Chapter IV: Part 4

_=Arachnothera longirostris buttikoferi=_ van Oort: Little Spiderhunter.--_Specimens_, 58: Cocoa Research Station: [Male], 16.2 gm., August 13, 1962, MCT 2777; [Male], 15.6 gm., August 22, 1962, MCT 2796; [Male] testis 6 x 4 mm., 16.0 gm., September 13, 1962, MCT 2913; [Female], December 1, 1962, MCT 3399; [Male] testis 4 x 3 mm., December 2, 1962, MCT 3431; [Male], November 27, 1962, MCT 3347; [Female], November 27, 1962, MCT 3348; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3366; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3367; [Female], November 28, 1962, MCT 3368; [Female], November 28, 1962, MCT 3369; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3370; [Female], November 28, 1962, MCT 3371; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3372; [Male], November 29, 1962, MCT 3386; [Male], December 1, 1962, MCT 3397; [Male], December 1, 1962, MCT 3398; [Female], December 2, 1962, MCT 3430; [Female]?, November 30, 1962, MCT 3443; [Female], April 26, 1962, ADG 60; [Male], April 27, 1963, ADG 70; [Male], April 27, 1962, ADG 73; [Male], April 18, 1963, ADG 78; [Male], April 28, 1963, ADG 80; [Male], April 29, 1963, ADG 86; [Male], April 29, 1963, ADG 87; [Male], April 30, 1962, ADG 93. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 16, 1962, MCT 3050; [Male], October 16, 1962, MCT 3051; [Male] testis 4 x 2 mm., October 18, 1962, MCT 3073; [Female], October 17, 1962, MCT 3064; [Male] testis 7 x 5 mm., October 19, 1962, MCT 3079; [Female], October 19, 1962, MCT 3093; [Male], October 21, 1962, MCT 3120; [Male], October 23, 1962, MCT 3134; [Male] testis enlarged, October 25, 1962, MCT 3150; [Male] testis 7 x 5 mm., October 26, 1962, MCT 3156; [Female], October 28, 1962, MCT 3173; [Male], November 2, 1962, MCT 3204; [Male], November 4, 1962, MCT 3209; [Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., November 4, 1962, MCT 3210; [Male] testis 2 x 1 mm., November 6, 1962, MCT 3214; [Female], November 11, 1962, MCT 3252. Kalabakan: [Female], November 15, 1962, MCT 3278; [Female] 2 eggs in oviduct, ovary enlarged, brood patch, November 15, 1962, MCT 3279; [Female] brood patch, two collapsed follicles, November 15, 1962, MCT 3280; [Male] testis 7 x 6 mm., November 15, 1962, MCT 3281; [Female] brood patch, egg in oviduct, largest ovum 6 mm., November 15, 1962, MCT 3286; [Male] testis 7 x 6 mm., November 16, 1962, MCT 3290; [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., November 16, 1962, MCT 3294; [Female], November 16, 1962, MCT 3295; [Male] testis 6 x 3 mm., November 17, 1962, MCT 3297; [Male] testis 5 x 5 mm., November 17, 1962, MCT 3298; [Female], November 17, 1962, MCT 3299. 5.5 mi. SW Tenom: [Female], December 26, 1962, MCT 3538. Gum-Gum: [Male], October 4, 1963, ADG 290; [Female], October 5, 1963, ADG 294; [Female], October 5, 1963, ADG 295.

This was the most common of all the spiderhunters, and was found at
all localities. It was readily taken in mist nets. Unlike most
birds, these spiderhunters become quite agitated in nets, and
within a few minutes usually strangle themselves.

From October 16 through November 11, I took several specimens 12
miles north of Kalabakan, but only one in breeding condition. On
November 15, I moved 12 miles back to Kalabakan from an elevation
of 600 feet to an elevation of 50 feet. As can be seen from the
specimen-data, nearly all the females then collected either had
nests with eggs or were approaching oviposition. The specimens were
all taken in nets in an area approximately 200 feet square. On
November 20 at the Brantian Estate a bird sitting on a branch six
inches up in secondary forest jumped down to the ground and fed on
unknown material.

