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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



Nelson, E. W., and E. A. Goldman. 



Eleven new mammals from Lowci' 



California. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wafhini/ 

 ion. XXII;, March 10, 

 1909, pp. 23-28. 

 Eleven new forms belonging to 

 the genera Eutamias, Ammosper- 

 mophiluK, Thomoiiii/s, Vulpcs, Bas- 

 sari^cufi. Sorcx, and Myoiis are 

 described, chiefly from material 

 in the Biological Survey collec- 

 tion. 



Osgood. W. H. The status of Sorex 



merriami, with description of an 



allied new species from Utah. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, XXII, April 17. 1900. 

 pp. .51-53. 

 Sorex leucogenys, a "new species, 

 is descrilied from material in the 

 Biological Survey collection. 



Revision of the mice of the 



American genus Peromyscus. 



Xorth Am. Fauna, No. 28, 

 April 17, 1909, pp.' 1-285, 

 pis. i-viii, figs. 1-12. 

 A monograi)hic revision, based 

 on examination of more than 

 27.000 specimens, the majority of 

 which are in the collections of the 

 United States National Museum 

 and tlie Biological Survey. One 

 hundred and forty-three forms are 

 recognized, 14 of which are de- 

 scribed as new. It is inter- 

 esting to note that this paper is 

 based on a much larger number of 

 specimens than any monograph of 

 a single genus of mammals hither- 

 to published. 



( See also under Marcus Ward 



Lyon, jr.) 



Preble, E. A. A biological investiga- 

 tion of the Athabaska-Mackenzie re- 

 gion. 



yorth Am. Fauna, No. 27, 

 Oct. 26. 1908. pp. 1—574, 

 pis. i-xxv, figs. 1-16. 



Preble, E. A. — Continued. 



This paper contains a fully 

 annotated list of the mammals of 

 this region, numbering 100 species 

 and subspecies, one of the latter 

 being new. The material on 

 which this paper is based belongs 

 principally to the Biological Sur- 

 vey collection. 



True, F. W. Observations on living 

 White whales (Delphinapterus leu- 

 cas) ; with a note on the dentition of 

 Delphinapterus and Stenodelphis. 



Smithsonian Misc. CoUs., 

 52, Quar. issue. Pt. 3, 

 No. 1864. Apr. 28, 1909, 

 pp. 325-330, pi. xxiii. 



Occurrence of the Killer whale 



( Orcinus orca) on the New Jersey 

 coast. 



Science (n. s.), xxix, May 

 14. 1909, pp. 790. 791. 



The fossil cetacean, Dorudon 



serratus Gibbes. 



Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 Lii, No. 4, Sept.. 1908, 

 pp. 65-78, pis. 1-3. 



On the classification of the 



Cetacea. 



Proc. Amc7-. Philos. Soc, 

 XLVii, No. 189, Nov., 1908, 

 pp. 385-391. 



A further account of the fossil 



sea lion. Pontolis magnus, from the 



Miocene of Oregon. 



Prof. Papers V. S. Oeol. 

 Sun-., No. 59, April 2, 

 1909, pp. 14.3-148, pis. 

 21-23. 



Warren, E. R. A new chipmunk from 



Colorado. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 XXII, June 25, 1909, pp. 

 105, 106. 

 The new form is named Euta- 

 mias (juadrii-ittatus animOsus. The 

 tspe was presented to the U. S. 

 National Museum by the author. 



BIRDS. 



American Ornithologists' Committee 

 ON Nomenclature. Fourteenth sup- 

 plement to the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union check-list of North 

 American Birds. 



.Im7.-. XXV. No. 3. .Tuly, 1908, 

 pp. 343-399. 



American Ornithologists' Commit- 

 tee ON Nomenclature — Continued. 

 Comprises a statement of the 

 changes made in the A. O. U. 

 check-list since the publication of 

 the previous supplement. The 

 changes are divided into five cate- 

 gories, and cover about three hun- 

 dred rulings of the committee. 



