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Goldman, E . A . A new generic name for 



the Asiatic tapir. 



Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 

 65, 66. 

 Proposes the name Acrocodia. 



Heller, Edmund. New rodents from 

 British East Africa. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 



59, No. 16, July 5, 1912, 



pp. 1-20. 

 Describes Protoxerus stangeri bca, 

 OraphiuTus murinus johnstoni, Gra- 

 phiuTUS murinus isolatv^, Lophiomys 

 thomasi, Otomys orestes dollmani, 

 Bendromus mesomelas percevali, Den- 

 dromv^ whytei capitis, Lophuromys 

 aquilus margarettse, Epimys allcni 

 kaimosse, Epimys coucha neumani, 

 Epimys coucha durumx, Epimys taitse, 

 Zelotomys hildegardse vinaceus, Tham- 

 nomys dolichurus littoralis, Lemnis- 

 comys pulchellus spermophilus , Pelo- 

 mys fallax iridescens, Pelomys fallat 

 concolar, Saccostomus isiolz, Cricc- 

 tomys gambianus raineyi, Cricetomys 

 gambianus enguvi, Cricetomys gam- 

 bianus osgoodi, Thryonomys grego- 

 rianus pusillus, Lepus raineyi and 

 Lepus kakumegx. 



New genera and races of African 



ungulates. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 



60, No. 8, Nov. 2, 1912, 



pp. 1-16. 



Describes Dolicohippus, Sigmoceros, 



Bubalis cokei kongoni, Bubalis nakurx, 



Bubalis Iclwel roosevelti, Beatragus, 



Sylvicapra grimmi roosevelti, Sylvi- 



capra grimmi altivallis, Ourebia mon- 



tana xquatoria, Oreodorcas, Ammela- 



phus and Nyala. 



New races of insectivores, bats, 



and lemurs from British East Africa. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 



60, No. 12, Nov. 4, 1912, 



pp. 1-13. 



Describes Oalago moholicocos, Mini- 



opterus natalensis arenarius, Pipis- 



trellus aero, Pipstrellus helios, Pachy- 



uralixa xquatoria, Pachyura infinites- 



ima, Crocidura suahelx, Crocidura 



turba lakiundx, Crocidura raineyi, 



Crocidura lutreola, Crocidura hilde- 



gardex altx, C. h. procera, Elephan- 



tulus rufescens mariakanx and Petro- 



dromus sultani sangi. 



HoLLisTER, N. New mammals from the 



highlands of Siberia. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 60, No. 14, Nov. 29, 1912, 

 pp. 1-6. 

 Describes the following new mam- 

 mals collected by the Smithsonian- 



goats. 



HoLLisTER, N. — Continued. 



Harvard expedition to the Altai 

 Mountains: Myopus morulus, Sicista 

 napxa, Allactaga grisescens, Phodopus 

 crepidatus, Ochotona nitida, Mustela 

 lymani and Myotis petal. 



Five new mammals from Asia. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



25, Dec. 24, 1912, pp. 181- 



184. 



Describes Lepus aurigineus, L. 



qutrcerus, L. swinhoei sowerbyx, L. 



brachyurus angustidens and Eutamias 



asiaticus altaicus. 



The names of the Rocky Mountain 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, pp. 

 185, 186. 

 Shows the proper specific name for 

 the common Rocky Mountain goat to 

 be aTOertcanws, dating from Blainville, 

 1816, and proposes the subspeciflc 

 name columbix to replace columbianus 

 Allen, preoccupied. 



On a specimen of Ovis califomiana 



Douglas in the National Museum. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, p. 

 187. 

 Remarks on the skin and skull of a 

 specimen of this rare wild sheep, 

 ■which was supposed to be unrepre- 

 sented in museums. 



Two new polecats related to Mus- 

 tela larvata. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 26, Jan. 18, 1913, pp. 

 1-4. 

 Describes Mustela lineiventer and 

 M. tiarata from central Asia. 



Description of a new gazelle from 



northwestern Mongolia. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 60, No. 19, Feb. 8, 1913, 

 pp. 1, 2. 

 Describes Procapra altaica; the type 

 specimen was collected by Dr. Theo- 

 dore Lyman in 1912. 



Mammals of the Alpine Club expe- 

 dition to the Mount Robson region. 



Canadian Alpine Journal, 

 Special Nimiber, 1912, 

 (Feb. 17, 1913), pp. 1-44, 

 pis. 1-13, map. 

 An annotated list of the species of 

 mammals inhabiting the Canadian 

 Rockies, Alberta and British Colum- 

 bia, in the vicinity of Mount Robson; 

 with critical notes on the specimens 

 collected by the 1911 expedition of the 

 Alpine Club of Canada. 



