RECKNT I^ITERATURK. 



On a Collection of Mammals from the San Pedro Ufai'tir 

 Regio7i of Lower California^ zvith Notes on other Species, pa^-ticu- 

 lai'ly of the Gemis Sitomys. By J. A. Allen. Bull. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., V, Author's Ed., Aug. iS, 1893, 181-202. This 

 paper is based upon a collection of 250 specimens obtained by- 

 Messrs. Thurber and Anthony. The new forms described are 

 Sitomys americantis thurberi, Sitomys martirensis, Tamias leucurus 

 peninsulce and Scapan2is anthonyi from the San Pedro region and. 

 Sitomys g lib erti from San Benito County, Cal. 



77^,? American Natitralist, Sept. 1893. Description of Four 

 Neiv Rodents from California. By SamuEL N. Rhoads. The 

 four species proposed are Sitomys major, S. herronii, Onychomys 

 ramona, and Reithrodontomys pallidiis, all from the southern part 

 of the State. 



The Prairie Grojoid Sq2urrels or Spennophiles of the Miss- 

 issippi Valley. By Vernon Bailey. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. of 

 O. and M., Bull. No. 4, p. 69. Prepared under the direction 

 of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of Division. An interesting and 

 valuable economic biilletin, with three colored plates and four 

 outline maps of the United States, showing distribution of species 

 by colored areas. 



Report of the Ornithologist and Mammalo gist for i8g2. By 

 C. Hart Merriam. U. S. Dept. Agr., 181-200, illustrated by 

 fine colored plates of rodents. 



The Nidiologist. Published by Henry Reed Taylor, Ala- 

 meda, Cal, The initial number of a sixteen-paged monthly was 

 issued in September and the October and November numbers 

 have also appeared. The title is not pleasing and brings into 

 use a hybrid word which might have been avoided. The quality 

 of several articles is far above that found in the amateur papers 

 which appear and perish annually; but these articles are by well- 

 known ornithologists who may not continue their support unless 

 a stronger scientific tone is evidenced. Careless proof-reading is 

 found in all three numbers. The half-tone illustrations are cer- 

 tainly interesting and perhaps as good as can be produced with 



