6 Mamm, 
MAMMALIA. 
pines (pp. 193-196), of Siam (pp. 217-221), and of the Eastern Archi- 
pelago (pp. 248-261), as well as a list of the species collected or observed 
(pp. 362-365). 
Messing, W. Recherches anatomiques sur les Testicules des Mammi- 
feres, et en particulier sur le corps d’Highmore. Dorpat : 1877. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. J. Zool. vi. p. 258.] 
Milne-Edwards, a. Note sur quelques Mammiferes nouveaux prove- 
nants de la Nouvelle-Guin^e. 0. R. Ixxxv. pp. 1079-1081. 
One new sub-genus and three new species [^Muridce, Phalangistidce] are 
described. 
Muuie, J. [See Duncan, P. M.] 
Natiiusius, II. V. Ueber die so-genannten Leporiden. Berlin : 1876. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. Arch. f. Nat. 1877, ii. p. 87 {ct infra, 
p. 22)]. 
Owen, R. Researches on the Fossil Remains of the Extinct Mammals 
of Australia, with a Notice of the Extinct Marsupials of England. 
London : 1877, 4to, i. text pp. 522, ii. pis. cxxxi. 
Appears to bo mainly a reproduction of the author’s papers on these 
subjects in Phil. Tr. and Tr. Z. S. 
Parker, W. K., & Bettany, G. T. The Morphology of the Skull. 
London : 1877, sm. 8vo, pp. 348. 
As in a former memoir of Parker’s [c/. Zool. Rec. xi. p. 4], the Pig is 
taken as a type of the Mammalia, and its cranial development is fully 
worked out. 
Peters, W. Uebersicht iiber die wahrend der sibirischen Expedition von 
1876 von Hrn. Dr. O. Finsch gesammelten Saugethiere, Amphibien 
und Fische. MB. Ak. Berl. 1877, pp. 734-738. 
Contains (pp. 734-736) a list with localities of 47 species of Mammals, 
either obtained or observed in Siberia. 
Ramsay, E. P. Zoology of the “Chevert”: Mammals. P. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. W. ii. pp. 7-15. 
Notes on 12 species of Mammals collected, during the cruise of H.M.S. 
Chevert,” in North, Australia and New Guinea. Three are new [^Ptero- 
podidoi, Peramelidce, Macro’podid(e.~\ 
Rut I MEYER, L. Die Rinder der Tertiar-Epoche, nebst Fortstudien zu 
einer natiirlichen Geschichte der Antilopen. Part i. Abh. schw. 
pal. Ges. iv. art. 2, pp. 1-72, 3 pis. i.-iii. 
Devoted to the general affinities of the various groups of Pecora, 
especially to those of the Antelopes \_cf. infra, p. 19]. The plates are pub- 
lished in advance of pt. 2, and illustrate remains of Prohuhalus, Leptohos, 
Buhalus, Bucapra, and Amphihos. 
Ryuer, j. a. Oil the Laws of Digital Reduction. Am. Nat. 1877, 
pp. 63-607. 
