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Article XII. MAMMALS FROM THE STATES OF SINALOA 



AND JALISCO, MEXICO, COLLECTED BY J. H. BATTY 



DURING 1904 AND 1905. 



By J. A. ALLEN. 

 PLATES XX.-XXXIII. 



The collections which form the basis of the present paper were 

 made by Mr. J. H. Batty in 1904 and 1905, in continuation of his 

 work in Mexico begun in Durango in 1903. During his three years' 

 work in Mexico as a collector for this Museum Mr. Batty 1 has sent in 

 large collections of mammals and birds, and many reptiles and other 

 natural history specimens, mainly from the States of Durango, Sinaloa, 

 and Jalisco, but including mammals and birds collected in Lower 

 California in October, 1903. Reports upon some of these collections 

 have already appeared in this Bulletin, 2 and others will follow as his 

 work proceeds. 



In this connection, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to 

 Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the Biological Survey, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and to the authorities of the U. S. National 

 Museum, for the loan of specimens for use in the present connection ; 

 to Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., Assistant Curator of Mammals, U. S. 

 National Museum, for assistance in identifying various species of 

 Bats; to Mr. A. H. Howell, Assistant, Biological Survey, for similar 

 aid in respect to species of Reithrodontomys ; and to Mr. Wilfred H. 



J As this paper is passing through the press a telegram has reached the Museum, sent by his 

 assistant, Mr. Sterling Rohlfs, announcing that on May 27, 1906, Mr Batty was instantly killed by 

 the accidental discharge of his gun while collecting for this Museum at Pijijiapam. Chiapas, Mexico. 

 Mr. Batty was a collector of wide experience in tropical America, and was especially successful in 

 securing the larger Carnivores. He was a man of great energy and determination, an enthusiastic 

 collector and hunter, fearless almost to a fault. He was under engagement with this Museum to 

 continue his work across Guatemala, and afterward to visit the Cauca region of southwestern Col- 

 ombia. His tragic death is thus a serious loss. 



Mr. Batty was born at Springfield, Mass., about 60 years ago, but apparently retained his re- 

 markable physical vigor unabated to the end. He fitted for college, but early abandoned his 

 college course for, to him doubtless, more attractive pursuits, and spent his life as a taxidermist 

 and natural history collector. He was the author of a work on taxidermy, and published one or 

 two other books. 



2 i. List of Mammals collected by Mr. J. H. Batty in New Mexico and Durango, with De- 

 scriptions of New Species and Subspecies. By J. A. Allen. This Bulletin, Vol. XIX, 1903, pp. 

 587-612. Published Nov. 12, 1903. Donna Ana Co., New Mexico, 7 species, 123 specimens; 

 northwestern Durango, 34 species, 485 specimens. Seven species and 7 subspecies described as 

 new. 



2. Further Notes on Mammals from Northwestern Durango. By J. A. Allen. Ibid., Vol. 

 XX, 1904, pp. 205-210. Published May 28, 1904. Sixty specimens, 17 species, adding 6 to the 

 former list (2 new), making a total of 40 species. 



3. List of Birds collected in Southern Sinaloa, Mexico, by J. H. Batty, during 1903-1904. 

 By Waldron De Witt Miller. Ibid., Vol. XXI, pp. 339-369- Published Nov. 24, 1905. Number 

 of specimens, 1164, representing 160 species, i new subspecies. 



4. List of Birds collected in Northwestern Durango, Mexico, by J. H. Batty, during 1903. 

 By Waldron De Witt Miller. Ibid., Vol. XXII, pp. 161-183. Published June 2, '1906. Number 

 of specimens, 829, representing 132 species. 



