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1841. — Bonaparte, C. L. A new pyRleinatic ariaDgement of vertebrated animals. <^ Trans. Linn. 



Soc Lon<1ou, xviii, 1841, pp. 247-304 (Classis i, Mammalia, pp. 247-258). 



[In sequeuce, tbis is essentially similar to the " Synopsis verfebratornm syslematis", but a "'Conspectus fami- 



liarum ot snbfaniiliarnm", ■with diagnoses of the gioups. replaces the "Index". As in the last, the groups 



Placentalia and Implacentalia are designated " series" and the Educabilia and Ineducabilia "subclasses", and 



the sequence of the subfamilies !.'> and 16, 38 and 39, 54 and 55, aie severally reversed. Compared -wilb the iirst 



arrangement, the Hippopotaraina, Ilhinocerontina, and Tapirina are transfeia from the Elephantidai to the 



Suida? ; a new subfamily ii3) Dinotberin.i forming with {24) Elephantiua, the Elephantidae, is interposed, whereby 



a total of 41 families and 76 subfamilies results. These moditications indicate the author's emendations since 



1839, and therefore not the status of the article at the date of " reading ".] 

 Coates, B. H. [On the use of the sutures of the cranium.] <^ Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i, 1841, 



PP.U9-71. 

 Fennell, J. H. A natural history of Ilritish and foreign quadrupeds; containing many modern 



discoveries, original observations, and numerous anecdotes. 8°. xv, 556 pp., 200 woodcuts. 



London, Joseph Thomas, 1M41. 

 Jones, T. R. A general outline of the animal kingdom, and manual of comparative anatomy. 



8°. xiv, 732 pp., 336 figs. London, J. Van Voorst, 1841. 

 Martin, W. C. L. A general introduction to the natural history of niammiferous animals, with 



a particular view of the physical history of man, and the more closeh' allied genera of the 



order Quadrumana, or monkeys. Illustrated with 296 anatomical, osteological, and other inci- 

 dental engravings on wood, and 12 full-plate representations of animals, drawn by William 



Harvey. 8°. 1 p. 1., 545 pp., 12 pi. London, Wright & Co., 1841. 

 Pompper, H. Die fiiugethieie, Vogel und Amphibien, uach ihrer geograpbischeu Verbreitung 



tabellarisch zusammengestellt. 4°. Leipzig, 1841. 

 1842.^Duvernoy,G. L. Supplement historique pour les mdmoires, " Snr les dents des mammifferes." 



< Coniptes Kendus, Paris, xv, 184'2, pp. 1000-1006. 

 Gray, J. E. Descriptions of some new geuera and fifty unrecorded' species of mammalia. <^ Anu. 



Mag. N. H. X, 184-2, pp. 25.'')-267. 

 Lesson, R. P. Nouveau tableau du rfegne animal. Mammifferes. 8". 3 p. 1., 204 pp. Paris, 



A. Bertrand, 1842. 

 Meyer, G. H. Ueber das Saugethierei. <^ Archiv flir Anat. 1842, pp. 17-18. 

 Schiuz, H. R. Ueber seine Synopsis Mamnialium. <[ Verhaiidlgn. d. Schwciz. naturf. Gesellsch. 



27. Versammlg. Altdorf, 1842, pp. 11(M'25. 

 Smith, C. H. The naturalist's library. Edited by Sir William Jardine, Bart. . Vol. xv. Mam- 

 malia. Introduction to mammalia. 18°. Eng. title, 4 p. 1., pp. 17-313, portrait of Drury, 



30 col. pll. Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars [1842]. 

 1843. — Bischoff, T. L. W. Ueber die erste Bildung des Centralnervensystems bei Siiugethieren, mit 



Beriicksichtigung der kritischen Beleuchtung meiner Beobachtungen durch Herrn Dr. Rei- 



cbert. Mit 1 Taf < MuUer's Arch. f. Anat. 1843, pp. 252-275. 

 Gray, J. E. Descriptions of some new geuera and species of mammalia iu the British Museum 



collection. < Ann. Mag. N. H. xi, 1843, pp. 117-119. 

 Gray, J. E. List of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. 



Printed by order of the trustees. 16°. xxviii, 216 pp. London, 1843. 

 Hays, I. [On piipers relating to Koch's collection.] <[ Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. ii, 1843, 



pp. 264-266. 

 Oiven, R. Letter on R. Harlan's notice of new fossil mammalia. <[Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 



xliv, 1843, pp. 341-345. 

 ■Waterhouse, G. R. Observations on the classification of the mammalia, <^ Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist, xii, 1843, pp. 399-412 ; Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1843 (pt. 2), pp. 65-67 ; Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. iii, 



1845, pp. 371-386. 

 1844.— Bischoff, T. L. W. Recherches sur la maturation et la chute p6riodiqne de Toouf de rhomme 



et des inaiuiuifiires. Avec 6 planches. < Ann. Sci. Nat. 3e s^r. Zool. tome ii, 1844, pp. 104-164. 

 Bonaparte, C. L. Spechio generale del sistema masto-zoologico. <[Riunioue degli Scienziati 



Italiani, atti della prima riunione, Lucca, 1844, pp. 3'23-356. 

 Bourgery, J. M. Sur les masses comparatives que prcSsentent dans I'homme et qnelques ani- 



maux mamiuitferes les ditfdrents organes qui composent le systtime nerveux. <^ Compt. Rend. 



Acad. Sci. Paris, tome xix, 1844, pp. 603-607 ; Institut, xii, no. 561, 1844, p. 321. 



