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Officers and committees for 1897 •^<i; ■' '^ >^' 



Proceedings .^~~Yii-xiT^ 



Descriptions of the Species of Cycadeoidea or Fossil Cycadean 

 Trunks from the Iron Ore Belt, Potomac Formation, of Mary- 

 land, by Lester F. "Ward 1-17 



Revision of the Coyotes or Prairie Wolves, by C. Hart Merriam. 19-33 

 Collomia inazama, a New Plant from Crater Lake, Oregon, bv 



Frederick V. Coville ". 35-37 



Delphiniinn riridescois and Sumbucus leiosperma, Two New Plants 



from the Northwest Coast, by John B. Leiberg 39-41 



Descriptions of Two New Murine Opossums from Mexico, bv C. 



Hart Merriam '. . . 43-44 



Fhenacomys preblei, a New Vole from Colorado, b)' C. Hart Mei'- 



riam 45 



Notes on the Lynxes of Eastern North America, with Descrip- 

 tions of New Forms, by Outram Bangs 47-51 



Description of a New Red Fox from Nova Scotia, by Outram 



Bangs 53-55 



The Itinerary of John Jeftrej', an Early Botanical Explorer of 



Western North America, by Frederick V. Coville 57-60 



The Technical Name of the Camas Plant, by Frederick Y. Coville. 61-65 

 Description of a New Vole from Oregon, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr.. 67-68 

 A Species of Shearwater (Puffinus assimiUs Gould) New to the 



North American Fauna, by Jonathan Dwight, Jr 69-70 



Descriptions of Two New Red-backed Mice {Evotomys) from 



Oregon, by C. Hart 3Ierriam ■ 71-72 



The Voles of the Subgenus Chilotus, with Descriptions of New 



Species, by C. Hart ^lerriam 73-75 



Synopsis of Voles of Genus Fhenacomys, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. . 77-87 

 Synopsis of the American Sesarmse, with Description of a New 



' Species, by Mary J. Rathbun 89-92 



Synopsis of the American Species of Palicus Philippi, with De- 

 scriptions of Six New Species, by ]Mary J. Rathbun '.13-99 



Two New Moles fi'om California and Oregon, by C. Hart Merriam . 101-102 

 Three New Jumping Mice (Zupus) from the Northwest, by C. Hart 



Merriam ." 103-104 



Description of a New Species of Sphaeroma , by Harriet Richardson . 105-107 

 Synopsis of the American S^iecies of Elhusa, with Description of 



a New Species, by Mary J. Rathbun 109-110 



Revision of the Genus Eiotomi/s, by Vernon Bailey 113-138 



Description of a New Bat from Margarita Island, Venezuela, bv 



Gerrit S. Miller, J r ". 139 



Description of a New Vole from Kashmir, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 141 



Description of a New Muskrat from tlie Great Dismal Swamp, 



Virginia, by C. Hart Merriam 143 



Descriptions of a New Eagle from Alaska and a New Squirrel 



from Lower California, by C. H. Townsend 145-146 



Lepus haileyi, a New Rabbit from Wyoming, by C. Hart Merriam . 147-148 

 The African Swimming Crabs of the Genus CaUiiiectes,hy ^larvJ. 



Rathbun " ". . 149-151 



A Revision of the Nomenclature of the Brachvura, bv 3Iarv J. 



Rathbun .". " '. . . . 153-167 



Two New Plants from Blount Mazama, Oregon, by Frederick V. 



Coville and John B. Leiberg 169-171 



Notes on the NomenclatureofFourGeneraof Tropical American 



INIammals, by T. S. Palmer 173-174 



A New Fur-seal or Sea-bear {Arctocephalus toumsendi) from Guada- 

 lupe Island, otf Lower California, by C. Hart Merriam 175-178 



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