GLIRES. 
Mamm. 23 
CASTORIDiE. 
Castor fiber. On its habits in Norway ; A. H. Cocks, Zool. (3) iv. 
pp. 233-236 & 497-501. 
Myoxid^. 
^Myoxus avellanarius. On the histology of the mucous membrane of 
its stomach ; C. Bergonzini, Ann. Soc. Mod. 1879, pp. 127-129, and 1. c. 
1880, p. 177. M. elegans (Temminck, nee Ogilby) renamed M. lasiotis, 
O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 40 & 41 ; it = M. javanicus (Schinz), and 
is not a Muscardinus. 
LoPHIOMYIDiE. 
^ LopMomys imhausi recorded from the Keren country, in North Abys- 
sinia, where it is called “ Tzechira ” ; K. Gestro, Ann. Mus. xv. pp. 122 
& 123. 
Murids. 
Pacliyuromys duprasi (g. & sp. nn.), F. Lataste, Le Nat. 1880, p. 313, 
Algerian Sahara. Allied to Gerbillus, from which it differs chiefly by 
its fleshy, clavate tail and greatly developed auditory bullae. 
'^Cricetus accedula. Its reputed occurrence in Asia Minor erroneous 
E. R. Alston & 0. G. Danford, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 60. 
Mus rattus. On its occurrence in Thuringia ; Z. ges. Naturw. (3) v. 
pp. 419-424. M. liuegelit sp. n., 0. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 13, Ovalau, 
Fiji Islands. > 
. '^Neotoma ferruginea figured ; E. R. Alston, Biol. Centr. Am., Mamm. 
pi. xvi. 
'4 Heterornys desmarestianus (pi. xvii. fig. 1) and H. longicaudatus (ibid, 
fig. 2), figured ; id. 1. c. 
Perognaihus bicolor, Gray, is a Heterornys ; E. R. Alston, Ann. N. II. 
(5) vi. pp. 118 & 119. The correct habitat is Venezuela. 
'^Hesperomys teguina (pi. xiv. fig. 1), H. sumiclirasti [.-= H. salvini, 
Tomes] (ibid. fig. 2), II. couesi (pi. xv. fig. 1), and H. panamensis (ibid, 
fig. 2), figured ; E. R. Alston, Biol. Centr. Am., Mamm. tab. cit. H. 
nematodon, sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. p. 370, 
Miocene of Oregon. 
Reithrodon. Remarks on the species of this genus; O. Thomas, 
P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 691-696. One is described as new, R. alstoni (p. 691), 
from Venezuela. 
Arvicola incertus and ibericus : a comparison of their characters; Z. 
Gerbe, R. Z. (3) vii. p. 42-47. A new species is indicated, though not 
described, 1. c. p. 44, as A. lusitanicus. A. pyrenaicus : note on ; L. Gerbe, 
Le Nat. i. p. 51 [omitted from Zool. Rec. xvi.]. A. gerbii, sp. n., A. do 
LTsle & Z. Gerbe ; Bull. S. Z. Fr. 1880, p. 49, ‘pi. iv. France: on its 
occurrence in France ; Le Nat. i. p. 51 [omitted from Zool. Rec. xvi.] 
A. blanfordi, sp. n., J. Scully, Ann. N. H. (5) vi. p. 399, Gilgit, Kashmir. 
