1894.] Recent Literature. 45 
His long residence in Įndia gives him especial authority on the 
Mammalia of that region, and we accordingly find his descriptions of 
some of the little known species of the oriental mountain ranges to 
supply a long feet desideratum. These remarks are especially applic- 
able to the wild species of sheep and goats. We find the work lacks 
symmetry in the inclusion of the rhinoceroses while it omits the tapirs 
and horses; and a strictly scientific limitation would include also the 
Proboscidia. Perhaps these forms can be added in a future edition. 
In any case it is a book which no sportsman or naturalist can not be 
without. It is illustrated by 82 excellent cuts. Through the courtesy 
of the publisher, we are able to reproduce two of them. 
—— 2 = ain = 
Fig. 2. Atelodus bicornis; the common African rhinoceros, 
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