58 



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1885. 



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A request for exact information as to its present numbers and distribution. 



57. Prairie Dog Wells. <Forest and Stream, XXIV, No. 8, p. 145, March 19, 1885. 



No evidence that prairie dogs ever burrow for water, but evidence to the contrary, and 

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58. On an Extinct Type of Dog from Ely Cave, Lee County, Virginia. <Mem. 

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1887. 



The West Indian Seal {Monachus tropicalis).<Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

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Introduction, pp. 1-3; external characters, pp. 4-6; osteological characters, pp. 6-19; 

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60. Note on Squalodont Remains from Charleston, S. C. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., II, pp. 34-39, pll. v-vi, April 25, 1887. 



Squalodon tiedemani, sp. nov., p. 34. Based on the rostral portion of a skull, with teeth 



in silu. 



61. The West Indian Seal. <Science, IX, No. 206, p. 35, Jan. 14, 1887. 



Capture of specimens by Henry A. Ward at the Triangles, off Yucatan. Habits and 

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1888. 



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64. Notes on a Collection of Mammals from Southern Mexico, with descriptions 



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An annotated list of 16 species. Spp. et subspp. nov.: (1) Sciurus alsloni, p. 167 (name 

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