290 L Vertebrata. 



The habitat of this species is now defined by lines drawn from Suakim and 



Kassala and thence southwards towards the Somali Coast. 

 Gerbillus Simoni n. sp. Lataste. Le Naturaliste. 1881. p. 497. Hab. Algeria, Oued 



Magra. Gerbillus garamantis n. sp. Lataste. 1. c. p. 507. Hab. Algeria, Sidi- 



Roueld, Ouargla. Gerbillus hirtipes Lataste. 1. c. p. 506. Hab. Algeria. 

 Gerbillus Sivinhoei n. sp. Scully. Hab. Gatai. between Kandahar and the Khojak 



Pass, at an elevation of about 4000 feet above sea -level. Ann. of Nat. Hist. 



1881. p. 228. 

 Alactaya euphratica n. sp. Oldfield Thomas. Hab. Mesopotamia. Ann. of Nat. 



Hist. Vol. 8. p. 1417. 

 Arvicola Blanfordi n. sp. Scully. From the Nultar valley, near Gilgit, at elevations 



of from 9000 to 10000 feet. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1881. p. 206, with 



three woodcuts of the teeth and of the hind foot. 

 (foss.) Arvicola intermedia n. sp. E. T. Newton. The Geol. Mag. 1881. p. 258. 



From the Forest Bed Series of the East of England. 

 Hesperomys (Calomys) Coppingeri n. sp. Oldfield Thomas, from Tom Bay and Cockle 



Cove. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1881. p. 4 , with woodcuts of the left ear and 



of the right foot. 

 RheithrodonAlstonin. sp. Oldfield Thomas. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. p. 691 ; 



with seven woodcuts, representing the hind foot, skull and parts of the skull and 



coecurn. The species was obtained by Dyson in Venezuela. 



Fam. Leporidae. 



Gayot, Eug., Lapins, Lievres et Leporides. 2. edit. Paris. Libr. agricole de laMaison rusti- 



que. 1881. 8. 216 pages, with 15 grav. Ex Anzeiger. 



Gill, L. U., Book of the Rabbit giving the History, Variations , Uses, Points, Selection and 

 other information bearing on the subject of Fancy Rabbits. Colored illustrations. 

 London. Bazaar office. 1881. 8. 448 pages. Ex Anz. 



Goll, H., Note sur le Lievre Alpin. in: Bullet. Soc. Vaud. Lausanne. 1881. p. 391 397. 

 (foss.) Lepus ennisianus n. sp. Cope. Bullet. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the 

 Territories. 1881. p. 385. From the Truckee of Middle Miocene period , John 

 Day River, Oregon. 



7. Ruminantia. 



Fam. Bovidae. 



Dele, E., Uber das Rind von Nord- America und seine Einfuhrung nach GroBbritanien und 



Belgien. Jena. Dege und Haenel. 1881. 80. 39 p. Ex Anz. 

 Kaltenegger, Ferd., Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Rinderracen in den osterreichischen 



Alpenlandern. Prag. 1881. 80. not seen by Rec. 



Kuhn, Jul., Kalb von einem Yakbastard. Magdeburgische Zeitung. 1881. Nr. 315. 10 Juli. 

 Thomas, Ph., Recherches sur les Bovides fossiles de 1'Algerie. in: Bullet. Soc. Zool. 



France. 1881. p. 92 137 and two plates. 

 Winkler, T. C., De palaeontologische Geschiedenis van de Hoefdieren. Album der Natuur. 



1881. 197 p., with thirty-eight woodcuts ; 1. c. p. 244263. 

 Zoepf, Frz., Die osterreichischen Rinderracen. Herausgegeben voin k. k. Ackerbau-Mini- 



sterium. 2. Bd. Die Rinder des oberen Donauthales in Ober- und Niederosterreich. 



1. Heft. Ober-Osterreich. Wien. W. Frick. 1881. 80. 



Bos primigenius mauritanicus characterized as a new variety of Bos primigenius Boj . 

 by Ph. Thomas. Remains have been found near Ai'n M' lila and Bir Ensa, Algiers. 

 Bulletin Soc. Zool. de France. 1881. p. 125. plate HI. 



