEstrelata bulwei-i (Jard.) Gigl. & Salvad. — ThaJassidroma buliveri, Newton, Man. Nat. Hist. Greenl. 1875, 108. 720. Halocyptena microsoma, Coues. — Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, 78. (Coast of California. 725. Cymochorea homochroa. Cones.— Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, 77. (Coast of Cal- ifornia. ) 737. Colymbus adamsi. Gray. — Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, 167. (Alaska.) 763a. Lomviatroilecalifornica (Bryant) Coues. — Catarractes californicus, Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. (Farallone Islands.) 764. Lomvia arra, Pall. — Cejyhus arra, Pall. Zoog. Rosso- As. ii. 1811, 347. (Alaska.) c. List of North American genera which have been described or added to the fauna since 1859, together with those whose names or orthography have been changed since that date. 1. Hylocichla, Baird, Review Am. B. i. June 2, 1864, 12 (type, Turdus musteli- nus, Gmel.). The Turdun musicus of Europe is a strict congener of T. mustelinus, and it is possible that some generic name may have been based upon it previous to the imposition of Hylocichla. 6. Tftrrf (ts, Linnseus, S. N. ed. 10. 1. 1758,168 (type, T. viscivorus, Linn.). The T. iliacus, although not agreeing strictly with T. viscivorus in details of external structure, is still hardly different enough to entitle it to separation. It is much more like true Turdus than either of the other American genera (Hylocichla and Merala). *'We cannot cite the page of the "Proceedings", but the record appears on p. 44 of separate pam- phlet entitled "A Comparative List of Bird.s found in Europe and North America. By Percy Evans Pi-eko." 224 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. 7. Merula, "Leach, 1816" (type, Turdus merula, Linn.). The proper generic division of the tj-pical thrushes is a matter of considerable diificulty. Of the North American generic groups, Rylociclila and Hesperocichla of Baird are sufBci- ently isolated, the latter being represented by a single species only, the former by all the smaller spotted species, besides the Song Thrush (Turdus tnusicus, Liun.) of Europe. I find no American species agreeing at all. closely with Turdus viscivorus (the tyi^e of Turdus) in form ; and a generic division based wholly or chiefly on coloration being out of the question, I find no other alternative than to adopt for tlie Eobin and other American thrushes usually referred to '^Plancsticus" of Bonaparte (1854) the name Merula, Loach (1816), there being no essential difterenco in form between the type of the latter, Turdus merula, Linn. {Merula nigra, Leach) and our Eobin (2*. migratorius, Linn.) ; while a number of the Neotropical species exhibit the same sexual difference in coloration as T. merula. I would also refer to Merula the following Old "World forms: Turdus pilaris, Linn, {typa of Arceuthornis, Kaup, 1829), Turdus atrogularis, Temm. (type of Cichloides, Kaup, 1829), Turdus torquatus, Linn, (type of Thoracocincla, Reich., 1850), with perhaps some others. 9. Hesperocichla, Baird, Review Am. B. i. July, 18G4, 32 (type, Turdus ncevius, Gmel.). 12. Galeoscoptes, Cabauis, Mus. Hein. i. 1850, 82 (type, Muscicapa carolinensls, Linu.). 19. Cinclus, Bechstein, Gemein. Naturg. 1802 (type, Sturnus cinclus, Linn.). ICf. Baird, Review Am. B. i. 1864,59, foot-note.] 20. Cyanecula, Brelim, ViJg. Deutsclil. 1828 (type, Motacilla suecica, Liun.). 34. Fhylloscojms, Boie, Isis, 1826, 792 (type ?) 50. AuRiPARUS, Baird, Review Am. B. i. Aug. 1864, 85 (type, MqUlialus flaviceps, Suudev. ). 61. Thryomanes, Sclater, Cat. Am. B. 1861, 22 (tyi)e, Troglodytes hewicld, Aud.). 65. Anorthura, Rennie, Montagu's Orn. Diet. 2d ed. 1831, 570 (type, A. communis, Rennie ==: Motacilla troglodytes, Linn.). 67. Telmatodytcs, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. 1850, 78 (type, Certliia palusLris, WQs.). 69. Motacilla, Linmeus, S. N. 1735 (type, If. alha, Linn.). 70. Budytes, Cuvier, Reg. An. i. 1817, 371 (type, Motacilla flava, L.). 76. Heloncea. — HeUnaia, Audubon, Synop. 1839, 66 (type, Sylvia swainsoni, Aud.). [Orthography emended by Agassiz, Nomencl. 1847. Cf. Newton, P. Z. S. 1879,552.] 90.^ Perissoglossa, Baird, Review Am. B. i. 1864, 180 (type, Motacilla tigrina, Gm.). 92. Peucedramus, Cones, in Henshaw's Orn. Wheeler's Survey, 1875, 201 (type, Syl- via olivacea, Giraud). 115. Siurus.~Cf. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. 124. TVilsonia, Bonai^arte, Comp. List. 1838, 23 (type, Sylvia mitraia, Aud.?). \.Cf. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 95.*] 131. CardeUina, "Dubus", Bonap. Consp. i. 1850, 312 (tyjje, CardeUina amicta, Dnhus::^ Muscicapa rubrifrons, Giraud). 132. Ergaticus, Baird, Review Am. B. i. May, 1865, 264 (type, Seiopliaga rubra. Swains.). 133. Basileuterus, Cabanis, in Schomb. Guiana, iii. 1848, 666 (tyj)e, Sylvia vermivora, Vieill.). 135. Vireosylvia, Bonaparte, Comp. List. 1838, 26 (type, Muscicapa olivacea, Linn.). 140. Lajstivireo, Baird, Review Am. B. i. May 23, 1866, 345 (type, Fireo flavifrons, Vieill.?). "It is exceedingly doubtful whether Wilsonia, Bp., should displace Myiodioctes, Aud. Bonaparte's name occurs first in a mere list, is used only as a heading for a subgeneric group, and is unaccom- Ijanied either by a diagnosis or an indication of type. Audubon, however, only a year later, in desig- nating the same groui> of bii'ds by the new generic term Myiodioctes, giive an excellent diagnosis of the generic characters. It appears to us that the slight difference of date in favor of Bonaparte's name is greatly overbalanced by the pains which Audubon took to duly characterize his genus, thus conform- ing to the requirements of nomenclatiu-al laws, which Bonaparte failed to do. PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 225 Catalogue No. 148. Lanius, Liunajus, S. N. ed. 10, 1758,93 (type, L. excuUtor, Liuu.). [C/. Coues, Birds Colorado Val. i. 1878, 539. ] 153. Petrochelidon, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. 1850, 47 (type, Hirundo melanogaster, Sw. =r. sicainsoni, Scl.). 155. Tachyciueta, Cabanis, Mus. Heiu. i. 1850, 48 (type, Hirundo thalassina, Sw.). 157. Cottle, Boie.