MAMMALIA. 
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yol. clviii. pp. 201-2G1, pis. 4-7. — Dr. yan'Bambeke has described the skeleton 
of a young individual, Bull. Ac. Boy. Belg. xxvi. pp. 63-Gl. 
^Physeter. Mr. Flower has published an excellent monograph 
of the osteology of the Cachalot in Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. pp. 309- 
372, illustrated by plates 55-61. It is chiefly founded on a 
nearly perfect skeleton of an adolescent male from Tasmania, 
which is described in detail, and compared with other examples 
in the various collections. The position in the system formerly 
assigned to this genus by the author is corroborated by the pre- 
sent researches. He comes to the conclusion that the southern 
and northern Cachalots do not differ specifically. 
Epiodon australis ox pat a chonicus (see Zool. Record, iv. p. 39). 
Prof. Burmeister gives a most detailed account of the external 
characters, osteology, and anatomy of this Cetacean in An. Mus. 
Buen. Ayres, 1868, pp. 312-366. The memoir is illustrated by 
six plates. 
Pontoporia hlainviUii. Prof. Burmeister has published liis account of this 
species (mentioned in Zool. Bccord, iv. p. 39) also in Anal. Mus. Buen. 
Ayres, 1867, Act. Soc. Paleont. pp. xix-xxii. 
■I Monoclon monoceros. Dr. van Bambeke has described the vertebral column 
of the Narwhal, Bull. Ac. Boy. Belg. xxvi. pp. 46-63. 
>1 DelpJnnus. Dr. van Bambeke describes the vertebral column of Z>. orm, 
tursio, and glohicej)s, 1. c. xxvi. pp. 22-45, and the skull of D. molayanus, 
p. 45. 
n/ Chjmcne similis is described as a new species from the Cape by Dr. Gray, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 146. Its difference from Cl. ohscura is pointed out 
d illustrated by woodcuts. 
Tursio tnmeatus. Dr. Gray describes and figures variations in skulls of 
animals from the same school, and of examples from other localities. L. c. 
pp. 660-662. 
\| Grampus yriseus. M. P. Fischer describes the external appearance and the 
anatomy of an example from the French coast. He adds a history of the 
species, and comes to the conclusion that G. rissoanus (F. Cuv.) is the same 
animal. Ann. Sc. Nat. viii. pp. 363-373. 
Ghhioccphalus svineval A foetus extracted from a female 12 feet long was 
3 feet in length. Gray, Ann. Sc Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, i. p. 224. 
grayi, sp. n., Burmeister, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, i. 
2 & 3, from Buenos Ayres. 
MARSUPIALIA. 
In Zool. Record, iv. p. 40, we have communicated a note of Prof. Peters 
on the homologies of the quadrate bone. This author mentions incidentally 
that J. Miiller also was not convinced of the correctness of Prof. Reichert’s 
views on the subject. Prof. Reichert replies now in Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. 
Berlin, 1868, pp. 143-146. [See also next page.] 
^ Halmaturus hillardieri is common in South-eastern Victoria, and not 
H. hrachyurus, which is from Western Australia. Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc 
1868, p. 2. 
Glohiocephalus 
p. 62, pi. 2. figs. 
