ZOOLOGICAL. EEOOIID 
FOR 1870. 
MAMMALIA 
BY 
Albert Gunther^ M.A., M.D., Ph.D.^ F.R.S. 
General Notes and Faunae. 
Prof. Burmeister gives a list of the Mammalia in the Mu- 
seum at Buenos Ayres. An. Mus. Buen. Aires^ 1869^ pp. 446- 
465. One hundred and eighty-seven species. 
Dr. J. L. SouBEiRAN^ during the siege of Paris in 1870, 
drew up an account of the aliments derived by more or less 
civilized nations from the animal kingdom. The paper is en- 
titled ^'Curiositds de P Alimentation.^^ Bull. Acclim. 1870, 
pp. 714-734. 
Arctic Region, Anteckningar om djurlifvet i Ishafvet 
mellan Spetsbergen och Gronland [Remarks on animal life in 
the Glacial Ocean between Spitzbergen and Greenland], by 
'^A. Quennerstedt, Svensk. Vet. Ak. Handl. vii. 1868, pp. 35, 
3 plates. The mammals to which special attention was paid 
are species of Phoca. 
Siberia. Under the title ^^Neue Untersuchungen iiber die 
in den altaischen Hohlen aufgefundenen Saugethierreste, ein 
Bcitrag zur quaternaren Fauna des Russischen Reiches, Prof. 
F. Brandt gives an account of the remains of recent species 
found in a fossil condition in caves of the Altai Mountains. 
M^l. Biol. vii. 1870, pp. 359-438 ; Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. 
XV. pp. 147-202. 'I These researches are very important for our 
knowledge of the distribution of animals, and refer to the 
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