_=Arachnothera crassirostris=_ (Reichenbach): Thick-billed Spiderhunter.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 14.8 gm., August 9, 1962, MCT 2746.

This spiderhunter was recorded on the basis of one specimen and one
sight record. One seen in secondary forest would dart out from its
perch on a limb, hover near the end of a branch, and then return to
its perch. No flowers were visible and I assumed that the bird was
catching insects.

_=Arachnothera flavigaster=_ (Eyton): Greater Yellow-eared Spiderhunter.--_Specimens_, 9: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] imm., 36.3 gm., August 21, 1962, MCT 2789; [Female] imm., 38.4 gm., August 21, 1962, MCT 2790; [Female], 38.4 gm., August 22, 1962, MCT 2795; [Female] brood patch, largest ova 2 mm., November 27, 1962, MCT 3330; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3359; [Male] testis 7 x 6 mm., November 29, 1962, MCT 3379; [Male], November 30, 1962, MCT 3395; [Female], April 27, 1963, ADG 66; [Female], April 27, 1963, ADG 67.

This species was met with only at Quoin Hill, where it was common
around the abaca and wild bananas. The primary diet seemed to be
pollen, nectar, and spiders. I found it easy to differentiate from
the next species in the field (see below).

_=Arachnothera chrysogenys harrissoni=_ Deignan: Lesser Yellow-eared Spiderhunter.--_Specimens_, 4: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 23.5 gm., August 21, 1962, MCT 2788; [Male], April 27, 1963, ADG 68; [Male], April 30, 1963, ADG 92; [Male], May 27, 1963, ADG 113.

I observed this species at Quoin Hill only once, but Garcia took
three specimens at the same locality. He labels his specimens as
taken in primary forest. I never saw the species there and took my
one specimen in the abaca, where the bird was eating spiders,
nectar, and pollen. The chief characters distinguishing this
species from _A. flavigaster_ were the tuft of yellow feathers on
the side of the head and the narrow eye ring in _A. chrysogenys_.

_=Arachnothera affinis pars=_ Riley: Gray-breasted Spiderhunter.--_Specimens_, 27: Cocoa Research Station: [Male], 27.2 gm., August 13, 1962, MCT 2771; [Female], 22.2 gm., August 13, 1962, MCT 2772; [Female] imm., 21.1 gm., August 13, 1962, MCT 2773; [Male], 29.2 gm., August 13, 1962, MCT 2774; [Male], 27.0 gm., August 21, 1962, MCT 2791; [Male], 26.6 gm., August 21, 1962, MCT 2792; [Male], April 27, 1963, ADG 65; [Female] imm., May 1, 1963, ADG 99; [Male], June 12, 1963, ADG 126; [Male], June 20, 1963, ADG 154-B. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 15, 1962, MCT 3046; [Female], October 24, 1962, MCT 3139. Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., November 27, 1962, MCT 3327; [Female], November 27, 1962, MCT 3328; [Female], November 27, 1962, MCT 3329; [Female], November 27, 1962, MCT 3338; [Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., November 27, 1962, MCT 3339; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3363; [Female], November 28, 1962, MCT 3364; [Male], November 28, 1962, MCT 3365; [Female], November 28, 1962, MCT 3366; [Female], November 29, 1962, MCT 3390; [Male] testis enlarged, November 29, 1962, MCT 3391; [Female]?, November 29, 1962, MCT 3392; [Male], December 1, 1962, MCT 3393; [Male], December 2, 1962, MCT 3429; [Male], November 30, 1962, MCT 3442.

This bird was fairly common at Quoin Hill in the abaca and wild
bananas and, at Kalabakan, in primary forest. Its feeding habits
are the same as those of the preceding species. The order of
abundance of the spiderhunters is probably best shown by the number
of each species taken: _Arachnothera longirostris_, 58; _A.
affinis_, 27; _A. flavigaster_, 9; _A. chrysogenys_, 4; _A.
crassirostris_, 1.

