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by perfectly satisfactory evidence, to be identical with the 

 common Cervics dam a, or fallow deer, of Europe. If this 

 view be correct, then the fallow deer existed in England dur- 

 ing the pleistocene period ; but whether it became extinct 

 in Northern Europe before the advent of prehistoric man, or 

 whether it continued to exist in these islands even at the 

 commencement of the Roman occupation, are questions yet 

 to be solved. 12 A, January 14, 1875, 211. 



A NEW KANGAROO FROM NEW GUINEA. 



A new species of kangaroo, of the genus Dorcopsis, has 

 lately been obtained from Southeastern New Guinea by Dr. 

 Albertis, and described under the name of Dorcopsis lucluosa, 

 this forming the second species of the genus now known 

 from New Guinea. The island of Am has long been known 

 as possessing a species of true kangaroo, with a naked nose, 

 described under the name of Macropus brunii. This is a re- 

 markable fact in geographical distribution, as all the others 

 known are natives of Australia and its more immediate sur- 

 roundings. 15 A, February 6, 1875, 195. 



DR. COUES ON THE MICE OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Dr. Coues has published in the Proceedings of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy a synopsis of an elaborate work by him. 

 upon the mice of North America, based upon the many thou- 

 sands of specimens in the Smithsonian Institution. In this 

 he considerably reduces the alleged number of species, al- 

 though describing some that he considers new. The genera 

 retained by him for the American forms are JVeotoma, Sigmo- 

 don, Hesperomys, Ochetodon, Fvotomys, Arvicola, Synapto- 

 mys, My odes, Cuniculus, and Fiber, some of them with several 

 sub-genera. Twenty-eight species, some of which have nu- 

 merous varieties, are recorded by Dr. Coues. Pr. Acad. Nat. 

 jSci., Philadelphia, 1874, 173. 



BARNACLES ON BIRDS. 



Although barnacles attached to floating objects are known 

 to be transported to great distances, thus far no case of trans- 

 portation out of water has been recorded. During the re- 

 cent cruise of the Italian frigate Magenta, however, several 

 specimens of a stormy petrel, Priofinus cinereus, were shot in 



