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-ing in this species appears to be of extremely rare occurrence.

The skin of an undescribed species of Tree Mouse, afterwards made the type of [[^underline]]Phenacomys longicaudus[[/underline]] True, was presented by Mr. Aurelius Todd, of Eugene City, Oregon.   It was obtained at Marshfield, in Coos County.   Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. A., presented a small collection of mice, etc., from the Indian Territory, a region not well represented in the collection.   Four skins of the Ground Squirrel, [[^underline]]Spermophilus beldingi[[/underline]], were presented by Mr. L. Belding, of Stockton, Cal. Mr. J. B. Power, of Kingsville, Ohio, gave a melanistic Chipmunk, [[^underline]]Tamias striatus[[/underline]]. Melanistic individuals are rare in the genus. Specimens of other species of Chipmunks, [[^underline]]Tamias macrorhabdotes[[/underline]] and [[^underline]]T. bulleri[[/underline]], were received from the American Museum of Natural History, New York.   Two skins of the hitherto-rare Kangaroo-rat, [[^underline]]Dipodops compactus[[/underline]] (True), were purchased.

Among Bats, the most interesting accessions [[strikethrough]]were[[/strikethrough]] were two alcoholic specimens of the large [[^underline]]Promops perotis californicus[[/underline]], obtained by Mr. C. R. Orcutt in