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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
the fauna of these northern counties is rich and has been well 
worked out ; it is, however, impoverished in Bats,^^ by reason of 
the higher northern latitude. The following figures show the 
proportion of this fauna to that of other counties : 
British Fauna' . . . 
Wild Species. 
. . . 67 . . 
Total Species. 
. . 75 
Shropshire . . . . . 
. . . 26 . . 
. . 36 
Stahordshiro . . . . 
. . . 20 . . 
. . 37 
North Kent . . . . 
. . . 30 . . 
. . 39 
Cornwall 
. . . 39 . . 
. . 48 
Northumberland and Durham . 60 . . 
. . 69 
Three species have become extinct, viz.. Cams lupus since 
the middle of the sixteenth century, Sus scrofa fera even before 
that time, and Castor fiber since the time of Henry I. The 
Wild Cat, Cervus elaphus, and C. capreolus have disappeared 
only within the most recent times. Lepus variabilis is doubtful 
as an inhabitant of these counties. The presence of the Bull in 
a wild state, and of some rare Cetaceans gives particular interest 
to this fauna. 
C. Publications of a Popular Character. 
Her Zoologische Garten. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. C. Bruch. 
Vol. V. Frankfurt a. M., 1864. 8vo. 
This Journal, edited for the Zoological Society of Frankfort, 
first by Dr. D. Weinland, and now by Prof. C. Bruch, has entered 
the fifth year of its existence. Its object is not only to publish 
periodical reports and accounts of the animals kept in the me- 
nagerie of that Society, and in the other numerous zoological 
gardens established all over Germany after the successful attempt 
in Frankfort, but also to give articles of more general interest 
and of direct scientific value. Tims, although this Journal is 
chiefiy of a popular character, we shall frequently have occasion 
to refer to it. 
Illustrirtes Thierlehen. Fine allgemeine Thierkunde des Thier- 
reichs. Von Dr. A. E. Breiim. Saugethiere, vols. 2. Hild- 
hurghausen, 1863-65. With many woodcuts. 
Die Thiere des Waldes. Von A. E. Brehm und E. A. Ross- 
MAssLER. Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1864. 8vo. 
An entertaining and, for the general public, very instructive 
volume of 658 pages ; it includes all the vertebrate animals of 
the forests of Germany. The sketches of the characters and 
habits of the different animals are well drawn, as, indeed, was to 
he expected from two men who have devoted the greater part of 
their lives to the study of natural history. The hook is illus- 
trated by a number of engravings and woodcuts. 
