3 8 SIR VICTOR BROOKE CHAP. 



On the Classification of the Cervidce, with a Synopsis 

 of the Existing Species. P. Z. S., 1878, p. 883. 



This is quite the most important of all Sir Victor 

 Brooke's contributions to science. It extends over forty 

 pages of the Proceeding^ and is abundantly illustrated 

 with figures of all the characteristic forms of deer's 

 antlers, and contains the results of a large amount of 

 work and thought upon the zoology, anatomy, and 

 palaeontology of the group. It is divided into five 

 sections: (i) Introduction. (2) On the division of 

 Cervidce into sections larger than genera. (3) On the 

 subdivision of the sections into minor groups. (4) 

 Geographical distribution and remarks thereon. (5) 

 Synopsis of the existing Cervidce. The primary divi- 

 sion of the Cervidce is based upon the condition of the 

 rudimentary lateral metacarpals. In one group the 

 proximal, and in the other the distal, portion of these 

 bones only is present. 



On a New Species of Gazelle from Western Africa. 

 P. Z. S., 1878, p. 929. 



Gazella walleri described from the skull and horns 

 only, which are figured. 



In conjunction with his brother, Basil Brooke. On the 



Large Sheep of the Thian Shan and other Asiatic 



Argali. P. Z. S, 1875, p. 509. 



An important paper, containing much information 



collected from various sources, upon a subject involved 



in great difficulty. An abstract of the laborious and 



careful researches of Mr. Severtzoff (whose papers had 



been translated from the Russian for the purpose) is 



given, and the skull and horns of several of the species 



are figured. The species described are Ovis poli (Blyth), 



O. kareleni, heinsi, and nigrimontana (Severtzoff), O. 



