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Proceedings vii-xii 



Notes on Fishes Collected by E. \V. Nelson on the Tres Marias 

 Islands and in Sinaloa and .Jalisco. Mexico, by B. \V. Ever- 



niann I -:; 



New Birds from the Tres Marias islands, by E. W. Nelson 5-11 



Mammals of the Tres Marias Islands, by 0. Hart Merriam 13-19 



A New Species of Evotomys from British Columbia, by Vernon 



Bailey ' ..'. '21-22 



A New Deer (Dorcelaphus texanus) from Texas and Northern 



Mexico, by Edgar A. Mearns 23-26 



Three New Fresh-water Crabs of the Genus Potamon, by Mary 



J. Rathbun .'. 27-30 



Two New Skunks of the Genus Mephitis, by Outram Bangs 31-33 



The Newfoundland Otter and Red Fox, by Outram Bangs 35-38 



A New Parasitic Isopod of the Genus Mga from the Southern 



( 'oast of the United States, by Harriet Richardson 3 ( .)-40 



The Arcturidse in the U. S. National Museum, by James E. Ben- 

 edict 41-51 



Two New Isopods of the Genus Idotea from the Coast of Califor- 

 nia, by .lames E. Benedict 53 55 



New Birds from Mexico, with a Revision of the Genus Dactyl- 



ortyx, by E. \V. Nelson . 57-68 



Six New Ground Squirrels from the Western United States, by 



C. Hart Merriam 69-71 



A New Rodent of the Genus Idiurus, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. . . . 73-70 

 The Eastern Races of the American Varying Hare, by Outram 



Bangs 77-82 



A New White-footed Mouse from the Mount Baker Range, Brit- 

 ish Columbia, by Outram Bangs 83-84 



Eleven New Species and Subspecies of Voles, by Vernon Bailey. 85 90 

 A New Raccoon from Nassau Island, Bahamas, by Outram 



Bangs 



A New Fox from Santa Marta, Colombia, by Outram Bangs . .. 

 A New Murine Opossum from Margarita Island, by Outram 



Bangs 



A New Rabbit from Margarita Island, Venezuela, by Gerrit S. 



Miller, Jr " ' 



The Earliest Generic Name for the North American Deer, with 



I descriptions of Five New Species, by C. Hart Merriam U9-104 



Two New Subgenera and Three New Species of Microtus from 



Mexico and Guatemala, by C. Hart Merriam 105-108 



Random Notes on the Nomenclature of the Chiroptera, by T. S. 



Palmer .. 109-114 



Twenty New Species and a New Subgenus of Peromyscus from 



Mexico and Guatemala, by C. Hart Merriam 115-125 



A New Genus [Neotomodon) and Three New Species of Murine 

 Rodents from the Mountains of Southern Mexico, by ('. Hart 



Merriam ' 127-129 



Birds from Santa Marta. Colombia, by OutramBangs 131-144 



New Squirrels from Mexico and Central America, by E. W. 



Nelson " 145-156 



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