2 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Acconci, L. Di una caverna fossilifera scoperta a Cucigliana, e di 
alcuni resti fossili apparteaenti ai generi Hycena e Felis. Atti Soc. 
Tosc. 1880, Proc. Verb. pp. 30 & 31. 
Coptinuazione dello studio dei resti fossili viuvenuti della caverna 
di Cucigliana, ordine dei Carnivori, familia dei Canidi. L. c. pp. 41 
& 42. 
[See also Caniche.'] 
Albrecht, P. Uber den Proatlas, einen zwischen dem Occipitale und 
dem Atlas der aranioton Wirbelthiere gelegenen Wirbel. Zool. Anz. 
iii. pp. 450-454, 472-478. 
[See also Carnivora^ Glires, Ungulata, and Edentata. ~\ 
Allen, H. On some Homologies of Bunodont Dentition. P. Ac. 
Philad. 1880, pp. 226-228. 
. On the Temporal and Masseter Muscles of Mammals. L. c. 
pp. 385-396. 
. [See also Chiroptera and T7'ichechida}.'] 
Lllen, J. a. History of North American Pinnipeds : a Monograph of 
the Walruses, Sea-lions, Sea-bears, and Seals of North America. U. S. 
Geol. Surv. Misc. Publ. No. 12. Washington: 1880, 8vo, pp. 1-785. 
A most valuable and complete history of these animals, especially of 
those found in North America, of their distribution and pursuit, with full 
synonymy, and copious tables and references. The history of the species 
of the group generall)” is also discussed, with remarks on their synonymy 
and distribution. The more important points are noted below. [Otariida;, 
Ti'ichechidw^ Phocidce ] . 
Alston, E. R. [See Dasi/uridce. See also F. D. Godman, and C. G. 
Danford.] 
Balpqur, F. M. a Treatise on Comparative Embryology. London : 
1880, 8 VO, vol. i. pp. 1-492. 
In the first volume of this most important work the Invertebrata are 
mainly treated of. In the first three chapters, however (pp. 1 -108), 
several features of the development of the spermatozoon, and of the 
ovum and its segmentation, in Mammalia, are described (pp. 45, 47, 49, 51 • 
62, 53, & 76). 
Bastian, H. C. The Brain as an Organ of Mind. International 
Scientific Series, vol. xxix. London : 1880, 8vo, pp. 1-708. 
An account, with woodcuts, of the principal forms of the brain in 
Mammalia, occupies pp. 254-306. 
Beneden, E. van. Contribution a la connaissance de I’ovaire des 
Mammiferes. Arch. Biol. i. pp. 475-550, pis. xx. & xxi. 
-. Recherches sur hembryologie des Mammiferes. La formation des 
feuillets chez le lapin. L. c. pp. 136-224, pis. iv.-vi. 
