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land. He also devotes a large space to the external and internal 
characters, variations, and development of Megaplerna montana 
Savi, anda list of its numerous synonyms, which include the 
generic names of Triton, Molge, and Euproctus. He believes 
that the genus Triton should be held to include not only Triton 
proper, but also Hemitriton, Pelonectes and perhaps Euproctus 
and Megapterna. Other Corsican amphibia are Salamandra 
maculosa, Hyla viridis, Discoglossus pictus, Rana esculenta sub sp. 
s and Bufo variabilis. Our author distinguishes two species 
of Euproctus, Æ. rusconii, found in Sardinia, and Æ. pyrendica, 
a native of Spain, Portugal, and the Pyrenees. The Reptilia of 
Corsica are Tropidonotus natrix, Zamenis gemonensis, Platydactylus 
mauritanicus, Notopholis fitzingert ; Lacerta oxycephala, L. mura- 
, and L. viridis, Vipera aspis, Emys orbicularis, and Testudo 
ea. 
“oa away with an unfledged robin in its claws. Mr. J. W. 
a. records the observation of several persons near Cashport, 
o declared that the crows take up in their claws sea-urchins and 
a m up away from shore. “One intelligent person, not a 
their e id he had observed the crows zransporting them in 
king}, xorg ‘The nesting habits and eggs of the ruby-crowned 
nglet; of Myiodestes townsendi ; of the saw-whet owl; of the 
£ach’s petrel in Rona, one of the Hebrides, are described. The 
„ack-throated auk, a North Pacific sea-bird, is recorded as occur- 
ring in Wisconsin. 
Mammals—The beautiful chromo plates illustrating the first 
f the mammals of Brehm’s Thierleben, are well worthy 
O 2 lally the orang, chimpanzee and the gorilla, are as suc- 
New You . These plates can be had of B. Resteimann & Co., 
