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Primates ; concluding with observations on the anatomy of the viscera of 
the Elephant-Seal. An elaborate appendix, by W. C. S. Miller, is 
devoted to the myology of the suborder. The species described and 
figured are named as follows, viz. : Macrorhinus leoninus , Leptonychotes 
weddelli , Otaria j abata , Ar otocephalus gazella , A. australis. 
For Seal-fishery, see Southwell, Cetacea , p. 55. 
a. Phocijd.®. 
Seals occurring in the Essex Blackwater are noticed by E. A. Fitch, 
Tr. Ess. Club, ii, p. 3. 
JIalichoerus grypus : note on a living specimen in Berlin, by H. 
Nehring, SB. nat. Fr. 1888, pp. 7 & 8. 
II. CARNIVORA VERA. 
b. Felid/e. 
CleRici, E. Sopra alcune specie di Felini della Caverna al Monte delle 
Gioio presso Roma. Boll. Comm. Geol. (2) ix, pp. 149-1G7, pi. iv. 
Describes and figures jaws of two forms of Felis from cave-deposits 
near Rome, which are referred to F. leo (= Hyperfelis verneuili, Indes), 
and F. catus (= F. minima , Indes). 
Inverarity, J. D. Unscientific Notes on the Tiger. J. Bomb. N. H. 
Soc. iii, pp. 143-154, 3 pis. 
An account of some of the habits of the Tiger, with figures of animals 
killed and partly eaten by the same. 
Nehring, A. Ueber Hans- und Wildkatzen. Humboldt, vii, pp. 1 39— 
141, woodcut. 
A popular account of the relations between wild and domestic Cats of 
various regions. 
Poulton, E. B. Observations upon Polydactyle Cats. Rep. Brit. Ass. 
1888, p. 707 ; title only quoted. 
From an abstract published in the Times , it appears that the author, in 
continuation of previous researches, was able to place before the section 
a record of the families down to the tenth generation. The family 
originated from a cat named “Punch,” which had six toes on each foot. 
This peculiarity appeared, with more or less modification, in a large 
number of its descendants, some of these having as many as seven toes 
on each foot, thus possibly indicating an ancestry with even more digits. 
Stowell, T. B. The Glossopharyngeal Nerve in the Domestic Cat. 
P. Am. Phil. Soc. xxv, pp. 89-94, & pi. The Accessory Nerve in the 
Same. T. c. pp. 94-99, & pi. The Hypoglossal Nerve in the Same. 
T. c. pp. 99-104, & pi. 
Describes and figures the course of these nerves. 
Eusmilus bidentatus : H. Filhol, Bull. Sod. Philom. (7) xii, pp. 129— 
134, describes a skull of this species from the Quercy Phosphorites, under 
the name of Macharodus bidentatus. 
