132 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Allen, Glover M. The Louisiana deer. Amer. nat., xxxv, p. 449-454. 
text fig. 1-8. June, 1901. 
Oclocoelus virginianus louisianae subsp. nov. The generic name Odocoi- 
leus is altered to Odocoelus , and the specific name americanus Erxleben is 
rejected in favor of virginianus Boddaert. 
Allen, J. A. The musk oxen of arctic America and Greenland. Bull. Amer. 
mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 69-86, pi. xii-xvi, text fig. 1-7. March 27(=30), 1901. 
Detailed comparison of Ovibos wardi and 0. moschatus. Notes on the 
distribution of the two animals. The name Ovibos pearyi Allen MS, 
cited (p. 70) “as a provisional synonym ” that may be applied to the form 
occurring in Grinnell Land if this proves to be distinct from 0. wardi. 
Allen, J. A. Description of a new caribou from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 
Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 143-148, text fig. 1-4. May 28, 1901. 
Rang ifer stonei. 
Allen, J. A. A preliminary study of the North American opossums of the 
genus Bidelphis. Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 149-188, pi. xxn-xxv. 
June 15, 1901. 
Contents: introduction (p. 149), skull and dentition (p. 152), sexual 
variation (p. 153), variation due to age, etc. (p. 155), nasal bones (p. 157), 
supernumerary teeth, and other abnormalities (p. 158), changes in color 
of the ears with age (p. 159), nomenclature (p. 159), synopsis of species 
and subspecies (p. 160), postscript (p. 179), tables of measurements and 
ratios (p. 180). The following forms are recognized: Bidelphis virginiana 
Kerr, I). v. pigra Bangs, B. marsupialis Linnaeus, D. m. texensis subsp. 
nov., B. in. tabascensis subsp. nov., B. richmondi sp. nov., B. yucalanensis 
sp. nov. The name Bidelphis nelsoni occurs as a nomen nudum on page 
160 (footnote). 
Allen, J. A. The generic names Myrmecophaga and Tamandua , and the spec¬ 
ific names of the opossums of the genus Bidelphis. Proc. biol. soc. Washing¬ 
ton, xiv, p. 91-93. June 19, 1901. 
The great anteater should be known as Myrmecophaga tridactyla , Tam- 
anduas should replace Tamandua and TJroleptes , and the name Bidelphis 
marsupialis should be restricted to the large opossum of Mexico, leaving 
B. virginiana for the animal of the eastern United States. 
Allen, J. A. Descriptions of two new opossums of the genus Metachirus. 
Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 213-218. July 3, 1901. 
Metachirus fuscogriseus pallidus and M. grisescens , the latter from Colom¬ 
bia. M. fuscogriseus recorded from Greytown and Bluefields, Nicaragua. 
Allen, J. A. The generic names of the Mephitinae. Bull. Amer. mus. nat. 
hist., xiv, p. 325-334. November 12, 1901. 
The common skunks should be known as Mephitis, the striped skunks as 
