112 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Swartu, H. S. 
Two new species of Marmots from north-western America. 
University of California Publications in Zoology, February 18, 1911, 
vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 201-204. 
The new species described are—Marmota vancouverensis, Vancouver 
Island Marmot, from Vancouver island, B.C., and Marmota ochracea, 
Yukon Marmot, from Forty mile creek, Yukon and Alaska. 
T., D. W. (THompson, D’Arcy W.) 
The Fur-seal Question. 
Nature, July 13, 1911, vol. 87, No. 2176, pp. 46-48, with text figure. 
Includes information regarding the habits of the fur-seals at their 
breeding grounds. 
THOMAS, OLDFIELD. 
The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnæus; an Attempt to fix the 
Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the species. 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911, March, part I, 
pp. 120-158. 
The type localities of the following species are included:—‘ Phoca 
rosmarus,” Odobenus rosmarus, northern Atlantic. Odobenus. 
“Ursus luscus,’’ American Glutton, Hudson bay. Gulo. | 
“Hystrix dorsata,’’ Canadian Porcupine, Hudson bay. Erethizon. 
“ Balena mysticetus,”’ Greenland Right Whale, Greenland seas. Balæna. 
ZooLoGICAL Society oF LONDON, PROCEEDINGS OF. 
The Secretary’s report on additions to the Society’s Menagerie during 
November, 1910. 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911, March, part I, p. 
100. 
Included in the list are the following :— 
1 American Bison (Bison americanus) born in the menagerie. 
5 Canadian Wapiti (Cervus canadensis), one male and four females, 
from Canada. 
The Secretary’s report on additions to the Society’s Menagerie during 
December, 1910. 
Idem, 1911, June, part II, p. 181. 
Included in the list are the following :— 
4 Canadian Skunks (Mephitis mephitica). 
1 Silver Fox (Vulpes argentatus), from Hudson bay. 
Exhibitions and Notices. 
Idem, 1911, June, part II, p. 181-182, text-figure 52. 
Mentions the exhibition, by Mr. Edward Gerrard, F.Z.S., of the head 
of the Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) shot by Sir John Rogers, 
K.C.M.G., in British Columbia. The head has abnormal antlers. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Baxter, J. McG. 
The Unity of Nature. 
Proceedings of Miramichi Natural History Association, No. VI, 
1911, pp. 22-28. 
