394 The American Naturalist. [ April, 
for taking the utmost advantage of the semi-darkness, but the kiwi, ` 
finding its prey by scent alone, has developed an extraordinarily per- 
fect olfactory sense, while at the same time, having no need to keep 
watch against beasts of prey, its eyes have diminished in size and 
efficiency to a degree elsewhere unknown in the bird class.”—(New 
Zealand Jour. Sci., March, 1891.) 
Mammals from the Galapagos Islands.—The mammals col- 
lected by Dr. Baur on the Salisbury Expedition to the Galapagos 
Islands were sent to Mr. J. A. Allen for identification. The collection 
numbers 12 specimens, representing 4 species, of which 2 prove to be 
_ introduced species of Mus. The other species are both new, one a bat, 
Atalapha brachyotis, the other a mouse, Oryzomys baurii, closely related 
to O. galapagéénsis. The only other species of mammals thus far 
reported from the Galapagos Islands are two species of Eared Seals, 
Otaria jubata (Forst.) and Arctocephalus australis (Zimm.), which 
were obtained by the Hassler Expedition. The list of known indige- 
nous species thus numbers only five—(Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. pki 
Vol. iv.) 
