MAMMALIA. 



BY 



PROFESSOR ANDR. WAGNER, OF MUNICH. 



As supplementary to last year's Keport, among the works 

 of a general nature, is first to be mentioned, An Introduc- 

 tion to the Mammalia, by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamil- 

 ton Smith ; Edinburgh, 1842 (forming vol. xiii ' The 

 Mammalia' of Jardiue's work, ( The Naturalists' Library'). 



After a brief introduction to the class Mammalia, succeed the characters of 

 the Orders, Families, and Genera, with the citation of one or more species 

 of each of the latter. This work is chiefly calculated for the numerous 

 dilettanti who have acquired a taste for zoology in England, and on that 

 account cannot lay claim to any real scientific value. Its composition also 

 has been treated much too lightly by the author, who has addressed himself 

 to the performance of his task hi a very superficial manner. Moreover, 

 reference is made to none but English or French works. 



Schreber's ' Saugthiere' (Mammalia), continued by Andr. 

 Wagner. Supplementary Volume, Third Part. (Concluded 

 in 1843.) 



The Third Part of the Supplementary Volume has been concluded wil h 

 the first half of the Rodentia, upon which I take occasion to mention, that 

 the Fourth Part, containing the other half of the Rodentia, together with 

 the Edentata and the whole of the Solidungula, has also been prepared in 

 the course of the year 1S44, so that at present only the Marine Mammalia 

 (Seals and Cetacea) are in arrear, and the work is thus rapidly approaching 

 its termination. 



Schinz, Monographic!! der Saugthiere. Mit Abbild- 

 ungeu nach der Natur mid den vorziiglichsten naturwissen- 

 schaftlichen Werkeii gezeichnet von Kull. Zurich, 1843. 



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