204 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Description of twoiiew sjtecics ol'Mamiiiiils from Mount Kilinia-Njaro, P^ast Africa, 



by l-'rederick W. Tni<'. I'roc. U. S. Nat. Mils., vol. xiil. pp. 227-229. 

 Description of a new .s})<'cics of Mousse, Pheiiacomyn longicaudus, from Oret^on, by 



Fretlerick W. True. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., vol. Xlii, pp. 303, 304. 

 Description of a new species of Bat of the genus CarolUa, and remarks ou Carollia 



Irevicaiida, by Harrison Allen. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xiii, pp. 291-298. 

 Descriptions of two supposed species of Mice from Costa Rica aud Mexico, with 



remarks on Hcfiperomys mclntiophnjs oi' ('(mes, })y .1. A. AUom. Proc. U. S. A'at. 



Mus., vol. XIV, ])p. 193-195. 

 Notes on the liabits of the Moose in tht^ far north of British America in lS(tr>, l>y .T. 



G. Lockhart. Proc. U. S. Nat. Max.. \o]. xiii, pp. ;?0.''>-308. 



Three (•oUectorvS were in the liekltbr h)nger or shorter periods during 

 the year. Mr. 1'. L. Jouy made collections in the Koan Mountain region, 

 North Carolin;!, and later in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. 

 Mr. William Palmer visited the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, and the 

 adjacent mainland of Alaska. Mr. Wni. H. Brown, who accompanied 

 the U. S. Eclipse Exi)edition to Angola, remained in South Africa to 

 collect large mammals. 



Messrs. B. and H. Geisler were authorized to supply a series of speci- 

 mens of the mammals of New Guinea. Mr. C. K. Worthen was author- 

 ized to collect North iVmerican bats and shrews. No material has 

 been received from either of these sources during the year. Mr. PI 

 Wittkugel has collected a small number of mammals for the Museum 

 in Honduras. 



A considerable number of mammals were sent to different institu- 

 tions and individuals during the year. These were as follows: 



l.OANKl) FOR STUDY. 



To Dr J. A. Allen, American Museum of Natural History, New York — 57 ski us, 6 

 alcoholics, and 16 separate skulls of North American rodents (including 2 tyi)es), 

 and 1 skull of skunk (type). 



To Dr. Harrison Allen, Philadelphia, Pa. — 9 bats in alcohol (including 1 type). 



To Mr. Walter E. Bryant, 8an Francisco, Cal. — 2 skins of rabbits. 



To Col. Cecil Clay, Washington, D. C. — 1 skin of rodent. 



To Dr. E. A. Mearns U. S. A., Fort Snelling, Minn. — 102 skulls and 5 skins of skunks, 

 otter-s, and badgers (including 1 type). 



IN KXCHANGF, KOI! OlIIKH Sl'KCUMKNS. 



To the American Museum of Natural History, New York— 4 skins of chipmunks. 

 To the Australian Museum^l skin of the prong-horn antelope, 1 skull of the bison. 

 To the Auckland Museum, New Zealand— 15 skins and 1 alcoholic specimen of North 

 American niannnals, large and small. 



In addition to replies to correspondents of the institution, asking for 

 information on minor topics related to the work of this Department, 

 the curator wrote in full to Mr. Joshua Lindahl, curator of the Illinois 

 State Museum of Natural History, regarding the North American 

 species of opossums. Mr. E. Myer, of Carthage, Tenn., received in- 

 formation regarding a fossil porpoise-Jaw found near that town. Mr. 

 Aurelius Todd, of Eugene City, Oregon, received aUst of the principal 



