2 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
valuable work in reviewing and completing our knowledge of several 
groups of North American fossil Mammals ; and Filiiol has done good 
work on those of the French Miocene. 
I.— THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Allen, H. [See Vespertilionidce i Emballonuridce, and Phyllosto- 
matidce.'] 
Allen, J. A. List of Mammals collected by Mr. C. P, Streater in 
British Columbia, with Descriptions of two New Subspecies of 
Sciurus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, iii, pp. 161-168. 
Two new varieties of Sciurus are described. [See Sciuridce.'] 
. Notes on Collections of Mammals made in Central and Southern 
Mexico by Dr. A. C. Buller, with Descriptions of New Species of 
Vespertilio , Sciurus t and Lepus. T. c. pp. 175-194. 
The total number of species noticed is 48, among which the following 
are new, viz. : 1 Vespertilio , 1 Sciurus , and 2 Lepus. [See Vespertilionidce , 
Sciuridce , and Leporidce .] 
°Almera, — , & Bofill, — . Descubrimiento de grandes Mamiferos 
fosiles en Cataluna. Cron, cient. x, 4 pp. 1887. [Omitted from 
Zoo). Rec. xxiv.] 
Amegiiino, F. [See Multituberculata.~\ 
Anon. Durata della Gestazione nei Mammiferi. Boll, scient. xi, 
pp. 106-110. [See Monit. Zool. Ital. i, pp. 94 & 95.] 
Gives the duration of pregnancy in a large number of species of 
Mammals. 
Baker, Sir S. W. Wild Beasts and their ways : Reminiscences of 
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. London : 8vo, 1890, 2 vols., 
illustrated. 
A sporting account of many of the larger Mammals of various 
countries. 
Ballowitz, E. [See Chiroptera. ] 
Bardeleren, K. Ueber die Hand- und Fuss-Muskeln der Saugetiere, 
besonders die des Praepollex (Prsehallux) und Postminimus. Anat. 
Anz. v, pp. 435-444. [See also t. c. p. 556.] 
This paper records further observations on the presence of rudiments 
of a prepollex, &c., in Mammals. There is a full description of the 
muscles attached to their rudiments ; the dissections which the author 
undertook for this purpose having also led him to a consideration of 
the homologies of certain palmar and plantar muscles, of which full 
details are given. [See also Dipodidce , and Emery & Carlsson.] 
Be hoard, F. E. [See Otariidce.'] 
