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MAMMALIA. 
113. Flower, W. H. An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mam¬ 
malia :. 3rd Ed. London : 1885, 8vo, 382 pp. 
A new and revised edition. There are a number of fresh illustrations; 
and many references to the more important recent memoirs' on the sub¬ 
jects referred to have been introduced. The author has been assisted in 
the revision by Dr. Hans Gadow. 
114. -. List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Depart¬ 
ment of the British Museum. London : 1885, 8vo, 36 pp. 
An almost complete list of all the well-established species of Cetacea ; 
the ouly notable deficiency being Rhacliianecles glaucus , a whalebone 
Whale from the Northern Pacific. 
115. -. On a Specimen of a Whale, Rudolphi’s Rorqual ( Balceno- 
ptera borealis , Lesson, = Sibbaldius laticeps , Gray), lately taken in 
the River Crouch, Essex. Tr. Ess. Club, iv. pp. 111-115. 
Notes on the osteology, distribution, and nomenclature of this species. 
116. -. Otter. Encycl. Brit, xviii. p. 69. 
General account of the genera Lutra and Enhydra. 
117. -. Platypus. Encycl. Brit. xix. p. 213. 
118. Fol, H. Sur la queue de l’embryon humain. C.R. c. pp. 1469-1472. 
The author states that the embryo of the fifth to the sixth week is 
provided with a definite and incontestible tail. 
119. Forbes, H. O. A Naturalist’s Wanderings in the Eastern Archi¬ 
pelago. London : 1885, 8vo, 536 pp. 
Contains summaries of the scientific results in a series of appendices; 
on p. 118 is a description of a Bat (Kerivoula javana, Thomas). 
119a. Forbes, W. A. [See Beddard (27a).] 
119b. Foster, M., & Sedgwick, A. The Works of Francis Maitland 
Balfour, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. London : 1885, 8vo (4 vols.). 
Yol. i. contains original memoirs and the development of the Elasrno- 
branch fishes ; vols. ii. and iii., the text-book of comparative embryology ; 
vol. iv., the plates. There is an account of the placenta, i. p. 734 ; and 
of the development of Mammals, iii. pp. 217-274. 
120. Fraas, — . Beitrage zur Fauna von Steinheim. JH. Ver. Wiirtt. 
xli. pp. 313-326, pis. iv. & v. 
Descriptions of new species of Amphicyon , Trochotherium , Hyeenictis , 
and Cheeropotamus. 
121. Frey, H. Grundziige der Histologie. 3rd Auf. Leipzig: 1885, 
8vo, 309 pp. 
Textbook of histology, illustrated by many woodcuts. 
122. Froriep, A. Ueber Anlagen von Sinnesorganen am Facialis, Glos- 
sopharyngeus und Vagus, fiber die genetische Stellung des Vagus 
zum Hypoglossus, und fiber die Herkunft der Zungenmusculatur. 
Arch. Anat. Phys. (Anat.) 1885, pp. 1-55, pis. i. & ii. 
On the origin and significance of the 7th, 9th, and 10th cranial nerves, 
and on their relations to certain rudimentary sense-organs, supposed to 
