Bibliographical Notice. 299 



But when the second animal (obviously of a different species) 

 reached us, I carefully examined the literature on the subject, and 

 came to the conclusion (exactly contrary to that of Dr. Gray, 

 antea, p. 207) that the latter was the true R. sumatrensis and the 

 former new to science. Under these circumstances, in a paper 

 read before Section D at the British Association's Meeting 

 at Brighton on the 16th of August last, I proposed to call the 

 former Rhinoceros lasiotis*. Supposing even that the exist- 

 ing descriptions and figures of Rhinoceros sumatrensis are not 

 sufficient to settle this question (which, however, is, in my 

 opinion, by no means the case), the known localities from which 

 the two animals were brought are of themselves strongly pre- 

 sumptive that my determination is correct. One was captured 

 near Chittagong, in a district where no two-horned rhino- 

 ceros was previously known to occur ; the other in Malacca, 

 where the fauna is well known to be identical with that of the 

 adjacent island of Sumatra. I may add that Mr. Blythf, 

 who has paid special attention to the Asiatic rhinoceroses, and 

 Dr. Dorner, who has examined not only the specimen in the 

 Eegent's Park, but also the similar animal in the Gardens of 

 the Zoological Society of Hamburg, of which he is Secretary, 

 are both of opinion that the Malaccan animal is the true 

 R. sumatrensis ; and I believe that any naturalist who has an 

 opportunity of examining the two animals in the Zoological 

 Society's Gardens will come to the same conclusion. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



Tortoises, Terrapins, and Turtles draivn from Life. By James 

 DE Carle Sowerbt, F.L.S., and Edward Lear. London, Paris, 

 and Erankfort : Henry Sotheran, Joseph Baer and Co., 1872. 



Dr. Gray, who edits this work, prefaces it by the following intro- 

 duction: — 



" This series of Plates was made under the superintendence of 

 Mr. Thomas Bell, to illustrate his ' Monograph of the Testudinata,' 

 a work in which the author intended to represent and describe not 

 only all the known recent, but also fossil species. The publication 

 of this extensive work was unfortunately interrupted (by the failure 

 of the publisher) when only two-thirds of the plates that had been 

 prepared (which in themselves formed but a limited portion of the 

 intended work) were published. 



" We are informed in the original Prospectus that ' The whole of 

 the drawings are from the inimitable pencil of Mr. James Sowerby ; 

 and the author feels that he is only doing justice to that distinguished 

 artist in natural objects when he states that in correctness of 



* See the ' Times ' of August 19th, p. 5, where a notice of this paper is 

 given ; also ' Athenteum ' of August 24th, p. 243. 

 t See 'Field,' August 24, 1872, letter signed " Z." 



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