—Cf. Wh.vrton, The Ibis, Oct. 1879; Coues, Bull. Nutt. Oru. Club, April, 1880,96. 158. Sfelgidopteryx, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 312, in test (type, Hinindo serripennis, Aud.). 167. Pyrrluda, Brisson, Oru. 1760 (type, Loxla pyrrhala, 'L\nu..^=Emheriza coccinea, Sandb.). 172. Loxia, Liuuteus, S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 171 (type, L. curvirosira, Linn.). 181. Astragal ill us, Cabanis, Mus. Heiu. i. 1851, 159 (type, FriiiyiUa tristis, Linu.). 187. Centrophaiics, Kaup,.Eut. Gescli. Eur. Thierw. 1829 (type, Emheriza lapponica, Linn.). 190. Ehyncliophanes, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 432, in test (type, rUctroplianes maccowni, Lawr.). 224. Amphispiza, Coues, Birds N. W. 1874, 234 (type, Emheriza bilineata, Cass.). 244. Zamelodia, Coues, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, v. April, 1880, 98 (type, Loxia ludovici- ana, Linn.). 247. Passerina, Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 30 (typo, Tanayra cyanea,J^inn.). [Cf. Coues, 1. c. 96.] 253. Plionipara, Bonaparte, Consp. i. 1850, 494 (typo, Loxia canora, Gmel.). 254. Spiza, Bonaparte, Obs. Wils. Orn. 1825 (part); Specc. Comp. 1827, 47 (tj^ie, Emheriza americana, Gmel.!). [See autea, 3.] 279. Stunuis, Liuntous, S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 167 (type, S. vulgaris, Linn.). 285. Gymnocitia. — //. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 98. 289. Cyanocitta, Strickland, Ann. Mag. N. H. sv. 1845, 230 (type, Corvus cristatus, Linn.). [C/. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 98.] 291. Aphelocoma, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. 1851, 221 (type, Garrulus calif ornicus,Yig.). 299. Alauda, Liunjous, S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 165 (type, A. arvensis, Linn.). 308. Pitangus, Swainson, Zool. Jour. iii. 1827, 165 (type ?). 309. Myioztitetes, Sclater, es. Schiff. — Myiozeta, "Schift".", Bp. Compt. Rend, sssviii. 1854, — (type l).—Myiozeteies, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, 46. 310. Myiodinastes, Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, sssviii. 1854, 657 (type ?). 331. Ornithioii, Hartlaub, Jour, fiir Orn. 1853, 35 (type, 0. inerme, Hartl.). 332. Paohyrhainplius, "Gray, 1838" (type, Pachijrhynclms cuvieri, Sinx^Tityra viridis, Vicill.). 333. Hadrostomus, Cabanis, Mus. Heiu. ii. Oct. 24, 1859, 84 (type, Tityra atricapilla, Vieill.). 334. Eugenes, Gould, Mon. Trocb. pt. sii. 1856 (type, Trochilus fidgens. Swains.). 337. Calypte, Gould, Introd. Trocb. oct. ed. 1861, 87 (type, Ornismya casta', Bourc). 342. Attliis, Reichenbacb, Aufz. dor Colib. 1853, 12 (type, Ornismya heloisw. Less. & Delattr.). 343. Stellula, Gould, Introd. Trocb. oct. ed. 1861, 90 (type, Trochilus calliope, Gould). 344. Calothorax, Gray, Gen. B. 1840, 13 (type, Cynanthus lucifer. Swains.). 345. Amazilia, Lesson. — Amazilis, Less. Ind. Gen. et Syu. du Gen. Trocb. 1832, p. ssvii. (type, Orthorhynchus amaziU, Less.). — Amazilia, Reich. Av. Syst. Nat. 1849, pi. 39. 347. Basilinna, Boie, Isis, 1831, 546 (type, Trochilus leucofis, Vieill.). 348. Iache, Elliot, Synop. Trocb. March, 1879, 234 (type, Cynanthus latirostris. Swains.). 349. Cypsdus, Illiger, Prodr. 1811, 229 (type, C. apus, Linn.). \_Cf. antea, 6.] 350. Cypseloides, Stroubel, Isis, 1848, 366 (type, Cypsehisfumigatus, Natt.). [(/. Sclater, P. Z.S. 1865,614.] 354. Caprimulgus, Linnteus, S. N. ed. 10, i. 1858, 193 (type, C. europmts, Linn.). [_Cf. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 1878, 143; ib. iii. 1880, 5.] Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 lo Sept. 4, 1880. 226 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIOJ^AL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. 355. PHAL.ENOPTILUS, Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. March 27, 1880, 5 (type, Cajmmulgus mdfalU, And.). 366. Xenopicus, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 83, in text (tj'pe, Leuconerpes albolarvatus, Cass.). 394. Ahico, Flemiug, Phil. Zool. ii. 1828, 236 (type, Strix flammeajljiiin.). [C/. New- Tox, Yarrell's Brit. B. ed. 4, i. 150; Ibis, v. 94-105.] 395. Asio, Brisson, Orn. i. 17(56, 28 (type, Strix otus, Liun.). 397. Strix, Linnaius, S. N.ed. 10, i. 1758, 92 (type, S. strklula, Linn.). [C/. Newton, Ibis, ser. iii. vi. 94-105.] 399. Ululu, Cuvier, Reg. Au. i. 1817, 329 (type, Strix uralensis, Pall.). In Ristory of Xorth American Birds (vol. iii, pp. 28-30) I adopted for the Great Gray Owl (Strix cinerea, Gmel.) the .subgeneric name Seotiaptex, Swains., based tipon this species, and on p. 8 of these Proceedings raised the same name to generic rank. A subsequent exam- ination of Strix urdlensis, Pallas, however, reveals the fact that the latter is strictly con- generic with S. cinerea and S. lapponica, and having been made the type of a genus TTlula by Cuvier, in 1817, the latter name must take precedence over Seotiaptex, which was not founded until 1831. 408. Speotijto, Gloger, Haiidb. Naturg. 1842, 226 (type, Strix cuniciihtria, Mol.). 411. MiCRATHEXE, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1866,51 (type, Athene whitneyi, Cooytev.). 412. Hierofalco, Cuvier, Reg. An. i. 1817,312 (type, Falco candicans, Gm.). 416. JEsalon, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. 1829, 40 (type, Falco cesalon, Gmel. = F. regulus, Pall.) 419. Rhynchofalco, Ridgway, Proc. Bo.ston Soc. 1873, 46 (type, Falco femoralis, Temm. = F fusco-cwritlescens, Vieill.). 426. Elanoides, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. xxiv. 1818, 101 (type, Falco fur cat us, Linn.). 434. Antexor, Ridgway, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. May, 1873, 63 (type, Falco unicinctus, Temm.). 444. Uruhitiuga, Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1839, 132 (no type!); Lafr. in d'Orb. Diet. Hist. Nat. ii. 1842, 786 (type, Falco uruhitinga, Gm. = i^. zonurus, Shaw). 446. OxYCHOTES, Ridgway, Proc. Philad. Acad. Dec. 1870, 142 (type, 0. gruheri, Ridgw.). 450. Thrasaetus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837, 108 (type, Falco harpyia, Linn.). 451. HaVmetus, Savigny. — This is the original and correct orthography. [C/". Gray, Haudb. i. 1869, 16; Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1880, — .] 