2 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
and the habits and distribution of the recent, the rapid extermination of 
which is illustrated by a coloured map. 
Allen, J. A. History of the American Bison. Hep. U. S. Geol. and 
Geogr. Surv. of Terr. 1875, pp. 443-687 (1876). 
A reprint of last paper, with the extinct species and illustrations 
omitted and new matter added. 
. The Influence of Physical Conditions in the Genesis of Species. 
Radical Review, i. pp. 108-140. ' 
Sums up the author’s observations on the geographical variation of 
N. American Mammals and Birds. ^Cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Mamm. p. 2.] 
. [Soo CouES, E.] 
Alston, E. R. [Soo Danfoiu), C. G.] 
Arloing, S. Application do la Mothode Graphique a I’otudo du 
Mecanisme de la Deglutition chez les Mammiferes et les Oiseaux. 
Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) vi. art. 1, pp. 94. 
Bettany, G. T. [See Parker, W. K.] 
Bronn, H. C. [See Giebel, C. G.] 
Buckley, T. E. On the Past and Present Geographical Distribution 
of the larger Mammals of South Africa. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 452-456. 
Notes on the diminution in number of Zebras, Antelopes, &c. [^Cf. 
Zool. Rec. xiii. Mamm. p. 3.] 
Busk, G. On the Ancient or Quarternary Fauna of Gibraltar, as 
exemplified in the Mammalian Remains of the Ossiferous Breccia. 
Tr. Z. S. X. pp. 53-136, pis. i.-xxvii. 
The remains described belong to the genera Felis^ Hycena, Canis^ 
Ursus, Elephas, Rhinoceros^ Equus, Sus, Cervus, Capra, Bos, and Lepus. 
The aspect of the fauna is Quarternary, but the forms are mostly of 
African affinities. 
Calderon, S. On the Fossil Vertebrata hitherto discovered in Spain. 
J. G. Soc. xxxiii. pp. 124-133. 
Contains a list of over 40 species of fossil Mammals. {^Cf. Zool. Rec. 
xiii. Mamm. p. 3.] 
Caton, j. D. The Antelope and Deer of America. New York: 1877, 
8vo, pp. 426. 
Contains interesting original notes on the characters and habits of the 
Prong-horn and American Deer, illustrated with numerous woodcuts. 
Cope, E. D. Descriptions of New Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary 
Formations of the West. P. Am. Phil. Soc. xvii. [Mammalia] 
pp. 219-227. 
Describes some new fossil genera and species of Quadrumana (P), Car- 
nivora, Proboscidia, and Ungulata. 
. Report upon the Extinct Vertebrata obtained in New Mexico in 
1874. Wheeler’s Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. West, of 100th Merid. iv. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; of. Am. Nat. 1877, pp. 750-753.] 
