28 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
Sciurus vulgaris. On its South Russian distribution. See supra, 
F. T. Kbppen, p. 9. 
Spermophilm. On the* occurrence of this genus beneath the glacial till 
of Norfolk ; E. T. Nowton, Geol. Mag. (2) ix. p 51. 
Spermophilus rufescens is the species to which the numerous fossil 
fragments from Germany, hitherto determined as S. altaicus , should be 
referred ; W. Blasius, Zool. Anz. v. p. 610. 
'J Arctomys marmotta. On its winter sleep (see Yalentin, G.), supra, 
p. 15. 
CaSTO RIDiE. - 
Collett, R. Om Boeveren [Castor fiber], og dens Udbredelse i Norge 
fordum og nu. N. Mag. Naturv. xxviii. p. 11. 
[A separate copy only seen.] 
Hamel, E. de. Notes on Beavers and the Bute Beavery. Midi. Nat. v. 
pp. 100 & 161. 
Myoxidas. 
^ Gi'aphiurus hueti, sp. n., A. T. de Rochebrune, Bull. Soc. Fhilom. (6) 
vii. p. 8, Senegambia. 
Muscardinus avellanarius. A. Rabus’s article on the hybernation of 
this species [</. Zool. Rec. xviii. Mamm. p. 27] is translated in Zool. 
(3) vi. p. 161. 
Murids. 
S Sminthus vagus is found in Denmark, near Kolding; a specimen having 
been taken from the crop of an owl. H. Winge, Yid. Medd. 1882, p. 76. 
^ Gerbillince 1 . Notes on the species of this group ; F. Lataste, Le Nat. 
iv. pp. 12, 21, 27, 36, 69, 77, 83, 100, 101, 107, 117, & 126. The author 
divides the subfamily (p. 126) into the 2 genera Gerbillus and Meriones, 
the former with 5 subgenera, viz., Pachyuromys , Gerbillus , s. s., Tatera, 
subg. n. (“ Nom euphonique, sans 6tymologie ’’), (H.) Endecapleura, 
subg. n., and Dipodillus ; the latter with 2, Rhombomys and Meriones. 
^ Gerbillus hirtipes, sp. n., F. Lataste, Le Nat. iv. p. 21, Wargla, Algeria. 
G. quadrimaculatus , p. 27, Nubia, G. bottce, p. 36, Sennaar, id. 1. c. 
AMeriones trouessarti, sp. n., F. Lataste, Le Nat. iv. p. 69, Wed-Magra, 
Algeria. M. auziensis, p. 77, Aumale, Algeria, M. gcetulus, p. 83, Algeria 
(withdrawn, as synonymous with M. erythrurus, Gr., p. 127), M. albipes, 
p. 101, M’sila, Algeria, id. 1. c. 
J Pachyuromys duprasi. On its “ bouchon vaginale,” F. Lataste, Zool. 
Anz. v. pp. 235 & 238, and Heron-Royer, tom. cit. pp. 453 & 469. On its 
habits, &c. ; F. Lataste, La Nature, x. (2) p. 113. 
^ Amphiaulacomys, g. n., F. Lataste, Le Nat. ,iv. p. 11. Withdrawn, as 
synonymous with Rhombomys ; id. 1. c. p. 127. 
^Mus rattus. A. P. Ninni discusses the characters that separate M. 
alexandrinus from this animal, aud decides that there is only one species, 
with three varieties, one being M. rattus, var. n. intermedins ; Atti 1st. 
Venet. (5) viii. p. 571. 
