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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
divides ‘^tlie whole mammj>lian fauna into four gfeat primary 
provinces of nearly equal vAlue/^ viz. : — 
1. The Europieo-Asiatic, embracing 1. the Scandinavian dis- 
trict; 2. the Mediterranean district; 3. the Mongolian district. 
2. The Africano-Indian^ including 1. Africa^ south of the 
Sahara; 2. the Indo-Mala^an district. 
3. The Australian^ including 1. Australia; 2. New Guinea ; 
3. Polynesia. 
4. The American^ including 1. North America; 2. South 
America. 
Ill combining the whole of the North- American Faunae asso- 
ciating it with that of South America^ and widely separating it 
from the Pala3arctic region of Sclater, the author appears to have 
been particularly unfortunate^ and we have no doubt he will 
colne to a different conclusion as his knowledge increases with 
the progress of his work. 
An appendix contains the Systems of Classification of Mam- 
mals proposed by different authors of eminence/^ a Synonymic 
list of species of Mammals and their localities/"’ and a number 
of lists of the Mammalia of more or less extensive districts, &c. 
Most of the lists last named are merely abstracts of original 
Works, and given without any attempt at unity of plan or critical 
examination. 
The book is very well got up by the publishers, and liberally 
illustrated by most useful maps, showing at a glaiice the distri- 
bution of a family or group of Mammals. Mr. Murray intends 
to treat the other classes of animals in a similar manner. 
Systematisches Verzeichniss der naturhistorischcn Sammlung 
der Gesellschaft Museum. Zweite Abtheilung : Siiuge- 
thiere. Bremen, 1866. 16mo. pp. 34. 
This is a nominal list of the specimens of Mammalia in the 
Bremen Collection, determined by the Curator, Hr. O. Finscii. 
It contains 443 objects, including skulls, horns, and teeth, which 
are referred to 268 species. Worthy of special notice are : — a 
skeleton of Balamoptera rostrata ; a stuffed example of what has 
been determined as Delphinus chamissonis ; foetus of Rosmarus 
trichechus^ of Monodon monoceroSj and of several dolphins. 
X Lord, J. K. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British 
Columbia. London, 1866. 8vo. Vol. i. pp. 358; vol. ii. 
pp. 375. 
The author was attached to the British Boundary Commission, 
and made very good use of his opportunity of collecting and ob- 
serving the animals of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. 
Without entering into a continuous and complete account of the 
progress of that expedition, he gives us a pleasing narrative of his 
own personal experiences and of his observations on the habits of 
various animals. He has l^rought hom^ a very fine collection of 