_=Prionichilus xanthopygius=_ (Salvadori): Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker.--_Specimens_, 7: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 5 x 5 mm., 8.9 gm., August 23, 1962, MCT 2800; [Female] largest ova 3 mm., oviduct enlarged, 10.2 gm., September 13, 1962, MCT 2910; [Female] imm., 9.7 gm., September 13, 1962, MCT 2911; [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., 9.5 gm., September 13, 1962, MCT 2912; [Female] imm., 7.0 gm., September 14, 1962, MCT 2920; [Male] testis 6 x 4 mm., vas deferens enlarged, September 26, 1962, MCT 2966; [Male], November 27, 1962, MCT 3344.

This species did not appear at Quoin Hill until August 23. The
gonads of most of the adults taken from that time on appeared to be
regressing from breeding condition, and several immatures were
taken also, suggesting that the breeding season was over. The birds
seemed to be attracted, with bulbuls, to the tree _Trema
orientalis_.

_=Prionichilus maculatus maculatus=_ (Temminck): Yellow-throated Flowerpecker.--_Specimen_, 1: 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], October 19, 1962, MCT 3094.

I observed this flowerpecker once at Quoin Hill, in much-disturbed
primary forest, but was unable to secure a specimen. Twelve miles
north of Kalabakan it was found in primary forest.

_=Dicaeum chrysorrheum=_ Temminck: Yellow-vented Flowerpecker.--I observed one feeding about 50 feet high among epiphytic plants in the moss forest 5.5 miles north of Tenom.

_=Dicaeum monticolum=_ Sharpe: Black-sided Flowerpecker.--_Specimen_, 1: 5.5 mi. SW Tenom: [Male] testis 5 x 3 mm., December 17, 1962, MCT 3449.

I saw this flowerpecker once, in the moss forest above Tenom.
Treatment of this species as monotypic follows the revision of
Salomonsen (1961:17).

_=Dicaeum cruentatum=_ (Linnaeus): Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker.--Along the seashore near Tawau this species fed in flowering trees. Males were pugnacious and persistently chased what appeared to be females.

_=Dicaeum trigonostigma dayakanum=_ Chasen and Kloss: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker.--_Specimen_, 1: 5.5 mi. SW Tenom: [Male], December 23, 1962, MCT 3507.

This flowerpecker was found only in the moss forest above Tenom,
where it was seen numerous times feeding among the epiphytic
plants.

_=Zosterops everetti tahanensis=_ Ogilvie-Grant: Everett's White-eye.--_Specimens_, 9: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], August 8, 1962, MCT 2734; [Male] testis 4 x 3 mm., August 8, 1962, MCT 2735; [Female], 8.6 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2757; [Female], 7.8 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2758; [Female] imm., 7.9 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2759; [Female], 8.2 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2760; [Male], 7.8 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2761; [Male] imm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2762; [Male] imm., 7.8 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2764.

At the Cocoa Research Station flocks of 20 to 40 birds were seen
daily, feeding in the cocoa trees. Only once was this species seen
away from the cocoa trees; this was in secondary forest where the
birds were feeding in a tree about 30 feet tall. They move in
flocks and are noisy.

Smythies (1960:485) states that this species occurs from the Poi
Range up to the lower slopes of Kinabalu. This is apparently the
first record from eastern Borneo.

_=Lonchura fuscans=_ (Cassin): Dusky Munia.--_Specimens_, 11. Cocoa Research Station: [Female], July 6, 1962, MCT 2603; [Female], September 1, 1962, MCT 2847; [Male] testis 7 x 6 mm., September 1, 1962, MCT 2848; [Male] testis enlarged, September 24, 1962, MCT 2943. Tenom: [Female], January 6, 1962, MCT 3584; [Female], January 6, 1963, MCT 3585; [Male] testis enlarged, January 6, 1963, MCT 3586; [Female] several collapsed follicles, old brood patch, January 6, 1963, MCT 3587; [Female] imm., January 6, 1963, MCT 3588; [Female], January 6, 1963, MCT 3590; [Male] testis enlarged, January 6, 1963, MCT 3591.