453. PSEUDOGRYPHUS, Ridgway, in B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. iii. Jan. 1874, 337, 338 (type, Vultur californianus, Shaw). 455. Catharista, Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 21 (type, Vultur uruhu, Vieill. =^ V. atrata, Bartr. Cf. Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 80). 463. ExGYPTiLA, Sundevall, Met. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent. 1872, 156 (type, Columba rufax- illa, Rich. &. Bern.). 467. Geotrygox, Gosse, Birds Jam. 1847, 316, foot-note (type, G. sylvatica, Gosse;= Columba crislata, Temm.). 469. Ortalis.—Cf. Whartox, The Ibis, Oct. 1879, 450. [= Ortalida, Merrem (false orthography).] 471. Canace, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. 1851 (type, Tetrao canadensis, Linn.). 491. Dichromaxassa, Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. No. 1, Feb. 5, 1878, 240 (type, Ardea rufa, Bodd.). 492. Hydraxassa, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 660, in text (type, Ardea ludoviciana, Gmel. = A. tricolor, Miill.). 499. Mycteria, Linnaeus, S. N. i. 1758, 140 (type, M. americana, Linn.). 501. Eudocimus, Wagler, Isis, 1832, 1232 (type, Scolopax rubra, Linn.). {_€/. Elliot, Ibis, 1877, 482,] 503. Plegadis, Kauii, Skizz. Ent. Gesch. 1829, 82 (tyi>e, Tantalus falcinellus, Liuu.). [C/. SCLATER & Salvix, Ibis, 1878, 112.] 505, Ajaja, Reichenbach, Haudb. 1851, p. xvi. (type, Platalea ajaja, Linn, = P. rosea, Briss.). [C/. Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. 1880, 10.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 227 Catalogue No. * 51-2. Vanelhts, Meyer, Vog. Deutschl. i. 1810, 10 (ex. Linn. 1735; type, Tringa vanellus Linn.). 516. Oxyechus, Reichenbacli, Av. Syst. 1853, Introcl. p. xviii. (tyi3e, Charadriua vociferua, Linn.). .522. Ochthodromus, Reichenbach, 1. c. (type, Charadrhis tvilsonius, Ord). 523. PoDASOCYS, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1866, 96 (type, Charadrius montanus, Towns.). 524. Scolopax, Liuna'us, S. N. ed. 10, i, 1758, 145 (type, S. rusticula, Linn.). 530. Arquatella, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 717 (type, Tringa mariiima, Briinn.). 533. Actodromas, Kanp, Sk. Ent. Ear. Thierw. 1829, 37 (type, Tringa minuta, Leisl.). 539. Pelidna, Cuvier, Reg. An. 1817, 490 (type, Tringa alpina, Linn.). 547. Totanus, Beclistein, Nat. Deutscbl. 1803 (type, Scolopax calidris, Linn.). 554. Machetes, Cnvier, Reg. An. 1817 (type, Tringa pugnax, Liun.). \_Cf. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1880, 100.] 555. Bartramia, Lesson, TraitcS Ois. 1831, 553 (type, B. laticauda, Less. = Tringa longicaiida, Becbst.). [C/. Coues, 1. c.] 564. Lohipes, Cuvier, Reg. An. 1817 (type, Tringa hyperhorea, Linn.). 565. Steganopus, Vieillot, Enc. Meth. 1823 (type, S. tricolor, Vieill. = Phalaropus wil- soni, Sab.). 568. Parra, Linnaius, S. N. i. ed. 12, 1766, 259 (type, P. jacana, Linn.). [For generic characters and illustrations, see these Proceedings, vol. i. pp. 163, 167, pi. iii.] 578. lonornis, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. 1853, 21 (type, Fttlica martinica, Linn.). 586. Olor, Wagler, Isis, 1832, 1234 (ty^ie, Cygnus musicus, Bechst. = ^«as cygnus, Liun.). 590. Chen, Boie, Isis, 1822 (type. Anas hyperhorea. Pall.). 598. Philacte, Bannister, Proc. Philad. Acad. Nov. 1870, 131 (type, Anas canagictis, Sewast.). 619. Clangula, Fleming, Philos. Jour. 1828 {ty])e,Anas clangula, 'Linn.). [C/. Dres- ser, B. Eur. pt. xlvi. Dec. 1875 ; Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 101.] 635. NOMOISTYX, Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. March 27, 1880, 15 (type. Anas do- minica, Liun.). 642. Phalacrocorax, Brisson, Orn. 1760 (type, Pelecanus carho, Liun.). \_Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 1877, 14G, foot-note.] 696. Mcgalestris, Bonaparte, Cousp. ii. 1856, 206 (type, Larus catarractcs, Linn. = Catharacta skua, Briinn.). [f/. Coues, B. N. W. 1874,603, 604, where, how- ever, Bnphagus, Mcehriug, is adopted ; but Mwhriug's names being inadmissi- ble,* Mcgalestris, Bp., "strictly its only synonj^m" seems the only one availa- ble. 703. Phwhctria, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. 1853, pi. 26, fig. 348 (type, Diomcdea fidigi- nosa, Gmel.). 704. Ossifraga, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend, xviii. 1844, 356 (type, Procellaria gigantea, Gmel.). 706. PrioceUa, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend, xviii. 1844, 357 (type, Procellaria glacialoides. Smiths P. tenuirostris, Aud. ). 707. Priofinus, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend, xviii. 1844, 355 (type, Procellaria cinerea, Gmel. (?)=:P. mclanura, Bonn.). • 717. (Estrelata, Bonaparte, Consp. ii. 1855, 188 (type, Procellaria hwsiiata, Temm.). 720. Halocyptexa, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, 78 (type, H. microsoma, Coues). 721. Procellaria, Linnteus, S.N. ed. 12, i. 1766, 212 (tyiie, P.pelagica, Linn.). 722. Oceanites, Keyserling & Blasius, Wirb. Eur. 1840, 238 (type, Procellaria oceanica, Kuhl.). *Cf. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, April, 1880, p. 100, sp. 437, Machetes pugnax. 228 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. * 723. Cymochorea, Coues, Proc. Philad. Aoad. 1864, 75 (type, Procellaria leucorrJioa, Vieill.). 726. Oceanodroma, Eeiclienbacli, Av. Syst. 1853, xviii. {type, Procellaria furcata, Gmel.). 730. Mclimopliorus, Cones, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1862, 229 (type, Podiceps occidentalis, Lawr.). 732. Bytes, Kaup, Syst. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829 (type, Colymhus cornutiis, Gmel.). 734. Tacliyhaptes, Eeichenbach, Syst. Nat. Av. 1853, pi. 2 (type, Colymhus minor, Gmel.). 742. Utamania, Leach, Syst. Cat. 1816 (type, J.ica tarda, Linn.). [C/. Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868, 18, 19.] 743. Fratercula, Brisson, Orn. 1760 (type, Alca arctica, Linn.). [C/. Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868,21.] 745. Lnnda, Pallas, Zorgr. Rosso-As. 1811, 363 (type, Alca cirrhata, Pall.). \_Cf. Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868, 26. ] 746. Cei-atorhina. — Cf. Coues, Key, 1872, 341. \_^Cei-orhinca, Bonap. