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A complete list of the Mammalia described in this work is given in the 

 'Isis' (1814, p. 4-46), to which I refer. 



It appears, from an advertisement, that Audnbou and Bachman are 

 engaged upon a work, under the title of ' The Viviparous Quadrupeds of 

 North America,' but upon inquiry I am unable to obtain any accurate 

 information respecting it. 



Diagnoses of new species of Brazilian Bats, by A. Wagner. (Archiv, 

 1843, p. 365.) 



I have, in that place, given the diagnoses of 19 u. sp. of Bats, of the 

 genera Phyllostoma, Cldlonycteris, Emballonura, and Dysopes. 



Some new Brazilian species have also been described by Lund. (Det. K. D. 

 Videnskabcrnes Selskabs iiaturv. og niathem. Afhandliuger. ix. Deeb. 

 Kjobenh. 1842, and Oversigt ovcrdet K. D. Videusk Selskabs Forhandl. 

 1S43, p. 77.) Of this I have given an abstract in these Archives for 1S43 

 (i, p. 347), and added remarks upon the species confounded together under 

 the name of Canis Azarce, as also upon the osteology and dentition of 

 Canis julatus. 



Dieffeubach, Travels in New Zealand, with contributions 

 to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of 

 that country. London, 1843. Vols i and ii. 8vo. 



The Mammalia are arranged by J. E. Gray. It is a very remarkable 

 circumstance that there are no indigenous Mammalia at all in New Zealand, 

 except, perhaps, a Bat and a Rat, both of which, however, might have 

 migrated there at a late period. The latter, in consequence of the intro- 

 duction of the English Bat not the Lemming (Wauderratte), has become so 

 rare that Dieffeubach was unable to procure any specimen of it. The house 

 Mouse is also said to have been introduced. All the other terrestrial Mammalia 

 are introduced. The New Zealand Dog is termed Canis Dingo by Gray ; 

 Dieffeubach, on the other hand, says, that it is not the Australian Dingo, but a 

 much smaller variety, resembling the Jackal, and of a dirty yellow colour. 

 Since the natives sometimes also call their Dog by the Spanish name, 

 " pcro," it is not impossible that the animal was introduced before the 

 time of Tasman, by Spanish voyagers. The domestic Cat has been intro- 

 duced by the colonists, and has partly become wild. The Hog, also, is found 

 wild in many districts in great numbers, and appears to have been known to 

 the natives, as in other islands, even before the advent of the English. The 

 Horse, Ass, Ox, Sheep, and Goat are of a very recent date. The sea fur- 

 nishes more species than the laud, but of these Dieffeubach has not 

 brought any specimens. He has given some notices worthy of consideration 

 on the migrations of the Whale and its capture. 



From various regions, but chiefly from America, were 



