170 REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903

GILL,Theodore.

The

proper

name

of BdellostomaorHeptatrema.

I'voc. V. S. Nat. Max., xxiii, No. 1234,

June6,1901,735-738.

ThenameHeptatremaistraced backtoits originand^thehistory ofthenomenclatureof the genus detailed. It is shown that the earliestnamewasEptatretus(1819)andthat consequently the family name should be Eptatretidie.

Note on the genus Hollandia of Karsh.

Science(new.series),xiii,June14, 1901, pp. 949-050.

ThenameHollandia,havingbeen applied in 1892 toonegenus, could not be giventoa second,andconsequently thegenus ofbut- terfliesnamedHollandiabyKarsch in 1897 isrenamed Hollandella. Thefamily Holan- diidxisdegradedtotherani:ofa subfamily namedHoUundeUinse.

The popularity of White's Sel- borne.

Osprey,v,No.7,July,1901, p. 107.

Inview ofthe publication ofover a hun- drededitions^!and of threewithin the past year),an inquiryisinstitutedintothecaufse ofthepopularityofGilbertWhite's celebrated work.

NomenclatureatBerlin.

Osjirei/,V,No.8,Aug., 1901,pp. 126-127.

Commentsaremadeonsomeoftherules promulgatedbythe recentZoological Con- gressat Berlin, aswellascertainname.?pub- lished by French ornithologists. Tliecriti- cized names are such as were formed by

"compoundingthefirstpart or syllables of onewordandthefinalelementsofanother,"

michasEmbernageacomposedofEmber[isa]

and[Ta]nagra.

TheOspreyorFishhawk;itschar- acteristicsand habits.

Osprey,v,inthefollowingnumbers: No.

1,Sept., 1900,pp.11-12;No.2,Nov.,1900, pp. 2,5-28; No. 3, Jan., 1901, pp.^40-42;

No.4,Mar.,1901,pp. 60-61; No.5,May,

1901, pp. ^73-76; No. 6,June, 1901,pp.

92-93;No.7,July,1901,pp. 105-106; No.

8,Aug.,1901,pp. 124-125; No. 9, Sept., 1901, p.141(end).

LifeandLettersof

Thomas Henry

Huxley.

By

his son, Leonard

Hux-

ley. [Areview.]

Osprey,v,No.3,Jan.andFeb.1901,pp.^47-48.

Work

and worryfortheclassicists.

Osprey, v,No.9,Sept., 1901,pp.^142-143.

Aneditorialon nomenclatureinducedby someremarkablenamesrecentlypublished involving givenand familynames, suchas EdrmrdocopeiaafterEdward 1). Cope. Inci- dentallysome other curious names are re- ferred to, especially a number of familiar bird and crustacean names which are evi-

GILL, Theodore

—

^Continued.

dentlyanagramsof previous ones.

A

^fact,

not previously recognized,is that nearly a dozen namesofcrustaceans(C(>ota7(f(, Ani- locra, Corilana,etc.)are simplyanagramsof

Carolineor Carolina. ,

Alewives.

Notesand Queries(9), viii,No. 200,Nov.

30,1901,pp. 451-452.

Inanswertoa previous inquiry(Vol.vii, p.406)theetymologyandtruenameofthe AmericanAlewife are given. Incorrection ofthe greatNewEnglandDictionaryit isre-

markedthatAlewifewas andstillisaname appliedin.someplacesin Englandtooneof theShads,andquitenaturallyitwasbrought overtotheUnitedStatesbytheimmigrants fromEngland. Aloofe,givenasanetymon and anIndianname,isnothing butAloose, theantiqueshaving beenmistakenforanf.

Aloo.se,Alose,andAlice,aswellasAlewife, are derivativesfromtheoldLatinAlosa.

WilliamSwainsonand histimes.

Osprey,iv, v,in followingnumbers: (i) IV,No.7,Mar.,1900,pp. 104-108; (ll) iv.

No.8,Apr.,1900,pp. 120-123; (in)iv,No.

9,May,1900,pp. 135-138; (IV) IV,No.10,

June, 1900, pp.154-1.56; (v) iv,No.11, July,1900,pp. 166-171;(vi) v,No.l,Sept., 1900, pp.8-10; (Vii) V,No.3,Jan.,1901, pp.37-39; (VIII) V,No.4,Mar.,1901,pp.

58-59; (IX)v,No.5,May,1901,pp.^71-72;

(X)V,No.9,Sept., 1901,pp. 130-137; (xi) V,No.10,Oct.,1901,pp. 152-155; (xil)V, No. 11,Nov.,1901,pp. 167-172; (XIII)V, No.12,Dec,1901,pp. 176 (end).

Generalhistory ofbirds.

Osprey,vi,inthe followingnumbers: (i), Jan., 1902,pp.1-4; (ii),Feb.,1902,pp.

5-12; (III),Mar., 1902, pp^ 13-14; (iv), Apr.,1902,pp.^{15-20; (v).}May,1902,pp.

21-26; (VI),June,1902, pp. 27-34; ^(vii), July,1902,pp.3.5-42.

Thechaptersofa general work.

InChapterIareconsidered: (p. 1-4) "The Englishnames;"(4-5) "Thebird's placein nature;" (5-6) "Characters of theclass;"

(7-8)"Thegeneral charactersofbirds;" ₍₈₎

"Theplumageofbirds;"(8-10)"Thefeathcrs of birds;" (10-13) "The arrangementof feath- ers;" (13,14) "Thecolor of the plumage;"

(1.5-17) "Moulting or molting;" (17-19)

"Molting periods;" (19-20) "Individual molt; " (20-21) "Colorchangewithout molt."

In ChapterII are discussed: (p. 21)"Gen- eralanatomy;"(33-35)"Themuscles;"(35-37)

"The brain and the rest of the nervous system;" (37-38) "Thealimentary system;"

(38-39)"Thevascular system;"(39-40)"The

respiratorysystem;" (40) "The generative system."

In ChapterIII istreatedthe"Ecologyof l)irds" underseparate headings,viz: (10-41)

"Contrast between uniformityofstructure 'andvariety of habits;" (41-42)"Variationin

flight."

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Osprey,VI,No.1,Jan.,1902,pp.^13-17,with portrait plate.

Richardson'scharacteristics areconsidered under twocategories: (1)"Hislife"and(2)

"Hisornithologicalwork."

Biographical noticeofJohnCassin.

Osjjrey, vi.No.3,Mar.1902,pp.^50-53.

An account isgivenof Cassin's personal characteristics.

The

worksofJohnCassin.

Osprey,vi.No.5,May,1902,pp.^80-84.

A chronological summation of contribu- tions tosocieties,andfull titlesofseparately publishedworksare given.

GILL,Theodore,and

SMITH, Hugh

M.

The Moringnoid eels in American waters.

Science(newseries),xi,June22, 1900,pp.

973-974.

The Moringuoid eels have been hitherto found onlyintheseas ofIndia andtheMo- lucca-Indianarchipelago. A specie.sofone ofthe genera,ApJithalmichthys,wasrecently discovered at Porto Ricoand isnamedA.

caribbaeus. TheStilbiscitsedwardsii, referred byJordanandEvermannto the familyMu- rxnesocidx,isaspecies of Moringua. Lepto- congerand Goi-diichthijs also belong to the family Moringuidfe.

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