176 



REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr. Five new mam- 

 mals from tropical America. 



Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 26, Feb. 8, 1913, pp. 

 31-34. 

 Describes Marmosa purui, Cdoss- 

 ophaga rostrata, Brachyphylla minor, 

 Ardops annectcns, Promops pamana, 

 all new species. 



A new Pteropine bat from Luzon. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

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

 73, 74. 

 Describes Eonycteris robusta, a new 

 species. 



— • Some overlooked names of Sici- 



lian mammals. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

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

 80, 81. 

 Gives Apodemus flavicollis rusiges 

 as new name for Apodemus sylvaticus 

 dichrurus. 



A new vole from eastern Mon- 



golia. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 60, No. 28, Mar. 31, 1913, 

 pp. 1, 2, pi. 1. 

 Describes Microtus warringioni, a 

 new species. 



Miller, Gerrit S. , jr. A new shrew from 

 Baltistau. 



Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 26, May 3, 1913, pp. 

 113, 114. 

 Describes Crocidura pergrisea, a 

 new species. 



A new cacomistle from Nevada. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ion, 26, June 30, 1913, 

 p. 159. 

 Describes Bassariscus astutus neva- 

 densis, a new subspecies. 



Osgood, Wilfred H. New Peruvian 



mammals. 



Fitld Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Pub. Zool., 10, No. 9, 

 May 31, 1913, pp. 93-100. 

 In the preparation of this paper 

 use was made of material in the Na- 

 tional Museum. 



True, Frederick W. Diagnosis of a 



new beaked whale of the genus Meso- 



plodon from the coast of North Carolina. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 60, No. 25, Mar. 14, 1913, 

 pp. 1, 2. 

 Describes Mcsoplodon mirum, a 

 new species. 



BIRDS. 



American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee ON Nomenclature. Sixteenth 

 supplement to the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union Check-list of North Amer- 

 ican Birds. 



Auk, 29, No. 3, July, 1912, 

 pp. 380-3&7. 

 A list of the rulings of the Commit- 

 tee, comprising 17 additions to the 

 Check-list, and 24 proposed changes 

 in nomenclature not accepted, made 

 since the publication of the last sup- 

 plement. 



Bangs, Outram. Some birds from the 



highlands of Siberia. 



Bull. Mus. Comp.Zodl.,bi, 

 No. 16, Jan., 1913, pp. 

 463-474, figs. 1-3. 

 Notes on 52 species collected in the 

 Altai Mountains by the Smithsonian- 

 Harvard expedition. Falco sesalon 

 lymani,Pinicolaenucleator pacata and 

 Perisoreus infaustus opicus are de- 

 scribed as new. 



(See also under John E. Thayer.) 



Beebe, C. William. New blood pheas- 

 ants. 



Zoologica, 1, No. 10, Aug. 17, 

 1912, pp. 189-193. 

 Ithaginis kuseri, and /. cruentus 

 affinis are considered new. 



Bent, A. C. A new subspecies of cross- 

 bill from Newfoundland. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 60, No. 15, Dec. 12, 1912, 

 pp. 1-3. 

 Loiia curvirostra percna is de- 

 scribed as new. 



Brown, Edward J. Rare Virginia birds. 



^Mfc, 29, No. 3, July, 1912, 



p. 399. 



Record of four species, including 



Puffinus gruieus, from the coast of 



Virginia. 



Chapman, Frank M. Diagnoses of ap- 

 parently new Colombian birds. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., Zl, Art. 16, July 23, 

 1912, pp. 139-166, pi. xii 

 (map). 

 The following species and sub- 

 species are described: Crypturut 



