ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
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hear that it is not intended to continue this magnificent work 
beyond the second volume. The species figured will be separately 
mentioned below. 
Krefft, G. On the Vertehrata of the Lower Murray and Dar- 
ling. Read before the Philos. Soc. of New South Wales, 
10th Sept. 1862. Sydney, 1865. 8vo. pp. 33. 
This paper contains obscrvatic^ns on the habits and propaga- 
tion of Mammals and Reptiles collected by Mr. Krefft during a 
nine months^ sojourn on tlie Lower Murray and Darling. He 
enumerates 4 Bats, the Dingo, 5 Rodents (one of which appears 
to be new*), 21 Marsupials, and 2 Monotremes. He observes 
(p. 3) that, if the Dingo was introduced in Australia by man, it 
must have been at a very remote age, as the first molar tooth of 
a Dog was found with other fossil remains in the breccia of the 
Wellington caves. In those days of Diprotodontes, not only did 
the Dingo exist, but also some of the animals now restricted to 
Tasmania, as Thylacinus and Sarcophilus, teeth of which were 
discovered in the same breccia. 
PiNSCH, O. Neu Guinea und seine Bewohner. Bremen, 1865. 
8vo. pp. 185, with a map. [New Guinea and its In- 
habitants.] 
The author has diligently collected what is known at present 
of the Mammal-fauna of New Guinea (p. 18) ; and in an ap- 
pendix he gives a list of all the species inhabiting not only this 
island but also the Moluccas, northern coast of Australia, and 
Timor. From New Guinea 15 species only are known, viz. 2 
Bats, 1 Carnivore aradoxurus) ^ 10 Marsupials, 1 Pachyderm 
(^W5), and 1 Cetacean [Halicore australis). Of these, two species 
only are peculiar to the island, viz. Phascogale melas (Miill.) and 
Sus papuensis (Less.). Monkeys, Rosores, and Ruminants are 
entirely absent. The Monkeys are represented in the Moluccas 
by four species, the Ruminants by two (Cervus). The Rosores 
are absent in the Moluccas, as in New Guinea; but three species 
are known from North Australia. The author enumerates all 
species separately for each island : 23 species are known from 
Timor, 19 from Celebes, 22 from Amboy na, 7 from Batj 4 n, 7 
from Halmaheira, 8 from Ternate, 3 from Waigiou, 2 from My- 
sol, 1 from Ceram (!), 1 from tlie Ke Islands, and II from the 
Aru Islands. The Mammals of the whole of this zoological 
province belong to 66 species, 
Unger und Kotschy. Die Insel Cypern. Wien, 1865. 8vo. 
The authors mention 18 Mammals (p. 570), among which 
Pteropus (egj/ptiacus may be noticed. 
* No cliaraclerialics u! iliis supposed new species pf 3Iics ure given. 
