136 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Glossophaga soricina Pallas, Artibeus intermedius J. A. Allen, Vampyrops 
helleri Peters, Sturnira lilium (Geoffroy), Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy), 
Alouatta palliata (Gray), Saimiri oerstedii (Reinhardt), Cebus hypoleucus 
(Humboldt). 
Chapman, Frank M. A revision of the genus Capromys. Bull. Amer. 
mus. nat. hist., xiv, p. 313-323, pi. xxxix-xl, text fig. 1-3. November 12, 
1901. 
A study based on about 40 specimens. The species are arranged in 
two genera, Procapromys gen. nov. containing the South American P. 
geayi , and Capromys containing the West Indian representatives. For 
summary of the latter see p. 100-101. 
Elliot, D. G. A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the 
adjacent seas. Field Columbian mus., publication 45, zool. series, vol. n, 
xv -)- 471 pp., pi. i-xlix, text fig. 1-94. March, 1901. 
The first general work on North American mammals published since 
1857. Ten orders, 34 families, 115 genera, and 998 species and subspecies 
are recognized as occurring in the region “between the North Pole and 
the United States and Mexican boundary.” No new forms are described, 
but the name Balaenoptera copei is proposed for the whale regarded by 
Cope as B. borealis. 
Elliot, D. G. List of mammals obtained by Thaddeus Surber, collector for 
the Museum, in the Provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada. 
Field Columbian mus., publication 54, zool. series, in, p. 15-29. March, 
1901. 
Thirty-one species are recorded, together with critical notes and col¬ 
lector’s field observations. 
Elliot, D. G. A list of the land and sea mammals of North America north 
of Mexico. Supplement to the Synopsis. Field Columbian mus., publica¬ 
tion 57, zool. series, ii, p. 477-522. June, 1901. 
Number of forms recorded 997 ; notes on the generic name of the walrus 
(p. 513). 
Elliot, D. G. A list of mammals obtained by Thaddeus Surber, in North 
and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Field Columbian mus., publica¬ 
tion 58, zool. series, in, p. 31-57, pi. v-x. June, 1901. 
Forty species are recorded, together with critical notes and collector’s 
field observations. The status of several currently recognized forms is 
questioned. 
Elliot, D. G. The caribou of the Ivenai Peninsula, Alaska. Field Columbian 
mus., publication 59, zool. series, in, p. 59-62, pi. xi-xiii. July, 1901. 
Gill, Theodore. The bat genus Pteronotus renamed Dermonotus. Proc. 
biol. soc. Washington, xiv, p. 177. September 25, 1901. 
Gill, Theodore. Note on the names of the genera of peccaries. Proc. biol. 
soc. Washington, xv, p. 38-39. March 5, 1902. 
The names Tayassu and Dicotyles are both regarded as valid (see Allen, 
Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., xvi, p. 163, July 1, 1902, and Thomas, Proc. 
biol. soc. Washington, xv, p. 153-154, June 20, 1902). 
Hornaday, William T. Description of a new species of mountain sheep. 
