28 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
Mivart, St. George. Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, and Foxes: a Mono- 
graph of the Canidce . London : 4to, pp. xxv & 216, illustrated. 
A handsome work, illustrated with coloured plates of all the existing 
species, and woodcuts of skulls, teeth, &c. 35 species are recognized 
( Canis anthus being provisionally separated from C. aureus ), of which 30 
are referred to Canis , 2 to Cyon, and 1 each to Icticyon , Lycaon , and 
Otocyon. 
. Notes on Canine Dental Abnormalities. P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 376- 
378, woodcut. 
. Notes on the Genus Cyon. T. c. pp. 88-92. 
The author concludes that there are but two species — C. javanicus and 
C. alpinus — their distinctive characters and numerous osteological 
measurements being given. 
. Oh the South American Canidce. T. c. pp. 98-113, woodcuts. 
The author calls attention to the difficulties iu the way of the correct 
discrimination of these animals, and to what appear to him to be the 
unsatisfactory character of some of Burmeister’s determinations and 
descriptions. Forms to which the names Canis fulvipes, griseus y pata- 
gonicus , entrerianus, gracilis , vetulus, and fulvicaudus had been assigned 
are declared to be quite insufficiently discriminated from C. azarce. On 
the other hand, two very marked species, or possibly varieties, are noted 
and distinguished under the appellations C. parvidens and C. urostictus , 
the type of each of which was in the British Museum, both the skin, and 
the skull extracted from it, in each case. 
Neiiring, A. Ueber Cyon alpinus fossilis y Nehring, nebst Beraerkungen 
iiber einige fossile Caniden. JB. Mineral. 1890, ii, pp. 34-52, pi. ii. 
Describes and figures part of a mandible from the Pleistocene of 
Heppenloch, Wiirtemberg, which is referred to a variety of this existing 
species. A recent ramus is figured, in which the first premolar is absent. 
It is considered that Lycorus nemestrianus , Bourguignat, is founded upon a 
mandible of Canis lupus in which the first premolar is wanting ; and that 
Cyon edwardsianus , of the same author, is based on a lower jaw of Canis 
pallipes in which the third molar is wanting. A preliminary notice of 
the substance of the paper is given in SB. nat. Fr. 1890, pp. 19-21. 
O’Reilly, J. P. Notes on the History of the Irish Wolf-Dog. P. R. 
Irish Ac. (3) i, pp. 333-339. 
White, T. On the Wild Dogs of New Zealand. Tr. N. Z. Inst, xxii, 
pp. 327-330. 
The author considers that the feral Maori Dogs indicate a peculiar 
breed quite distinct from any European one. 
Windle, B. C. A., & Humphreys, J. On some Cranial and Dental 
Characters of the Domestic Dog. P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 5-29. 
An elaborate series of measurements of the skulls and teeth is given in 
various breeds of Dogs, aud the authors attempt a classification based on 
