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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



LUCAS, Frederic A. — Contiuned. 



The Fur-seal investigation of 1897. 



Science (New series), vi, No. 145, Oct. 15, 

 1897, pp. 568, 569. 

 A resum6 of the work of the Fur-seal Com- 

 mission of 1897. 



Report of death of pups from Unci- 



naria. 



Observations on the Fur-seals of the Pribilof 

 Islands. Second Preliminary Report, by 

 David Starr Jordan, 1897, (Appendix 1), 

 pp. 32-34. 

 Shows that large numbers of young Fur- 

 seals die from the f.ttacks of a parasitic worm 

 of the genus Uncinaria; describes the symp- 

 toms and duration of the plague, and shows 

 that deaths from this cause are not to be con- 

 fused with deaths from starvation. 



McGregor, R. C. Note on Speotyto 

 cunicularta ohscura Stephens. 



Auk, XV, No. 2, April, 1898, p. 187. 

 Measurements and comparisons made by 

 the writer tend to show that Speotyto cunicu- 

 laria ohscura Stephens is merely a small 

 individual of the ordinary Burrowing Owl of 

 the west. 

 MASON, Otis Tufton. Geographical 

 distribution of the musical bow. 



Am. Anthropologist, X, Nov., 1897, No. 11, 

 pp. 377-380. 

 This paper de.scribes the musical bow fo\ind 

 among African and American tribes. The 

 author expresses his belief that stringed in- 

 struments were not known to any of the abo- 

 rigines of the "Western Hemisphere before 

 Columbus. 

 MEARNS, Edgar A. Descriptions of six 

 new mammals from North America. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus.,xix, No. 1121, July 

 17, 1897, pp. 719-724. 



Preliminary diagnoses of nevs^ mam- 

 mals of the genera Lynx, Urocyon, Spilo- 

 (jale, and Mephitis, from the Mexican 

 boundary line. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xx. No. 112G. Dec. 24, 



1897, pp. 457-461. 



Preliminary diagnoses of new mam- 

 mals of tlie genera Mephitis, Dorcela- 

 pliHS, and Dicotyles, from the Mexican 

 border of the United States. 



• Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xx, No. 1129, Dec. 24, 

 1897, pp. 467-471. 



■ Preliminary diagnoses of new mam- 

 mals of the genera Scinrus, Castor, 

 Neotoma, and Sigmodon, from the Mexi- 

 can border of the United States. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xx. No. 1132, Jan. 17, 



1898, pp. 501-505. 



MEEK, Seth Eugene. 



(See under B. W. Evermann.) 



MERRIAM, C. Hart. Syrnium occiden- 

 tale caurinum, a new owl from the Pu- 

 get Sound region. 



Auk, XV, No. 1, Jan., 1898, pp. 39, 40. 

 Anew owl from Mount Vernon, "Wash., is 

 hero described. 



MERRILL, George Perkins. Notes on 

 the geology and natural liistory of the 

 peninsula of Lower California. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst., (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1895 (1897), pp. 969-994, pis. 1-10. 



MILLER, Gerrit S., jr. Revision of 

 the North American bats of the family 

 Vespertilionidw. 



North Am.. Fauna, No. 13, Oct. 16, 1897, 

 pp. 1-140, pis. i-ni, figs. 1-40. 

 A detailed synopsis of the Yespertilionidce 

 known to occur north of Panama and in the 

 West Indies. Special attention is given to 

 nomenclature, keys, and descriptions. Nine 

 new forms are recognized among the 46 forms 

 known to inhabit the region. 



Description of a new rodent of the 



genus Idiurus. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii. Mar. 24, 1898, 

 pp. 73-76. figs. 15-19. 

 Idiurus macrotis, n. sp., is described. 



A new rabbit from Margarita Is- 

 land, Venezuela. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, Apr. 30, 1898, 

 pp. 97, 98. 

 Le2>us margaritce, n. sp., is described. 



A new chipmunk from northeastern 



China. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Aug. 1, 1898 

 pp. 348-350. 

 Eutamias senescens, sp. nov., is described. 



List of bats collected by Dr. W. L. 



Abbott in Siam. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., July 25, 1898, 

 pp. 316-325. 

 Oynoj)terus angulatus, n. sp., Keriroula mi- 

 nuta, n. sp., and Emballonura penintularis, 

 n. sp., are described. 

 MOORE, Charles. The Ontonagon 

 copper bowlder in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1895 (1897), pp. 1021-1030, pis. 1, 2. 



NELSON, E. W. Descriptions of new 

 birds from the Tres Marias Islands, 

 western Mexico. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, Jan. 27, 1898, 

 pp. 5-11. 

 Eleven species and subspecies from the Tres 



