42 references: technology 



Lyon, M. W., Jr. A porcupine skull with a pair of supernumerary well developed 

 incisors in the upper jaw. Anatomical Record, 10: 459-462. April 20, 

 1916. (Note on abnormal dentition of Acanthion longicaudum. — N. H.) 



Lyon, M. W., Jr. Belgian hare, a misleading misnomer. Science, N. S., 43: 686. 

 May 12, 1916. (Corrects error in generic identification of the Belgian 

 "hare" in anatomical paper by C. D. Holliger. — N. H.) 



Lyon, M. W., Jr. Two new mammals from Sumatra. Proceedings of the Bio- 

 logical Society of Washington, 29: 209-211. September 22, 1916. (De- 

 scribes new forms of Rattus. — N. H.) 



Merriam, C. H. East Africa — Game garden of the world. American Museum 

 Journal, 16: 145-153. March, 1916. (A review of Roosevelt and Heller's 

 "Life-Histories of African Game Animals," 1914. — N. H.) 



Merriam, C. H. Ovis sheldoni, a new mountain sheep from Sierra del Rosario, 

 Sonora, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 29: 

 129-132. September 6, 1916. 



Merriam, C. H. Nineteen apparently new grizzly and brown bears from western 

 America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 29: 133- 

 154. September 6, 1916. (Descriptions of new species and subspecies of 

 Ursus, with remarks on distribution and relationship of mainland and 

 island forms. — N. H.) 



Miller, G. S., Jr. Note on the indigenous rodent of Santo Domingo. Proceed- 

 ings of the Biological Society of Washington, 29:47. February 24, 1916. 

 (Records additional specimens of Plagiodontia aedium Cuvier, hitherto 

 known only by the type described in 1836. — N. H.) 



Miller, G. S., Jr. Remains of two species of Capromys from ancient burial sites 

 in Jamaica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 29 : 48. 

 February 24, 1916. (A species apparently much like the form known from 

 Little Swan Island is represented by bones; as well as remains of the pre- 

 viously known Jamaica species, C. broivnii. — N. H.) 



Nelson, E. W. The larger North American mammals. National Geographic 

 Magazine, 30: 385-472. November, 1916. (A popular account, illustrated 

 by numerous colored pictures by L. A. Fuertes. — N. H.) 



Taylor, W. P. Aplodontia humboldtiana, a new mountain beaver from the 

 Humboldt Bay district, California. Proceedings of the Biological Society 

 of Washington, 29: 21-23. February 24, 1916. 



Thomas, O. Note on the name Corynorhinus megalotis. Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington, 29: 127. June 6, 1916. (Preoccupied; 

 replaced by Corynorhinus rafinesquii. — N. H.) 



TECHNOLOGY 



Ahlborn, G. H. Data on electric railway track leakage. Bureau of Standards 



Technologic Paper No. 75. Pp. 22. 1916. 

 Botjghton, E. W. The determination of volatile thinner in oil varnish. Bureau 



of Standards Technologic Paper No. 76. Pp. 6. 1916. 

 Briggs, C. A. Relative merits of long and short wheel-base test cars. The Scale 



Journ., 1: 5. 1915; Railway Rev., Aug. 14, 1915; Railway Age Gaz., April 



21, 1916. 

 Briggs, C. A. Automatic grain scales. Scale Journ., Jan. and May, 1916. 



