20 Mamm . 
MAMMALIA. 
Chiroptera , 22 Rodents (1 new), 1 Hyracoulea (new), and 1 Edentata • 
Of the 28 species from Monbuttu, 16 are W. African ; while of the others, 
5, although found iu other districts, also occur in W. Africa, 5 are either 
peculiar to or only otherwise known from neighbouring Central African 
localities, 1 is Abyssinian, and l previously known frojn Natal. This 
shows that the forest fauna of the W.est extended across Africa as far as 
28° East long., and still further some distance North. [See Anomaluridee 
and Hyracidce.] 
[Thomas, O.] On the Mammals of Christmas Island. T. c. pp. 532-534. 
Records 1 Crocidura, 1 Pteropus , and 2 Mus, of which 1 is new. [See 
Murid ce.] 
. On the Small Mammals of Duval County, South Texas. T. c, 
pp. 443-450. 
The list includes 17 species, of which 4 are Insectivora , 3 Chiroptera , 
and the remainder Rodentia. 
. The Mammals of the Solomon Islands, based on the Collection 
made by Mr. C. M. Woodford. T. c. pp. 470-484, pis. xx-xxii. 
This paper gives an account of a second collection made by Mr. Wood- 
ford in the Solomon Islands ; and also gives a complete list of the 
Mammals known to occur in the group. The total number of species is 
22, of which 17 are Chiroptera , 4 Rodentia , and 1 Marsupialia. Figures 
are given of the head and skull of Pteropus and Pteralopex , of the nose- 
leaf of Anthops, and of the skull and feet of 3 species of Mus. 1 new 
species of Pteropus is described from the Duke of York Archipelago. 
[See Pteropodidce , Rhinolophulce, and Mur idee.'] 
- . [See also Marsupialia and Didelphyidce.] 
Topinard, P. Les Demises Etapes do la Gendalogie de l’llomme. Rev. 
Anthrop. (3) iii, pp. 298-332. 
This paper commences by discussing the systematic relations of the 
Primates , and considers that the Lemuroidea are rightly included therein. 
The question is then discussed whether Man is derived from the Anthro- 
poidea or Lemuroidea, and it is concluded that neither of these groups are 
the ancestral stock, which should be sought among the Ungulate Condy- 
larthra, such as the Phenacodontidce. 
This memoir is reviewed by E. D. Cope, in the Am. Nat. xxii, pp. 
660-663, wherein the following arrangement of the so-called order 
Taxeopoda is proposed 
Order Taxeopoda. 
Suborder i. Hykacoidea. — E arn. Hyracidce. 
„ II. Condylarthra. — F ams . Periptychidce^Phenacodontidce, 
Meniscotheriidce. 
„ ill. Daubentonoipea.— F ams. Chiromyidce, Mixodectidce. 
„ iv. Quadrumana. — Fams. Adapidce , Anaptomorphidie , 
Tarsiidce , Lemur idee, Cebidce, Cercocebidce. 
,, V. Anthropomokpiia. — Fams. Simiidce , Horninidee. 
