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ZOOLOGICAT^ LITERATURE. 
1808, Iviii. pp. 421-519; and 1809, lix. pp, 211-279, 029-710, and lx. pp. 173- 
202. It is of the same character as the preceding publications (for instance, 
that noticed in Zool. Record, iv. p. 28). The “ Revision ” begins with five 
species of Lions. 
^;^iglit species of Felis are found in Costa Rica. Frantzius, Wiegm. Arch. 
1809, pp. 277-281. 
Felis leopardus. Notes on this species and its variations. Hartmann, 
Zeitschr. Ges. f. Erdkunde Rerlin, 1808, iii. pp. 62-55. 
Felis megahalia (Ileuglin) is possibly only a Guepard. Ilartmann, he. 
p. 55. 
Felis planiceps is the ty^e of a distinct genus, Ailurogale. Fitzinger, 1. c. lx. 
p. 249. 
g&iietta. On its variations, Hartmann, 1. c. p. 233. 
^ Canis. I)r. E. von Martens has published an article on the names of the 
wolf, fox, and jackal in various J^anguages. Zool. Gart. 1809, pp. 175-180. 
Of the dog, ibid. pp. 149-162. — On the species inhabiting North-eastern 
Africa, see Ilartmann, h c. pp. 03-09. 
-^anis familiaris. Dr. Gray refers the pure breeds of the domestic dog to 
four groups — Dogs, Terriers, Greyhounds, and Hounds. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. 1809, iii. pp. 230-240. 
’*4 Canis lupus. The wolf of the United States is identical with the European 
species, presenting varieties described by authors under various specific names. 
Allen, Mamm. Massach. pp. 164-168. 
-A Canis latrans and C. virginianus are probably late immigrations into Costa 
Rica from the north. Frantzius, Wiegm. Arch, 1809, pp. 282-285. 
Canis mlpes. An example of the black-bellied variety from the Ardennes 
is mentioned by Dr. Hamilton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1809, p. 247. 
On a skeleton, found at a depth of 10 or 15 feet near Uddevalla in Sweden. 
Kinberg, Q5fvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 1808, pp. 403-406. 
Canis decussatus, argentatus, fulvus^ tfec. are but varieties of the common 
European fox. Allen, Mamm. Massach. p. 158. 
" Canis fidvipes and C. azarcc. Dr. R. A, Pliilippi has published notes on 
th(!so two foxes, and figured their skulls. Wiegm. Arch. 1809,' pp. 45-51, 
taf. 3. 
Ilycena crocuta. Notes on the young and its skull by Dr. Gray, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. 1809, p. 245, with woodcut of skull. 
^ Proteles cristatiis. A detailed aceount of its external eha- 
racters and anatomy has been given by Prof. Flower in Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 474-496. He places it in a family by 
itself, allied to the HycBnidcB and Viverridee, the affinities with the 
former family being considered to be closer than would appear 
from the examination of the skull alone. The paper is illustrated 
by a plate and woodcuts. 
^Mustela. J. A. Allen has come to the conclusion that the Martens and 
Sables, at least all thus far described, belong to a single circumpolar species, 
M. martes, with possibly two or more well marked and tolerably constant 
continental races. Mamm. Massach. pp. 1G1-1G7. 
Mustela erminea= Ptdorius noveboracensis (Dekay) = il/. richardsonii and 
cicognanii (Bonap.)=P. fuscus and agilis (And. & Bach.) =/»:rtneu and longi- 
