APR 26 1902 



No. 2. — Chiriqui Mammalia. By Outkam Bangs. 



For nearly a year Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., collected in Chiriqui for 

 my brother, Edward A. Bangs, and myself. During this time he ob- 

 tained, in addition to an extensive series of birds, an account of which 

 I have already published,^ upwards of 500 mammals. These have been 

 presented to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and form the subject 

 of the present paper. 



Chiriqui is a region of considerable interest, both from its position 

 between Costa Eica and Panama, and from the lofty Volcan de Chiriqui, 

 which rises to a height of 11,500 feet, and with its slopes and foot-hills 

 forms the principal part of the small province of Chiriqui. Our present 

 knowledge of the mammals is confined wholly to those of the foot-hills 

 with an altitude of from 600 to 800 feet. Mr. H. J. Watson, the 

 owner of extensive plantations at Bogaba, has sent many mammals to 

 the British Museum. From this source Dr. Oldfield Thomas has de- 

 scribed a number of new species, and Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., one species. 

 Unfortunately Dr. Thomas has not published a list of the species sent 

 him ; he has described such as were new, and his descriptions are not 

 only scattered, but extend over a period of several years. 



The stations at which Mr. Brown collected are as follows : Divala, 

 situated in the lowland forested country, practically sea level ; Pedre- 

 gal on the Pacific coast ; Bogaba, in the foot-hills of the Volcan de 

 Chiriqui, 600 feet altitude, aneroid (800 feet according to Dr. Oldfield 

 Thomas) ; Boquete, on the southern slope of the Volcan de Chiriqui, 

 3,000 to 5,000 feet altitude (some specimens even up to 7,000 feet, 

 labelled " Boquete," were taken directly above that little village) ; and 

 the summit of the Volcan de Chiriqui at and near timber line, 10,000 

 feet and upwards. Thus Mr. Brown covered the various life zones of 

 the Volcan de Chiriqui and the results are of the greatest interest. 



1 Auk, Vol. XVIII. pp. 355-370, Oct. 1901, and Proc. New Eng. Zool. Club, 

 Vol. III. pp. 15-70, Jan. 30, 1902. 



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