THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Mamm . 3 
Ben EDEN, E. van, & Julin, C. Observations sur le maturation, la 
fecondation, et la segmentation de I’oeuf chez lea Chiropteres. L. c. 
pp. 551-571, pis. xxii. & xxiii. 
, . Recherches sur la structure de I’ovaire, I’ovulation, la fecon- 
dation, et les premieres phases du developpement chez les Chiropteres. 
Bull. Ac. Belg. (2) xlix. pp. 628-655. 
, P- J. VAN. [See Cetacea. ~\ 
, & Gervais, P. Ost^ographie des Cetaces, vivants et fossiles, 
comprenant la description et I’iconographie du squelette et du 
systeme dentaire de ces animaux, ainsi que des documents relatifs 
a leur histoire naturelle. Paris : 1880, pp. i.-viii. & 1-634, with an 
atlas of 64 pis. 
This important work, commenced in 1868 \_cf. Zool. Rec. v. p. 5] and 
so long in progress {op. cit. xiii. Mamm. p. 14], has been at length com- 
pleted.. The various species of Cetacea, whose osteology is figured in 
it, are noticed in detail beloAV. 
Bergonzini, C. [See Myoxkhe .] 
Bose, P. N. [See Carnivora, Felidoe.~\ 
Brass, — . On the Eemale Generative Organs of the Mammalia. Z. gcs. 
Naturw. (3) v. pp. 672 & 673. 
. [See also Marsupialia.~\ 
Brunn, a. von. Zur Kenntniss der physiologischen Riickbildung der 
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& 156. 
Burmeister, H. Description Physique de la Republique Argentine, 
iii. Animaux vertebres. Pt. 1. Mammiferes vivants et eteints. 
Buenos Ayres : 1879, 8vo, pp. 1-555. 
A full account of the Mammals, living and extinct, of the Argentine 
Republic. Some new genera and species are described [see Equidoe, 
Brontotheriidai\. This volume will be accompanied by an atlas of plates, 
which, however, has not yet appeared. 
Cadiat, a. De la formation des ovules et des ovaires chez les Mamrai- 
feres et les Vertebres ovipares. C. R. xc. pp. 371-373. 
Chapman, H. C. [See Simiidee, Elephantidee.'] 
CiiDDZiNSKi, T. Anatomia porownawcza zwojow nerwowych, (Ver- 
gleichende Anatomie der Gehirn-Windungen) in Pamietnik Towar- 
zystwa Nauk Scislych w Paryzu. (Denkschr. poln. Gessel. exact. 
Wiss. zu Paris) x. pp. 1-95, 29 woodcuts and 9 pis. 
[Not seen by the Recorder : r/. Zool. Anz. iii. p. 364.] 
Clarke, B. A New Arrangement of the Classes of Zoology, founded 
on the position of the oviducts and ovaries, including a new mode of 
arranging the London: 1879, pp. 1-20, with tables. 
Cope, E. D. Letter from, as regards the names Dinoceras and Bronto - 
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