THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Mamm. 5 
Gaurod, a. H. In Memoriam. The collected Scientific Papers of the 
late A. H. Garrod. Edited, with a Biographical Memoir of the 
author, by W. A. Forbes. London : 1881, pp. i.-xxv. & 1-537, 
pis. i.-xxxiii. 
A reprint, with the original illustrations, of the various physiological 
and zoological papers of this anatomist, chiefly published, originally, 
in the Proceedings and Transactions of the Zoological Society. Thirty- 
one relate to Mammalia. 
Godman, F. D., & Salvin, 0. Biologia Contrali-Americana. {Cf. 
Zool. Kec. xvii. Mamm. p. 5). 
In pt. xiii., the late E. R. Alston has concluded his account of the 
Mammalia, with some supplementary remarks, and an index to the whole. 
Grewingk, C. Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Reste altquartarer 
und ausgestorbeuer neuquartiirer Siiugethiere Liv-Est-und Kur- 
lands. SB. Ges. Dorp. v. pp. 332-336. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Harris, V. Pacinian Corpuscles in the Pancreas and Mesenteric Glands 
of the Cat. Q. J. Micr. Sci. 1881, pp. 502 & 503. 
Harting, J. E. The Annals of Irish Zoology. Zool. (3) v. pp. 
433-445, 473-483. 
Historical materials for an Irish Fauna. 
, P. Les corps amniotiques do Poeuf do I’Hippopotame, compares 
a ceux d’autres Mammiferes. Yerh. Ak. Amst. xxi. pp. 1-11, pis. 
i. & ii. 
A study of the amniotic bodies found on the umbilical cord of the 
Hippopotamus, as of so many other Mammalia. 
Heape, W. On the Germinal Layers and Early Development of the 
Mole 'iTalpa euroxma']. P. R. Soc. xxxiii. pp. 190-198. 
An important paper on the early stages of the development of this 
animal, which exhibit many striking features of difference from those 
of other Mammals as yet investigated; or at least render necessary a 
reconsideration of the meaning of the observed facts. 
Hennig, C. Yersuch einer vergleichenden Beckenkunde. SB. .Ges. 
Leipz. 1881, pp. 33-43, pi. 
[Not seen by the Recorder; cf. Zool. Anz. v. p. 276.] 
Heron-Royer, — . Concretions vagino-uterines, observdes chez le 
Fachyuromys duprasi. Zool Anz. iv. pp. 623-628. 
The author suggests that the function of the peculiar penial armature 
of many male Rodents may be to clear away the secretions of mucus 
and semen collected in the genital passages of the female. 
His, W. Mittheilungen zur Embryologio dor Siiugothiore und des 
Menschen. Arch. Anat. Phys. v. pp. 303-329, pis. xi. & xii. 
Holub, E. Seven Years in South Africa : Travels, Researches, and 
Hunting Adventures, between the Diamond Fields and the Zam- 
besi (1872-1879). London ; 1881, 2 vols. 8vo. 
Contains incidental observations on many species of Mammals. 
