REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 



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Miller, Gerrit S., jr. Eighteen new 

 European voles. 



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

 I, No. 2, Feb., 1908, pp. 194- 

 206. 

 Describes 18 new species and sub- 

 species in the genera Erotonii/fi, 

 Arvicola, Microtus, and Pityuujs, 

 mainly from material in the British 

 Museum. 



Nelson, E. W. Descriptions of new 

 North American rabbits. 



Proc. Biol. .SVje. Washington, 

 XX, .Tnly 22, 1907, pp. 81-84. 

 Descriptions of the following new 

 species and subspecies all in the 

 collection of the Biological Survey : 

 Lepus californicus mngadalcnac, p. 

 81; Siylrilagus cognatus, p. 82; ;Sf. 

 floridanus restrictus, p. 82 ; S. 

 floridanus similis, p. 82 ; 8. audu- 

 l)oni vallicola, p. 82; S. audutoni 

 ccdrophilus, p. 83; S. auduboni neo- j 

 mexicanus, p. 83 ; S. auduJjonl war- 1 

 reni, p. 83 ; 8. mansuettis, p. 83 ; S. 

 bachmani exiguus, p. 84. 



■ Descriptions cf two new sub- 

 species of North American mammals. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington, 

 XX, Dec. 11, 1907, pp. 87, 88. 

 Describes as new subspecies : 

 Lepus bairdi cascadensis, p. 87 (in 

 the Museum of Comparative Zo- 

 ology) and 8ciurus socialis littoralis, 

 p. 87, Biological Survey collection. 



Nichols, John Treadwell. Notes on 



two porpoises captured on a voyage 



into the Pacific Ocean. 



Bull. Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist.. 

 XXIV, Feb. 26, 1908, pp. 

 217-219, pi. XIV. figs. 1-3. 

 Descril)es (not as new) two por- 

 poises secured by the writer in the 



Nichols, .John Treadwell — Cont'd. 



Pacific Ocean and makes compari- 

 son with specimens in the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Osgood, Wilfred H. A new white- 

 footed mouse from Alaslca. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington, 



XXI, .Tune 9, 1908, pp. 141, 



142. 



Describes the new species, Pero- 



Mi/scus hiilaeus. p. 141, Biological 



Survey collection. 



True, F. W. Observations on the type 

 specimen of the fossil cetacean Ano- 

 plonassa forcipata Cope. 



Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., li. No. 

 4, July, 1907, pp. 97-106, 



pis. I-III. 



On the occurrence of remains 



of fossil cetaceans of the genus 

 Scliizodelphis in the United States, 

 and on Priscodelphinus (?) cras- 

 sangulum Case. 



8mithsoni(in Misc. Colls., l, 

 Quar. issue, pt. 4, No. 1782, 

 Jan. 27, 1908, pp. 449-460, 



pis. LIX-LX. 



Re'marks on the fossil cetacean 



Rhabdosteus latiradix Cope. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 

 Apr. 22, 1908, pp. 24-29, one 

 plate, figs. 1-3. 



■ Occurrence of three species of 



Iieaked whales of the genus Mesoplo- 

 don on the Atlantic coast of the 

 United States. 



Science (n. s.), xxvi. No. 67n, 

 Dec. 6, 1907, p. 796. 



BIRDS. 



Bangs. Outram. On a collection of 



birds from western Costa Rica. 



Auk, XXIV, No. 3, .Tuly, 1907, pp. 

 287-312. 

 An annotated list of 238 species 

 and subspecies collected in the Bo- 

 ruca district of Costa Rica. Twelve 

 forms are recorded as not hitherto 

 known from this country, and the 

 following are described as new to 

 science : Micrustur interstcs (p. 

 289), Qymnocichla nudiccps erra- 

 tilis (p. 297), 8gnallaxis albescens 

 latitabunda (p. 298), Dendroco- 

 laptes sancti-thomae hesperius (p. 

 299), Leptopogon pileutus j'austus 

 (p 300), Cyanerpes hicidus isthmicus 



Bangs, Outram — Continued. 



(p. 306), and Buarremon costa- 

 ricensis (p. 310). 



On certain Costa Rican birds. 



Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iv. 

 Mar. 19, 1908, pp. 2.3-35. 

 Remarks on 18 forms of Costa 

 Rican birds, of which the following 

 are designated as new : Trogon un- 

 dericoodi (p. 24), Pachyrhamphus 

 versicolor costariccnsis (p. 26), 

 Myiobiiis xiinthopygus aureatus (p. 

 27), Troglodytes ochraceus ligea (p. 

 29), Myioborus anrantiacus acceptus 

 (p. 30), Phlogothratipis sungiiino- 

 lenta aprica (p. 31), and Emberi- 

 soidcs sphcnura lucaris (p. 34). 



