CONTENTS 



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Officers and committees for 1896 v 



Proceedings vii-xvi 



A Review of tlie Weasels of Eastern North America, by Outram 



Bangs 1-24 



The Florida Deer, by Outram Bangs 25-28 



Fourth List of Additions to the Flora of Washington, D. C, by 



Theo. Holm 29-43 



On a Small Collection of Mammals from Lake Edward, Quebec, 



by Outram Bangs 45-52 



Description of a New Species of Plover from the East Coast of 



Madagascar, by Charles W. Richmond 53-54 



Revision of the Lemmings of the Genus Synapiomys, Avith De- 

 scriptions of New Si:»ecies, by Dr. C. Hart Mei'riam 55 64 



Preliminary Synopsis of the American Bears, by Dr. C. Hart 



Merriam 65-83 



The Purple-Flowered, Stemless Violets of the Atlantic Coast, by 



Charles Louis Pollard 85-92 



List of iMammals of the District of Columbia, by Vernon Bailey . 93-101 



The Earliest Record of Arctic Plants, by Theo. Holm 103-107 



The Central x\meriean Tlujroptera, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 109-112 



Note on the Milk Dentition oi Desmodus, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 1 J 3-114 

 A New Fir from Arizona, Abies arizoiiica, by Dr. C. Hart Mer- 

 riam 115-118 



The Cotton Mouse, Peromyscus gossypmus, by Outram Bangs 119-125 



Juncus corifusus, a New Rush from the Rocky Mountain Region, 



by Frederick V. Coville 127-130 



Ribes erythrocarpum, a New Currant from the Vicinity of Crater 



Lake, Oregon, by Frederick V. Coville 131-132 



An Undescribed Shrew of the Genus Sorex, by Charles F. Batch- 

 elder 133-134 



Some New Mammals from Indian Territory and IMissouri, by 



Outram Bangs 135-138 



The Skunks of the Genus Mepldtis of Eastern North America, b}' 



Outram Bangs 139-144 



A Review of the Squirrels of Eastern North America, by Outram 



Bangs 145-167 



Romerolagus nelsord, a New Genus and Species of Rabbit from 

 Mexico, by Dr. C. Hart Merriam 169-174 



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