Bulletin of the United States National MuseumSmithsonian Institution Press, 1895 |
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Page 152 - List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1872 Ditto.
Page 148 - World birds and to general subjects in ornithology, and many valuable contributions to mammalogy as well, American birds early became his chosen specialty, and it has engaged his chief attention for over forty years, and it is to be hoped will continue to do so for many years to come. The bibliography of his writings, from their extent and authoritative character, forms, as already said, a most welcome addition to the National Museum series of bibliographies, which already embraces those of Baird.Girard,...
Page xi - Sturge, of that island. This collection, though small, was o'f much interest, as nothing was previously known of the ornithology of Montserrat,— Mr. TJ Parker read a paper on the intestinal spiral valve in the genus Raia.
Page 187 - Sclater contained a continuation of his notes on rare or little-known animals now or lately living in the society's gardens.
Page xi - Salvin gave an account of the birds collected by the late Mr. TK Salmon in the State of Antioquia, United States of Columbia. Mr. Salmon's collections were stated to have been very extensive, havi.ig been the product of some five or six years' assiduous collecting, and to have contained altogether about 3,500 specimens of birds, which were referable to 469 species.
Page vi - CMZS, on Duke of York Island, and on the adjoining parts of New Ireland and New Britain.
Page 160 - Descriptions of twelve new or littleknown species of the South American Family Formicariidw.
Page 132 - Proceedings, of which the eighteenth volume is now in press. A small edition of each paper in the Proceedings is distributed in pamphlet form to specialists, in advance of the publication of the bound volume. The...