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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Bos bison. Prof. Brandt has published an account of its geographical dis- 
tribution during the various periods of its existence. L. c. pp. 101-152. — 
M. IssakofF relates the capture of a Bison in the Caucasus. Bull. Soc. 
Acclim. Paris, 1808, pp. 145-140 (reported by Br. Noll, Zool. Gart. 1808, 
p. 210). 
Capra ibex is now re.slri(ded to the Cogi»e valley, on the right bank of 
the Dora Baltea, where about 300 individuals may be living. Von Beck- 
Peccoz, Zool. Gart. 1808, p. 70. 
Antilope caudata figured by A. Milne-Edwards in Kecherch. Hist. Nat. 
Mammif. pi. 23. 
"HJIippotraffus hakeri has been figured by Mr. Sclater ; notes by himself and 
Sir S. Baker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1808, p. 2il, pi. 16. 
Bupicapra. An albino is mentioned by Bruhin, Zoolog. Gart. 1808, p. 39. — 
On deformities of horns, E. v. Tschudi, ibid. pp. 111-113, with woodcuts. — 
Dr. V. Frauenfeld reports on individuals infested by Coenurus cerehralis. 
Verb. zool. -hot. Ges. Wien, 1808, pp. 301-302. 
Antilocapra. W. J. Hays confirms the recent observations on the shed- 
ding of its horns. Amer. Natiir. ii, pp. 131-133. The various stages of de- 
velopment of the horns are figured. 
Cervus canadensis. Mr. J. D. Caton has published a valuable paper on 
the American Deer in Trans. Ottawa Acad. Nat. Sc. 1808 (Amer. Nat. ii. 
p. 435). 
Cervus tarandus. Prof. Brandt has puhlished a detailed account of -its 
geographical distribution during the various periods of its existence in 
Europe, Zoogeogr. Beitr. pp. 1-100, 250, 257. He examines the evidence 
we possess from fossil remains and from the records of the ancient Homans and 
Greeks j he treats of its occurrence in France, Scotland, and Poland in his- 
torical times, and of its distribution in the present period. In a supple- 
mentary chapter he considers especially tlie questions with regard to its im- 
migration into Europe and the duration of its existence. 
^Mr. R. Brown has published his observations on the Reindeer in Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 852. 
Cervus xanthopi/f/us is indicated as a new species from North China by 
M. A. Milne-Edwards. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1867, viii. p. 376; it is figured in 
Recherch. Hist. Nat. Mammif. pi. 21. 
SIRENIA. 
^4 Prof. V. Brandt^s monograph ^ Symbolae Sirenologicae'’ has 
been noticed above (p. 3) . 
CETACEA. 
^The great work of MM. van Beneden & Gervais has been 
mentioned above, p. 5. 
*^e refer to Prof. v. Brandt^s Symbolse Sirenologicae^ for 
the numerous osteological and zoological details of this order 
(see p. 3) . 
vProf. VAN Beneden has published a list of the skeletons or 
parts of skeletons, arranged according to the museums or col- 
