CARNIVORA. 
Mamm. 31 
Meles taxus. On its habits, &c. ; Liebe, Ber. Ges. Chemn. viii. p. 64. 
[Not seen by Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. vii. p. 156.] 
Taxidea americana. On this species; E. Coues, Encycl. Amer. i. p. 388, 
Art. * Badger.’ 
Enhydris lutris is nearly exterminated in the Commander Islands; 
L. Stejneger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 87.^ On the number killed in these 
islands ; O. Grimm, l. c. (gen. subj.) p. 43. 
/ Plesictis mutatus, sp. n. (foss.), H. Filhol, Arch. Mus. Lyon, iii. p. 64, 
pi. iv., Eocene, Isere. 
V Stenoplesictis minor , sp. n. (foss.), id. M6m. Quercy Mamm. p. 68, 
Eocene, Quercy. 
UliSIMS. 
Ursus. On the calcaneum of a bear from the diluvial sand of Rixdorf, 
near Berlin ; W. Dames, SB. nat. Fr. 1883, p. 105. Only the second 
carnivore found in these deposits. 
Ursus ferox. Notes on a pair in the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens ; 
A. Zipperlen, Zool. Gart. xxiv. p. 321. 
Ursus spelceus. On remains from the Cave of O-Ruzsin, near Leutschau, 
in Hungary; A. Torok, Math. Nat. Ber. Ung. i. p. 311. 
'JUrsus lagomyiarius , sp. n., Prjevalsky, Third Journey to Thibet, p. 216, 
with a plate, Thibet. 
Ursus americanus. On its myology ; F. J. Shepherd, J. Anat. Phys. 
xviii. pp. 103-117. 
Ursus americanus var. cinnamomeus. On a Pennsylvanian specimen of 
this form ; F. W. True, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 653. Full measure- 
ments, both of the animal and its skull, are given. 
Ilyamarctos. On remains from Pikermi referable to this genus ; W. 
Dames, SB. nat. Fr. 1883, p. 132. 
OTARIIDiE. 
'Jhuet, J. La Fourrure d’Otarie. Le Nat. ii. pp. 179, 188, 195, & 203 
(1882 & 1883). 
A general account of fur-sealing. 
^Southwell, T. Seals and the Seal Fishery. Tr. Norw. Soc. iii. p. 482. 
A history of the progress and development of the northern seal fisheries. 
•^Swan, J. G. Report of Investigations at Neah Bay, Washington, 
respecting the Habits of the Fur Seals of that Vicinity. Bull. U. S. 
Fish Comm. iii. p. 201. 
Contains notes on the habits of the northern fur seals, based on accounts 
given by fur-traders and natives. 
•^Otaria Jischeri, sp. n. (foss.), Gervais & Ameghino, op. cit. (gen. subj.) 
p. 223, S. America. 
XCallirrhinus ursinus. On the number killed in the Commander Islands ; 
0. Grimm, l. c. (gen. subj.) p. 46. 
