MAMMALIA. 
22 Mamm. 
Mephitis inter rupt a is found in North Carolina ; A. G. Wetherby, Am. 
Nat. xvi. p. 736. 
Lutra vulgaris : on its breeding habits ; A. H. Cocks, Zool. (3) vi. p. 201. 
The period of gestation is about sixty days. 
^ Lutra lonteti, sp. n. (foss.), H. Filhol [see supra, p. 6]. 
Ursida’. 
Ursus. On a hybrid between a male U. maritimus and a female 
U. arctos ; P. L. Martin, Zool. Gart. xxiii. p. 370. 
Ursus amplidens. Remarks on this fossil species ; J. Wortman, P. Ac. 
Philad. 1882, p. 286. Probably specifically identical with U. ferox. 
Ursus spelceus. On remains found at Presles, Isere ; Lory, Bull. Soc. 
Gdol. (3) x. p. 348. And in the Dachstein district ; F. Kraus, JB. geol. 
Reichsanst. xxxi. p. 529, pi. xi. • 
Otarudjs, 
"^Tkouessart, E. L. La pephe des Qtaries aux lies Prybilov. Rev. Sci. 
xxx. p. 782. 
A popular account, compiled from the writings of Messrs. Allen and 
Elliott, of the Prybilov Islaud seal fisheries. 
\otaria jubata. On the anatomy of a fqptal specimen ; L. Camerano, 
Arch. Ital. Biol. ii. p. 285. (See also Mem. Acc. Tor. xxxv.) 
\Otaria gillespii (Zalnphus californianus, Allen). Notes on the external 
characters and anatomy of a male specimen of this species ; W. A. 
Forbes, Tr. Z S. xi. p.225. Compares the anatomy with that of 0. ju- 
bata, as described by Mvjrie. 
^ Callorrhinus \irsinius. On the habits and manner of capture of this 
species ; see supra , H t W, Elliott, p. 6. 
Trichuchida:, 
Bekgonzini, C. Sopra un cranio di Qdohienus rosmarus. Modena 
1882, 8vo, pp, 17. 
[Not seen by Recorder ; cf. Zoof, Anz. v. p. 512.] 
’ ichechus huxleyi. On tusks of this fossil species from the Red Crag 
of Suffolk ; E. R. Lankester, Tr. L. S. (2) ii. p. 213. The species was 
originally described by the author as Trichechodon huxleyi , but this 
generic name should now be abolished as synonymous with Trichechus. 
PhOCIDjE. 
On the species of Phocidoi that occur in the Baltic ; E. Friedel, Zool. 
Gart. xxiii. p. 175. 
Halichcerus gryphus. On its anatomy and cranial characters ; A. 
Nehring, SB. nat. Fr. 1882, p. 117. Occurrence on the coast of Norfolk; 
T. Southwell, Zojl. (3) vi. p. 187. 