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1828, 428 (false orthography).] ^ 748. Simorhynchus, " Merrem, , 1819 (type, Alca cristaidla. Pall, fide G.R.Gray)". \_Cf. Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868,35.] 750. Ciceronia, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. 18.53, — (type, Phaleris microceros, Brandt — TJria pusilla, Pall . ) . 752. Alle, Link, Beschr. Natur.-Samml. Univ. Rostock, 1806, 17 (type, A. nigricans, 'Lm]i = Alcaalle, Linn.). [Cf. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv.Oct. 1879, 244.] 753. SynUiliborhamjihxs, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. ii. 1837 (type, Alca antiqua, Gmel.). 763. Lomvia, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. ii. 1837, 345 (type, Colymhus iroille, Linn.). [C/. Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868, 75.] d. Species included in ihe catalogue ivMcli have not yet {according to the records) actually heen taken within the prescrihed limits. [The following species enumerated in the catalogue have not, to this date, been taken within the United States; but all are known to occur so near our southern border as to render it quite certain that their cajiture within our limits is but a ques- tion* of time and investigation. There are also included in this category all the sjiecies which are peculiar to the islands of Socorro and Guadalupe and the penin- sula of Lower California.] 8. Merula confinis. (Cape St. Lucas.) 14. Hakporhyxchus cinereus. (Cape St. Lucas.) 18. Harporhyxchus GRAYSONi. (Socorro.) 31. Regulus obscurus. (Guadalupe.) 43. Parus meridioxalis. (Highlands of Mexico.) 49. PsALTRiPARUS MELANOTis.* (Highlands of Mexico.) 55a. Certiiia familiaris mexicana. (Highlands of Mexico.) 57. Caaipylorhyxchus AFFixis. (Cape St. Lucas.) 58a. Salpixctes obsoi-etus guadalupensis. (Guadalupe.) 62. Thryomanes brevicauda. (Guadalupe.) 89. Parula piTiAYUMi ixsuL^yiis. (Socorro.) 171. Carpodacus amplus. (Guadalupe.) 195. Passerculus guttatus. (Cape St. Lucas.) 223. Juxco iNSULARis. (Guadalupe.) 238c. PiPiLO MACULATus coxsoBRixus. (Guadalupc.) 238d. PiPiLO MACULATUS CARMAXi. (Socorro.) ?AOa. PiPiLO Fuscus ALBiGULA. (Cape St. Lucas.) * Probably seen by me in August, 1868, in the East Humboldt Mts., Nevada. {Cf. Orn. 40th Parallel Exp. 1877, p. 415.) PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 229 Catalogue No. 267. ICTEKUS WAGLERi. (Mcxico.) 288. PsiLORHiNUS MORio. (E. Mexico.) 291. Apiielocoma ULTRAMAUiNA coucHii. (E. Mexico.) 347. Basilinna xantusi. (Cape St. Lucas.) 303«. Picus scALARis LUCASANUS. (Cape St. Lucas.) 377fl. Melanerpes FORMicivoRus ANGUSTiFRONS. (Cape St. Lucas.) 380. COLAPTES RUFIPILEUS. (Guaclalupe.) 381. MoMOTUS c.ERTTLEiCEPS. (E. Mcxico.) 384. Trogon ajibiguus. (Mexico.) 393. CoxuRUS HOLOCHLORUS BREViPES. (Socorro.) 415. Falco ALBiGULARis. (Wliole of tropical America.) 424. PoLYBORUS LUTOSUS. (Guadalupe.) .653. SuLA PISCATOR. (Socorro.) 655. Pii-ETHON JSTHEREUS. (Newfoundland banks; Socorro?) 460. Zex^dura graysoxi. (Socorro.) Of tlie following species given in the catalogue no specimens are known to have been taken within the limits of the United States, with the exception of those de- scribed and figured in Giraud's "Sixteen Species of Texan Birds" (1841).* 59. Catherpes mexicaxus {:=^Certhia albifrons, Giraud). 130. Setopiiaga mixiata {=Musdcapa dei-hami, Giraud). 132. Ergaticus ruber (=Pa7'us leucotis, Giraud). 133. Basileuterus culicivorus (=J/Msdca^ja Irasier'i, Giraud). 134. Basileuterus bellii {^Muscicapa heUii, Giraud). 160. EuPHOXiA ELEGAXTissiMA {=Pi])ra gahriculata, Giraud). 1826. ASTRAGALixus PSALTRiA MEXic^vxus (=::Fri)i(jilla texensis, Giraud). 309. Myiozetetes texexsis (=Muscic(q)a terensis, Giraud). 314. Myiarchus lawrexcei {=Ti/rannitla lawrencii, Giraud). 329. Empidoxax fulvifroxs {^Musckapa ftdvifrous, Giraud). e. Sj)ecles {cliiefly PaJa'arctic) wliich occur only as stragglers or visifaitts in Eastern North America, or ^vhich occur regularly only in Greenland and adjacent portions of the conti- nent A [6.] TURDUS ILIACUS. Accidcutal in Greenland. [69. ] MOTACILLA ALBA. Accidental in Greenland. [178.] ^GiOTHUS caxescexs. Resident in Greenland. [279.] Sturxus VULGARIS. Accidental in Greenland. [412((.i HiEROFALCO GYRFALCO ISLANDUS. Resident iu South Greenland. [416.] ^SALOX REGULUS. Accidental in Greenland. [422.] TixxuxcuLUS ALAUDARius, Accidental in Greenland. [435.] BUTEO VULGARIS. Accidental in Michigan? [C/. Mayxard, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. 18.] 452. HALIJ3ETUS ALBiciLLA. Resident in Greenland. [488.] Ardea cixerea. Accidental in Greenland. [506.] HiEMATOPUS ostralegus. Accidental in Greenland. [514.] Charadrius PLUViALis. Accidental in Greenland. 518. iEGiALiTis IIIATICULA. Breeding iu Greeuland and west of Cumberland Gulf. [524. ] SCOLOPAX RUSTICULA. Accidental in Newfoundland and Eastern United States. [526.] Gallixago media. Casual in Greenland and Bermudas. * These specimens .are now in the collection of the United States National Museum, t Strictly pelagic birds, -which are more or less numerous oiF the coast, are excluded from this and the following lists. 230 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Catalogue No. [539.] Pelidna alpina. Breeds iu Greenland and Hudson's Bay Territory. [540.] Pelidna subarquata. Casual iu Eastern Nortli America (several records). [546.] LiMOSA iEGOCEPHALA. Accidental iu Greenland. [547.] ToTANUS GLOTTIS. Accidental iu Florida. [551.] Rhyacophilus ochropus. Accidental in Nova Scotia. [554.] Machetes pugnax. Casual in Eastern North America (several records). [561.] NUMENIUS PH^OPUS. Accidental iu Greenland. [573.] PoRZANA maruetta. Accidental in Greenland. [577.] Crex pratensis. Casual in Eastern North America, including Greenland. [586. ] Olor cygnus. Accidental in Greenland. [587.] Olor MINOR. Casual (?) in fur countries. [593.] AxsER ALBiFRONS. Breeds in South Greenland. [597.] Bernicla leucopsis. Casual in Eastern North America. [611.] Nettion CRECCA. Casual in Eastern North America. 