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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



177. A new Bear from the Alaska Peninsula. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, 



pp. 141-143, pll. xxx, and xxxi, April 12, 1902. 



Ursus merriami sp. nov. Skull and dentition figured. 



178. A new Sheep from the Kenai Peninsula. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, 



pp. 145-148, and 2 text figures, April 23, 1902. 



Ovis dalli kenaiensis subsp. nov. 



179. Description of a new Caribou from Northern British Columbia, and remarks 



on Rangifer montanus. <BulL Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, pp. 149-158, 

 and 6 text figures. April 16, 1902. 



Rangifer osborni, sp. nov.; skulls of true Rangifer montanus figured. 



180. Nomenclatorial Notes on American Mammals. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



XVI, pp. 159-168, July 1, 1902. 



Alee Blumenbach (1803 [lege 1799]) replaces Megaceros Owen (1844) for the extinct Irish 

 Elk. Alee (non Blumenbach, Alces auct.) is changed to Paralces, nom. nov., p. 160. Dama 

 vs. Odocoileus is again considered, anent comment on the case by Osgood. The names of the 

 Peccaries, both generic and specific, are discussed, and a list of the species with their synonymy 

 is given, the specific name pecari Fisher (1814) replacing albirostris Illiger (1815) and also 

 labiatus Cuvier (1817). Sciurus rufwenter E. Geoffroy (1803) is adopted in place of S. ludo- 

 vicianus Custis (1806). 



181. List of Mammals collected in Alaska by the Andrew J. Stone Expedition of 



1901. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, pp. 215-230, July 12, 1902. 



An annotated list of 26 species, with field notes by J. D. Figgins, collector. 



182. A Preliminary Study of the South American Opossums of the Genus Didel- 



phis. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, pp. 249-279, Aug. 18, 1902. 



A monographic revision, with copious tables of measurements. Subspp. nov.: (1) 

 Didelphis marsupialis insularis, p. 259; (2) D. m. elensis, p. 262; (3) D. paraguayensis 

 andina, p. 272; (4) D. p. meridensis, p. 274. D. paraguayensis Oken (1816) replaces 

 D. aurita Temminck (1825). 



183. Mammal Names proposed by Oken in his 'Lehrbuch der Zoologie.' <Bull, 



Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, pp. 373-379, Oct. 11, 1902. 



Generic names considered available are Citellus, Grison, Tayra, Thos, Panthera, Tigris, 

 Leo. The specific names considered available, or as rendering invalid later similar names, 

 are Lepus chilensis, for the Argentine Viscacha; Hystrix paraguayensis, for Spiggurus spinosa 

 F. Cuvier; Felis (Lynx) brasiliensis, unidentifiable with certainty, but precludes a later 

 Felis brasiliensis (as of Schinz and F. Cuvier) ; Felis (Panthera) mexicana = Felis mexicana 

 Desm. of even date. 



184. A new Caribou from Ellesmere Land. <Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, 



pp. 409-412, with 2 text figures, Oct. 31, 1902. 



Rangifer pearyi sp. nov. 



185. The Hair Seals (Family Phocidae) of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. 



<Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, pp. 459-499, with 10 text figures, 

 Dec. 12, 1902. 



Nomenclature; sexual differences in dentition; revision of the North Pacific species 

 (11 species and subspecies are recognized), the following new: (1) Phoca hispida gichigensis, 

 p. 488; (2) Phoca ochotensis macrodens, p. 483; (3) Phoca stejnegeri, p. 485; (4) Phoca rich- 

 ardii pribilofensis; (5) Phoca richardii geronimensis, p. 495. 



Phoca nigra Pallas (p. 483 footnote) suggested as apparently available for Callorhinus 

 curilensis (see infra, No. 192). 



