6 ZOOLOGICAL LITEEATURE. 
Burmeister, H. On a supposed new speeies of Fin- Whale from 
the coast of South America. Ibid. Nov. 28 (pp. 713-715, 
with a woodcut). [Sibbaldius antarcticus^ 
Chabrillac, F. Sur le Tapir. Bull. Soc. d'Acclim. 1865 
(pp. 25-28). 
The author relates several instances of the tameness of the 
Tapir, and recommends it strongly for acclimatization. 
Claraz, G. Sur V^quus bisculus de Molina. Lettre M. II. 
DE Saussure. Bev. et Mag. Zool. xvi. pp. 241-248. 
See special part of this Becord, under Cervus. 
CoLLiNGWooD, C. The historical Fauna of Lancashire and 
Cheshire. Proc. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Liverpool, 1864, 
pp. 151-180. 
The author has collected ancient records of species of Mam- 
mals formerly inhabiting, or supposed to have inhabited, those 
counties, and enumerates more recent instances of the occur- 
rence of rare or interesting animals of all classes. 
Cope, E. D. Note on a species of Whale caught in the river 
Delaware. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1865, August 
(pp. 168, 169). 
■ . Note on a species of Hunchback Whale. Ibid. Sept. 
(pp. 178-181). 
. Contribution to a knowledge of '^DelpMnidm. Ibid. 
October (pp. 198-204), and December (pp. 278-281). 
The author has examined some thirty specimens in American 
collections, belonging to about 27 species j the species to which 
the author has appended notes will be mentioned below. 
CoRNALiA, E. Descrizione di una nuova specie del genereFb/i^, 
F, jacobita. Mem. Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 1865 (j)p. 7 and a 
plate) . 
Crisp, E. On some points relating to the anatomy and habits 
of the Bactrian Camel, and on the presence of intestinal 
glands not before noticed. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, March 
14 (pp. 257-265, with a woodcut). 
De lTsle, a. De Fexistence d^une race negre chez le Bat, ou 
de Fidcntite specifique du Mus rattus et du Mus alexandrmus. 
Ann. Sc. Nat. 1865, iv. pp. 173-222. 
An extremely well-written article, and of great interest, not 
only on account of the result at which the author arrived as re- 
gards the species mentioned, but on account of the experiments 
made to prove the specific identity of two forms by the fertility 
of the hybrids between them. We shall give an abstract of this 
treatise in the special part of this Becord. 