In contrast to _L. malacca_, this species was commonly found in
secondary forest away from cultivated fields. It was common at
Quoin Hill and Kalabakan. On July 18, 1962, a pair was observed
building a nest near Kalabakan, in a native kampong under the eave
of a house. There the birds were fastening the nest to the palm
thatching about 20 feet up and nearly over the door. Another pair
was nesting, close to the same house, about eight feet up in a
citrus tree. In Kalabakan proper, I saw a pair with fledgling young
in a croton bush about six feet from the door of a house, on
November 15, 1962. This nest was about seven feet up.

_=Lonchura malacca=_ (Linnaeus): Chestnut Munia.--_Specimens_, 6: Tawau: [Female] imm., September 2, 1962, MCT 2862. Tenom: [Male], January 6, 1963, MCT 3589. Tuaran: [Female], January 12, 1963, MCT 3594; [Female], January 12, 1963, MCT 3595; hermaphrodite, testis 8 x 5 mm., largest ovum of ovary 2 mm., January 12, 1963, MCT 3596; [Female], January 12, 1963, MCT 3597.

This was a common bird in the lowlands away from forest. I observed
it feeding on lawns in Tawau. A pair was building a nest on July
19, 1962, in an ironwood tree about 10 feet above the ground. The
nest was typically ball-shaped with a side entrance. This species
appears to stay in age groups when it flocks, as evidenced by the
large flocks of young in first-year plumage.

The hermaphroditic specimen was of some interest, since the ovary
and testis both seemed to be enlarged.

LITERATURE CITED

Amadon, D.

1956. Remarks on the starlings, Family Sturnidae. Amer. Mus.
Novit., No. 1803:1-41.

Banks, E.

1950. Breeding seasons of birds in Sarawak and North Borneo. Ibis,
92:642.

Browne, F. G.

1955. Forest trees of Sarawak and Brunei and their products. Govt.
Printing Office, Kuching, xviii + 369 pp., illus.

Chasen, F. N.

1935. A handlist of Malaysian birds. Bull. Raffles Mus., 11:389.

1939. The birds of the Malay Peninsula. Vol. 4. Witherby, London,
xxvi + 485 pp.

Darlington, P. J.

1957. Zoogeography: geographical distribution of animals. Wiley,
New York, 675 pp.

Delacour, J. and Mayr, E.

1946. Birds of the Philippines. MacMillan, New York, xv + 309 pp.

Everett, A. H.

1889. A list of the birds of the Bornean group of islands. J.
Straits British Royal Asiatic Soc., 20:91-212.

Gadow, H.

1883. The catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds, in the
collection of the British Museum. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.),
London, xiii + 385 pp., illus.

Gibson-Hill, C. A.

1950. Notes on the sea birds breeding in Malayan waters. Bull.
Raffles Mus., 23:5-64.

1952. The apparent breeding season of land birds in North Borneo
and Malaya. _Ibid._, 24:270-294.

Hachisuka, M.

1953. The affinities of Pityriasis in Borneo. Proc. Seventh Pacific
Sci. Conf., 4:67-69.

Lack, D.

1950. Breeding seasons in the Galapagos. Ibis, 92:268-278.

McGregor, R. C.

1910. A manual of Philippine birds. Pt. II. Govt. Printing Office,
Manila, xvi + 413-769 pp.

Miller, A. H.

1963. Seasonal activity and ecology of the avifauna of an American
equatorial cloud forest. Univ. California Publ. Zool.,
66(1):1-78, illus.

Moreau, R. E.

1950. The breeding seasons of African birds. 1. Land birds. Ibis,
92:223-267.

Owen, D. F.

1963. The rufous and white forms of an Asiatic Paradise Flycatcher
_Terpsiphone paradisi_. Ardea, 54:230-236.

Peters, J. L.

1934. Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. II. Mus. Comp. Zool.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, xvii + 401 pp.

1940. Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. IV. Mus. Comp. Zool.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, xii + 291 pp.

Peters, J. L., _et al._

1960. Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. XV. Cambridge,
Massachusetts, xii + 506 pp.

1964. Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. X. Cambridge,
Massachusetts, ix + 502 pp.

Rand, A. L., and Rabor, D. S.

1959. Notes on some Philippine bulbuls. Auk, 76:102-104.

Salomonsen, F.

