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ZOOLOGICAL LITEllATURE. 
^ On the antelopes of North-eastern Africa, Hartmann, Zeitschr. Gea. f. 
Erdkunde Berlin, 1868, pp. 252-270. 
JSoselaphm mqfor, sp. n., Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 61. fig. A, from 
North Africa. 
>/ Strepsiceroa imherhisj sp. n., Blyth, 1. c. p. 62. fig. B, Abyssinia. 
Antilope gnu. Dr. Gray has described the horns of a half-grown animal, 
which are very different from those of the adult. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
1869, iv. p. 291. 
fHCephalophus dorsalis (Gray) s= C. hadius (Gray) = C. hreviceps (Gray). 
j Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 594 j the species is figured on pi. 46. — Prof, 
j Bocage describes a head referable to Cephalophua longicepa (Gray), Join. Ac. 
V^Sc. Lisb. no. vii. 1869, p. 220. 
Cephalophua mergens. Dr. Max Schmidt reports on the propagation of 
this antelope in the Frankfort Zoological Gardens. Zool. Gart. 1869, 
pp. 28—30. 
Rupicapra. Mr. Blyth has figured the horns of a hybrid between the 
Chamois and Domestic Goat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 134. 
Cervus tarand^is. The Reindeer of the Old and New Worlds are specifi- 
cally identical, Allen, Mamm. Mass. p. 196. -^Dr. j. A. Smith has collected 
evidence of the existence of the Reindeer in Scotland, down even to the 
twelfth century. Proc. Soc. Antiquar. Scotl. viii. 1868-9, pp. 39. 
The attempt to introduce the Reindeer into the Upper Engadin is a failure. 
Zool. Gart. 1869, p. 91. 
\f Cervus. Mr. Swinhoe has found three deer in the island of Hainan — C. 
vaginalis, C. eldi, and C. equinus, the latter being regarded by Mr. Blyth as 
identical with C. aristotelis. The horns of the two latter species are figured. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 652-660. 
4 Cervus mexicanua and rujinus in Costa Rica. Frantzius, Wiegm. Arch. 
1869, pp. 299, 300. 
Cervus macrotia described and figured by W. J. Hays, Amer. Natur. iii. 
1869, p. 180, pi. iii. 
HCervus chilensis. Dr. Gray regards this as the type of a distinct genus, 
Xenelaphus', he describes the animal and figures the very curious antlers, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 496. C. chilensis (Gervais) = Capreolus leucotis 
(Gray) = Furcifer huamel {Gxuy)=iXenelaphus htiamel. 
Moschus moschiferus figured by A. Milne-Edwards in Recherch, Hist. 
Mammif. pi. 19. 
-J Tragulua hanchil. Dr. Gray has described and figured a peculiar osseous 
expansion over the lumbar and pelvic region of a male example. Proc. Zool. 
Soc. 1869, p. 226. 
SiRENIA. 
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/ Rhytina. Ed. von Eichwald repeats the reasons which induce him to 
believe in the possible rediscovery of living examples. Bull. Soc. Nat. 
Mosc. 1867 (1868), Heft 3, pp. 220-227, and 1869, xli. pp. 313 et seq. — Prof, 
von Brandt, in reply, considers the evidence, as it stands at present, to be 
conclusive, ibid. 1867 (1868), Heft 4, pp. 508-624. 
Manatus americanus. Notes on its distribution in Central America by 
Frantzius, Wiegm. Arch. 1869, p. 304. 
