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maiiied more or less inaccessible to tlie majority of puropean 
and American naturalists. The translations have been made or 
revised by Professors Reinhardt and Lilljeborg and Mr. Flower. 
The Menioirs being originally published in the years 1861 and 
1862, we may presume that zoologists are acquainted Avith their 
contents generally ; so that a notice of the several memoirs Avill 
suffice : — 
1. On the Greenland Right Whale {Balcena mysticetus, L.), 
with' especial reference to its geographical distribution and 
migrations in times past and present, and to its external and 
internal characteristics. By I). F. Eschricht arid J. Rein- 
hardt. Originally published in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skri:^;. : 
1861, V. 
The translation of this memoir occupies pp. 1-143 ; the plates 
and Avoodcuts are copies from the originals. 
In an appendix to this memoir Mr. Flower has given notes 
on a skeleton in the Collection of the Royal College of Sur- 
geons, obtained from the same source as those described in the 
preceding memoir (Holsteinsborg, South Greenland) (pp. 145- 
150), 
2. On the species of the genus Orca inhabiting the Northern 
Seas. By D. F. Eschricht. Originally published in Dansk. 
Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. 1862 (translation from p. 151 to 
p.l88). 
3. Pseuclorca crassidens, a Cetacean hitherto unknown in the 
Danish fauna. By J. Reinhardt. Published in the same 
journal and year as the preceding memoir (translation from 
p. 189 to p. 218). 
4. Synopsis of the Cetaceous Mammalia of Scandinavia 
(Sweden and Norway). By W.„Lilljeborg. Originally pub- 
lished in Upsala UniversitePs Arsskrift, 1861 & 1862. The 
translation of this memoir occupies pp. 219-309, and is illus- 
trated by Avoodcuts not in the original, but supplied by the 
author, Avho also has made some fcAv alterations and additional 
notes. 
Brandt, Ed. Izslyedovaniya o zubnoi sistemye kutor i zem- 
leroek. St. Petersburg, 1865. 8vo. pp. 117, with six 
plates. 
[Researches on the dental system of the Shrews {Sorex, Cuv.) .] 
This most valuable memoir being written in the Russian lan- 
guage, and therefore inaccessible to most naturalists, I shall 
subsequently (p. 24) give a full abstract of it, for Avhich the 
materials have been kindly supplied by the author himself. 
Murray, A. The Geographical Distribution of Mammals. 
London, 1866. 4to. pp. 420, with a plate and 101 maps. 
The author has diligently collected from numerous works all 
the facts relating to the geographical distribution of Mammalia. 
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