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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1907. 



Miller. (Jerrit S.. .7r. A new nauio 

 for thp genus Rhynelionycteris 

 Peters. 



Proc. liiol. Soc. IVas/i., xx, .Iiiiii' 

 12, 1007, p. Go. 

 lilii/ncliisciin proposed as a substi- 

 tute for the preoccupied Rhiinchonyc- 

 teris, a penus of Kmlmllonurine l)ats. 



Tlic families niid ixeniM'a (if 



bats. 



null. U. S. Sat. Mux.. N... .">7, .Tuiio 

 29, 1907, pp. 1-xvii. 1-2S2. 

 pis. i-xiv, fiss. 1-40. 



Based cliieflj* on inaterini in tlic 

 V. S. National !Museum. l)ut also in 

 part on material in tlie museums of 

 London. Paris. I^eiden. and Berlin. 

 A new classification of existins 

 bats, primarily based on skeletal and 

 dental characters. I'p. 2-12, history 

 of the classification of bats; pp. 12-43, 

 the anatomy of bats, especially the 

 structure of the teeth and of the 

 shoulder; pp. 4.'i-2Gl, full synonymies, 

 description, freojiraphic distribution, 

 and keys to all the genera, subfamilies, 

 and families of the order Chiroptera. 

 with lists of the recognized species in 

 each jjenus. and the designation of its 

 type. New genera : Dcsmalopcjr, p. <>(i ; 

 Xenoetencs, p. 124. 



Osgood. Wtlfrkd II. I'our new iiocUc; 

 mice. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wa.sh., xx, Feb- 

 ruary 23, 1007, pp. 19-22. 

 Based on material in the Biological 

 Survey collection. New species : I'cro- 

 gna'thits hombi/cinus, p. 10. New sub- 

 species : Pcrognathns pctiiciUntiis sic- 

 cu.<), p. 20; P. penicillatus (iinmophilux, 

 p. 20 ; P. .'ipiiiatus maf/dalenw. p. 21. 



A collection of mammals from 



the region of ^fonnt >rcKinley. 

 Alaska. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xx. April 

 IS, 1007, pp. .-0-04. 

 A list of tlie mammals occurring 

 al)0>it the northeastern base of Mount 

 McKlnley, Alaska, based mainly on 

 specimens in the Biological Survey col- 

 lection, received from Mr. Charles Shel- 

 don. New subspecies : Microtus niin- 

 nisorcas, p. Gl. 



A specimen of Bison occidcn- 



talis from northwestern Canada. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xx. .Tune 



12, 1007, p. 6.-). 



A record of Bison occidcntalis from 



near Selkirk. Yukon Tr-rritory, received 



by the Biological Survey from Mr. 



Charles Sheldon. 



STE.rxEGER, Leo.miard. Tile orij^in of 

 the so-oalletl Atlantic animals and 

 jilants of western Norway. 



Smithsonian Misc. CoUx.. xLviii, 

 pt. 4, No. IGOO. May 4, 1007, 

 pp. 45S-.->l.?, pis. i.xvii-Lxx, flg. 

 124. 

 An attempt to account for the ex- 

 istence In western Norway of a com- 

 plex association of iilants and terres- 

 trial animals not found elsewhere In 

 Norway except as manifest peripheral 

 radiations from a secondary center of 

 distribution. The portion of tliis 

 paper dealing with mammals is partly 

 bused on specimens in the Division of 

 Mammals. Ccrriis atlanticuSj Cat. 

 No. 143170, is illustrated on pis. Lxvii, 

 I, XVI II. and on fig. 124. 



BIRDS. 



Allen, J. A. The BuHiloiihus hicolor- 

 atricristatus group. 



Bull. Amcr. Mas. Sat. Hist., xxiii. 

 .Tune 12, 1007, pp. 407 4S1. 

 Discusses the subject of hybrididza- 

 tion, with especial reference to the 

 present group, and gives a detailed ac- 

 count of the geographic variation, meas- 

 urements, etc.. of ':he material exam- 

 ined. The conclusion is reached that 

 Bwolophus hicolor tcxenis and B. atri- 

 rristatus castancifrons are hybrids, 

 thus bearing out ^Ir. Ilidgway's recent 

 determinations. 

 Bangs, Outram. On the wood rails, 

 genus Aramides, occurring north of 

 Panama. 



Amcr. Naturalist, xli. No. 483, 

 March, 1007. pp. 177-1S7. 

 A review of tlie Mexican and Central 

 American forms of the genus .4rn»/M'/*'.v. 

 of which five are recognized as valid. 

 Aramides alhirentris mcd-icaniis (p. 

 IS.-)), is described as new. 



Notes on birds from Costa 



Rica and Chiri(ini. with descriptions 

 of new forms and new records for 

 Costa Rica. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix. .Tuly 

 30. lOOG. pp. 101-112. 

 Notes on 22 genera and species, of 

 which the following are here described 

 for the first time : Piirrhnra huffinanni 

 i/audcns, p. 103 ; Eumomota siiprn-ili- 

 (iris atistralis, p. 104 ; Saiiccrottca 

 cyanura impatiens, p. 104 ; Hypocnc- 

 mis nwvioidcs capnitis. p. 107 ; Xcni- 

 copsis raricf/aticcps iilonnis, p. lOS; 

 Thri/orchilus ridt/iraiii. p. lOS ; Ci/an- 

 oljica hlnnililn, p. 100; and Chloroapin- 

 yu8 rcgionalis, p. 112. 



