MAMMALIA RUMINANTI A. .") 1 



As far as the knowledge of the Deer tribe afforded in French and the 

 common English works, extends, one may be satisfied with the article " Cerf," 

 in the 'Diction. Uuivers. d'Hist. Nat.' iii, byPucheran; but it must not 

 be expected to find employed in it, the works of Wicgmauu, S. Miiller, 

 lleugger, and the Prince v. Neuwied. A good review of the fossil species 

 is given in the same publication by Laurilliard. 



Figures of Cervus equinm and Russx have appeared in the 'Nederl. 

 Verhaudel.' tab. 42, 43. Captains Guthrier and Eld have given an account 

 of a new species of Deer, seen by them in the North of Bengal. (Calcutta 

 Journal, i, p. 501 ; ii, p. 415, and taken thence, in the Isis, pp. 816, 835.) 

 Either Cervus WalUch'd, or allied to it; it is called " Suugraee," (great Deer). 

 The chief distinction consists in the peculiar form of the inferior tine, which 

 does not go off at an angle, but is gradually curved downwards and projects 

 above the eye, so that it almost covers it. There are usually 6 to 10 tines, 

 but sometimes also 16. 



In a fossil lower jaw, found at Issoudun, Dep. de 1'Indre, Duvernoy 

 (Iiistit. pp. 177, 406; Compt. rend, xvi, xvii, p. 1227) has shown that it 

 belonged to a Giraffe, but to one differing from the living species. 

 Both these conclusions have been confirmed by Owen, who observes there- 

 upon that Cautley and Falconer had found in the Himalaya two fossil 

 species of Giraffe in the miocene formation, together with the Hippopotamus, 

 Mastodon, Sivatherium, &c. and that he had satisfied himself, by examination 

 of the fossil remains, of the correctness of the definition. Duvernoy names 

 his fossil species Camclopardalis Biturigum. 



CAVICORNIA. In the Diet. Univers. d'Hist. Nat. iii, p. 

 501 } is a Monograph on the Goats, by Roulin. 



This is distinguished most advantageously from most of the other thero- 

 logical articles contained in this Dictionary, being a profound, thoroughly 

 digested work, and based upon comprehensive autopsy ; it also exhibits a 

 better acquaintance with foreign literature, although JEgoccros Falconcri and 

 ^E(/. Palhixii of Ilouillier are not mentioned. 



Among the fossil remains from the Sivalik mountains, Blyth has found 

 portions of the cranium and the horn-cores of a large species of Ovis, closely 

 allied to if not actually identical with the Ocis Ammon from Siberia ; also a 

 corresponding portion of a true Ilex, to all appearance identical with Capra 

 Sakeen, which still occurs in the Himalaya. (Ann. Nat. Hist, xi, p. 78.) 



Waterhouse has been enabled to complete his previous description of 

 Antilope Ogilbii. (Ann. xii, p. 57.) 



In tab. 36-39 of the ' Nederland. Verhaudel.' is figured Bos Sondaicus, 

 and in tab. 40, 41, Bos Bubal tts; and in plates 40, 41, of the ' Illustrations 

 of the Zoology of South Africa' Antilope Oreas is exhibited. 



