CARNIVORA., RODENTIA. 
Mamm. 27 
Otariid^e, Odob,enid,e, and Phocida:. 
Eared Seals of Galapagos ; Baur, Science (2) v, p. 956. 
Arctocephalus townsendi , n. sp., Merriam, P. Soc. Washington, xi, p. 175, 
Guadalupe I., Lower California. 
Odobcenus obesus, its characters ; Barrett-Hamilton, P. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1897, p. 266. 0. rosmarus, in Iceland; Scemundsson, Yid. 
Medd. 1897, p. 201. 
Habits of northern species of Phocidce; Robinson (266). Phoca fcetidci , 
from Norway; Collett, Arch. Naturv. Christian. 1897, p. 3. t P. 
vindobonensis, n. sp. ; Toula, Beitr. Pal. Oesterr.-Ung. xi, p. 47, 
Tertiary, Hungary. 
fCREODONTlA. 
Puerco forms ; Matthew, Bull. Amer. Mus. ix, p. 259. 
\Oxycena huerfanensis, n. sp., Osborn, t. c. p. 255, Tertiary, Colorado. 
V. RODENTIA. 
Palmer, Science (2) vi, p. 103, criticises Thomas’s arrangement of the 
order, and makes some emendations in nomenclature — notably that 
Cricetus , Cuvier, antedates Hamster , Lac^pfcde. Other emendations 
in nomenclature; Thomas, t. c. p. 485. Development of dentition; 
Adloff, Zool. Anz. xx, p. 324. Bohemian fossil Steppe Rodents; 
Nehring, N. Jahrb. Min. 1897, ii, p. 220. 
Anomalurid^e and SciuriDjE. 
Anomalurus batesi , n. sp., De Winton, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xx, p. 524, 
Gaboon district. 
Sciurus indicus dealbatus , p. 301, W. of Kandosh, i. bengalensis , p. 303, 
Bengal, &c., Blanford, J. Bombay Soc. xi ; yeruanus , J. A. Allen, 
Bull. Amer. Mus. ix, p. 1 15, Peru ; fossor anthonyi , Mearns, P. U. S. 
Mus. xx, p. 501, California; hudsonius orarius, N. California, Bangs, 
P. Soc. Washington, xi, p. 281 ; hudsonius mearnsi , N. California, 
Townsend, £. c. p. 146; jacksoni, E. Africa, De Winton, Ann. Nat. 
Hist. (6) xix, p. 575 : n. spp. & subspp. 
Xerus ( Paraxerus ) lucifer , n. sp., Thomas, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, 
p. 430, MasaKii Mts., Nyasaland; renamed Funisciurus lucifer , t. c. 
p. 932, pi. liv, the genus Sciurus being split up into seven on p. 933. 
Eutamias : notes on the group, p. 189, townsendi ochrogenys , p. 206, 
California, oreocetes , p. 207, Montana, speciosus inyoensis , p. 208, 
California, palmeri , p. 208, Nevada, dorsalis utahensis , p. 210, Utah, 
n. spp. & subspp., Merriam, P. Soc. Washington, xi. 
Sciuropterus , W. American species; Rhoads, P. Ac. Philad. 1897, p. 314; 
alpinus klamathensis , n. subsp. ; Merriam, P. Soc. Washington, xi, 
p. 225, Ft. Klamath, Oregon. 
CASTORID./E and GlIRIDA). 
Castor canadensis frondator , n. subsp. ; Mearns, P. U. S. Mus. xx, p. 502, 
Sonora, Mexico. C. fiber , in Norway; Collett, Bergens Mus. 
Aarbog, 1897, No. 1. 
Graphiurus platyops , Thomas, xix, p. 338, Mashonaland, angolensis , De 
Winton, xx, p. 321, Angola, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) ; johnstoni , Thomas, 
P. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 934, Nyasaland : n. spp. 
