CARNIVORA. 
Mamm. 13 
Mustelid^:. 
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E. CouES monographs the North American genera and species. Fur- 
bearing Animals \^suprd, p. 3]. 
A 3/nstela cnninea found in north-west Greenland ; II. W. Feildcn, 
Zool. 1877, p. 317. Notes on this and the next species in Schleswig- 
Holstein ; J. Rohweder, Zool. Gart. 1877, pp. 372-379. 
Mvstela vulgaris. On its existence in Ireland ; R. M. Barrington, 
Zool. 1877, p. 223 ; J. Douglas-Ogilby, ihidr. ; J. A. Mahoney, tom. cit. 
p. 290 ; W. Borrer, tom. cit. p. 291 ; W. Warren, tom. cit. p. 379. 
Miistela stoliczTcanay sp. n., W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, 
p. 2G0, Yarkand. 
Martes. On the occurrence of Martens in Britain ; A. P. Morris, Zool. 
1877, p. 251 ; W. A. Durnford, tom. cit. p. 292; H. M. Wallis, ihid. ; T. 
Southwell, tom. cit. p. 338. 
^ Mcphctinm. E. Couee recognizes three species of Mephitis, and pro- 
bably one only of Compatus. Fur-bearing Animals [^suprd, p. .3], 
pp. 187-260. 
Mephitis mcphitica. Notes on “ Hydrophobia from Skunk bite ” \cf. 
Zool. Rec. xi. p. 9] ; E. Cones, tom. cit. pp. 223-235. Note on its food ; 
C. Aldrich, Am. Nat. xi. p. 687. 
Meles taxus. On its period of gestation ; G. B. Corbin, Zool. 1877, 
p. 251 ; F. H. Salvin, ibid. Notes on its habits ; H. Schacht, Zool. Gart. 
1877, pp. 302-306. 
. Taxidea sulcata, sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 227, 
^ Pliocene of Washington territory. 
Lutra vulgaris. On its time of breeding ; E. H. Rodd, Zool. 1877, 
p. 17 ; A. H. Cocks, tom. cit. pp. 100 & 101 ; J. Southwell, tom. cit. 
pp. 172-174. 
XjRSIDiE. 
Ursus. G. Busk remarks on the relationship of the fossil and recent 
species, and on the reported existence of a Bear in North Africa. Tr. Z. S. 
X. pp. 60-74, pis. iv.-vi. 
Ursus arctos and U. maritimus. On bastards between those species 
born in Nill’s Menagerie at Stuttgart; P. L. Martin, Zool. Gart. 1876, 
pp. 20-22 ; id. op. cit. 1877, pp. 135-136 ; W. Stendell & E. von Martens, 
tom. cit. pp. 401 & 402. 
Ursus lahiatus. E. Alix describes two pharyngeal pouches placed be- 
tween the base of the skull and the origin of the oesophagus ; Bull. Soc. 
Zool. 1877, pp. 63 & 64. 
Ursus speloius and U. arctos. Note on their specific distinction ; R. 
Hensel, SB. nat. Fr. 1876, pp. 48-50. 
Ursus gedrosianus, sp. n., W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, p. 317, 
Baluchistan. U. pruinosus, Blyth, redescribed ; id. 1. c. pp. 318-320. 
Myccnarctos. On the occurrence of the remains of a species in the Red 
Crag of Suffolk ; W. H. Flower, J. G. Soc. xxxiii. pp. 534-536. 
^ Ilgamarctos sivalensis. Note on its dentition ; R. Lydekker, Rec. Geol. 
Surv. Ind. x. p. 33. 
