L32 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Allen, Glover M. The Louisiana deer. Amer. nat., xxxv, p. 449-454,. 

 text fig. 1-3. June, 1901. 



Odocoelus virginianus louisianae subsp. now The generic name Odocoi- 

 leus is altered to Odocoelus, and the specific name americanus Erxleben is- 

 rejected in favor of virginianus Boddaert. 

 Allen, J. A. The musk oxen of arctic America and Greenland. Bull. Amer. 

 mus. nat. hist., xiv. p. 69-86, pi. xn-xvi, text fig. 1-7. March 27(:=30), 1901. 

 Detailed comparison of Ovibos wardi and 0. moschatus. Notes on the 

 distribution of the two animals. The name Ovibos pearyi Allen MS, 

 cited (p. 70) "as a provisional synonym " that may be applied to the form 

 occurring in (irinnell Land if this proves to be distinct from O. wardi. 

 Allen. J. A. Description of a new caribou from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 

 Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist,, xiv, p. 143-148, text fig. 1-4. May 28, 1901. 

 Rang if er stonei. 

 Allen, J. A. A preliminary study of the North American opossums of the 

 genus Didelphis. Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 149-188, pi. xxn-xxv. 

 June 15, 1901. 



Contents: introduction (p. 149), skull and dentition (p. 152), sexual 

 variation (p. 153), variation due to age, etc. (p. 155), nasal bones (p. 157), 

 supernumerary teeth, and other abnormalities (p. 158), changes in color 

 of the ears with age (p. 159), nomenclature (p. 159), synopsis of species 

 ami subspecies (p. 160), postscript (p. 179), tables of measurements and 

 ratios (p. 180). The following forms are recognized: Didelphis virginiana 

 Kerr, D. v. pigra Bangs, D. marsupialis Linnaeus, I), m. texensis subsp. 

 nov., D. m. tabascensis subsp. now, I), richmondi sp. now, D. yucatanensis 

 sp. nov. The name Didelphis nelsoni occurs as a nomen nudum on page 

 160 (footnote). 

 Allen, J. A. The generic names Myrmecophaga and Tamandua, and the spec- 

 ific names of the opossums of the genus Didelphis. Proc. biol. soc. Washing- 

 ton, xiv, p. 91-93. June 19, 1901. 



The great anteater should be known as Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Tam- 



anduas should replace Tamandua and Uroleptes, and the name Didelphis 



marsupialis should be restricted to the large opossum of Mexico, leaving 



D. virginiana for the animal of the eastern United States. 



Allen, J. A. Descriptions of two new opossums of the genus Metachirus. 



Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 213-218. July 3, 1901. 



Metachirus fuscogriseus pallidus andifcf. grisescens, the latter from Colom- 

 bia. M. fuscogriseus recorded from Greytown and Bluefields, Nicaragua. 

 Allen. J. A. The generic names of the Mephitinae. Bull. Amer. mus. nat. 

 hist., xiv, p. 325-334. November 12, 1901. 



The common skunks should be known as Mephitis, the striped skunks as 



