JJ68 I. Vertebrata. 



2. Ferae. 



Cope, E. D., On the genera of Felidae and Canidae. in: Proc. Ac. Nat. Hist. Philad. 1879. 

 p. 168105. 



The author distinguishes the following genera: Felidae: Dinictis, Nimravus, 

 Hnplophonens, Eusmilus, Mac/iaerodus , Smilodon, Cryptoprocta , Pseudaelurus, Uncia. 

 Neofdis, Catolynx, Fells, Lyncus, Cynaelurus. 



Cauidae: Amphicyon, Thous, Palaeocyon, Lycann, T&mnocyon, Cam's, Vulpes, 

 Urocyon, Enhydrocynn, Tomarctus, Speothus, Synagodus, Di/sodtes, Ictlcyon. 

 Bones of the cave-bear, of the cave-hyaena and of other prehistoric inhabitants of the 

 Vypustek cave are found in the Moravian caves of Stamberg and Briinn. in : Nature. 

 11. Sept. 1879. p. 462. 



Fani. Felidae. 



Elliot, D. G. ( A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of the Cats. Part. IV. 1879. gr. in- 

 folio. With four plates. 



Contents descriptions and figures of Felt's tigris, F. serval, F. tristis and F. nt- 

 biyinosa. 

 Bourguignat, J. R., Histoire des Felidae fossiles constates en France dans les depots de la 



periode quaternaire. Paris. Trembley. 1879. 40. 

 Dinictis cyclop* n. sp. E. D. Cope. Proc. Ac. Nat. Hist. Philad. 1S79. p. 176. 



From the Truckee beds of John Day River, Oregon, (fossil.) 



Archaelurus n. g. Cope, The Am. Nat. 1879. Vol. XIII. Nr. 12. p. 798a. Den- 

 tition. I. ! C. - Prem. M. mandible with the anterior face of the 



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symphysis separated from the lateral face by an angle which is not produced 



downwards. Superior sectorial without anterior lobe ; inferior sectorial with heel. 



Archaelurus debilis u. sp. Cope, 1. c. from the lower Miocene Beds of the John 



Day region of Oregon, (fossil.) 

 Hnplophoneus plutycopis n. sp. Cope. Lower Miocene Beds of the John Day region 



of Oregon. Amer. Naturalist. 1879. Vol.13. Nr. 12. p. 798b. (fossil.) 

 Machoerodus bracfiyops Cope belongs to the genus Hoplophoneus Cope. E. D. Cope. 



Amer. Natural. 1879. Vol. 13. Nr. 3. p. 197. (fossil.) 



Fam. Canidae. 



Dalziel, H., British dogs; their varieties, history and characteristics. Part. 1. Bazaar Office. 



(Not seen by the Recorder) . 



Rasse, H. de, Les chiens sauvages de la Plata, in . Bull, mensuel de la Soc. d'Acclim. Nr. 8. 

 Aout 1879. Paris, p. 389393. 



He distinguishes two species of Hounds, viz: Savages, Perros cinimarones. and 

 domestics, Perros tigreros (house-dogs and hunting-hounds) . 

 Studer, Th. , Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Hunderacen in den Pfahlbauten. in: Avch. f. 



Anthropol. 12. Bd. 1879. p. 67 78. With one plate and two woodcuts. 

 *Wold?ich, Joh., Uber Caniden aus d em Diluvium. Mit 6 Taf . in: Denksch. d. niath.-nat. 



Cl. d. k. k. Acad. Wien. 39. Bd. 1879. 4. 52 p. (Not seen by the Recorder . 

 Cants rudis n. sp. A. Gtinther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. Vol. 4. 1879. p. 



316. 400. Hab. Demerara. 

 Dysodus n. g. E. D. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Hist. Phil. 1879. p. 179. True 



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molars -y ; premolars-^- ; inferior sectorial without internal tubercle (incisors 

 caducous) ; Dys. pravus n. sp. id. ibid., p. 189. Hab. Japan. See also: 

 The Amer. Nat. 1879. Vol. 13. Nr. 10. p. 655. 

 Synayodusn. g. E. D. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Hist. Phil. 1879. p. 179. True 



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molars : premolars ~ ; inferior sectorial without internal tubercle (superior 



