MAMMALIA. 
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annis, 1823-30 collegit, notis, observat. et adumbrat. illustravit 
Pli. Fr. de Siebold. Mammalia elaborantibus C. J. Temminck 
et H. Scblegel. Lugd. Butav. 1842. Decas. 1. 
This also is one of the most important works, which, by the muni- 
ficence of the Government of Holland, have been contributed to science ; 
and, at the same time, affords a happy proof how scientific zeal can set 
aside the barriers which Japanese mistrust has opposed to the entrance 
of European elements. In the first Number, the following species are 
described : — “ Inuus speciosus, tab. 1 and 2. Pteropus dasymallus, Pt. 
pselaphon, Rhinolophus nippon, tab. 3, fig. 1, 2. Rh. cornutus, tab. 3, 
fig. 3 and 4. Vespertilio molossus, tab. 3, fig. 5. V. noctula, V. ble~ 
potis, V. macrodactylus, V. ahramus, V. akakomuli, Talpa Wogura, 
tab. 4, fig. 1-5. Urotrichus talpoides, tab. 4, fig. 6-11. Sorex platy- 
cephalus, tab. 5, fig. 1.” Besides these, there are figured ; — “ Sorex 
indicus and Kinezmni, tab. 5, fig. 2, 3. Meles anahuma, tab. 6. Mustela 
natsi and melampus, tab. 7. Nycthereutes viverrinus, tab. 8 . Canis 
hodophilax, tab. 9. C. familiaris japonicus, tab. 10.” 
In the Mus. Senckenb. iii. p. 115, Dr. Riippell has given a view of 
the geographical distribution of the Rodentia, collected by him in the 
north-east of Africa and the coasts of the Red Sea. Thirty-five species 
are enmnerated in all. 
Two new numbers, the 15th and 16th, of A. Smith’s Illustrations, 
have arrived. It is a pity this beautiful undertaking does not advance 
quicker. 
The fourth number of Harris’s Portraits of the Game and Wild 
Animals of Southern Africa has appeared, with tab. 19. Rhinoceros 
simus : 20. Strepsiceros capensis : 21. Oazella albifrons : 22. Elephas 
africanus : 23. Aegdceros niger : 24. Equus montanus (E. zebra, Lin.) 
and Oreotragus saltratrix. I'he plates rival those of the former numbers 
in beauty and splendour. 
Beise in das innere Nord Amerikas in den Jaliren, 1832 
bis 1834. Von Maximilian Prinzen zu Wied. Coblenz, seit, 
1838. 
This work has now come to a conclusion, and will take its position 
amongst the most important contributions to the literature of travels. 
A Catalogue of the Mammalia of Connecticut, arranged ac- 
cording to their Natural Families. By J. H. Linsley (Sillim. 
Am. Journ. xliii. No. 2, p. 345). 
It is very fortunate, that individual Faunas are every day occupying 
more attention, because, in this way, the most certain materials are 
brought together for a General Animal Geography. Linsley enume- 
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