627. SoMATERiA MOLLissiMA. Resident in Greenland and west side of Cumberland Gulf. [631.] Melanetta FUSCA. Accidental in Greenland. [665.] Larus APFiNis. Accidental in Greenland. [694. ] Hydrochelidon leucoptera. Accidental in Wisconsin. [711.] PuFFiNUS ANGLORUM. Casual (?) off Atlantic coast. [717.] ffiSTRELATA h^esitata. Accidental otf Atlantic coast of U. S. . [718.] ffisTRELATA bulweri. Accidental near Greenland. 728. Fregetta GRALLARiA. Accidental off coast of Florida. [733.] Dytes AURITUS. Breeds in South Greenland. 743a. Fratercula arctica glacialis. Resident in Greenland. /. Palcearctic and oceanic species occurring onhj in Alaska and other parts of the Pacific coast. [20.] Cyanegula suecica. St. Michael's, Alaska, June 5, 1850. (See p. 215.) [34.] Phylloscopus BOREALis. Breeds in Alaska. [44.] Parus cinctus. Abundant resident in Alaska. [70.] Budytes FLAVA. Breeds abundantly in Alaska. [167..] Pyrrhula cassini. Resident (?) in Alaska. [399a.] Ulula cixerea lappoxica. Casual (?) in Alaska (St. Michael's). [407a.] SuRXiA fuxerea ulula. Casual (?) in Alaska (St. Michael's). 511. Aphriza virgata. Casual along entire Pacific coast of America. [515a.] Charabrius domixicus fulvus. Regular autumnal visitant to Alaska. [519.] ^Egialitis curonica. Accidental in California (?). [533.] Actodromas acuminata. Accidental on coast of Alaska. 544. LiMOSA LAPPONiCA NOViE-ZEALAXDi^. Abundaut visitant to Alaska. 553. Heteroscelus INCAXUS. Whole Pacific coast. (Breeds.) [562.] Numexius tahitiensis. Accidental in Alaska (Kadiak). [702.] DiOMEDEA CULMINATA. Accidental off mouth of Columbia River (Audubon). [703.] Phcebetria fuliginosa. Casual off Pacific coast. [704. ] OssiFRAGA GiGAXTEA. Accidental otf Pacific coast of U. S. 706. Priocella tenuirostris. Casual (?) off Pacific coast. 707. Priofinus melaxurus. Accidental off coast of California. 710. Puffixus creatopus. Accidental (?) off coast of California. 713. PuFFiNUS GAViA. Casual (?) off' coast of Lowcr California. 715. PuPFiNUS GRiSEUS. Casual (?) off coast of Lower California. 716. Puffixus tenuirostris. North Pacific (casual?). [719.] Daption capensis. Accidental off coast of California. PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 231 g. Pala'arctic species occurring both in Greenland and Alaslca, hut not recorded from ar>y intermediate point in North America, Catalogue No. [21.] Saxicola gexantiie. Breeds in Greenland and on west side of Cumberland Gulf. [72.] ANTUU8 PRATEXSis. Accidental (?) in Greenland and Alaska. [512.] Vanellus CRiSTATUS. Accidental in Greenland (and Alaska?). [()0!i. ] Mareca PENELOPE. OccuTs in various jiarts of North America, south to North Carolina, and San Francisco. h. Tropical American species occurring only in southern portions of United States. EASTERN PROVINCE, IXCLUDIXG FLORIDA AND COAST OF TEXAS.* 137. ViREOSYLViA CALIDKIS BARBATULA. (South Florida.) Hab. Cuha. 159. Certhiola BAHAMENSIS. (Indian Key.) ^afc. Bahamas. 184. Chrysomitris notata. (Accidental in Kentucky, yjfZe Audubon.) Mab. high- lands of Mexico and Guatemala. 253. PiiONiPARA ZENA. (Key West.) Hah. West Indies in general. 265. Icterus vulgaris. (South Carolina, etc.) Hab. Jamaica and northern South America. 302. Milvulus tyrannus. (Accidental in Mississippi, New Jersey, etc.) Hab. whole of tropical South America east of the Andes, Atlantic coast region of Central America (and Mexico ?). 303. Tyrannus DOMiNiCENSis. (Florida.) i?a&. whole of West Indies. 357&. Chordeiles POPETUE MINOR. (Florida.) iZa&. Cuba and Jamaica. 386. COCCYZUS SENICULUS. (Florida, Louisiana?) Hab. West Indies and parts of northern South America. 389. Crotophaga ani. (Tortugas; near Philadelphia !) Hab. West Indies and parts of northern South America. 420a. TiNNUNCULUS sparverius isabellinus. 421. TiNNUNCULUS sparverioides. (Florida.) Hab. Cuba. 429. EosTRHAMUS sociabilis plumbeus. (Florida.) Hab. Tropical America in general. 458. CoLUMBA LEUCOCEPiiALA. (Florida Koys.) iTa?*. West Indies; Honduras. 462. Zen^da AMABiLis. (Florida Keys. ) iZaft. Greater Antilles. 467. Geotrygon MARTiNiCA. (Florida Kcys.) iftift. West Indies. 468. Starnoenas cyanocephala. (Florida Keys.) Hab. Cuba. 502. Eudocimus RUBER. (Louisiana?) i?a&. Northern South America ; Jamaica. 503. Plegadis FALCiNELLUS. (Florida, Straggling northward.) iZaft. Eastern Hem- i8j)here chieiiy. 578. lONORNis MARTINICA. (Southern portions in general, straggling northward.) Hab. whole of troijical America. 581. Aramus pictus. (Florida.) Hab. West Indies and Atlantic coast of Central America. 585. Phcenicopterus ruber. (Florida Keys.) Hal). West Indies and shores of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea ; Galapagos. 635. NoMONYX DOMiNicus. (Accidental on Lake Champlain and in Wisconsin.) Hab. whole of tropical America. 692. Sterna an^stheta. (Florida.) iJa&. tropics generally. 734. Tachybaptes dominicus. (Lower Eio Grande, in Texas.) Hab. Tropical Amer- ica in general. * Excluding species peculiar to Florida. 232 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. SOUTHWESTERN BORDER — TEXzVS TO CALIFORNIA. [The species of this list which are peculiar to the more elevated portioua of IMexico and Guatemala (iucludiug the coutiguous southern border of the Uuited States) are distinguished by an asterisk (*) prefixed to the number. The avi-fauna of temperate Mexico is decidedly more nearly related to that of the Western Province of North America than to the tropical fauna of the Mexican tierra calientc or hot coast-region. The genera of Neotropical affinities are printed in italics. ] Catalogue No. * 13a. Harporhynchus rufus longirostris. (Lower Rio Grande.) * 15. Harporhynchus cuRViROSTRis. (Lower Eio Grande.) * 26. Phainopepla nitens. (Texas to California.) * 37. LoPHOPHANES ATROCRiSTATUS. (Lower Rio Grande.) * 39. LoPHOPHANES WOLLWEBERi. (NewMcxico; Arizona.) * 49. PsALTRiPARUS MEEANOTis. (Nevada?) * 50. AuRiPARUS FLAViCEPS. (Texas to Arizona. ) * 56. Camjyylorhynchus brunneicapiUus. (Texas to California.) * 59. Catherpes MEXiCANUS. (Lower Rio Grande ?) * 60a. Thryothorus ludovicianus berlandieri. (Lower Rio Grande.) * 61b. Thryomaxes bewicki leucogaster. (Lower Rio Grande to Arizona.) * 83. Helmintiiophaga EUCi/E. (Arizona.) * 89a. Parula insularis nigrilora. (Lower Rio Grande.) * 92. Peucedramus olivaceus. (Lower Rio Grande ? Arizona.) *104. Denurceca GRACiiE. (Arizona.) *108. Dendikeca chrysopakia. (Texas.) *129. Setophaga picta. (Lower Rio Grande ? Arizona.) *130. Setophaga MiNiATA. (Lower Rio Grande?) *131. Cardellina RUBRIFRONS. (Lower Rio Grande ? Arizona.) *132. Ergaticus RUBER. (Lower Rio Grande ?) 