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5.  WHAT SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS HAVE YOU COMMENCED,CONTINUED, OR COMPLETED, UPON THE MATERIAL UNDER YOUR CARE, DURING THE YEAR.

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(1.) Identification of the mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the islands north of Madagascar, with the result of finding a new species of Fruit-bat, [[underline]]Pteropus aldabrensis[[/underline]] from Aldabra Island. (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 948.)

(2.) Study of mammals collected by Mr. Wm. Astor Chanler in Somaliland. Discovery of two new species, [[underline]]Eliomys parvus[[/underline]] & [[underline]]Mus tana[[/underline]]. (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 954.

(3.) Study of genus [[underline]]Hesperomys[[/underline]] or [[underline]]Sitomys[[/underline]] & separation of Taylor's mouse, [[underline]]S. taylori[[/underline]] as a subgenus ([[underline]]Baiomys[[/underline]]). (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 972.

(4.) Study and identification of Dr. Abbott's Kashmir collection.  Description of several new species & summary of the collection and of the mammals of Kashmir. (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 976.)

(5.) Study of collection of skulls and skeletons of porpoises from the Indian Ocean, received from Dr. Abbott. (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 982.)

(6.) Attempt at identification of Central American Muridae in the collection. Discovery of [[underline]]Sitomys decolorus[[/underline]], u.sp. (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 963.)

(7.) Preliminary study of Arvicoline Mice in the collection. Discovery of a new genus of lemmings ([[underline]]Mictomys[[/underline]]) & a new species ([[underline]]Myodes nigripes[[/underline]] (Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 999)

(8.) Preliminary study of wood-rats of the United States; separation of several new species. (Proc. Nat. Mus., no. 1006.)

(9.) Study of the genus [[underline]]Reithrodontonys[[/underline]]. Not completed.

(10.) Continuation of study of Moles for monograph of American Insectivora. Not completed. (Separation of [[underline]]S. breweri[[/underline]] as type of new genus - [[underline]]Parascalops[[/underline]] -- Proc. Nat. Mus. no. 1006.)

(11.) Commencement of study of Mr. Jouy's Mexican collection. Not completed.
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Transcription Notes:
#9: "Reithrodontonys" should be "...mys" with an M; they are a genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice. Transcribed as written, however. #10: "S. breweri" refers to "Scalops Breweri", also called "Parascalops Breweri".