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HoLLiSTER, N. New manunals from Costa Rica and Mexico. Proceedings of 

 the Biological Society of Washington 27: 209, 210. October 31, 1914. (A 

 new brocket, Mazarna tema cerasina, and a new two-toed anteater, Cyclopes 

 mexicanus, are described. — N. H.) 



HoLLiSTER, N. The systematic name of the Brazilian crah-eating raccoon. Pro- 

 ceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 27: 215. October 31, 1914. 

 (Procyon nigripes Mivart antedates P.cancrivorusbrasiliensis Von Ihering. — 

 N. H.) 



HoLLiSTER, N. The technical names of the common skunk and mink of the east- 

 ern states. Proceedings of the Biological Society of \A ashington 27: 215. 

 October 31, 1914. (The skunk known as Mephitis putida becomes M. nigra 

 and the mink known as Mustela visoji lutrcocephala becomes M. v. mink, 

 both dating from Peale and Beauvois, 1796. — N. H.) 



HoLLisTER, N. On the systematic names of the cheetahs. Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington 27: 216. October 31, 1914. 



HoLLiSTER, N. The spotted tiger-cat in Texas. Proceedings of the Biological 

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HoLLisTER, N. Two ncw South American jaguars. Proceedings of the U. S. 

 National Museum 48: 169, 170, pi. 5. December 16, 1914. (Describes Felis 

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Howell, A. H. Revision of the American harvest mice (genus Reithrodontomys) . 

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Lantz, D. E. Economic value of North American skutiks. U. S. Department 

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 the value of skunks to agriculture, their value as fur bearers, and the pos- 

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Lyon, M. W., jr. Tadarida Rafinesque versus Nyctinomus Geoffroy. Pro- 

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Lyon, M. W., jr. Lichtenstein' s plural distributive generic names Bubalides, 

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Merriam, C. H. Descriptions of thirty apparently new grizzly and broivn hears 

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 N. H.) 



Miller, G. S., jr. Directions for preparing specimens of mammals. Fourth 

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Miller, G. S., jr. Two new North American bats. Proceedings of the Bio- 

 logical Society of \A ashington 27: 211, 212. October 31, 1914. (Describes 

 Myotis longicrus interior, from New Me.xico, and M. I. amotits from \'era 

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Miller, G. S. jr. The generic name of the collared peccaries. Proceedings 

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