MAMMALS. 



55 



U. S. Geol.-in-Charge), Vol. XI. Washington: Govern. Printing Office, 

 August, 1877. 4°, pp. i-x, 1-1091, pll. i-v. 



The following by J. A. Allen: — - 



Monograph II. Leporidae, pp. 265-378. Mon. III. Hystricidae, pp. 379-398. Mon. 

 IV. Lagomyidse, pp. 399-414. Mon. V. Castoroididae, pp. 415-426. Mon. VI. Casto- 

 ridae, pp. 427-454. Mon. XI. Sciuridae, pp. 631-940. Appendix A. Synoptical List of 

 the Fossil Rodentia of North America, pp. 943-950. 



Fam. nov. Castoroididae, p. 419; Lcpus sylvaticus var. arizonse, var. nov., p. 332; Lepus 

 graysoni, sp. nov., p. 347; Lepus brasiliensis var. gabbi, var. nov., p. 419; Tamias asiaticus 

 var. borealis, var. nov., p. 793. 



Respecting Mon. XI, Sciuridae, see Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXIV, p. 153, 

 May 17, 1915 (infra, No. 259). 



37. Material for Bibliography of North American Mammals. Prepared by Theo- 



dore Gill and Elliott Coues. Appendix B to Coues and Allen's 'Monographs 

 of North American Rodentia,' pp. 951-1081, August, 1877. 



"In the labor of preparing this matter for the press, which has devolved upon Dr. Coues, 

 much assistance has been rendered by Mr. Allen, who has kindly revised the proofs, adding 

 some titles, and making many valuable suggestions." — - Gill and Coues, I. c, p. 951. 



"Q. — Addenda" to the foregoing, pp. 1074-1081. "For most of the following titles, 

 about 250, the compilers are indebted to the kind attentions of Mr. J. A. Allen. They were 

 received during the printing of the Bibliography, but too late for insertion under their proper 

 heads, and represent, in particular, many important palaeontological papers by Leidy, Marsh 

 and Cope." — Gill and Coues, 1. c., p. 1074. 



38. Northern Range of the Bison. <Amer. Nat., XI, No. 10, Oct., 1877, p. 624. 



Its presence on the Peace and Hay Rivers, near Great Slave Lake, recorded on informa- 

 tion received from E. W. Nelson. 



39. American Insectivorous Mammals. <Amer. Nat., XI, No. 10, Oct., 1877, pp. 



613-615. (Anonymous.) 



Review of Coues's 'Precursory Notes on American Insectivorous Mammals,' etc. (Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., Ill, pp. 631-653, May, 1877). 



40. North American Fur-bearing Animals. <Amer. Nat., XI, No. 10, Oct., 1877, 



pp. 617-619. (Anonymous.) 



Review of Coues's "Fur-bearing Animals," 1877. 



41. Cope's Vertebrate Palaeontology of New Mexico. <Amer. Nat., XI, No. 12, 



Dec, 1877, pp. 750-753. (Anonymous.) 



Review of Vol. IV, pt. ii, of Report U. S. Geogr. Surv. West of One Hundredth Meridian. 



1878. 



42. The Geographical Distribution of the Mammals, considered in relation to the 



principal ontological regions of the earth, and the laws that govern the dis- 

 tribution of animal life. <Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., IV, No. 2, 

 pp. 313-377, May, 1878. 



Contents: — I. Distribution of mammalian life in the Northern Hemisphere, considered 

 in relation to laws of geographical distribution, pp. 313-329. — Historical resume, with critical 

 analysis of views of Sclater and Wallace. 



II. — Mammalian regions of the Globe, pp. 329-373. — (1) Arctic Realm; (2) North 

 Temperate Realm; (3) Tropical Realm; (4) South American Temperate Realm; (5) Indo- 

 African Realm; (6) Australian Realm; (7) Lemurian Realm; (8) Antarctic Realm. 



The realms are divided into regions and provinces. 



III. — - General Summary, pp. 373-377, with diagram of realms, regions and provinces. 



