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Brandt, J. P. Ui)tersuchungen liber das Kaninchen {Lepus cuni- 

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 tologischer Beziehung. [Researches on the Rabbit from a Zoogeo- 

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 tSt. Petershourg^ t. xxi. pp. 1-21. 



Einige Bcmerkuiigen iiber die bisher in Russland aufgefun- 



dcnen drei verschicdenen Arten angehorigcn Reste ausgestorbener 

 Xashorner. [Remains of throe species of Rhinoceros found in 

 Russia.] Bull. Ac. Imp. St. Petershourcf, t. xxi. pp. 81-84. [Title 

 inserted in the Geological Record for 1875, p. 273.] 

 li. aniiqidtatis, R. Mercl'ii, and B. leptorhimis. The last had its 

 home in W. and S. Europe. 



Busk, Prof. G. On the Ancient or Quaternary Fauna of Gibraltar, 



&c. Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 415. 

 Remains of bear, cat, horse, rhinoceros, stag, ibex, &c. noticed. 



Calvin, Prof. S. On seven new species of Palarozoic Fossils found in 

 Iowa ; also a probable species of Elephant found in the modified 

 Drift near West Union. Nature, vol. xv. p. 303. Notice of 

 Meeting of Academy of Science, Iowa, Jan. 23. 



Capellini, Prof. G. Sulle balene fossili Toscane. [Fossil "Whales of 

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 Boll. R. Com. Geol. Ital. vol. vii. pp. 77-79. 



[Discovery of Fossil Cetacea in Italy.] Bull. Ac. R. Belg. 



ser. 2, t. xli. pp. 957, 958. 



The localities are Briatico, Gravina, and Ga^latone ; and the species 



are : — Plesiocetopsis Hupscliii^ Van Ben. ; P. Garopii, V. B. ; Aulocetus^ 



sp. ; and Pachy acanthus, sp. G. A. L. 



Cope, Prof. E. D. On a Gigantic Bird from the Eocene of New 



Mexico. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. ser. 3, vol. vi. pp. 10, 11. 

 Tarso-metatarsus. Named Diatnjma gigantea. 



On the Toimwhmta, a new group of Eocene Mammalia. 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. ser. 3, vol. vi. p. 39. 



Supposed to be intermediate between Edentata and Insectivora. 2 



families — Ectoganida) (molars with several roots) and Calamodontidne 



(molars with simple conical roots). See Geological Record for 1875, 



p. 402. L. C. M. 



On the Geologic Age of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Eocene 



of New Mexico, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. ser. 3, vol. vi. 

 pp. 03-60. Translated in Journ. Zool. t. v. pp. 307-31 1. 

 A synopsis of species and formations. Tlie American Eocene rocks 

 are classified thus : — - 



