MAMMALIA. 
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English translation of Olafson, that the accounts of the habits of the Ice- 
landich monae are perfectly in accordance with those of Mus silvaticus as 
described in the most accessible and well-known works of English and 
foreign authors, and not at all with those of the lemming; consequently 
that there is no evidence to refer the Icelandic fauna to that of America. 
(Prof. Steenstrup also directs attention to an (accidental) mistake in Mr. 
Murray’s book, where a Mus islandicus ” is referred to instead of “ Mus 
insularis.”) Vid. Meddel. ntrh. Foren; i Kjobenh. for 1867 (1868), p. 51. 
\fSihcria. We again direct attention to the fourth volume of Middendorff’s 
“ Keiso ” (see above, p. 1), which contains copious notes on the distribution 
and habits of all the Siberian Mammals. 
St. Petersburg. According to J. von Fischer the following Mammals are 
found in the St. -Petersburg Gouvernement : — G Bats, 6 Insectivores, 12 Car- 
nivores, 12 Rodents, Cervus alces and capreolus, Phoca vitulina and annulata. 
Zool. Gart. 1869, pp. 336-343. 
'^Switzerland. V. Fatio’s work on the Mammals has been mentioned above^ 
P- 4. 
Britidi North America. The Hudson’s Bay Company sold by auction, in 
London, during the years 1769 to 1868, among other furs, the following: — 
4,708,702 beavers, 1,240,611 sables, 674,027 otters, 1,052,061 lynxes, 891,091 
foxes, 68,694 gluttons, 288,016 bears, 467,549 wolves, 1,507,240 minks, 
18,290,218 musk-rats, 118,342 raccoons, 237,794 deer, 1,773,363 rabbits, 
218,653 polecats, 94,326 swans, 276,302 badgers, 6349 sea-otters. Besides 
this company there was a second, the Canada Company, who sold in the 
years 1763 to 1839 the following furs: — 6,084,276 beavers, 2,931,383 sables, 
767,232 bears, 538,322 lynxes, 765,711 foxes, 29, 110 gluttons, 896,832 otters, 
264,602 wolves, 1,080,780 minks, 4,260,680 musk-rats, 7,608,700 raccoons, 
6,692,348 deer, 171,642 elands, 43,923 swans. In the year 1868 the Hud- 
son’s Bay Company sold by auction 140,774 beavers, 106,254 sables, 73,473 
minks, 14,906 otters, 70,473 lynxes, 6691 bears, 6298 polecats, 41,105 foxes, 
7494 wolves, 1104 gluttons, 617,486 musk -rats, 21,162 raccoons, 1661 badgers, 
123 sea-otters, 627 swans, 6861 deer, 106,279 rabbits, 1056 seals, 2141 fur- 
seals. Besides, in the autumn of the same year the following were sold in 
London : — About 130,000 raccoons, 4600 sables, 1700 bears, 22,000 otters, 
4800 lynxes, 900,000 musk-rats, 24,000 chinchillas, 10,000 grebes, 14 rabbits, 
&c. Hroste-Hulshoff, Zool. Gart. 1869, p. 317. 
North America. Mr. Allen’s memoir on the Mammals of Massachusetts 
(see above, p. 4) is a most valuable contribution to that local fauna, but 
still more important as a critical treatise on North- American Mammalia. 
Specimens,” the author says, have too often been described instead of 
species.” The total number of species still living in the State is 66, five 
others being already extirpated, whilst three {Mus') are introduced. Eighteen 
are Cetaceans ; but these do not appear to have been critically examined by 
the author. Seven belong to the northern, and eight to the southern North - 
American fauna, and are not universally distributed over the State. Thirteen 
are common to North America and the Old World. The species are not de- 
scribed ; those to which the author has paid particular attention will be 
mentioned in the special part. 
Nova Scotia. Dr. Gilpin has continued his observations on the Mamma- 
lian Fauna, Proc. & Trans. N. Scot. Inst. Nat. Sc. ii. 2, 1869, pp. 58-69. 
