CONTENTS 



Page 



Officers and committees for 1896 v 



Proceedings vii-xvi 



A Review of the Weasels of Eastern North America, by Outram 



Bangs 1-24 



The Florida Deer, by Outram Bangs 25-28 



Fourth List of Additions to the Flora of Washington, D. C., by 



Theo. Holm 29-43 



On a Small Collection of Mammals from Lake Edward, Quebec, 



by Outram Bangs 45-52 



Description of a New Species of Plover from the East Coast of 



Madagascar, by Charles W. Richmond 53-54 



Revision of the Lemmings of the Genus Synaptomys, with De 

 scriptions of New Species, by Dr. C. Hart Merriam 55 64 



Preliminary Synopsis of the American Bears, by Dr. C. Hart 



Merriam 65-83 



The Purple-Flowered, Stemless Violets of the Atlantic Coast, by 



Charles Louis Pollard 85-92 



List of Mammals of the District of Columbia, by Vernon Bailey . 93-101 



The Earliest Record of Arctic Plants, by Theo. Holm 103-107 



The Central American Thyroptera, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 109-112 



Note on the Milk Dentition of Desmodus, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 113-114 

 A New Fir from Arizona, Abies arizonica, by Dr. C. Hart Mer 

 riam 115-118 



The Cotton Mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus, by Outram Bangs 119-125 



Juncus ccmfusus, a New Rush from the Rocky Mountain Region, 



by Frederick V. Coville 127-130 



Ribes erythrocarpum, a New Currant from the Vicinity of Crater 



Lake, Oregon, by Frederick V. Coville 131-132 



An Undescribed Shrew of the Genus Sorex, by Charles F. Batch- 

 elder 133-134 



Some New Mammals from Indian Territory and Missouri, by 



Outram Bangs .... 135-138 



The Skunks of the Genus Mephitis of Eastern North America, by 



Outram Bangs 139-144 



A Review of the Squirrels of Eastern North America, by Outram 



Bangs 145-167 



Romerolagus nelsoni, a New Genus and Species of Rabbit from 

 Mexico, by Dr. C. Hart Merriam 169-174 



