IV PEBPACE. 



Schlegel had built up his classification are now entirely abandoned, 

 and the taxonomie value of the dental is made subordinate to 

 that of osteological characters. The specific descriptions and the 

 references to the literature are given much more fully ; and the re- 

 examination of the specimens has led to numerous changes in the 

 nomenclature and the limitation of species and genera, though, 

 in this respect, it _is not to be expected that the views of different 

 authors wiU ever completely agree. 



ALBERT GtJNTHEE, 

 Keeper of the Department of Zoology. 



British Museum (N. H.), 

 March 4th, 1893. 



