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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, • 1!)0S. 



Lyon, Marcttr Ward, jr. Notes on a 

 collection of niauimals from the 

 ])rovince of Kan-sn, China. 



Smithnouinn Misc. Colls., l, 

 Quar. issue. Vt. 2. No. 1726, 

 July 9, 1007. pp. 133-i:iS, 

 pis. xv-xvi. 

 Systematic account of small col- 

 lection of mammals made in the 

 province of Kan-su by W. W. Simp- 

 son. New species : Mi/otulixi can- 

 siis, p. 134 ; Ochotona cansits, p. 

 136. 



Mammals collected in western 



Borneo by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Proc. U. 8. Xat. .Uus., xxxiii, 

 No. 1577, Dec. 24, 1907, pp. 

 547-572, figs. A and B, and 

 map. 

 A systematic account of mam- 

 mals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott 

 in western Borneo in 1905. New 

 species: Scinras s(i)i(iy(uis, p. 554; 

 new subspecies, Sciurus borneoensis 

 palttstris, p. 553. 



On a collection of mammals 



from the Batn Islands, west of 

 Sumatra. 



Ann. Mag. i^'at. Hist., 8th ser., i. 

 No. 2, Feb., 1908, pp. 136- 

 140. 

 A systematic list of a small col- 

 lection of mammals in the British 

 Museum from some of the Batu 

 group. Sent for identification ana 

 comparison with types of Malayan 

 mammals in the T'. S. National Mu- 

 seum. Now species : Cynocrphtilus 

 tcUonis. p. 139, type in British 

 Museum. 



MERRiAir, C. Hart. Descriptions of 

 ten new kangaroo rats. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington, 

 XX, July 22, 1907, pp. 74-79. 

 Descriptions of the following new 

 species and subspecies, all but one in 

 the Biological Survey collection : Di- 

 podomys spectabilis cratodon, p. 75 ; 

 D. nelsoni, p. 75 ; D. platycepliahis, 

 p. 76 ; D. niargaritae, p. 76 ; D. in- 

 sularis, p. 77; D. lurrriami kcrnrn- 

 sis, p. 77 : Perodipus »teplicnsi, p. 

 78 (Merriam collection) ; P. Muno- 

 ensis, p. 78; P. perplexus, p. 79; 

 P. simulans peninsularis, p. 79. 



Three new rodents from Colo- 



rado. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington. 



XXI, June 9, 1908, pp. 143. 



144. 



Describes three new subspecies 



from specimens in the Biological 



Merriam, C. Hart — Continued. 



Survey collection : Eiitamias mini- 

 mus caryi, p. 143 ; Xeotoma albi- 

 gula warreni, p. 143 ; Thomomys 

 talpoides agrestis, p. 144. 



Four new rodents from Cali- 



fornia. 



Proc. Biol. 8or. Washington, 

 XXI. June 9, 1908, p. 145-147. 

 Based on specimens in Biological 

 Survej- collection. New species : 

 Thomomys mcwa, p. 146. New sub- 

 species : Microtus mordax bcrnar- 

 diniis, p. 145 ; M. orcgoni adocetiis, 

 p. 145; Thomomys ulpinus airahnee, 

 p. 146. 



Miller, Gerrit S.,, jr. Some new 

 European Insectivora and Carnivoia. 

 Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., 7th ser., 

 XX, No. 119, Nov., 1907, pp. 

 3S9-398. 

 Describes ten new European mam- 

 mals of the genera Crocidura, Yul- 

 pes, Mclrs, Putorius, and Felis, 

 from material in the British Museum. 



Four new European squirrels. 



Ann. Mag. \at. Hist., 7th ser., 

 XX, No. 119, Nov., 1907, pp. 

 426-430. 

 Describes four new subspecies of 

 the European squirrel, 8ciurns vul- 

 garis, from specimens in the British 

 Museum. 



Two new mammals from Asia 



Minor. 



Ann. Mag. yat. Hist., 8th ser., 



I, No. 1, Jan., 1908, pp. 



68-70. 



Describes a new species of Neomys 



and of Muscardiniis from material 



in the British Museum. 



- The recent voles of the Micro- 



iiif< iiivaHs group. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 

 I, No. 1, Jan., 1908, pp. 97- 

 103. 

 Creates the subgenus Chinomy.i for 

 the Microtus nivalis group describ- 

 ing all the members of the subge- 

 nus, including three new species and 

 one new subspecies. Based on mate- 

 rial in the British Museum. 



Altum's squirrel names. 



Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., 8th ser., 

 I, No. 1, Jan., 1908, pp. 127, 

 128. 

 Discusses the status of some 

 names applied to forms of the Eu- 

 ropean squirrel by Altum in the sec- 

 ond edition of Forstzoologie, 1876. 



