GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Mamm. 3 
Ball, V. Further Notes on the Identification of the Animals and 
Plants of India which were known to early Greek Authors. P. R. 
Irish Ac. (3) i, pp. 1-9. 
Some additional observations regarding the identification of the Tiger 
with the Martikhora are added ; and it is suggested, from the occurrence 
of Hyaena crocuta in the Pleistocene of Madras, that the Krokottas may 
possibly refer to the existence of that species in India during the pre- 
historic period, rather than to the African race. 
Baur, G. On the Quadrate in the Mammalia. Q. J. Micr. Soc. xxviii, 
pp. 169-180. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xxiv.] 
Concludes that the Sauropsidan quadrate is contained in the zygomatic 
process of the squamosal of Mataimals. 
Beauregard, H. Considerations sur les Deux Dentitions des Mammi- 
feres. C.R. Soc. Biol. (8) v, pp. 230-233. 
. Deuxieme Note sur les Deux Dentitions des Mammiferes. T. c. 
pp. 259-261. 
Criticizes the observations of Lataste (infra, p. 12), and concludes 
that the true molars belong to the first, and not the second, dentition. 
Beddard, F. E. [See Didelphyidce.'] 
Bellonci, J. Ueber die centrale Endigung des Nervus Opticus bei den 
Yertebraten. Z. wiss. Zool. xlvii, pp. 1-46, pis. i-viii. 
Pp. 19-26 are devoted to the consideration of these organs in the 
Afammalia , as represented by the Rodentia , lnsectivora , and Chiroptera. 
Bielz, E. A. Die Fauna der Wirbelthiere Siebenbiirgens, &c. Verh. 
siebenb. Yer. xxxviii, pp. 15-120. 
The list includes 75 species of Mammals, but this comprises introduced 
and domesticated forms like the Guinea-pig, Cat, Buffaloe, Horse, &c. 
Bimar, — . Recherches sur la Distribution des Vaisseaux Spermatiques 
chez les Mammiferes et chez 1’Homme. J. de l’Anat. Phys. xxiv, 
pp. 265-273, pi. xi. 
A notice of the distribution of the testicular artery in various groups of 
Mammals. 
Blanforq, W. T. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and 
Burma — Mammalia , pt. i. London & Calcutta: 8vo, 250 pp.,71 
woodcuts. 
This fasciculus is the first part of a general work descriptive of the 
whole of the recent Vertebrata of the British Indian Possessions, which is 
to be completed in seven volumes. The present part treats of the orders 
Primates , Carnivora , and lnsectivora. The classification followed is based 
on that of Flower, although in many cases a larger number of generic 
divisions are admitted. Each species is fully described, and in many cases 
either the skull or the external form is illustrated by a woodcut. The 
number of species includes 27 Primates , 73 Carnivora , and 33 lnsectivora. 
In the j Felidce the name Felis nebulosa is taken to supersede F. toacroceliSy 
while a large number of forms are grouped as synonyms of F. bengalensis y 
and F. isabellina is regarded as inseparable from F. lynx. In the Viver - 
