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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
f- Flower, W. H. Description of the skeleton of Inia geoffrensis 
and of the skull of Pontoporia blainvillii, with remarks on the 
systematic position of these animals in the order Cetacea, 
Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. 1867, pp. 87-116, with four plates. 
Prauenfelu, G. von. Beitrage zur Fauna der Nikobaren* 
Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1867, pp. 591-598. 
The author mentions 8 mammals, 34 birds, 12 reptiles, and 
33 fishes collected by the naturalists of the ^ Novara^ expedition, 
Fritsch, K. Kalender der Fauna von Oestreich. Sitzgsber, 
Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867, Iv. pp. 201-238. 
[Zoological Almanack of Austria.] 
A section of the Meteorological Institution of Austria has 
undertaken the task of making botanical and zoological observa- 
tions in the various parts of the empire. They have engaged 
men conversant with the subject, on nearly a hundred stations, 
to report regularly on the seasonal phenomena. Some of these 
observations have been continued for more than twenty years. 
Hr. Fritsch gives now a resume ^ containing notes on 872 ani- 
mals. The average dates are given on which each of the hyber- 
nating mammals commences and terminates its sleep during 
the winter. As may be expected, the dates differ considerably 
in different parts of the empire. 
Gilpin, G. B. On the Mammalia of Nova Scotia. No. III. 
Proc. & Trans. Nov. Scot. Inst. Nat. Sc. 1867, pp. 8-16. 
[Mustelid(B j see Zool. Becord, ii. p. 7.] 
Grandidier, a. Mammiferes et Oiseaux nouveaux decouverts 
a Madagascar. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, pp. 84-85. 
Four mammals are characterized as new. 
. Notes sur les mammiferes observes h Madagascar de 
1865 h 1867. Ibid. pp. 313-318. 
. (See Edwards, A. Milne-.) 
- Gray, J. E. Notes on the skulls of Hares (Leporidce) and 
Picas (Lagomyidce) in the British Museum. Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 1867, xx. pp. 219-225. 
. Synopsis of the Asiatic Squirrels (Sciuridce) in the Col- 
lection of the British Museum, describing one new genus 
and some new species. Ibid. pp. 270-286. 
. Synopsis of the African Squirrels [Sciuridce) in the Col- 
lection of the British Museum. Ibid. pp. 323-334. 
' . Synopsis of the species of American Squirrels in the 
Collection of the British Museum. Ibid. pp. 415-434. 
^ . Synopsis of the species of Burrowing Squirrels (Tamias) 
in the British Museum. Ibid. pp. 434-436. 