133. Basileuterus culicivorus. (Lower Rio Grande ?) *134. Basileuterus bellii. (Lower Rio Grande?) *136. Vireosylvia AGiLis FLAVO-viRiDis. (Lower Rio Grande ?) *142. ViREO ATRiCAPiLLUS. (Texas.) *147. ViREO viciNiOR. (Arizona; Southern California.) 160. Eiiphonia elegantissima. (Lower Rio Grande ?) *163. Pyranga HEPATiCA. (New Mcxico ; Arizona.) *164a. Pyranga tESIVA cooperi. (New Mexico ; Arizona.) *182a. AsTRAGALiNUS PSALTRiA ARIZONA. (Upper Rio Grande to Arizona.) 182&. AsTRAGALiNUS PSALTRIA MEXICANUS. (Lower Rio Grande ?) *215. Spizella ateogularis. (Lower Rio Grande to Lower California.) *222. JuNCO CINEREUS. (Arizona.) *227. Peuc^a ARIZON.E. (Lower Rio Grande to Arizona.) *230a. Peuc/ea RUFiCEPS BOUCARDi. (Arizona.) *236. Embernacjra rufivirgata. (Lower Rio Grande.). *241. PiPiLO aberti. (Arizona.) *242a. Cardinalis virginianus igneus. (Arizona ; Lower California.) *243. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata. (Lower Rio Grande to Lower California.) *250. Passerina versicolor. (Lower Rio Grande.*) 252. Spermopliila moreletii. (Lower Rio Grande.) *258a. MoLOTHRUs ater obscurus. (Texas to Lower California.) 259. Molothrus ^neus. (Lower Rio Grande.) 263a. Sturnella MAGNA MEXiCANA. (Lower Rio Graudc.) * Accidental in Michigan ! PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 233 Catalogue No. *266. ICTEiius AUDUBONii. (Lower Eio Graucle.) *268. Icterus PARisoRUM. (Texas to Lower Califoruia.) *269. Icterus cucullatus. (Texas to Lower California.) *275. QuisCALUS MACRURUS. (Lower Eio Grande.) *276. QuiscALUS PALUSTRis. (Head of Gulf of Califoruia? coast of Louisiana.) *295. Aphelocoma sordida arizox.e. (Arizona.) *296. Xanthura luxuosa. (Lower Rio Grande.) *3'34. Eugenes fulgexs. (Arizona.) *342. Atthis heloisje. (Texas.) *344. Calothorax lucifer. (Arizona.) 345. AmaziVm fusclcaudata. (Lower Rio Grande.) *346. AmazUia yucalantnsh. (Lower Rio Grande. ) *348. Iache latirostris. (Arizona.) 356. Nyctidromus albicollis. (Lower Rio Grande.) *358. Chordeiles acutipenxis texexsis. (Texas to Lower California.) *363. Picus scalaris. (Texas to Arizona.) *365. Picus stricklaxdi. (Arizona.) *373. Cexturus aurifroxs. (Lower Rio Grande.) *374. Cexturus uropygialis. (Arizona.) 383. Ceryle AMERICANA CABixisii. (Texas to Arizona.) 390. Crotophaga suLCiROSTRis. (Lower Rio Grande.) *391. Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha. (Rio Grande Valley ?) *402&. Scops asio maccalli. (Texas.) *403. Scops trichopsis. (New Mexico ; Stockton, Cal. ?) *404. Scops flammeolus. (North to about 40° in higher western mountains.) 410. Glaucibium PHAL.ENOIDES. (Tcxas and Arizona.) *411. MiCRATiiEXE whitxeyi. (Arizona; S. E. California.) 419. Rhyxchofaxco fusco-c^rulescexs. (Texas; New Mexico.) 434. Axtenor unicinctus harrisi. (Louisiana to Lower California.) 440. Buteo abbreviatus. (Arizoua ; Southern Califoruia.) 441. Buteo albicaudatus. (S. Texas.) 444. Urbituiga anthracina. (Arizona.) 445. AsTURiXA xiTiDA PLAGiATA. (Arizoua.*) 450. Thras.etus harpyia. (Lower Rio Grande; Louisiana?) 457. COLUMBA erythrixa. (S.Texas.) *4r)3. EngyptUa alhifrons. (S.Texas.) 464. Melopelia leucoptera. (Texas to Lower California.) *466. Scardafella IXCA. (Southern Texas.) *469. Ortalis vet Ilia maccalli. (S.Texas.) *470. Meleagris GALLOPAVO. (New Mexico; Upper Rio Grande in Texas.) 483. Lophortyx gambeli. (W. Texas to Arizona.) 4'^4. Callipepla squamata. (W. Texas to Arizoua.) 485. Cyrtoxyx massexa. (W. Texas to Arizona.) 499. Mycteria americana. (Southern Texas.) extire southern border. 423. POLYBORUS CHERIWAY. 427. Elanus glaucus. 455. Catharista atrata. 465. Cham^pelia passerina. * Accidental in Southern Illinois (only once observed) . 234 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. i. Supposed valid species described hy Auduhon and Jrilso7i, which have not since been met with, and of which no specimens are Litown to exist in collections. Catalogue No. 32, Eegulus cuvieri, Atjd. Orn. Biog. i. 1832, 288, pi. 55 ("Banks of Schuylkill River, Pa., June, 1812")-— Baikd, B. N. Am. 1858, 228; Review, i. 1864, 66.— B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 75, pi. 5, fig. 7. 91. Perissoglossa carbonata (Aucl.) Ridgw. — Sylvia carhonata, Aud. Orn. Biog. i. 1831, 308, pi. 60 (Kentucky). — Dendroica carhonaia, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 287; Review, i. 1885, 207. — Perissoylossa. carhonata, B. B. & R. Hist. N.Am. B. i. 1874, 214, pi. 12, fig. 3. 112. Dendrceca MONTANA (Wils.) Baird. — Sylvia montana, WiLS. Am. Orn. v. 1812, 113, pi. xliv. fig. 2 ("Blue Mts. of Pennsylvania")-— Aud. Orn. Biog. v. 294 ("California"). — Dendroica montana, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 279; Review, i. 1865, 190.— Den draxa montana, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 271. 126. WiLSONiA MiNUTA (Wils.) Bp. — Muscicapa wtnMfa, Wils. Am. Orn. vi. 1812, 62, pi. 1. fig. 5. — Aud. Orn. Biog. v. pi. 434, fig. 3; B. Am. i. pi. 67,—Myiodioctes minntus, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 293; Review, 1865, 241.— B. B. & E. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 316, pi. 16, fig. 2. I. List of untenable sjjecies and races of North America7i birds described since 1858. 1. Hclminthophaga ruficapilla var. ocularis, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 191. (Chicago, 111.) = No. 85. (?) 2. Helminth ophag a ruficapilla var. gutturalis, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 191. (East Humboldt Mts., Nevada; Ft. Tejon, Cal.) =No. 85? 3. Helminthophaga celata var. obscura, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 192. (Geor- gia and Florida.) =;No. 86. 4. Hirundo bicolor var. respertina, Cooper, Am. Nat. x. Feb. 1876, 91. (California.) = No. 155. 5. CoZ/yrio c7icniw«(/ensis, Gregg, Proc. Elmira Acad. i. 1870, 9. (New York.) =No. 148, juv. 6. Hesperiphona vespertina var. montana, Ridgw. in B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 449, pi. 22, fig. 4. (Southern Rocky Mts. and mountain regions of Mex- . ico.) =No. 165. (?) 