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MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. 



'by Pttiil Alleu, esq. | Revised and nbrid;;ed by the otrission of onimportant de- | tails, with an 

 introduction and notes, | by Archibald M'Viukar. | In two volumos. | Vol. i[-ii]. | New York, 

 Hurpnr & UruthcrR, piiblishers, | Frnuklln Sqnare, 1H68. 



(Two vols. 1(>°, HoiDO of the iuuei forDiiog part of Ilartwr'ii aeries, "The Family Librnry". Vol. I, pp. i-vi, 

 , ■>' l*-v*, Til -li, 5.1-371, 3 maps. Vol. ii, pp. i-i, 11-39.'!, 3 map*. (>Vol. ii, Appomlix, "Further eonmeratlon and 



deacription of tbo qoadraped*, birda. flabua, nnd planU noticed doring (bp expedition", pp. 330-.'l79.) 



Momorandn of rb« datea of tbo Rocceaalvu iRauea, moat of wiiicli oonaiated of iUOcopiea: — September, 1849 1 

 January, le^^; May, IMi; Janaary, 1844; July, lH4.'>i April, 1847; May, IKiO; Auxuiit, 1831 ; Jane, 1835; April, 

 1858; Novomlwr, 18(10; Fiibrimry, 1868; HikT«h, 1871 (vui. ii); April, 1679 (vol. I) ; February, 1874 (vol. ii)i De- 

 cember, 187S (vol. i) ; in nil fourteen iaauea «f the whole woric, under a'xteou different datea. 



This Is an editorial abi idKmoDt, or digest, of (be original of 1814, g. c, fitilbfully and, oo tbo whole, Judl* 

 oionaiy exeouUid. The natarol-biatory chapter, besides being relegated to an appendix, ia trauspoaed aa to ita 

 botanical and zmdogical purtiona. It ia fartbermoro abridged at tho editor'a diacretton, the omlaalona belDK 

 indicated by asteriska. A now fifstare ia foot-noto referencea to the pagea of the body of the work on which 

 the various apoclea were before mentioned. Thia is a valuable set of orosa-referenoes, for the narratlvo ao- 

 oouiita aoattered through the work are often no Iea< important thou the formal notices themaelves.J 



1843. — Harlan, R. Reniarku on Prof. Owen'H letter. [About Harlan's notice of new fossil mammalia.] 

 < Am. Journ. 8ci. and Aii;8, xlv, 1843, pp. 208-211. 



1843-45. — Oray, J. B. Zoolofjy of the voyage of II. M. 8. Snlphnr, nuder the command of Captain Sir 

 Edward Delcher Parts i, ii. Mammalia. By J. £. Gray. 4°.- London, 1843-45. 



1844. — Oregg, J. Cnmmerce of the prairies, 2 vols. 12°. Philadelphia, 1844 



[Coutaina interesting notioea of aome of tbo birger mammala of the plains : — blaon, elk, doer, bear, wolves, 

 prnirie-dngs, etc.] 



Schubert, O. H. Mittheilung von Correspondenzcn ans Labrador [Uber seine Landsiiugothiere, 

 Wassur-, Laud- und Strandvugel]. < MUnchou. Bull. Akad. 1844, col. 121-126, 129-133; 

 MUucheu. Gelehrte Auz. xviil, 1844, col. 418-422. 



<^ Revue Zool. viii, 184S, pp. 



184S. — Pucberan, J. Description de quelqnes mammif^res am^ricaius. 

 •iXy-'M-l, 369-373. 



1846. — Carpenter, W. hL Remarks on some fossil bones recently brought to New Orleans from 

 Tennessee and from Texas. <[ Am. Journ. Soi. and Arts (2), i, 1846, art. xii, pp. 244-SCO, with 

 4 &ie- 

 Falconer, H , and Cantley, P. T. Fauna antiqua sivalent>is, being the fossil zoology of tho 

 Sewalili Hills, in the north of India. .... [Edited by Hugh Falconer.] Letterpress.-' Part i. 

 Proboscidea. tP. 64 pp. London, Hmith, Elder & Co., 65 Comhill, 184G. 

 Oodman, J. D. Ameiican natural history To which is added his last work. The ram- 

 bles of a naturalist, with a biographical sketch of the anthor. In 2 voloines. 3d ed. Philn- 

 •,• delphia, Uriah Hunt & Son, 1846. Vol. i, oiig. title, 345 pp. (xiii + 332), 27 pli. Vol. ii, eug. 



title, ;m pp., 2a pii. 



, '" Hallo^rell, B. [Descriptioii of the locality whence a collection of fossil bones presented to the 

 academy by Mr. Wni. Puucoast had been obtained, and an enumeration of the same.] <[ Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Soi. Phila. i.i, 1846, p. 130. 

 Owen, R. Observations on ceitain fossils from the collection of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia. < Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. iii, 1846, pp. 93-96. 



1846-S4. — Audubon, J. J., and Bacbman, J. The viviparous quadrupeds of North America 



New York, 1846-54. 3 vols. Roy. 8°. Vol. i, pub. by J. J. Audubon, 1846, pp. xiv, 1,389, pU. 1-50. 

 Vol. ii, pub. by V. G. Audubon, 1851, title, pp. 334, 1 1., pll. 51-100. Vol. iii, pub. by same, 

 1853-54 (entitled " The quadrupeds of North America", date 1854 on title-page), 1 p. 1., pp. v, 

 348, pll. 101-155. 



(Tbo plutes of ibis work are said to have been originally publiahod iu numbers, in oblong folio, without text, 

 beginning aa fur back as 1840. The plates in tbe edition above given are in roy. 8°, intercalated with tho text. 

 j„ . Another edition or rrpriut, in roy. 8°, platrs intercalatttd, appears, pub. by V. G. Audubon, in numbers, 



' '• ■' 1851-54, deaigncd to bo bound in 3 vo's. The cepy examined is as follows:— ''The quadrupeds of North Amer- 

 ica ... . Vol. i. New York, pubiisbod by V. O. Audubon, 18Jl ", pp. i-vlil, 1-384, plL 1-50 , Vol. ii (nu title-pagr>), 

 pp. 1-334, 1 I., pll 51-100. Vol. iii, ieS4, 1 p. 1., pp. i-v, 1-348, pll. 101-133. Vols, ii and iii thus sfem to bo identical 

 with lliu originals. Though vol. iii Is dated 1854, pp. 1-354 are said to have appeared lu 18S), tbo remainder 

 ill li<>4, 

 ■ ' ,) _' TboBO authors treat of 197 species, of which about 100 are fignreii. Few are here dencribcd an new, the 



Y 1 original desoripl ions having mostly appoared elmtwherc. Bee r. 7. under datea 18.'i9 aud 1841. liii) t ethnical 

 portions of the work ure supposed to lie luaiuly ottribulablu to Bachiuan, tbe other auilior having attended to 

 tbo illuatrationa and porlions of the biograubicul matter. Many of tho plates were drawn by J. W. Audubon.] 



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