lor. 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM. 1907. 



Miller, Gerrit S., -Tr. A new name 

 for the genus Rhynchonycteris 

 Peters. 



Proe. Biol Soc. Wash.. \\. .h 



11', 1907, p. 65. 

 Tthynchiscus proposed as n substi 

 tute for the preoccupied lihynchonyc- 

 tcris, a genus of Emballonurine bats. 



— The families anil genera of 



bats. 



Bull. I ■'. S. \'at. Urn., No. 57, June 

 29, 1907, pp. i-xvii, 1 2S2, 

 pis. [-xi v, figs. 1- 19. 



Based chiefly on material in the 

 r. S. National Museum, but also in 

 pari (in material in the museums of 

 London, Paris, Leiden, and Berlin. 

 A new classification of existing 

 bats, primarily based on skeletal and 

 dental characters. Pp. 2 12, history 

 of the classification of bats : pp. 12 13 

 the anatomy of bats, especially the 

 structure of the teeth and of the 

 shoulder; pp. 13—201, full synonymies, 

 description, geographic distribution, 

 and keys to all the genera, subfamilies, 

 and families of the order Chiroptera, 

 wiili lists of the recognized species in 

 each genus, and the designation of its 

 type. New genera: Dcf.malopex, p. 00; 

 Xcnoctcncs, p. 124. 



Osgood, Wilfred II. Four new pockel 

 mice. 



Proc. Biol N-»'. Wash., \\. Feb 

 ruarj 23, 1907. pp. 19 22. 

 Based on ma teria 1 in 1 he Biologiea I 

 Survey collection. New species: Pero- 

 gnathus bombycinus, p. 19. New sub- 

 species: Perognathus penicillatus sic- 

 cus, p. l'o : /'. penicillatus ammophilus, 

 p. 20; /'. Npinatus maydalcnir, p. 21. 



A collection of mammals from 

 the region of Mount McKinley, 

 Alaska. 



Pn,e. Biol Roc. Wash., w. April 

 is. 1907, pp. 59 04. 

 A list nt' the mammals occurring 

 about the northeastern base of Mount 

 McKinley, Alaska, based mainlj on 

 specimens in the Biological Survey col- 

 lection, received from Mr. Charles Shel- 

 don. New subspecies: Microtia* mill 

 i itsorcas, p. ni . 



A specimen of Bison oeciden- 

 t.ilis from northwestern Canada. 



Proc. Biol Hoc. Wash., \\. June 

 il', 1007, p. or.. 

 A record of Bison occidentals from 

 near Selkirk, Yukon Territory, received 

 by the Biological Survey from Mr. j 

 Charles Sheldon. 



Stejneger, Leonhard. The origin of 

 the so-called Atlantic animals and 

 plants of western Norway. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., xlviii, 

 pt. I. No. 1699, Maj 4, 1907, 

 pp. 15S "'1 3, pis. r.xvt i-i.xx. fig. 

 124. 

 An attempt i > ace. Hint for the ex 

 istence in western Norway of a com 

 plex association of plants and terres- 

 trial animals not found elsewhere in 

 Norway except as manifest peripheral 

 radiations from a secondary center of 

 distribution. The portion of this 

 paper dealing with mammals is partly 

 based on specimens in the Division of 

 Mammals. Cerrus atlanticiis, <'at. 

 No. 143179, is illustrated on pis. i.xvu. 

 lxviii, and on fig. 124. 



BIRDS. 



Allen, .1. A. The Bseolophus bieolor- 

 atricristatns group. 



Bull A met: Mux. Xat. Hist., xxm. 

 June 11'. 1907, pp. 107 181. 

 Discusses the subject of hybrididza- 

 tioii. with especial reference to the 

 present group, and gives a detailed ac- 

 count of the geographic variation, meas- 

 urements, etc., of the material exam 

 ined. The conclusion is reached that 

 Bwolophus bicolor tcxenis and /.'. atri- 

 eristatus castaneifrons are hybrids, 

 thus bearing out Mr. Uidgway's recent 

 determina I ions. 

 Bangs, Outram. < >n the wood rails, 

 genns Aramides, occurring north of 

 Panama. 



liner. Naturalist, xi.i. No. 4s.",, 

 March, 1907, pp. 177 -187. 

 A review of the Mexican and Central 

 American forms of the genus A ra m ides, 

 of which five are recognized as valid. 

 Aramides albirentris mexicanus (p. 

 is.", i. is described as new. 



Notes on birds from Costa 

 Rica ami < 'liit'iqtii. with descriptions 

 of now forms and new records for 

 < 'osla Rica. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix. July 

 30, 1900, pp. 101-112. 

 Notes on '_"_' genera and species, of 

 which the following are here described 

 for the firsl time: Pyrrhura hoffmanni 

 gaudens, p. 103; Eumomota supercili- 

 aris australis, p. 104; Saucerottca 

 cyanura impatiens, p. lot; Hypocne- 

 mis nwrioides capnitis, p. 107; Xeni 

 cops is rari<gaticcps idoneus. p. 108; 

 Tliryorehilus ridgirayi, p. ins; Cyan- 

 olyca blundita, p. 109; and Chlorospin- 

 'jus rcgionalis, p. 112. 



