THE GENEEAL SUBJECT. 
Mamm. 9 
Selous, F. C. A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa, being a narrative of 
nine years spent among the game of the far interior of South Africa. 
London; 1881, 8vo, pp. 1-445. 
Contains valuable accounts, from personal observation, of the habits 
and distribution of many of the larger African Mammalia. The papers 
quoted below (pp. 21 & 24) on the Rhinoceroses and Antelopes are hero 
reproduced, with some additional plates illustrating the latter group. 
[See also Rhinocerotidce and Bovidce.^ 
SoiiBY, H. C. On the green colour of the hair of Sloths. J. L. S. xv. 
pp. 337-341. 
The green colour of fresh specimens of Cholospus and Dradypus is due 
to the growth on the hairs of an Alga. (^Chlorococcus). [Of. Zool. Rec. 
xvii,, Mamm. p. 29.] These two genera of Sloths differ remarkably from 
each other in the microscopic structure of the hairs. 
Southwell, T. The Seals and Whales of the British Seas. London : 
1881, 4to, pp. i.-vi. & 1-128, with numerous woodcuts. 
A popular account of these animals, the substance of which originally 
appeared in Sci. Goss. 
Spearman, H. R. Mammals of British Burma. British Burma Gazetteer 
(Rangoon : 1880, large 8vo), i. pp. 638 — 568. 
Enumerates 130 species, the list being founded on Blyth’s Catalogue. 
\^Cf. Zool. Rec. xii. p. 2.] [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xvii.] 
Stillman, J. D. B. The Horse in Motion, as shown in a series of views 
by instantaneous photography, with the study on animal mechanics ' 
founded on the revelations of the camera. Boston ; 1881. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. v. p. 7.] 
Struthers, j. [See Balcenidoi.'] 
Tartuferi, F. Studio comparativo del tratto ottico e dei corpi genico- 
lati nell’ uomo, nella scimmia, e nei Mammiferi inferior!. Atti Soc. 
Tor. xvi. pp. 675-577.] 
A brief abstract of the author’s results. 
Thomas, O. Account of the Zoological Collections made during the 
Survey of H.M.S. ‘ Alert ’ in the Straits of Magellan and on the 
coast of Patagonia. I. Mammalia. P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 3-6. 
Ten species are mentioned, one being new [Muridce]. 
Trouessart, E. L. Catalogue des Mammiferes vi van ts et fossiles. [C^. 
Zool. Rec. xvii. Mamm. p. 9.] 
This third fasciculus (extracted from Bull. Soc. Augers, 1880, 
pp. 177-209) concludes the Rodents, in which are included the Toxodontia ! 
. Du Role des Courants marins dans la distribution g^ographique 
des Mammiferes Amphibies, et particulierement des Otaries. C. R. 
xcii. pp. 1118-1121. 
\Cf. also Naturaliste, i. pp. 429-431.] 
