GENERAL NOTES AND FAUNAE. 
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Eastern Thibet. A. Milne-Edwards notices several new 
Mammals, viz. two Monkeys, three Inseetivores, a new genus of 
Bears, and a Pteromys. Compt. Bend. 1870, Ixx. pp. 341-342. 
Egypt. ^‘^Animaux domestiques par les anciens Egyptiens,^^ 
by A. P. PicHOT, Bull. Acclim. 1870, pp. 97-103. — Sur la 
domestication de quelques especes d’ antilopes au temps dePancien 
empire egyptien,^^ by E. Lenormant, Compt. Bend. 1870, Ixx. 
pp. 413-416. — Note sur le cheval au temps du nouvel empire 
egyptien,^^ by the same, 1. c. pp. 163-167. 
Abyssinia. Mr. W. T. Blanford, the geologist of the British 
expedition in 1867-68, has published bis ' Observations on the 
Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia,^ London : 1870, 8vo, 
pp. 487, plates. The work is divided into three parts : — 
1. Personal Narrative, pp. 1-139. 2. Geology, pp. 143-203. 
3. Zoology, pp. 207-477. In the introduetion to the last part 
he reviews the previous literature on the subjeet, and divides 
the eountry hypsometrically into four regions, adding lists of 
the animals with indication of the altitudes at which he has- 
observed them. In the aecount of the Mammalia (pp. 222-284) 
37 speeics arc referred to, the more! important of which will be 
mentioned subsequently. 
Prof. Peters gives a list of 14 Mammals collected by t)r. 
Schimj^er in Abyssinia, with some notes on their habits and 
distribution. SB. nat. Er. Berl. (1869) 1870, pp. 7-8. 
West Africa. Prof. Peters enumerates 14 Bats and 12 
Bodents from the Portuguese possessions in West Africa. J om. 
Lisb. 1870, pp. 123-127. 
South America. Jimenez de la Espada, a member of the 
Spanish expedition to explore the natural productions and phy- 
sical conditions of South America, has published in a separate 
form (from the ^Bolctin revista de la Universidad de Madrid^), 
^‘^Algunos datos nuevos 6 curiosos acerca de la Eauna del alto 
Amazonas (Mamiferos),’^ Madrid : 1870, 8vo, pp. 27. In this 
pam])hlct he makes some general remarks on the objects of the 
expedition, describes two new Monkeys, and treats of the sucking- 
cups on the wings of lliyroptera. 
New Zealand. A List of the bones of Seals and Whales 
in the Colonial Museum, Wellington, New Zealand,^^ drawn up 
by Dr. James Hector, is published, withmotes, by Dr. GEay, in 
Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1870, v. pp. 220-224. It refers to two 
Seals and five Cetaceans. 
Anatomy and Physiology. 
1. Separate Works. 
Elower, W. H, An introduction to the Osteology of the 
Mammalia. London ; 1870, 16mo, pp. 344, with numerous 
woodcuts. 
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