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1875.— Mulligan, J. Prairie mice. < Am. Nat. ix, 1875, pp. 515, 516. 



Rothrock, J. T. lieavc.r habits. < Am. Sports. Marcli 6, 1875. 

 1876.— [Allen, J. A.] Recent coutributions to North American mammalogy, lanon.} <Am. Nat. x, 

 187G, pp. 3(>2-3(iD. [Review of Cones's MuridiE and Zapodidai.] 

 Allen, J. A. [On the signilicance and use of the terms] " Hare " and " Rabbit ". < Forest and 



Stream, June 8, 187G. 

 Alston, E. R. On the classification of the order Glires. <Proc. Zool. Soc. Jan. 18, 1876, pp. 



61-98, pi. iv. 

 [A now suborde^-Glires hebetcdent.ati— is proposed to accommodate the genns Mesolherum of Serres, Compt 



Kcnrt. xliv, 1857, p. OCl. The Gl. daplicidenlati are divided into 2 families, the Gl. siniplicidentati into 18 



families uudor three series— Sciuromorpha, Myomorpba, and Uystricomoqiha. See anted, p. S')!.] 

 Alston, E. R. On two new species of Hesperomys [H. tegiiina (Gray, 1841!, descr. nulla), H. 



couesi. Mus tazamaca, Gray, 1843, descr. nullA— Reithrodou mexicaua, De Sauss. R. et M. Z. 



1800, 109.] < Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Nov. 21, 1876, pp. 755, 756 

 GillisB, Mrs. J. S. Prairie dogs [Cynomys ludovicianus] as pets. < Rod aud Gun, Sept. 2, 



1876. [With comment by E. Coues.] 

 GiUisa, Mrs. J. S. Pet prairie-dogs [Cynomys ludovicianus]. < Forest and Stream, Nov. 2, 1876. 

 Jameson, A. C. Singing mice. < Forest and Stream, Dec. 28, 1876. 

 Merrill, H. W. History of the prairie dog [Cynomys ludovicianus]. < Forest .and Stream, 



July 13, 1876. 

 Pierce, M. P. Singular disaster— muskrats destroying fish work. < Forest and Stream, May 



U, 1876. 

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 Trotter, S. Habits of the white-footed mouse [Hesperomys leucopus]. < Am. Nat. x, 1876, 



pp. 555, 556. 

 1877.— Barber, E. A. Notes on the beaver. < Am. Nat. xi, 1877, pp. 371, 372. 



Bishop, N. H. Introduction of a western- rodent [Spermophilus franklini] into New Jersey. 



<^ Forest and Stream, Jan. 4, 1877. 

 Goodhue, C. F. A word about flying squirrels. (Pteromys volneella and hudsonius.) < Forest 



iind Stream, May 24, 1877. 

 IngersoU, E. Wild mice and their ways. <St. Nicholas Mag. iv, June iind July, 1877, pp. 534- 



588, 6(10-603, with figg. 



[Popnlar bioKraphifs, with cuts, of several North American species.] 

 Matteson, F. S. The mountain boomer, or showtl. [Habits of H.aplodon ruins.] < Am. Nat. 



xi, July, 1877, pp. 434,435. 

 Murphy, J. M. The shewelel or showtl (Aplodontia leporina). <The London Field of May 



5, 1877. [Popular account of habits, with a cut.] 



O.— EDENTATES. 



1799._jefferson, T. A memoir on the discovery of certain bones of a quadruped [Megalonyx] of the 



clawed kind in the western parts of Virginia. < Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. iv, 1799, no. 



xxs, ](p. 24(i-260. 

 Wistar, C. A description of the [Megalonyx] bones deposited bp the president in the museum 



of the society, and represented iu the annexed plates. < Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. iv, 



1799, no. Ixxvi, pp. 526-531, with pi. 

 1800.— Cuvier, Jiaron G. Nachncht von dem Scelette ciner sehr grosseu Art von bisher unbekannten 



Vierfusser [Megatherium], welche in Paraguay gefuuden und in das naturhistorische Kabi- 



nett uach Madrid gebracht ist. (Transl.) < Wiedemann, Arehi v, i (Heft 2), 1800, pp. 208-215. 

 ■Wiedemann, C. R. W. Beschreibuug des Knochengebiiudes vom ArmadiU. <Archiv Zool. u. 



Zoot. i, lt-00, pp. 94-132. 

 1804.— Cuvier, G. Sur les megalonyx, animal de la famille des paresseux, mais de la taille du bcBuf, 



dont les ossements ont 6t6 d<Scouvert8 en Virginie en 1796. < Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, v, 



1804, pp. 358-376. 

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rhino((:'io9, dont un squelette fossile presque complet est conserve au Cabinet Royal d'Histoire 



Natureile a Madrid. <' Aun. Mua. Hist. Nat. Paris, v, 1804, pp. 376-400. 



