428 references: mammalogy 



Miller, G. S., jr. Elliot's Review of the Primates. Science, n. s., 39: 28-31. 

 January 2, 1914. (A critical review of D. G. Elliot's "A Review of the Pri- 

 mates," 1913.— N. H.) 



Miller, G. S., jr. Two new murine rodents from Eastern Asia. Proceedings of 

 the Biological Society of Washington 27 : 89-91. May 11, 1914. (Describes 

 Apodemus praetor from Manchuria and Epimys norvegicus socer, from Kansu. — 

 N.H. 



Nelson, E. W. Description of a new subspecies of moose from Wyoming' Proceed- 

 ings of the Biological Society of Washington 27 : 71-74. April 25, 1914. (De- 

 scribes Alces americanus shirasi from Snake River. — N. H.) 



Osgood, W. H. Dates for Ovis canadensis, Ovis cervina, and Ovis montana. Pro- 

 ceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 27: 1-4. February 2, 1914. 

 (Ovis canadensis is shown to have about one month priority. — N. H.) 



Osgood, W. H. Note on Eptesicus propinquus. Proceedings of the Biological 

 Society of Washington 27: 101. May 11, 1914. {Shows Eptesicus propinquus 

 Peters to be an independent species, with E. gaumeri as a synonym. — N. H.) 



Roosevelt, T., and Heller, E. Life-histories of African game animals. Vol. 

 1, pp. i-xxix, 1^20; vol. 2, pp. i-x, 421-798; numerous illustrations and 

 faunal maps. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. April, 1914. (A general 

 account of the larger mammals of eastern equatorial Africa, based primarily 

 on material collected upon the Smithsonian African Expedition of 1910-11. 

 — N. H.) 



ORNITHOLOGY 



Clark, A. H. A new race of the inandarin duck from southern Japan. Proceed- 

 ings of the Biological Society of Washington 27 : 87. May 11, 1914. (Describes 

 Aix galericulata brunnescens, subsp. nov. — C. W. R.) 



Mearns, E. a. Description of six new African birds. Smithsonian Collections 

 61^1 : 1-5. August 30, 1913. (Describes 6 new subspecies, 5 of them belong- 

 ing to the genus Cisticola. — W. R. M.) 



Oberholser, H. C. Four neto birds from Neufoundland. Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington 27 : 43-54. March 20, 1914. (New subspecies 

 are described as Dryobates pubescens microleucus, Bubo virginianus neochorus, 

 Periscreus canadensis sanfordi, and Pinicola enucleator eschatosus. — C. W. R.) 



Oberholser, H. C. A monograph of the genus Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new 

 family of goatsuckers. Bulletin 86, U. S. National Museum. Pp. i-vii, 1-123, 

 pis. 1-5. April 6, 1914. 



Oberholser, H. C. Pooecetes gramineus confinis ui Loms?a?ifl. Proceedings of 

 the Biological Society of Washington 27 : 101. May 11, 1914. 



Richmond, C. W. Appendix [to check list of birds of the lower Yangtse valley from 

 Hankoiv to the Sea, by L. I. Moffett and N. Gist Gee]. Journal of the North 

 China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 44: 143a-143f. 1913. (Gives cor- 

 rected nomenclature of the species mentioned in Moffett and Gee's list. — 

 C. W. R.) 



Ridgway, R. The birds of North and Middle America (etc.) . Bulletin 50, Part VI, 

 U. S. National Museum. Pp. i-xx, 1-882, pis. 1-36. April 8, 1914. 



Riley, J. H. Note on Anas cristata Gmelin. Proceedings of the Biological So- 

 ciety of Washington 27: 100. May 11. 1914. (Lophonetta is a new genus for 

 this species. — C. W. R.) 



