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REPORT ON THE MAMMALS. 



By Outram Bangs. 



The chief work in the collection of mammals during the year 

 has been that of combining the different collections in the Museum 

 into a single series, making over the old skins, and weeding out 

 useless material and duplicates. Excellent progress has been 

 made along these lines with the aid of Miss Parker and Mr. Nelson. 

 By gift, exchange, and purchase, one hundred and twenty -five 

 specimens with skulls have been added to the collection. A num- 

 ber of new storage cases have been installed, allowing a better 

 arrangement of the collections for reference and study. Material 

 has been loaned to Dr. J. A. Allen, M. W. Lyon, Jr., C. Hart 

 Merriam, G. S. Miller, Jr., E. W. Nelson, W. N. Osgood, G. H. 

 Parker, E. A. Preble, and S. N. Rhoads. The gifts to the collec- 

 tion are from A. Agassi z, 0. Bangs, Frank Bostock, W. E. Castle, 

 J. T. Clark, C. W. Dimick, and G. W. Nelson. 



I have published during the year : — 



In the Auk : — 



On a Collection of Birds made by W. W. Brown, Jr., at David and Divala, 

 Chiriqui. Vol. XVIII. pp. 355-370. 1901. 



In the American Naturalist : — 



The Mammals collected in San Miguel Island, Panama, by W. W. Brown, 

 Jr. Vol. XXXV. No. 416. pp. 631-644. 1901. 



In the Bulletin of the Museum : — 



Chiriqui Mammalia. Vol. XXXIX. No. 2. pp. 18-51. 1902. 



In The Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club : — 



Description of a New Woodpecker from Chiriqui. Vol. II. pp. 99-100. 

 1901. 



On a Second Collection of Birds made in Chiriqui by W. W. Brown, Jr. 

 Vol. III. pp. 15-70. 1902. 



Two New Birds from San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. Vol. III. 

 pp. 71-73. 1902. 



Descriptions of Two New Insular Blarinas from Eastern Massachusetts. Vol. 

 III. pp. 75-78. 1902. 



Descriptions of Ten New Birds from the Santa Marta Region of Colombia. 

 Vol. III. pp. 81-90. 1902. 



