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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Zool, Record, ii. p. 33, with regard to the priority of this name (Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 420), to which Dr. GUnther replies (ibid, p, 498). 
Crocidura ferritffinca and Or. fusco-murina, sp.n., Ileuglin, Nov. Act. Acad, 
Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 1865, p. 30, from North-eastern Africa. 
^Crocidura albicamla, sp.n., Peters, Monatsher. Ale. Wiss. Berlin, 1800, 
p. 885, from Angasilia, Comores. 
4 7'alpa europcca. Observations on the natural history of the mole and its 
supposed utility, by C. L. Brehm, are translated into French by M. L. 
Olph-Galliard, and published in Bev. et Mag. Zool, 1866, pp. 49-54, and 
140-147. - 
Felid^. 
Felis lynx. An attractive account of a tame lynx is given by 0. von Loewis 
in Zoolog. Garten, 1800, pp. 121-127, 
Canid.e. 
Canis. M. Guyon mentions that a domestic race of dog has become ex- 
tinct in the islands* of Martinique and Guadeloupe. Compt. Rend. 1866, 
Ixiii. p. 589. 
Canis vidpes. A. Miiller has published some very interesting observations 
on the natural history of the fox. He proves that the male lives in poly gam}’', 
and does not assist in rearing his offspring. Zoolog. Garten, 1866, pp. 249 -202. 
A fox with white hind limbs has been observed by Prof. Krauss. Wiirt, 
ntrw. Jahresh. 1800, p. 43. 
'4 Canis p)at(tgonicus, an sp. n. ?, Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1860, p. 110, from 
the Straits of JMagellan. 
Jlymm. !Mr. Busk has published a very elaborate paper on the cranial 
and dental characters of the existing species, equally important to the zoolo- 
gist and paljcontologist. He shows especially that skulls of II. crociita have 
been determined and described as those of H. hrunnea, the dentition of which 
is now figured for the first time. He has collected in four tables the various 
crtinial and dental measurements taken from skulls of the different species 
and varieties. On a plate, views of the cranium of II. hrunnea and striata 
are given. J ourn. Linn. Soc. 1860, ix. pp. 59-79, 
Mustelidas. 
Maries cJirysospila, sp. n., Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1806, xviii. 
p. 286, from Formosa. 
IJRSIDiE. 
JJrsus formosanus (Swinhoe) is externally quite identical with U. tihetanus. 
Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1800, p. 418. 
Nasua dorsalis, sp. n.. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 109, pi. 17, from 
South America. 
PnOCIDiE. 
^Tlie arrangement of the Seals proposed by Dr. Gray in 
^ Catalogue of Seals and Whales^ is the following : — 
I. Stenoriiynciiina: — l.Iobodon^earcinophayus). 2.Ieptonyx (tveddellii), 
3. Ommatophoea (rossit). 4. Stenorhynchus ileptonyx), 5. Monachus (edbi^ 
venter et tropicalis'), 
II, Phocina;-^6, Callocephalus (vUtdimiSf caspicusetdwridiatiis). 7. Fa- 
