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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1911. 



Hrdlicka, Ales. Some results of re- 

 cent anthropological explorations in 

 Peru. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 56, 

 No. 16, 1911, pp. 1-16, 

 pis. 1-4. 



This paper gives the local ob- 

 servations made on the collecting 



Hrdlicka, Ales — Continued. 



grounds in Peru, with general ob- 

 servations, anthropological and 

 medical, on the skeletal material. 

 It includes some archeological 

 notes, with illustrations of some 

 highly interesting objects ; and a 

 bibliography of the physical an- 

 thropology of Peru. 



HISTORY. 



Casanowicz, I. Die Smithsonische 

 Stiftung und das National Museum 

 in Washington, D. C. 



Kalender fur Deutsche 

 Presbyterische Gemeiriden, 

 1911, pp. 52-58, with 2 

 plates. 



Casanowicz, I. — Continued- 



Contains a description of the 

 origin, development, and activi- 

 ties of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, the National Museum, and 

 the other branches of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



MAMMALS. 



Andrews, Roy C. A new porpoise 

 from Japan. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



30, Art. 4, May 16, 1911, 



pp. 31-51. 



Describes Phoccenoides truei, 



new genus and new species, in 



American Museum of Natural 



History. United States National 



Museum material examined in 



preparation of paper. 



Cary, Merritt. A new pocket mouse 

 from Wyoming. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 24, March 22, 1911, p. 61. 

 Describes Perognathus fasciatus 

 litus. 



Elliott, D. G. Descriptions of some 

 new species of monkeys of the gen- 

 era Pithecus and Pygathrix col- 

 lected by Dr. W. L. Abbott and pre- 

 sented to the United States National 



Museum. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, 



No. 1751, Aug. 6, 1910, 



pp. 343-352. 



Describes Pithecus lapsus, P. 



agnatus, P. lingungensis, P. lau- 



tensis, P.- sirhassenensis, P. vitiis, 



P. carimatw, P. mandibularis, P. 



baweanus, P. cupidus, P. lingw, P. 



impudens, P. capitalis, Pygathrix 



ultima, P. flavicauda, P. sanctorum. 



Goldman, E. A. Revision of the wood 

 rats of the genus Neotoma. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. 31, 

 Oct. 19, 1910, pp. 1-124, 

 pis. 1-8, figs. 1-14. 

 A detailed revision of th« wood- 



Goldman, E. A. — Continued. 



rats of North America, based pri- 

 marily on material in United 

 States National Museum, including 

 Department of Agriculture collec- 

 tion. Describes Homodontomys, 

 p. 86. 



Heller, Edmund. Descriptions of 

 seven new species of East African 



mammals. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 



56, No. 9, July 22, 1910, 



pp. 1-5, pis. 1-3. 



Describes Tatera varia, T. pothw, 



Epimys panya, E. niveiveutria 



ulw, E. endorobw, Tachyoryctes 



rex, Crocidura alpina. 



New species of insectivores 



from British East Africa, Uganda, 

 and the Sudan. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 56, No. 15, Dec. 23, 1910, 

 pp. 1-8, 1 pi. 

 Describes Erinaceus sotikw, Cro- 

 cidura sururce, C. mutesw, C. 

 nilotica, C. maanjw, C. lutrella, 

 C. planiceps, C. Uttoralis, Helioso- 

 rex, Heliosorex roosevelti, Sylviso- 

 rex gemmeus, Elephantulus phwus. 



New species of rodents and 



carnivores from Equatorial Africa. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 

 56, No. 17, Feb. 28, 1911, 

 pp. 1-16. 

 Describes Heliosciurus multi- 

 color madogo?, Paraxerus kahari, 

 Oraphiurus personatus, Dendromus 

 spectabilis, D. lineatus, Mus mus- 

 culoides emesi, Mus wamm, Mus 

 tenellus acholi, Mus gratus sun- 



