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Officers and committees for 1897 v 



Proceedings vii-xii 



Descriptions of the Species of Cycadeoidea or Fossil Cycadean 

 Trunks from the Iron Ore Belt, Potomac Formation, of Mary 

 land, by Lester F. Ward 1-17 



Revision of the Coyotes or Prairie Wolves, by C. Hart Merriam. 19-33 

 Collomia mazama, a New Plant from Crater Lake, Oregon, by 



Frederick V. Coville 35-37 



Delphinium viridescens and Sambucus leiosperma, Two New Plants 



from the Northwest Coast, by John B. Leiberg 39-41 



Descriptions of Two New Marine Opossums from Mexico, by C. 



Hart Merriam 43-44 



Phenacomys preblei, a New Vole from Colorado, by C. Hart Mer 

 riam 45 



Notes on the Lynxes of Eastern North America, with Descrip 

 tions of New Forms, by Outram Bangs 47-51 



Description of a New Red Fox from Nova Scotia, by Outram 



Bangs 53-55 



The Itinerary of John Jeffrey, an Early Botanical Explorer of 



Western North America, by Frederick V. Coville 57-60 



The Technical Name of the Camas Plant, by Frederick V. Coville. 61-65 

 Description of a New Vole from Oregon, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr.. 67-68 

 A Species of Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis Gould) New to the 



North American Fauna, by Jonathan Dwight, Jr 69-70 



Descriptions of Two New Red-backed Mice (Evotomys) from 



Oregon, by C. Hart Merriam 71-72 



The Voles of the Subgenus Chilotus, with Descriptions of New 



Species, by C. Hart Merriam 73-75 



Synopsis of Voles of Genus Phenacomys, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. . 77-87 

 Synopsis of the American Sesarmse, with Description of a New 



Species, by Mary J. Rathbun 89-92 



Synopsis of the American Species of Palicus Philippi, with De 

 scriptions of Six New Species, by Mary J. Rathbun 93-99 



Two New Moles from California and Oregon, by C. Hart Merriam . 101-102 

 Three New Jumping Mice (Zapus) from the Northwest, by C. Hart 



Merriam .' 103-104 



Description of a New Species ofiSphtsroma, by Harriet Richardson . 105-107 

 Synopsis of the American Species of Ethusa, with Description of 



a New Species, by Mary J. Rathbun 109-110 



Revision of the Genus Evotomys, by Vernon Bailey 113-138 



Description of a New Bat from Margarita Island, Venezuela, by 



Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 139 



Description of a New Vole from Kashmir, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 141 



Description of a New Muskrat from the Great Dismal Swamp, 



Virginia, by C. Hart Merriam 143 



Descriptions of a New Eagle from Alaska and a New Squirrel 



from Lower California, by C. H. Townsend 145-146 



Lepus baileyi, a New Rabbit from Wyoming, by C. Hart Merriam . 147-148 

 The African Swimming Crabs of the Genus Callinectes, by Mary J. 



Rathbun 149-151 



A Revision of the Nomenclature of the Brachyura, by Mary J. 



Rathbun 153-167 



Two ISew Plants from Mount Mazama, Oregon, by Frederick V. 



Coville and John B. Leiberg 169-171 



Notes on the Nomenclature of Four Genera of Tropical American 



Mammals, by T. S. Palmer 173-174 



A New Fur-seal or Sea-bear (Arctocephalus townsendi) from Guada- 

 lupe Island, off Lower California, by C. Hart Merriam 175-178, 



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