Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Vol. 17.
Publication Title:
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Vol. 17.
Display Title:
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Vol. 17.
Corporate Agency Authors:
National Museum and Smithsonian Institution
Sort Author:
National Museum
Date:
1894
Publish Date ISO Format:
1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
Publication Start:
18940101
Publication End:
18941231
Corporate/Agency Author:
National Museum
Publication month:
13
Publication year:
1894
Description:
xiii, 765 pp. 32 pl. 8°
Notes:
80c
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Contents:
Aborigines, Overtaxing with copper by the American; by O. T. Mason.
Aldabra, Assumption, and Gloriosa islands. Description of some birds from; by R. Ridgway.
Balistan and the Vale of Kashmir, Notes on mammals of by F. W. True.
Bathybial fishes. Two new families of, from the northwestern Atlantic; by G. B. Goods and T. H. Bean.
Bleekeria gilli, new species of fish, Description of by T. H. Bean.
Chimæroid fish, A new type of; by G. B. Goode and T. H. Bean.
Cœrebidae and other American birds, Notes on the anatomy and affinities of; by F. A. Lucas.
Cotton rat. Description of a new species of; by E. A. Mearns.
Crabs, African fresh-water, New genus and two new species of; by Mary J. Rathbun.
— from the Antillean region. A new genus and four new species of; by Mary J. Rathbun.
— of the family Inachidæ. Notes on; by Mary J. Rathbum.
— of the family Lithodidæ, New genera and species of; by J. E. Benedict
— from the western Indian Ocean, Two new species of, by Mary J. Rathbun
Eruptive rocks from Montana, Notes on; by G. P. Merrill.
Flounders. Descriptions of two new; by B. A. Bean.
Fossil flora of Alaska. Review of the; by F. H. Knowlton.
Galapagos Islands, Descriptions of 22 new species of birds from, by R. Ridgway.
Gnathodon, Monograph of the genus; by W. H. Dall.
Gobioides broussoneti, a fish new to North America. Description of; by T. H. Bean and B. A. Bean.
Heteromi, Revision of the order of; by G. B. Goode and T. H Bean.
Insects (Bothriothoracine) of the United States; by L. O. Howard.
— (Scale), Geographic distribution of; by T. D. A. Cockerell.
Invertebrate fauna of tho Dakota formation, Notes on; by C. A. White.
Jadeite, Analysis of, from Mogoung, India; by O. C. Farrington.
Lacertihan, genus Auniella, Gray, Relationship of; by G. Baur.
Lampreys, On the nomenclature and characteristics of; by T. Gill.
Lizard, Description of a new, from California; by L. Stejneger (2 articles).
Mammals, new North American, Diagnosis of; by F. W. True.
Mollusca and Bracluopoda dredged in deep water; Report on; by W. H. Dall.
Mollusks, land and fresh-water of, the West Indian region, Distribution of; by C. T. Simpson.
Myliobatidæ or Aefobatidæ, Nomenclature of the; by T. Gill.
Nests and eggs of some new birds, Description of; by C. E. Bendire.
Oldhamia, Discovery of the genus in America, by C. D. Walcott.
Pœciliidæ or Cyprinodontidæ, Nomenclature of the family; by T. Gill.
Pterylography of certain American goatsuckers and owls; by H. L. Clark.
Rats (Wood), Diagnosis of sonic underscribed; by F. W. True.
Reed warbler, Notes on a Japanese species of; by L. Stejneger.
Reptiles and batrachians collected in Florida, Notes on; by E. Loennberg.
Rockfish, Description of a new species of; by T. H. Bean.
Rodents of the genus Sminthus in Kashmir; by F. W. True.
Salamander, Description of a new; by L. Stejneger.
Salmonidæ and Thymallidæ, Differential characters of the; by T. Gill.
Sandstone concretions, Formation of; by G. P. Merrill.
Sebastmæ of the Pacific Coast, Revision of the fishes of the subfamily; by G. H. Eagenmann and C. H. Beeson.
Shells of the Tres Marias, Lower California; by R. E. C. Stearns.
Snake, Butler's garter, Notes on; by L. Stejneger.
Snake, Coachwhip, On the specific name of the; by L. Stejneger.
Stalactites and gypsum incrustations, Formation of, in caves; by G. P. Merrill.
Starfishes and Ophiurans. Descriptions of new species of; by A. E. Verrill.
Stizostedion or Lucioperca, On the relations and nomenclature of; by T. Gill.
Stomatopodo. Report on the crustacea of the order of; by R. P. Bigelow.
Tortoises (Box) of North America; by W. E. Taylor.
Trogons, Diagnosis of a new genus of; by C. W. Richmond.
Ultramarine, Note on a new mineral supposed to be; by R. L. Packard.
Wabash Valley. Additional notes on the native trees of; by R. Ridgway.