THE GENERAL SDBJECT. 
Mamm. 5 
Gieuel, C. G. Dr. H. G. Bronn’s Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier- 
Reichs. vi. Abth. v. Mammalia. Nos. 17-20. Leipzig and 
Heidel{)erg : 1878, 8vo, pp. 305-416, pis. Ixii.-lxxi. 
Entirely occupied with the continuation of the description of the 
skeleton [c/. Zool. Rec. xiv. Mamm. p. 4]. 
. Ueber die am Oberarm der Saugethiere forkommenden Perfora- 
tionen. Z. ges. Naturw. li. pp. 853-855. 
Brief observations on the perforations of the humerus in certain 
Mammals. 
Greenwood, F. [See Miall, L. C.] 
Gundlach, J. Apuntes para la Fauna Puerto-Riqueha. Mamiferos. 
An. Soc. Esp. vii. pp. 139-141. 
Four Bats and three introduced species of Mus are the only Mammals 
of Porto Rico. 
Harting, P. Het Ei en de Placenta van Hallcore dugong. Utrecht : 
1878, 8vo, pp. 59. [Not seen by the Recorder.] Abstracts : J. Auat. 
Phys. xiii. p. 116 ; Tijd. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. iv. pp. 1-29, pis. i. & ii. 
A thesis in Dutch, with a French translation, describing for the first 
time the ovum and foetal membranes of a Sirenian. The placenta of 
Halicore is diffuse and non-deciduate. 
Heldreich, T. de. La Faune de Grece. Athens : 1878, 4to, pp. 113. 
Thirty-eight species of Mammals are briefly treated of at pp. 5-26. . 
Heuglin, M. T. V. Reise in Nordost-Afrika. Schilderungen aus 
dem Gebiete der Beni Amer undHabab, nebst zoologischen Skizzen. 
Braunschweig : 1877, 8vo, 2 vols. pp. 285, 304. [Mammalia, ii. 
pp. 1-140.] 
[Omitted from Zool. Rec. xiv.] Contains observations on the Mammals 
of the country, many being described as new \_Rhinolophidce^ Vespertili- 
onidce, Emballonuridce, Sciuridoe, MuridcB^ SpalacidcR, BovidcB]. 
Honigschmeid, j. Kleine Beitrage zur Vertheilung der Geschmacks- 
knospen bei den Saugethieren. Z. wiss. Zool. xxix. [1877] 
pp. 255-262. 
Observations on the papillae of the mouth in various Mammals. 
Lydekker, R. Notes on the Mammalian Fauna of the Wardwdn and 
Upper Chiudb Valleys. J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, pp. 283-288. 
These valleys are regarded as forming a boundary between the Tibetan 
and Himalayan sub-regions. 
. [See Artiodactyla.'] 
Macalister, a. An Introduction to the Systematic Zoology and 
Morphology of Vertebrated Animals. Dublin and London : 1878, 
8vo, pp. 365. 
Similar in plan to the author’s previous work on the Invertebrates. 
The Mammals are treated of at pp. 199-344, the orders and families 
being characterized, with references to the principal genera. 
