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MAMMALIA. 
ANOMALURIDiE. 
Anomalurus. E. R. Alston discusses the structure and position of this 
form, which he regards as an aberrant sciurine Rodent. He describes 
and figures the remarkable viscera, gives a synopsis of the species, and 
figures A.fulgens^ Gray. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 88-97, pi. xxi. 
SciUElD.®. 
Pteromys yunanensis^ sp. n., J. Anderson, Ann. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 282 ; 
Yunan. 
APteromys leucogenys. Note on its habits in captivity ; A. v. Roretz, 
Zopl. Gart. 1875, pp. 447-449. 
Sciums hudsonius feeds on the ovaries of cherry blossom; P. H. 
Storer, Nature, xiii. p. 26. 
'( Scmrus fulvus, sp. n., W. T. Blanford, Ann. N, H. (4) xvi. p. 311 ; 
Persia. 
Sciurus palmarum. Note on its specific name ; H. J. Rainey, P. A. 
S. B. 1875, p. 159. 
S^iermophilus citillus^ a fossil skull from Bad Weilbach is referred to 
“ var. superciliosus, Kaup,” and the other fossil species are reviewed ; 
O. Biittger, Ber. Offenb. Ver. xiv. [1874 j pp. 28-48, pi. i. 
Bpermophilus richardsoni.. Notes on its habits ; E. Coues, Am. Nat. 
ix. pp. 147r-156. 
Arctomys. W. T. Blanford reviews the Marmots of the Himalaya, 
Tibet, and adjoining regions, recognizing four species, A. himalayanus, 
A. hemachalanus, A. caudatus^ and A. aureus (infra) j J. A. S. B. (n.s.) 
xliv. pt. 2, pp. 114-127. 
\[ Arctomys dichrous, sp. n., J. Anderson, Ann. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 283 ; 
Affghanistan. 
Arctomys aureus^ sp. n., W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. (n.s.) xliv. pt. 2, 
p. 106 ; Central Asia. 
Arctomys monax. On its habits in captivity ; J. v. Fischer, Zool. Gart. 
1875, pp. 255-263. 
Arctomys marmotta. On its habits in captivity ; K. v. Dellatore, Ber. 
Yer. Innsbr. iv. (1874) p. li.-liii. 
CASTORIDiE. 
Castor. According to H. C. Chapman, the lower symmetrical glands 
opening into the ano- preputial passage are two in number in the Ameri- 
can Beaver, and three in the European. P. Ac. Philad. 1875, p. 440. 
Castor fiber. On the Weberian appendages of the Beaver ; J. Chatin, 
Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) i. art. 10. 
Myoxidj^]. 
My oxtis pictus^ sp. n., W. T. Blanford, Ann. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 311 ; N. 
Persia. 
AMyoxiLs glis. Z. Gerbe makes the. same observation (cf. anted, p. 9) 
on this species as on Sorex araneus ; R. Z. (3) iii. pp. 156-162. 