1961. Notes on flowerpeckers (Aves, Dicaeidae) 4. Dicaeum igniferum
and its derivatives. Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 2057:1-35.

Sims, R. W.

1959. The _Ceyx erithacus_ and _rufidorsus_ problem. Jour. Linn.
Soc. (Zoology), 296:212-221.

Smythies, B. E.

1957. An annotated checklist of the birds of Borneo. Sarawak Mus.
J., 7:524-818.

1960. The birds of Borneo. Oliver and Boyd, London, xvi + 561 pp.,
illus.

1963. Bornean bird notes from various hands. Sarawak Mus. J.,
11:269-290.

Voous, K. H.

1950a. The breeding seasons of birds in Indonesia. Ibis,
92:279-287.

1950b. On the evolutionary and distributional history of
_Malacopteron_. Sarawak Mus. J., 2:300-320.

1951. Distributional and evolutionary history of the kingfisher
genus Ceyx in Malaysia. Ardea, 39:182-196.

Wetmore, A.

1960. A classification for the birds of the world. Smithsonian
Misc. Colls., 139(11):1-37.

Whitehead, J.

1893. Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo. Gurney and
Jackson, London, x + 317 pp.

_Transmitted June 21, 1966_

31-4627

(Continued from inside of front cover)

Vol. 13. 1. Five natural hybrid combinations in minnows
(Cyprinidae). By Frank B. Cross and W. L. Minckley.
Pp. 1-18. June 1, 1960.

2. A distributional study of the amphibians of the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec, Mexico. By William E. Duellman. Pp.
19-72, pls. 1-8, 3 figures in text. August 16, 1960. 50
cents.

3. A new subspecies of the slider turtle (Pseudemys
scripta) from Coahuila, Mexico. By John M. Legler. Pp.
73-84, pls. 9-12, 3 figures in text. August 16, 1960.

*4. Autecology of the copperhead. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp.
85-288, pls. 13-20, 26 figures in text. November 30,
1960.

5. Occurrence of the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in
the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. By Henry S. Fitch
and T. Paul Maslin. Pp. 289-308, 4 figures in text.
February 10, 1961.

6. Fishes of the Wakarusa River in Kansas. By James E.
Deacon and Artie L. Metcalf. Pp. 309-322, 1 figure in
text. February 10, 1961.

7. Geographic variation in the North American cyprinid
fish, Hybopsis gracilis. By Leonard J. Olund and Frank
B. Cross. Pp. 323-348, pls. 21-24, 2 figures in text.
February 10, 1961.

8. Descriptions of two species of frogs, genus Ptychohyla;
studies of American hylid frogs, V. By William E.
Duellman. Pp. 349-357, pl. 25, 2 figures in text. April
27, 1961.

9. Fish populations, following a drought, in the Neosho
and Marais des Cygnes rivers of Kansas. By James
Everett Deacon. Pp. 359-427, pls. 26-30, 3 figures.
August 11, 1961. 75 cents.

10. Recent soft-shelled turtles, of North America (family
Trionychidae). By Robert G. Webb. Pp. 429-611, pls.
31-54, 24 figures in text. February 16, 1962. $2.00.

Index. Pp. 613-624.

Vol. 14. 1. Neotropical bats, from western Mexico. By Sydney
Anderson. Pp. 1-8. October 24, 1960.

2. Geographic variation in the harvest mouse.
Reithrodontomys megalotis, on the central Great Plains
and in adjacent regions. By J. Knox Jones, Jr., and B.
Mursaloglu. Pp. 9-27, 1 figure in text. July 24, 1961.

3. Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. By
Sydney Anderson. Pp. 29-67, pls. 1 and 2, 3 figures in
text. July 24, 1961.

4. A new subspecies of the black myotis (bat) from eastern
Mexico. By E. Raymond Hall and Ticul Alvarez. Pp.
69-72, 1 figure in text. December 29, 1961.

5. North American yellow bats, "Dasypterus," and a list of
the named kinds of the genus Lasiurus Gray. By E.
Raymond Hall and J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 73-98, 4
figures in text. December 29, 1961.

6. Natural history of the brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
in Kansas with description of a new subspecies. By
Charles A. Long. Pp. 99-111, 1 figure in text. December
29, 1961.

