6 Mamm. ' mammalia. 
remaining groups treated of as far as the genus Didelphys amongst the 
Marsupialia. Several species are well figured (see Soricidce, Procyonidai, 
Manatidce, Tapiridce^ Dicotylidcc, Bovidce, Sciuridce^ Muridce^ Geomyidce, 
DasyproctidcCf Leporidce^ Dasypodtdce, Didelphyidcs). 
Graff, K. Lehrbuch der Gewebo und Organe dor Haus-saugethiere. 
Jena : 1880, pp. 1-184, and woodcuts. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. iv. p. 76.] 
Gruber, W. Uber den anomalen Canalis Basilaris Medianus des Os 
Occipitale beim Menschen, mit vergleichend-anatomischen Bemer- 
kungen. Mdm. P^tersb. xxvii. No. 9, pp. 1-19, pis. i. & ii. 
GOnther, a. Notes on some Japanese Mammalia. P. Z. S. 1880, 
pp. 440-443. 
5 species are mentioned, 1 being new {Talpidce). [See also Ursidce and 
Otariidce.'] 
Harting, J. E. British Animals Extinct within Historic Times, with 
some account of the British Wild White Cattle. London : 1880, 
pp. 1-258, and woodcuts. 
Besides the cattle, the species treated of are Ursus arctos^ Castor fiber ^ 
Rangifer tarandus^ Sus scro/a, and Canis lupuSj an account of the extinc- 
tion of these in historic times in the British Islands being the object of the 
work. 
Hartmann, R. Der Gorilla. Zoologisch-zootomischen Untersuchungen. 
Leipzig: 1880, pp. 1-160, pis. i.-xxi. and woodcuts. 
An exhaustive treatise on the external characters and osteology of the 
Gorilla, with comparisons with its nearest allies. The plates illustrate 
chiefly the cranial characters. 
. [See also Manatidoi.'] 
Hoffmann, C. K. Beitriige zur vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbel- 
thiere. xii. Zur Morphologie der Schultergurtels und des Brust- 
beines bei Reptilien, Vogeln, Saugethieren und dem Menschen. 
Niederl. Arch. Zool. v. pp. 31-106, pis. iii.-x. 
The part devoted to the description of these parts in the Mammalia 
extends over pp. 31-75, with figures on pis. iii.-vii. 
Honigschmied, J. Kleine Beitrage betreffend die Vertheilung der 
Geschmacksknospen bei den Saugethieren. Z. wiss. Zool. xxxiv. 
pp. 452-459. 
Howes, G. B. [See Delphinidce 
Huxley, T. H. On the application of the laws of Evolution to the 
arrangement of the Vertebrata^ and more particularly of the Mam- 
malia. P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 649-662. 
The three chief existing groups of Mammalia^ of which the leading 
features are concisely given, are named Eutheria,^ Metatheria^ and 
♦ Of these terms, Eutheria and Hypotheria are apparently pnt forward as new ; 
the former was employed by Cope in 1872 as a sub-class of Mammals. — E d. 
