GENERAL NOTES 283 



XENOGALE, allied to llcrpcstes^ Iclwumia and Atilax, 

 for X. microdon, another new species, both discoveries due 

 to the explorations of the American Museum Congo 

 Expedition. The generic names of Mungos and Herpestes 

 are discussed and it is sliown that the Banded Mungoose, 

 formerly known by the name of Crossarchus fasclatus 

 (Desmarest) should bear the name of Mungos mungo 

 (Gmelin), and Herpestes (which was replaced by Mungos 

 in 1907) is applicable to the thin-tailed mungooses of the 

 ichneumon group. 



A 'New Sulispecies of Beaver from North Dakota. 



By Vernon Bailey. 

 Notes on the Fox Squirrels of South-eastern United 



States. By Arthur H. Howell. 



These are devoted to shorter articles, included amongst 

 which we may note " An easy method of cleaning Skulls '^ 

 by A. Brazier Howell, and ^^Why should every specimen 

 be named ", by C. Hart Merriam. 



Recent Literature, containing reviews and lists of papers 

 upon mammals. 



Editorial Comment, containing a brief history of the 

 foundation of the society. 



By-laics and Rules of the American Society of Mamma- 

 log ists. 



The second number of the Journal, published in Feb- 

 ruary, 1920, contains fifty-nine pages, two plates and five 

 text-figures. It comprises nine articles, covering the wide 

 field of operations of the Society, besides the shorter 

 papers contained in the General Notes, Recent Literature, 

 Correspondence and Editorial Comment. Of special im- 

 portance to African students may be mentioned, ^' For a 

 study of Life Histories'', by Ernest Thompson Seton, in 

 which the writer advocates schedule methods in order to 

 avoid overlooking important details, and in the " General 

 Notes" a contribution on the '^Technical Names of Two 



