CHIROPTERA, RODENTIA. 
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CHIROPTERA. 
^Norton, F. Some Notes on Oxon Bats. Midi. Nat. vi. p. 149. 
Notes on the rarity, habits, capture, &c., of the commoner Oxfordshire 
bats. 
Pl’EROFODIDiE. 
Peters, W. Ueber die von Herrn Dr. Finsch von den Carolinen Inselu 
eingesandten Flederhunde. SB. nat. Fr. 1883, p. 1. 
P ter opus ualanus , sp. n., id. ibid., Caroliue Islands. 
Pteropus insularis , Hombr. & Jacq., is a good species ; id. ibid. 
Pteropus molossinus , Temm. Its habitat, hitherto unknown, is the 
Caroline Islands ; id. ibid. 
Pteropus wallacii, Gray. The adult of this species, hitherto only known 
from a young specimen, described ; F. A. Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. 
p. 172. 
Pteropus medius. Notes on its habits in captivity ; W. L. Sigel, Zo'ol. 
Gart. xxiv. p. 1 82. 
Cynonycteris brachyotis recorded from Celebes ; F. A. Jer.tink, l. c, 
p. 173. 
Vespertilionid^. 
Vesperugo leisleri. On its occurrence in Ireland ; R. M. Barrington, 
Zool. (3) vii. p. 116. 
Vesperugo noctula var. lasiopterus. Occurrence of a bat agreeing with 
this variety near Venice ; A. P. Ninni, Atti Soc. Ital. xxvi. p. 107. 
P II YLLOSTOMATIDiE . 
^ Phyllostoma chrysosema, sp. n. (P), Natterer, A. von Pelzelu, Verb, 
z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. Anhang. 
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RODENTIA. 
-^Chatin. J. Sur l’anatomie compare des fosses nasales chez les Ron- 
geurs. Bull. Soc. Philom. vii. p. 103. 
Describes the nasal region of various rodents. 
Cope, E. D. The Extinct Rodentia of North America. Am. Nat. xvii. 
pp. 43, 165 & 370. 
A most important paper, containing a full review of all the fossil 
rodents as yet discovered in North America. They are divided into the 
Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene forms, and those belonging to each of 
these periods are arranged systematically among themselves. The author 
believes that the Sciuromorpha are the lowest and most primitive rodents, 
while the Myomorpha are the highest. The ancient genera as a whole 
