THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Mamm. 3 
ossification is held to be neither exclusively metaplastic nor exclusively 
endochondral. 
Bronn, H. C. [See Giebel, C. G.] 
Buckley, T. E. On the Past and Present Geographical Distribution 
of the Large Mammals of* South Africa. P. Z. S. 1876, pp. 
277-293. 
Notes on the decreasing ranges of the Elephant, Bhinoceroses, 
Zebras, Antelopes, Buffalo, and Giraffe. 
Burton, R. F. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the 
Congo. London: 1876, 2 vols. 8vo, pp. 261, 265. 
Contains some notes on the Gorilla and other West African Mammals. 
Calderon, S. Enumeracion de los Vertebrados Fosiles de Espana ; 
Mamiferos. An. Soc. Esp. v. pp. 421-436. 
A list of the fossil Mammals hitherto found in Spain, with localities 
and full references. 
Collett, R. Bemaerkninger til Norges Pattedyrfauna. N. Mag. 
Naturv. 1876 (also separately printed, pp. 116). 
A list of 66 species of Norwegian Mammals, with full notes on their 
distribution. 
. Norvege, Carte Zoo-G6ographique, contenant une liste complete 
de tons les Animaux Vertebres de Norvege. Christiania : 1875. 
A large map in four sheets, with marginal lists showing the distribu- 
tion of the various species. 
CouES, E. Account of the various Publications relating to the Travels 
of Lewis and Clark, with a Commentary on the Zoological results of 
their Expedition. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. i. pp. 430-439. 
An attempt to identify certain species founded by Ord and 
Rafinesque. 
& Yarrow, H. C. Report upon the Collections of Mammals 
made in portions of Nevada, Utah, Cahfornia, New Mexico, and 
Arizona, during the years 1871-74. Wheeler’s Rep. Expl. W. of 
100th M., V. (1875), pp. 35-129. 
A list of 50 species, with notes on distribution and details of specimens 
procured. 
Creighton, C. On the Development of the Mamma and of the Mam- 
mary Function. J. Anat. Phys. xi. pp. 1-32, pi. i. 
Argues that the mamma is not a downward extension of the ectoderm, 
but, as suggested by Goodsir, a further specialization of fat tissue, and 
consequently a product of the mesoblast. 
. Physiological Processes of the Mamma. Rep. Medical Officer of 
Privy Council, 1875, sec. iv. [Not seen by the Recorder,] 
Dastre, a. Recherches sur Tallantoide et le chorion de quelques 
Mammifm’es. Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) iii. art. 4, p. 118, pis. vii.-x. 
