16 Mamm. 
MAMMALFA. 
On the Caniihe of the Loup Fork Epoch ; Cope, Bull. U. S. Geol. 
Surv. vi. No. 2, pp. 387-390. 
Four species belouging to the genera j^lurodon and Canis^ 2 being new. 
WoLDRicii, J. N. Beitrage zur Geschichte des fossileu Hundes. MT. 
anthrop. Ges. Wien, xi. pp. 8-17, pi. i. 
An account of the various forms of Canis and its allies found in the 
quaternary deposits of Central Europe. 
Canis hrachypus^ sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vi. 
p. 389, “ Loop Fork ” beds (Upper Miocene) of N. America. 
OligohuniSf g. n. (foss.), id. Am. Nat. xv. p. 497. Type, “ Icticyon” eras- 
sivultus [cf. Zool. Bee. xvi. Mamm. p. 15]. 
“ Dysodus pravus ” [cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Mamm. p. 15]. Additional note 
on ; id. 1. c. pp. 233 & 234. 
'^.^lurodon Tiycenoides, sp. n. (foss.), id. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vi. p. 388, 
“ Loup Fork^’ (Upper Miocene) of N. America. 
Temnocyon [cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Mamm. p. 15], wallovianus and josephi^ 
spp. nn. (foss.), id. 1. c. p. 179, Miocene of Oregon. 
Galecynus latidens^ sp. n. (foss.), id. 1. c. p. 181, Miocene of North 
America. 
PHOCYONID^:. 
^ Procyon lotor. The female genital organs and placentation described 
in detail ; M. Watson, P. R. S. xxxii. pp. 272-298, pis. iii.-vi. The most 
important points noticed are the presence of peculiar gigantic capillaries 
in the foetal part of the placenta, the absence of an umbilical vesicle, and 
the presence of an epitrichium. For abstract, cf. Zool. Anz. iv. pp. 143, 
144. 
Mustelid^. 
Maries sylvatica. Note on the young of ; A. H. Cocks, Zool. (3) v. 
pp. 333 & 334. On its occurrence in Wales ; C. Smith, 1. c. p. 419. See 
also J. A. Harvie Brown, supra, p. 2. 
Mustela jelshii (p. 647) and stolzmanni (p. 835), spp. nn., L. Taezanowski, 
P. Z. S. 1881 ; E. Peru.'*ilf. putorius, see J. A. Harvie Brown, supra, p. 2. 
Meles taxus. On some points in its natural history ; G. Herbst, Z. wiss. 
Zool. xxxvi. pp. 471-484. 
Lutra vulgaris. On its breeding; A. H. Cocks, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 249, 
250. 
Enhydris marina. On its distribution and changes of coat ; J. F, 
Brandt, Mdl. Biol. xi. pp. 1-12. 
UllSIDiE. 
Ursus. On the different species found in the cavern of Lherm, Ari^ge ; 
H. Filhol, C. R. xcii. p. 929 [cf. also Ann. N. H. (5) vii. p. 428]. 
Ursus arctos. On the forms usually associated under this name ; L. J. 
Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxxiv. Abth. 1, pp. 93-114. 
