60 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



for the sake of brevity, an observation, subjoined to the 

 description of a species, will be found to supply the place of 

 a sub-divison of such species as contemplated by its de- 

 scriber. 



The compilation of the Table involves matter of dis- 

 cretion, principally in the application of the synonima ; 

 though this branch of the subject has been greatly faci- 

 litated in the Mammalia by the previous labours of M. Des- 

 marest. In this we can only hope for a reasonable portion 

 of success. Accuracy cannot be expected, when descrip- 

 tions alone are to be consulted, and not the thing described. 



