Transmitted June 20, 1966.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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* An asterisk designates those numbers of which the Museum's supply (not necessarily
the Library's supply) is exhausted. Materials published to date, in this series, are as
follows:
Vol. 1. Nos. 1-26 and index. Pp. 1-638, 1946-1950.
*Vol. 2. (Complete) Mammals of Washington. By Walter W. Dalquest. Pp. 1-444, 140 figures in text. April 9, 1948.
*Vol. 3. Nos. 1-4 and index. Pp. 1-681. 1951.
*Vol. 4. (Complete) American weasels. By E. Raymond Hall. Pp. 1-466, 41 plates, 31 figures in text. December 27, 1951.
Vol. 5. Nos. 1-37 and index. Pp. 1-676, 1951-1953.
*Vol. 6. (Complete) Mammals of Utah, taxonomy and distribution. By Stephen D. Durrant. Pp. 1-549, 91 figures in text, 30 tables. August 10, 1952.
Vol. 7. Nos. 1-15 and index. Pp. 1-651, 1952-1955.
Vol. 8. Nos. 1-10 and index. Pp. 1-675, 1954-1956.
Vol. 9. Nos. 1-23 and index. Pp. 1-690, 1955-1960.
Vol. 10. Nos. 1-10 and index. Pp. 1-626, 1956-1960.
Vol. 11. Nos. 1-10 and index. Pp. 1-703, 1958-1960.
Vol. 12. *1. Functional morphology of three bats: Eumops, Myotis, Macrotus. By Terry
A. Vaughan. Pp. 1-153, 4 plates, 24 figures in text. July 8, 1959.
*2. The ancestry of modern Amphibia: a review of the evidence. By Theodore
H. Eaton, Jr. Pp. 155-180, 10 figures in text. July 10, 1959.
3. The baculum in microtine rodents. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 181-216, 49
figures in text. February 19, 1960.
*4. A new order of fishlike Amphibia from the Pennsylvanian of Kansas. By
Theodore H. Eaton, Jr., and Peggy Lou Stewart. Pp. 217-240, 12 figures in
text. May 2, 1960.
5. Natural history of the Bell Vireo. By Jon C. Barlow. Pp. 241-296, 6 figures
in text. March 7, 1962.
6. Two new pelycosaurs from the lower Permian of Oklahoma. By Richard C.
Fox. Pp. 297-307, 6 figures in text. May 21, 1962.
7. Vertebrates from the barrier island of Tamaulipas, México. By Robert K.
Selander, Richard F. Johnston, B. J. Wilks, and Gerald G. Raun. Pp. 309-345,
plates 5-8. June 18, 1962.
8. Teeth of edestid sharks. By Theodore H. Eaton, Jr. Pp. 347-362, 10 figures
in text. October 1, 1962.
9. Variation in the muscles and nerves of the leg in two genera of grouse
(Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes). By E. Bruce Holmes. Pp. 363-474, 20
figures. October 25, 1962. $1.00.
10. A new genus of Pennsylvanian fish (Crossopterygii, Coelacanthiformes) from
Kansas. By Joan Echols. Pp. 475-501, 7 figures. October 25, 1963.
11. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in southwestern Kansas. By Henry S.
Fitch. Pp. 503-519. October 25, 1963.
12. Jaw musculature of the Mourning and White-winged doves. By Robert L.
Merz. Pp. 521-551, 22 figures. October 25, 1963.
13. Thoracic and coracoid arteries in two families of birds, Columbidae and
Hirundinidae. By Marion Anne Jenkinson. Pp. 553-573, 7 figures. March
2, 1964.
14. The breeding birds of Kansas. By Richard F. Johnston. Pp. 575-655, 10
figures. May 18, 1964. 75 cents.
15. The adductor muscles of the jaw in some primitive reptiles. By Richard C.
Fox. Pp. 657-680, 11 figures in text. May 18, 1964.
Index. Pp. 681-694.
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,
México. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 19-72, plates 1-8, 3 figures in text.
August 16, 1960. 50 cents.
3. A new subspecies of the slider turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila,
México. By John M. Legler. Pp. 73-84, plates 9-12, 3 figures in text.
August 16, 1960.
*4. Autecology of the copperhead. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 85-288, plates 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, plates 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, plate 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, plates 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, plates 31-54, 24 figures in text. February
16, 1962. $2.00.
Index. Pp. 613-624.
Vol. 14. 1. Neotropical bats from western México. 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 Pork, Colorado. By Sydney Anderson.
Pp. 29-67, plates 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, México. By Ticul Alvarez. Pp. 363-473,
5 figures in text. May 20, 1963. $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.
Vol. 15. 1. The amphibians and reptiles of Michoacán, México. By William E. Duellman.
Pp. 1-148, plates 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 México. 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. 183-204. October 26, 1962.
5. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Petén, Guatemala.
By William E. Duellman. Pp. 205-249, plates 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, plates 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, plates 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, plates 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, México. 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 Michoacán, México. 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, 38, 6 figures in text. March 7, 1966.
Index. Pp. 745-770.
Vol. 16. 1. Distribution and taxonomy of Mammals of Nebraska. By J. Knox Jones, Jr.
Pp. 1-356, pls. 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 Darién, Panamá.
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.
9. Natural history of cottonmouth moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia).
By Ray D. Burkett. Pp. 435-491, 7 figures in text. October 27, 1966.
More numbers will appear in volume 17.