THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Mamm. 7 
Moniez, R. Le Lapin est-il un animal ruminant ? Bull. Sci. Nord. (2) 
i. pp. 169-174. 
According to these observations, the food in the Rabbit returns to the 
stomach after its first digestion. 
Much, M. Ueber die Zeitdes Mammut in Allgemeinen, und fiber einige 
Lagerpliitze von Mammutjagern in Niederosterreich in Besonderen* 
MT. Anthrop. Ges. Wien, xi. pi. ii. 
[Separate copy only seen.] 
Nordenskiold, a. E. The Voyage of the ‘Vega’ round Asia and 
Europe. Translated by A. Leslie. In two volumes. London: 
1881, 8vo. 
Contains interesting notices of i\\Q Mammalia of Novaya Zemlya 
(i. pp. 132-170), of the Land of the Chukchi (ii. pp. 44-46) and of Berings 
Island (ii. pp. 269-291), including notes on the lihytina (ii. pp. 272-280). 
There is some evidence to show that live specimens of the latter have 
occurred within the last thirty years. 
Osborn, H. F. [See Uintatheriid.ee.'] 
Parker, W. N. [See Leporidee.] 
Pellegrini, B. Avanzi animali delP epoca del bronzonelMantovano. 
Atti Soc. Pad. vii. pp. 110-143. 
The species found are chiefly domestic animals. 
Peters, W., & Doria, G. Euumerazione dei Mammiferi raccolti da 
0. Beccari, L. M. d’Albertis, ed A. A. Bruijn, nella Nuova Guinea 
propriamente detta. Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. pp. 664-707, pis. 
v.-xviii. 
An important paper on the Mammals of New Guinea, of which 57 
species are enumerated, several being figured and some new. [See 
rteropodidee, Emhallonuridce, 'Vesper tilionidee, Muridoe, Dasyuridee., Pera- 
melidcBy Phalangistidoe^ Macropodidee.] 
PouECii [l’Abbi^]. Sur un ossement fossile suppose appartenir h un 
Mammifere, trouv6 dan les Gres cr6taces du Mas-d’Azil (Ariege). 
Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr. (3) ix. pp. 88-90. 
A fragment of a pelvis, apparently Mammalian, though its condition 
is too imperfect to admit of any strict comparisons. 
Pritchard, U. The Cochlea of the Ornithorhynchus platypus compared 
with that of ordinary Mammals and of Birds. Phil. Tr. clxxii. 
pp. 267-282, pis. xliv. & xlv. 
RiSguis, J. F. M. Note sur les Mammiferes de la Provence, lue a la 
S(^ance anniversaire de la Soci^te d’ etudes des sciences naturelles de 
Marseille, Dec. 1, 1878. Marseille : 1881, 8vo, pp. 1-70. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. iv. p. 295.] 
Reinhardt, J. Nogle Bemaerkninger om Gumlernes, isaer Baeltedy- 
renes, Baekken. Vid. Medd. 1881, pp. 154-164, pi. iii. 
