J8S?S.] »JU1 [Hoffman. 



described in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1885, 

 p. 150. The present animal presents very nearly the same enamel folds as 

 the H. peninsulaUrm Cope, of the same locality, including the subquadrate 

 central loop -which is nearly cut off from the anterior lake. But tbe tooth 

 differs in two essential points, and in some minor ones from that species. 

 It is considerably larger, presenting .6 more area of the grinding surface. 

 The shaft of the tooth, instead of being strongly curved, is straight. Less 

 reliable characters are, first, that the crown is nearly square, while it is 

 oblong in the H. peninsulatum ; and second, that there are two large 

 loops extending inwards towards the column instead of one. This char- 

 acter may or may not depend on the position of the tooth. Diameters 

 of crown, transverse, 21.5 mm. ; anteroposterior, 21.5 mm. ; longitudi- 

 nal, 450 mm. I propose that the species be called TLippotherium rectidens. 



Vocabulary of the Selislt Language. By W. J. Hoffman, M.D., Washing- 

 ton, d. a 



(Read before the American Philosophical Society, March 19, 1886.) 



The Selish. or Flathead tribe of Indians, is one of a group of tribes consti- 

 tuting what may be termed the eastern division of the Selishan linguistic 

 stock. The tribe is at present located in Jocko valley, Northwestern Mon- 

 tana, near the eastern spurs of the Rocky mountains. The surrounding 

 country is extremely fertile, and abounds in game. The tribe numbers 

 less than one hundred and fifty souls, and the primitive customs are fast 

 giving way to the modern innovations of civilization. 



In the accompanying vocabulary, which was obtained in 1884, a peculi- 

 arity will be observed in the terms of relationship which is of more than 

 ordinary interest, especially terms which indicate a relative as living, or 

 dead, changes being made after the demise of an individual because the 

 name of the dead is not spoken aloud or in the presence of other relatives. 



The words are spelled phonetically, with the addition of a letter or two 

 to simplify orthography, and a few characters as explained below : 



a, has the sound of a in father. 



a, " " " " " " law. 



q. " " " " ch, in the German nicht. 



x, " " " " gh, " " Arabic gh, or German nacht. 



" , ' , placed over vowels indicate respectively, short and long sounds. 



', indicates an interruption in sound. 



', the accent indicates accented letters, or syllables. 



n , the superior n , as in e' 1 , indicates nasalized sounds of letters to which 

 it may be attached. 



Italicized letters are whispered. 



FROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXIII. 123. 2T. PRINTED APRIL 15, 1886. 



