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In the Journal of the Natural History Society of Bombay, a paper ou 

 Mau-eating Tigers, by Mr. R. Gilbert, and a continuation of Mr. J. H. 

 Steel's papers on the Camel may be noticed. 



In the Proceedings of tlie Zoological Society of London, Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas has described anew species of Mantjac (Gervulus feoi), obtained 

 by Mr. Fea, the collector of the Genoa Civic Museum on Mt. Mulait, in 

 Teuasserim. Mr. Thomas has also published some preliminary notes on 

 the characters and synonymy of the different species of otter, a subject 

 which has hitherto been in great confusion. Messrs. Beddard and 

 Treves contribute to the same Journal a valuable illustrated paper on 

 the anatomy of Rhinoceros sumatrensis. 



In the Annals and Magazine of Natitral History Fr. Sav. Montcelli 

 proposes a modification of the synopsis of the species of the genus 

 Taphozous in accordance with the size of the feet instead of the greater 

 or less development of the radio- metacarpal pouch, as proposed by 

 Dobson. 



Mr. P. S. Hutchinson has published, in the Zoologist, a paper on 

 the suborbital pits of the Indian Antelope. 



The Mammals collected by Dr. Aitchison with the Afghan Delimi- 

 tation Commission have been described by Mr. Oldfield Thomas, in the 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, and comprise 16 species, belong- 

 ing to 13 genera, the most interesting of which is Eilobius fuscicapillus, 

 the original specimens of which were obtained many years ago near 

 Quetta. The geographical range of Felis tigris in Afghanistan is ex- 

 tended, as far east and north as Bala Murghab, and that of the hunting 

 leopard {Felis jubata) to the valley of the Hari Rud, while the Egyptian 

 Fox (Vulpes famelica) was obtained, as far north and east as Kushk-Rud 

 and Kin in the basin of the Harut River. 



Dr. J. Anderson gives an account in the Journal of the Linnean 

 Society, of the Mammals collected by him in the Mergui Archipelago. 

 Twenty-three species belonging to nineteen genera are enumerated in 

 this paper. With the exception of two bats, Emhallonura semicaudata 

 and Pteropus edulis, which are new to the Malayan Peninsula, and 

 Rhizomys erythrogenys, they are all well-known forms on the neighbouring 

 mainland. 



Mr. E. Buchner, the Dii'ector of the Zoological Museum at St. Peters- 

 burgh, has begun the publication of the zoological results of the travels 

 of Col. Prjevalsky. The work is admirably illustrated by the muni- 

 ficence of the Grand-Duke Nicolai Alexandrowitz, and will give a 

 complete description of the large collections made in Central Asia. The 

 first part contains descriptions of the Rodents, which all present the pale 

 buff or drab colour of the pelage, common to mammals and birds inhabit- 

 ing sandy deserts. 



