4 Mamm, 
MAMMALIA. 
[Cope, E. D.] On the Foramina perforating the posterior part of the 
squamosal bone in Mammalia. P. Ac. Philad. xviii. pp. 452-461. 
Altogether seven foramina exist in the part indicated ; of these none 
may be present, or as many as five co-exist. A table is given, with the 
.ames of the different genera (116 in number) examined arranged 
according to the nature of these foramina. 
. Second Contribution to a Knowledge of the Miocene Fauna of 
Oregon. P. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. pp. 370-376. 
13 species of Mammalia are mentioned, 10 being new, 3 of which are 
referred to new genera. [See Felidce, Canidee, Glires^ Sciuridee, Muridev^ 
Oreodontidee, Suidcc.'] 
. [See also Carnivora and Felidce.'] 
OouES, E. Sketch of Progress of Mammalogy in the United States in 
1879. Am. Nat. xiv. pp. 161-166. 
A useful summary of the principal advances in our knowledge of the 
American Mammalia^ fossil and recent, made in 1879. 
D'Albertis, L. M. New Guinea : What I Did and what T Saw. 2 vols. 
London : 1880. 
In these two volumes Signor D’Albertis gives an account of his expedi- 
tions iu New Guinea, in the Arfak Mountains, on the South-east coast, and 
up the Fly River. Allusions are made to the habits of several Mammalia 
observed [C'^{scM.s, Dorcopsis, &c.]. 
Dan FORD, C. G., & Alston, E. R. On the Mammals of Asia Minor. 
Part ii. [for Part i. cf. Zool. Rec. xiv. Mamm. p. 3]. P. Z. S. 1880, 
pp. 50-64, pi. V. 
Gives an account of the Mammalia collected by Danford in the south- 
eastern provinces of Asia Minor, and a list of all the species yet known 
with certainty to inhabit that country. 46 species are mentioned, and 
critical notes given on some of the less-known forms ; one is new. 
[See Bovidce, Muridee^ Felidce^ Leporidee.] 
Dawkins, W. Boyd. Early Man in Britain, and his place in the Ter- 
tiary Period. London : 1880, pp. i.-xxiii. & 1-537. 
A good general account of the Mammalia of the Tertiary period in 
Britain, as regards their relation to geological and historical events, is 
contained in this work, the scope of which is sufficiently indicated in the 
title. In an appendix (pp. 501-514) useful lists of the Tertiary mammals 
of Britain, France, Italy, &c., are given. 
. The Classification of the Tertiary Period by means of the Mam- 
malia. J. G. S. 1880, pp. 379-405. 
An important paper, with classified lists of the principal forms of 
Mammalia characteristic of the various smaller divisions of the Tertiary 
rocks. The Tertiary period must be considered to extend to the present 
day. 
