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KEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



Leavy, Joseph B. Special printing 



of die proofs for tlie San Francisco 



exposition. 



The PMlat. Oaz., 5, 

 No. 6, June, 1915, 

 pp. 117-125. 

 This article, while really a 

 continuation of the paper on 

 " The United States Government 

 collection of postage stamps," 

 was given a special heading as 

 It contains very interesting his- 

 torical data concerning the 

 character of the dies from 

 which the proofs were made, 

 the information being secured 

 from the Bureau of Engraving 

 and Printing and here made 

 public for the first time. 



Leavy, Joseph B. New issue notes. 



The Philat. Oaz., 5, 

 No. 2, Feb., 1915, 

 p. 31 ; 5, No. 3, 

 Mar., 1915, pp. 47, 

 48 ; 5, No. 4, Apr., 

 1915, pp. 79, 80 ; 5, 

 No. 6, June, 1915, 

 pp. 128-130. 



A series of notes on new is- 

 sues of foreign stamps received 

 from the Universal Postal 

 Union at Berne, Switzerland, 

 through the Post Office Depart- 

 ment. They are based entirely 

 on material in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



MAMMALS. 



Allen, J. A. New South American bats 

 and a new octodont. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Xat. 

 Hist., 33, Art. 29, 

 July 9, 1914, pp. 

 381-389, pi. 28. 

 The U. S. National Museum 

 collections were consulted by 

 the author during the prepara- 

 tion of this paper. 



Review of the South American 



Sciuridge. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., 34, Art. 8, 

 May 17, 1915, pp. 

 147-309, pis. 1-14, 

 figs. 1-25. 



The entire collection of South 

 American squirrels belonging to 

 the U. S. National Museum was 

 lent the author during his work 

 on this paper. 



Bailey, Yernon. Eleven new species 



and subspecies of pocket gophers of 



the genus Tliomomys. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash- 

 ington, 27, July 10, 

 1914, pp. 115-118. 



Describes as new : Thomomys 

 talpoides hullatus, T. t. caryi, 

 T. t. nc'bulosus, T. pryori, T. 

 hottw minor, T. neglectiis, T. 

 mearnsi, T. fuscus columManits, 

 T. f. saturatus, T. f. loringi, T. 

 nevadensis atrogriscus. The 

 type specimens are in the Bio- 

 logical Survey collection. 



Cockerell, T. D. a., Lewis I. Miller 

 and Morris Pkintz. The auditory 

 ossicles of American rodents. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., 33, Art. 28, 

 July 14, 1914, pp. 

 347-380, figs. 1-55; 

 61-124. 

 Skulls of rodents from the 

 U. S. National Museum collec- 

 tion were lent to the authors 

 for study in connection with 

 the preparation of this paper. 



Goldman, E. A. A new spider mon- 

 key from Panama. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash- 

 ington, 28, Apr. 13, 

 1915, pp. 101, 102. 



Atelea dariensis is described 

 as new. The type is in the 

 Biological Survey collection. 



Five new rice rats of the genus 



Oryzomys from Middle America. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 28, June 29, 

 1915, pp. 127-130. 



Describes as new : Oryzomys 

 guerrerensis, 0. nitidus alleni, 

 0, alfaroi dariensis, 0. coiiesi 

 regillus, 0. fulvescens Icnis. 

 Most of the types are in the 

 Biological Survey collection. 



Five new mammals from Mex- 



ico and Arizona. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 28, June 29, 

 1915, pp. 133-138. 

 Describes as new : Potos 

 favus guerrerensis, Qeomys 



