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Proceedings of the United States National Museum. vol. 13
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- Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1891
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- viii, 665 pages, 38 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- ocn526798878
- Published under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Description of a new species of land shell from Cuba - Vertigo cubana, Wm. H. Dall, p. 1 : Description of a new species of fish from Tippecanoe River, Indiana, David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, p. 3 : Remarks on some fossil remains considered as peculiar kinds of marine plants, Leo Lesquereux, p. 5 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 10 - On certain mesozoic fossils from the islands of St. Paul's and St. Peter's, in the Straits of Magellan, Charles A. White, p. 13 : Notes on the leaves of Liriodendron, Theodor Holm, p. 15 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 11 - New fishes collected off the coast of Alaska and the adjacent region southward, Tarleton H. Bean, p. 37 : Further notes on the genus Xiphocolaptes of Lesson, Robert Ridgway, p. 47 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 12 - Preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species, Charles H. Gilbert, p. 49 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 13 - Catalogue of skeletons of birds collected at the Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, the Straits of Magellan, and the Galapagos Islands, in 1887-88, Frederic A. Lucas, p. 127 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 14 - Birds from the coasts of western North America and adjacent islands, collected in 1888-89, with descriptions of new species, Chas. H. Townsend, p. 131
- Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 15 - Reptiles from Clarion and Socorro Islands and the Gulf of California, with description of a new species, Chas. H. Townsend, p. 143 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 16 - Plants collected in 1889 at Socorro and Clarion Islands, Pacific Ocean, Geo. Vasey and J. N. Rose, p. 145 : On a new genus and species of Colubrine snakes from North America, Leonhard Stejneger, Dg p. 151 : The oseteological characteristics of the family Anguillidae, Theodore Gill, p. 157 ; The osteological characteristics of the family Synaphobranchidae, p. 161 : The osteological characteristics of the family Muraenidae, p. 165 : On the disappearence of the Dick Cissel (Spiza americana) from the District of Columbia, Hugh M. Smith, p. 171 : Description of a new species of bat, Atalapha semota, Harrison Allen, p. 173 : On the snakes of the genus Charina, Leonhard Stejneger, p. 177 : On the North American lizards of the genus Barissa of Gray, p. 183 ; A collection of stone implements from the District of Columbia, S. V. Proudfit, p. 187 : Noteson the occurrence of young crab-eater (Elacate canada), from the Lower Hudson Valley, New York, A. K. Fisher, p. 195 : Observations on the life history of the bottlenose porpoise, Frederick W. True, p. 197 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 17 - Descriptions of new West American land, fresh-water, and marine shells, with notes and comments, Robert E. C. Stearns, p. 205
- Descriptions of two new species of mammals from Mt. Kilima-Njaro, East Africa, Frederick W. True, p. 227 ; The osteological characteristics of the family Muraenesocidae, Theodore Gill, p. 231 : On the family Ranicipitidae, p. 2355 : The osteological characteristics of the family Simenchelyidae, p. 239 ; The characteristics of the Dactylopteroidea, p. 243 : Notes on the birds observed during the cruise of the United States Fish Commission schooner Grampus in the summer of 1887, William Palmer, p. 249 : Description of new forms of Upper Cambrian fossils, Charles D. Walcott, p. 267 : Notes on Triassic plants from New Mexico, Wm. M. Fontaine and F. H. Knowlton, p. 281 : Notes on fishes of the genera Agosia, Algansea, and Zophendum, David Starr Jordan, p. 287 ; Description of a new species of Etheostoma (E. micropterus) from Chihuahua, Mexico, Charles H. Gilbert, p. 289 : Description of a new species of bat of the genus Carollia, and remarks on Carollia brevicauda, Harrison Allen, p. 291 : The osteological characteristics of the family Amphipnoidae, p. 299 : Description of a new species of mouse, Phenacomys longicaudus, from Oregon, p. 303 : Notes on the habits of the moose in the far north of British America in 1865, J. G. Lockhart, p. 305
- Obesrvations on the Farallon rail (Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus Baird), Robert Ridgway, p. 369 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 18 - List of fishes obtained in the Harbor of Bahia, Brazil, and in adjacent waters, David Starr Jordan, p. 313 ; Notes on the osteology of the Paridae, Sitta, and Chamaea, Frederic A. Lucas, p. 337 ; Note on the Aspredinidae, Theodore Gill, p. 347 : Note on the genus Felichthys of Swainson, p. 353 : The characteristics of the family of Scatophagoid fishes, p. 355 : On the relations of Cyclopteroidea, p. 361 : The osteological characteristics of the familyHemitripteridae, p. 377 : Playing cards from Japan, Mrs. J. King van Rensselaer, p. 381 : Notes on North American Myriapoda of the familty Geophilidae, with descriptions of three genera, O. F. Cook and G. N. Collins, p. 383 : Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of Homohadena grote, John B. Smith, p. 397 : Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. - Revision of the species of Hadena referable to Xylophasia and Luperina, p. 407 : Scientific results of the explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. 19 - A supplementary list of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and Panama, with descriptions of one new genus and three new species, Charles H. Gilbert, p. 449 : The birds of Manitoba, Ernest E. Thompson, p. 457
- Alphabetical Index. p. 645-665