7. Loxia atrata, von Homeyer, Jour, fiir Orn. 1879, 179. (North America.) = No. 173 ?? * 8. Leucosticte campestris, Baird, Orn. Cal. i. 1870, 163. (Colorado.) ^No. 175a (individual variation). (?) 9. Linaria brunnescens, von HOMEYER, Jour, fiir Orn. 1879, 184. ("Lapland, Gron- land, Schweden.")t =No. 179a? * "Somewhat smaller than L. leucoptera, hut with about the same length of wing, the taU at least 10"™ sliorter. Distinguished by its coloration. The red in ground tone is nearest that of the "Haken- gimpel" [Pinicola enuclcator] but everywhere darker, and saturated, as it wei'e, with black, this color extending indefinitely both on the back as well as on the middle of the belly to the breast, as also on the lower tail-coverts. The feet are even darker colored than in leucoptera. The wing-bands are un- affected for the most part, although not quite so broad. This is especially seen in the first or terminal band, which begins, scarcely visible, at the edge of the wing, and remains very inconsiderable to the middle, then quickly expands to a great rounded spot. The extent of the second band is everywhere much more limited than in leucoptera." " This is decidedly not a melanism, as is shown, not alone by the character of the coloration, but by the ocurrence of two old males exactly alike." " My two birds came from North ATOBrica,." —[Translation.^ t "The dark Linnet is nearest to this species in size, but it is easily distinguished by many features. The whole upper parts are blackish brown, with very nairow m.argins to the feathers of whitish and rusty yellow, which, on the rump, return to the ground color; on the sides of the head the feathers .also have very fine, rusty white margins; the throat-spot is very large ; the entire under parts to the mid- dle of the belly are densely covered with many large, dark brown longitudinal streaks. Two birds killed in Lapland, June-July (sexes not determined), show a tender red on the side of the head. The PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 235 Catalogue No. 10. ^"^JoZ/iMS /«8ce8ce»i8, COUES, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1861, 222. (Labrador.) =No. 179 (midsummer plumage). 11. ^giothusrostratus, Coves, I. c. (Greenland.) = No. 179a (midsummer plumage). 12. Centronyx odiroccphalus, Aiken, Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 237. (El Paso Co., Colorado.) = No. 191 (autumual plumage). 13. Passerculm cahoti, B. B & E. Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874, pi. xlvi. fig. 9. (Naliant, Massachusetts.) ^ No. 233. \^Not described! \ 14. SpizeUa evura, Coues, The Ibis, 1865, 118, 164. (Ft. Whipple, Ariz.) =No. 215, young. 15. Passerella obscura, Yerkill, Proc. Boston Soc. ix. 1862, 153. (Anticosti I.) = No. 235, young, 16. Hedymeles vielanocejthahis var. capUalis, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. ii. 1874, 74. (Pacific coast of Mexico aud United States.) =No. 245. 17. Cruiraca cwrulea var. eurhyncha, Coues, Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 563. (Mexico.) ^No. 246. 18. Dolichonyx oryzivorus vai'. .cdbinucha, Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. v. Nov. 1873, 192. (Missouri plains to Salt Lake Valley.) =No. 257. 19. Empidonax pygmceus, Minot, Land aud Game Birds New England, 1877, — . (Near Boston, Mass.) \_Aris fictita!} 20. Dryobates hyloscopus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. June 25, 1863, 69. (San Jos6, Cal.) =No. 3606. 21. Dryobates homorus, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. June 25, 1863, 65. (California.) = No. 361rt. 22. Picus cuvieri, Malh. Mon. Pic. i. 1861, 85, pi. 22, fig. 3. (North America.) =No. 360, 5 ad. 23. Picus turati, M.Ai.n. Mon. Pic. i. 1861, 125, pi. 29, figs. 5,6, 7. (California and Rocky Mountains.) =No. 361, $ ad. 24. Chamapelia passenna var. pallescens, Baird, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 305. (Cape St. Lucas.) =:No. 465. 25. Pediocwtes kcnnicolti, Suckl. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1861, 361. =No. 478. 26. Bonasa jobsii, Jaycox, Am. Nat. 27. Ibis thalassinus, Ridgw. Am. Nat. viii. Feb. 1874, 110. (Pacific coast of America, from California to Chili.) :=No. 50i,juv. 28. Ardea cyanirostris, Cory, Birds of the Bahama Islands, 1880, — . (Bahamas.) ^ No. 492, breeding plumage. 29. C]/v cat- old cat- alogue. alogue. alogue. alogue. alague. alogue. alogue. alogue. 1 alogue. alogue. alogue. alogue. 199 112 1 259 15 ■: 318 172 378 254 i I 440 295 500 503 200 99 i 259a 15 318a 172a • 379 255 I 441 294 500a 504 201 98 260 13a 319 173 380 244 442 296 501 505 202 101 261 13 320 179 381 245 ■ 443 297 502 203 93 261a 13 321 178 382 24o 444 288 503 515 204 97 262 56 322 175 383 247 445 450 : 504 516 205 110 263 59a 1 323 174 384 251 i 446 457 i 505 523 206 90 264 58 ' 324 — 385 250 447 458 503 522 207 91 ■' 235 60 325 186 . 386 249 448 459 507 517 208 113 ! 266 60a 328 187 387 248 449 , 462 508 520 209 103 [ 267 61 327 188 388 252 450 464 509 521 210 114 268 67 328 189 389 243 451 460 510 513 211 124 269 68 : 329 189 390 244 452 466 511 511 212 126 270 63 330 190 391 237 453 465 512 507 213 125 271 63a ' 331 191 392 2386 454 467 513 • 508 214 127 272 63 332 193a 393 238 455 468 514 215 127 273 65 333 193 394 238a 456- 469 515 509 216 132 274 35 334 194 395 241 457 470a 516 510 217 128 275 55 335 1936 396 2406 458 470 517 566 218 129 276 55a 336 196 397 240 459 471 ' 518 567 219 130 277 51 337 197 398 239 460 472 519 565 220 161 278 51a 338 198 399 257 461 472a 520 564 221 164 279 52 339 199 400 258 462 479 521 563 222 163 280 53 340 200 401 261 463 478a 522 525 223 162 281 54 341 201 402 261a 464 477 523 526a 224 160 282 27 342 202 403 2(i2 465 473 524 527 225 154 288 28 343 231c 404 2(50 465a 473ft 525 527a 226 153 284 29 344 204 405 — 466 4736 526 529 227 155 285 3(5 345 206 406 263 437 474 527 535 228 158 286 37 346 207a 407 264 468 475 528 530 229 157 287 38 347 208 408 265 469 476 529 540 230 158 288 39 348 205 ' 409 266 470 475 530 539a 231 152 289 41a 349 209 ! 