7. Taxonomic status of some mice of the Peromyscus boylii
group in eastern Mexico, with description of a new
subspecies. By Ticul Alvarez. Pp. 113-120, 1 figure in
text. December 29, 1961.

8. A new subspecies of ground squirrel (Spermophilus
spilosoma) from Tamaulipas, Mexico. By Ticul Alvarez.
Pp. 121-124. March 7, 1962.

9. Taxonomic status of the free-tailed bat, Tadarida
yucatanica Miller. By J. Knox Jones, Jr., and Ticul
Alvarez. Pp. 125-133, 1 figure in text. March 7, 1962.

10. A new doglike carnivore, genus Cynaretus, from the
Clarendonian Pliocene, of Texas. By E. Raymond Hall and
Walter W. Dalquest. Pp. 135-138, 2 figures in text.
April 30, 1962.

11. A new subspecies of wood rat (Neotoma) from
northeastern Mexico. By Ticul Alvarez. Pp., 139-143.
April 30, 1962.

12. Noteworthy mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico. By J. Knox
Jones, Jr., Ticul Alvarez, and M. Raymond Lee. Pp.
145-159, 1 figure in text. May 18, 1962.

13. A new bat (Myotis) from Mexico. By E. Raymond Hall.
Pp. 161-164, 1 figure in text. May 21, 1962.

*14. The mammals of Veracruz. By E. Raymond Hall and
Walter W. Dalquest. Pp. 165-362, 2 figures. May 20,
1963. $2.00.

15. The Recent mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico. By Ticul
Alvarez. Pp. 363-473, 5 figures in text. May 20, 1983.
$1.00.

16. A new subspecies of the fruit-eating bat, Sturnira
ludovici, from western Mexico. By J. Knox Jones, Jr.,
and Gary L. Phillips. Pp. 475-481, 1 figure in text.
March 2, 1964.

17. Records of the fossil mammal Sinclairella, Family
Apatemyidae, from the Chadronian and Orellan. By
William A. Clemens. Pp. 483-491, 2 figures in text.
March 2, 1964.

18. The mammals of Wyoming. By Charles A. Long. Pp.
493-758, 82 figs. July 6, 1965, $3.00.

Index. Pp. 759-784.

(Continued on outside of back cover)

(Continued from inside back cover)

Vol. 15. 1. The amphibians and reptiles of Michoacan, Mexico. By
William E. Duellman Pp. 1-148, pls. 1-6, 11 figures in
text. December 20, 1961. $1.50.

2. Some reptiles and amphibians from Korea. By Robert G.
Webb, J. Knox Jones Jr., and George W. Byers: Pp.
149-173. January 31, 1962.

3. A new species of frog (genus Tomodactylus), from
western Mexico. By Robert G. Webb. Pp. 175-181, 1
figure in text. March 7, 1962.

4. Type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Museum
of Natural History, The University of Kansas. By
William E. Duellman and Barbara Berg. Pp. 188-204.
October 26, 1962.

5. Amphibians and reptiles of the rainforests of southern
El Peten, Guatemala. By William E. Duellman. Pp.
205-249, pls. 7-10, 6 figures in text. October 4, 1963.

6. A revision of snakes of the genus Conophis (Family
Colubridae, from Middle America). By John Wellman. Pp.
251-295, 9 figures in text October 4, 1963.

7. A review of the Middle American tree frogs of the genus
Ptychohyla. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 297-349, pls.
11-18, 7 figures in text. October 18, 1963. 50 cents.

*8. Natural history of the racer Coluber constrictor. By
Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 351-468, pls. 19-22, 20 figures in
text. December 30, 1963. $1.00.

9. A review of the frogs of the Hyla bistincta group. By
William E. Duellman. Pp. 469-491, 4 figures in text.
March 2, 1964.

10. An ecological study of the garter snake, Thamnophis
sirtalis. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 493-564, pls. 23-25,
14 figures in text. May 17, 1965.

11. Breeding cycle in the ground skink, Lygosoma laterale.
By Henry S. Fitch and Harry W. Greene. Pp. 565-575, 3
figures in text. May 17, 1965.

