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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM^ 1912. 



Miller. Gebrit S., jr. — Continued. 



Discusses the previously un- 

 Isnown siiull and teeth of Chilo- 

 phylla from the Federated 

 Malay States. 



Nelson, E. W. Two genera of bats 

 new to Middle America. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash- 

 ington, 25, May 4, 

 1912, p. 9.3. 

 RIecordsi Dirias minor (Os- 

 good) and Macrophijllum tnacro- 

 phyllum (Wied) from Panama. 



A new subspecies of pronghorn 



antelope from Lower California. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 25. June 29, 

 1912, pp. 107, 108. 

 Describes Antilocapra ameri- 

 eana peninsularis. 



A correction of two recent names 



for mammals. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 25, June 29, 

 1912. p. 116. 



Nelson, E. W.— Continued. 



Substitutes the name Perogna- 

 thus penicillatus sei-i for Perog- 

 nuthus penicillatus goldmani 

 Townsend, and P. spinatus oc- 

 cultus for P. s. nelso7ii Towns- 

 end. 



SWARTH, H. S. 



uell.) 



(See under J. Grin- 



Taylor, Walter P. The beaver of west 

 central California. 



Vnlv. Cal. Pnh. Zool., 

 10. No. 7, May 21, 

 1912, pp. 167-169. 

 Material from the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum was vised in pre- 

 paring this paper. 



True, Frederick W. The genera of 

 fossil whalebone whales allied to 

 Balfenoptera. 



Smithsonian Misc. 



Colls., 59, No. 6, Apr. 

 3, 1912, pp. 1-8. 



BIRDS. 



Bent, A. C. A new subspecies of 



ptarmigan from the Aleutian Islands. 



Smithsonian ilisc. 



CoUs.. 56, No. 30. 



Jan. 6, 1912, pp. 1,2. 



Lagopus rupestris sanfordi is 



described as a new subspecies 



from Tanaga Island. 



Notes on birds observed during 



a brief visit to the Aleutian Islands 

 and Bering Sea in 1911. 



Smithsonirin Misc. 



Colls., 56, No. 32, 



Feb. 12, 1912, pp. 



1-29. 



Notes on habits, distribution, 



etc.. of about 70 species and 



subspecies collected or observed 



in the Aleutian Islands and in 



Bering Sea. Hi/pocentor rus- 



tica and Calliope calliope are 



new to the North American 



fauna, and Nettion crecca is 



found to be the resident teal of 



the Aleutians. 



Chapman, Frank M. Handbooli of 

 Birds I of Eastern North America | 

 with introductory chapters on | the 

 study of birds in nature | By | Frank 

 M. Chapman | [3 lines titles] | with 

 full-page plates in colors and black 

 and white | by Louis Agassiz Fuer- 

 tes I and text-cuts by Tappan Adney 



Chapman, Frank M. — Continued, 

 and Ernest Thompson Seton | re- 

 vised edition | New York and Lon- 

 don I D. Appleton and Company | 

 1912 



12mo., pp. i-xxix, 1- 

 530, pis. 1-24, figs. 

 1-136, 1 map, 1 

 color chart. 

 A condensed account of the 

 birds of Eastern North America, 

 including brief descriptions, 

 dates of nesting, times of oc- 

 currence of migratory species 

 at several points, and occasional 

 extended biographies. An 

 abridged bibliography, grouped 

 by geographical areas down to 

 States, completes the work. 



Goldman, E. A. A new kingfisher 



from Panama. 



Smithsonian Misc. 



Colls., 56, No. 27, 



Dec. 1, 1911, pp. 1, 2. 



Ceryle americana isthmica is 



described as new. 



Howell, Arthur H. Birds of Ar- 

 kansas. 



U. S. Dept. Agric, 

 Biol. Surv., Bull. 38, 

 Oct. 12, 1911, pp. 1- 

 100, pis. 1-7, figs. 

 1-4. 