410 471 480 531 534 231« 152a 289a 41a 350 222 411 288 472 4806 532 538 232 150 290 41 351 221 412 267 473 481 533 536 233 151 291 416 352 218 413 269 474 482 534 542 234 26 292 43 353 220 414 270 475 483 535 541 235 25 293 42 354 217 415 271 476 484 536 528 236 148 294 40 355 224 4J6 272 477 485 537 552 237 149 295 46 356 225 417 273 478 582 538 547 238 149a 296 45 357 210 418 274 479 583 539 548 239 — 297 49 358 214 419 275 480 584 540 549 240 135 298 47 359 211 420 277 481 581 541 550 241 136 299 48 360 212 421 278 : 482 491 542 553 242 — 300 50 361 213 422 278a 483 491 543 557 243 137 301 159 362 215 423 280 4rf4 492 544 554 244 138 302 300 363 331 424 280 485 490 545 555 245 139 303 165 364 2316 425 281 488 489 i 546 556 246 145 304 166 365 231c 4-36 282 486a 489 547 553 247 142 305 168 366 231(Z 427 282rt 487 487 548 545 248 143 306 16Sa 367 231a 428 2826 488 486 549 558 249 144 307 169 : 368 234 429 283 : 489 486 ; 550 559 250 141 308 170 : 369 233 : 430 284 \ 490 493 551 560 251 141a 209 _ 370 226 431 285 : 491 498 552 569 252 140 301 184 ; 371 228 432 286 , 492 497 553 571 253 11 311 372 230 433 287 ! 493 494 554 572 253a 11 312 373 236 434 289 494 — 1 555 '574 254 12 313 181 374 235 435 290 495 495 ; 556 576 255 10 314 182 375 235a 436 290c 496 496 ' 557 575 256 16 315 182a 376 235c 437 293 497 500 I 558 577 257 16ff 316 183 376a 2356: 438 292 498 502 559 580 258 17 T*rnp 317 185 Tin S 377 fi 1 256 : 439 291 ; 499 501 560 579 Sept. 4, 1880, 242 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Concordance — Continued. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of old cat- new cat- old cat- new cat- old cat- new cat- old cat- new cat- old cat- new cat- old cat- new cat- alogue. alogue. alogue. alogue. alogue- alogue. alogue. alogue. alogue alogue. alogue. alogue. 561 578 589 615 620 642 651 706 681 679 710 741 561a 588 590 616 621 648 652 696 682 680 711 742 562 589 591 618 622 6436 653 697 683 (i81 712 745 563 591 592- 617 623 643 654 698 684 682 713 744 563a 591a 593 620 624 643a 655 699 685 683 714 743a 564 590 594 619 625 644 656 6t)0 686 685 715 743 565 593a 595 621 626 645 657 662 687 684 716 745 566 593a 596 622 627 646 658 661 688 681 717 746 567 594 597 623 628 649 659 662 689 686 718 746 567a 594c 598 , 625 629 654 660 603 690 687 : 719 748 568 5946 599 626 630 — ' 661 664a 691 OPSIi>«, COliLETT. By TH£:ODOR£ OILL.. In the Proceediugs of the Zoological Society of Loudon for 1879 (at pp. 380-381) Mr. Eobert Collett has published a comuiunicatiou ''On a fish of the genus Lycodes from the Pacific." The article was read at the meeting held April 1, 1879, and published in the part (II) issued August 1, 1879. In this article Mr. Collett describes at length the species referred to, under the name Lycodes iMciJicus^ and gives a figure of the head and anterior part of the body. The diagnosis is as follows : "Vomerine and palatine teeth none. Coloration uniform yellowish grey. The bod^' is scaly, the head and pectorals naked. The head is contained four and six-tenths, the height of the body nine times, in the total length. Lateral line very indistinct. "M. B. 6; D. (circa) 92; A.71; C. (circa) I, 1 ; P. 18. "i7a&. — Japan [Mus. Berol.).-'' At the end of the description Mr. Collett expresses the following opinion : " The absence of vomerine and palatine teeth, a character quite peculiar to the si)ecies, will perhai)s necessitate its removal to a separate genus, for which I i)ropose the name Lycodopsis.'''' In the Proceedings of the LTnited States National Museum for 1879 (at pp. 326-332) Mr. ^Y. X. Locldngton has given " Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the coast of California." The signature in which it api)ears was issued March 25, 1880. In this article Mr. Lockington describes what is considered to be a new generic type, under the name Leurynnis paucidens. The diagnosis of the genus is as follows : " Generic characters. — Family Zoarcidw, allied to Lycodes. Ventral fins present, short; no teeth on vomer and palatines; dorsal and anal fins continued without interruption around the tail; scales small, but evident. The name is from Aeupdq — smooth; Svvt? — vomer, in allusion to the character which chiefly distinguishes the genus from Lycodes.'''' Selecting characters to compare with those mentioned in Mr. Collett's diagnosis, we have the following: "JS'o vomerine or palatine teeth. — Color olivaceous, the scales lighter than the skin ; the color formed by numerous dark points, which are continued also upon the head. Upper surface of head darker, abdom- inal surface lighter than other portions. Vertical fins margined with black. — Scales roundish, smooth, separate, imbedded in the skin, uniform over the whole of the body, except upon an area on the upper surface in front of the dorsal, where they are smaller, and region near base of pectorals scaleless. Head scaleless— the ridges somewhat prominent. — 248 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Length of liead 4.|-4| times in the total length. — Greatest depth of body from a little more than ten to a little less than eleven times. — No lateral line." M. B.6; D. 90; A. 70; P. 18. As will be thus seen, the two fishes are certainly congeneric, and are evidently very closely related. Even the slight discrepancies are appar- ently such (as in the case of the color) as result from difference of inter- I^retation of the same characters. The vertical fins in the Californian form, however, are distinctly said to be "margined with black," while in the Japanese form it is at least implied that they are not. It is quite probable, nevertheless, that even these alleged differences may be found to be rather of degree than of kind. In view, however, of the difference of tftstribution, it is reasonable to suppose that the two forms will be found to be distinct, and, as the genus appears to be perfectly valid, they will rank as species, with the following names : 1. Lycodopsis pacificus. Lycodcs pacificus Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1879, p. 381, Hob. — Japan. 2. Lycodopsis paucidens. Leurynnis paiicidius Lockiugton, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, p. 32(3. Hob. — California. DESCRIPTION OF A IVE^V CHIROIW FISH, iriYKIOU.EPIS ZOIVIFER, FR«.ri MOIVXEREY' BAY, CAtilFORIVIA. By M¥. N. LOCKirVGTOM. Myriolepis, gen. nov. (Ckirid