108 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDIES 
STONE, WITMER, AND CRAM, WM. E. American Animals. Doubleday, Page & Co. 
Ig02. 318 pages. $3. 
Deals with mammals, not animals in general. A general account in popular language 
of the various families and some of the principal species, with brief descriptions and notes 
on habits. Many full-page illustrations. Though chiefly eastern, very useful in the West 
in the absence of recent elaborate manuals such as we have of the birds. 
BAIRD, SPENCER F. Monograph of the Mammals. Pac. R.R. Survey Repts. Vol. VIII. 
1857. 
Includes all mammals known in the United States to time of publication and many 
plates. Though old, it is still almost indispensable to students of mammals, but must be 
used with caution, as many more species are now known and nomenclature is ancient. 
Exuiott, D. G. Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and the Adjacent Seas. 
Field-Columbian Museum, Zodl. Ser., Vol. II. 1901. Also supplement, Vol. II, 
No. 2. 
Very briefly describes the species, with numerous figures, mostly of skulls. Very 
important, bringing together the described species. 
WARREN, EDWARD R. The Mammals of Colorado. Colorado College Public., Vol. IX, 
PPp- 225-274. 1906. 
Gives known range of all species recorded for the state up to time of publication, with 
bibliography. A great aid to students of Colorado mammalogy and should stimulate an 
interest in the subject. 
CouEs, ELLIOTT, AND ALLEN, J. A. Monograph of North American Rodentia. U. S. 
Geol. & Geog. Sur. Terr. (Hayden Survey), Mon. Vol. XI. 1877. 
An elaborate descriptive manual of rodents in a thick quarto volume, indispensable 
to mammalogists, the order including a large proportion of our mammals. 
CouEs, ELLiotr. Fur-Bearing Animals: A monograph of North American Mustelide- 
U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Terr. (Hayden Survey), Miscel. Pub. No. 8. 1877. 
Gives descriptions and copious notes on habits of wolverines, martens, ermines, minks, 
weasels, skunks, badgers and otters. 
ALLEN, HARRISON. A Monograph of the Bats of North America. U.S. Natl. Mus., 
Bull. No. 43. 1893. 
ROOSEVELT, THEO., VANDYKE, T. S., ELtiotr, D. G., AND Stone, A. J. The Deer 
Family. The Macmillan Co. 1903. 325 pages. $2. 
A general account, in popular style, of the species of deer, etc., including the prong- 
horn antelope, which does not belong to that family. 
WHITNEY, CASPER, GRINNELL, GEO. B., AND WISTER, OWEN. Muskox, Bison, Sheep 
and Goat. The Macmillan Co. 1904. 274 pages. $2. 
Of same nature as The Deer Family. 
BURROUGHS, JOHN. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 144 
pages. 60 cts. 
A very entertaining account of squirrels, woodchucks, rabbits, skunks, foxes, weasels, 
minks, raccoons, porcupines, opossums, mice, etc., in popular language. Interesting to 
all, especially valuable for children. 
WRIGHT, MABEL Oscoop. Four-footed Americans and Their Kin. The Macmillan Co. 
432 pages. $1.50. 
Natural-history facts told in fine story form for young folks. Well illustrated. 