12. Amphibians and reptiles from the Yucatan Peninsula,
Mexico. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 577-614, 1 figure
in text. June 22, 1965.

13. A new species of turtle, genus Kinosternon, from
Central America. By John M. Legler. Pp. 615-625, pls.
26-28, 2 figures in text. July 20, 1965.

14. A biogeographic account of the herpetofauna of
Michoacan, Mexico. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 627-709,
pls. 29-36, 5 figures in text. December 30, 1965.

15. Amphibians and reptiles of Mesa Verde National Park,
Colorado. By Charles L. Douglas. Pp. 711-744, pls. 37
and 38, 6 figures in text. March 7, 1966.

Index. Pp. 1-770.

Vol. 16. 1. Distribution and taxonomy of mammals of Nebraska. By J.
Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 1-356, plates 1-4, 82 figures in
text. October 1, 1964. $3.50.

2. Synopsis of the lagomorphs and rodents of Korea. By J.
Knox Jones, Jr., and David H. Johnson. Pp. 357-407.
February 12, 1965.

3. Mammals from Isla Cozumel, Mexico, with description of
a new species of harvest mouse. By J. Knox Jones, Jr.,
and Timothy E. Lawlor. Pp. 409-419, 1 figure in text.
April 13, 1965.

4. The Yucatan deer mouse, Peromyscus yucatanicus. By
Timothy E. Lawlor. Pp. 421-438, 2 figures in text. July
20, 1965.

5. Bats from Guatemala. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 439-472.
April 18, 1966.

More numbers will appear in volume 16.

Vol. 17. 1. Localities of fossil vertebrates obtained from the
Niobrara Formation (Cretaceous) of Kansas. By David
Bardack. Pp. 1-14. January 22, 1965.

2. Chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve in the middle
ear of tetrapods. By Richard C. Fox. Pp. 15-21. May 22,
1965.

3. Fishes of the Kansas River. System in relation to
zoogeography of the Great Plains. By Artie L. Metcalf.
Pp. 23-189, 4 figures in text, 51 maps. March 24, 1966.

4. Factors affecting growth and reproduction of channel
catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. By Bill A. Simco and
Frank B. Cross. Pp. 191-256, 13 figures in text. June
6, 1966.

5. A new species of fringe-limbed tree frog, genus, Hyla,
from Darien, Panama. By William E. Duellman. Pp.
257-262, 1 figure in text. June 17, 1966.

6. Taxonomic notes on some Mexican and Central American
hylid frogs. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 263-279. June
17. 1966.

7. Neotropical hylid frogs, genus Smilisca. By William E.
Duellman and Linda Trueb. Pp. 281-375, pls. 1-12, 17
figures in text. July 14, 1966.

8. Birds from North Borneo. By Max C. Thompson. Pp.
377-433, 1 figure in text. October 27, 1966.

More numbers will appear in volume 17.

* * * * * *

Transcriber's note:

Variant spellings where it was not possible to determine the author's intent were kept as is. These include "erythrophthalmos" and "erythrophthalmus;" "Fantailed" and "Fan-tailed;" "Kinabalu" and "Kina Balu;" "Mexico" and "Mexico;" "Mueller" and "Muller," which may or may not have been different people.

SFWC appears in the list of Locations and Collectors, but never appears again. And collector SCFC appears only in the body of the document. Perhaps these refer to the same person.

Punctuation irregularities in the specimen lists were not corrected, since they did not affect the readability.

Changed "Natuurliijke" to "Natuurlijke" on page 380: "Rijksmuseum Van Natuurlijke Historie."

Changed "capistratus" to "capistratum" in Table 1: "Pellorneum capistratum."

Changed "Linneaus" to "Linnaeus" on page 394: "Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus)."

The "(sic)" in the entry for Trichastoma malaccense poliogenys on page 410 is in the original, and not added in transcription.

Changed "sub-montane" to "submontane" on page 413: "from submontane localities."

Changed "Darval" to "Darvel" on page 421: "farther south than Darvel Bay."

Changed "Symthies" to "Smythies" on page 424: "(cf. Smythies, 1960:445)."