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GENERAL NOTES AND FAUNAE. 3
Eastern Thibet. A. MILNE-EDWARDS notices several new
Mammals, viz. two Monkeys, three Insectivores, a new genus of
Bears, and a Pteromys. Compt. Rend. 1870, lxx. pp. 341-342.
Egypt. " Animaux domestiques par les anciens Egyptiens,"
by A. P. PICHOT, Bull. Acclim. 1870, pp. 97-103.—" Sur la
domestication de quelques especes d'antilopesau temps del'ancien
empire egyptien," by F. LENORMANT, Compt. Rend. 1870, lxx.
pp. 413-416.—" Note sur le cheval au temps du nouyel empire
egyptien," by the same, /. c. pp. 163-167.
Abyssinia. Mr. W. T. BLANFORD, the geologist of the British
expedition in 1867-68, has published his ' Observations on the
Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia/ London: 1870, 8vo,
pp. 487, plates. The work is divided into three parts :—
1. Personal Narrative, pp. 1-139. 2. Geology, pp. 143-203.
3. Zoology, pp. 207-477. In the introduction to the last part
he reviews the previous literature on the subject, and divides
the country hypsometrically into four regions, adding lists of
the animals with indication of the altitudes at which he has
observed them. In the account of the Mammalia (pp. 222-284)
37 species are referred to, the more important of which will be
mentioned subsequently.
Prof. PETERS gives a list of 14 Mammals collected by Dr.
Schimper in Abyssinia, with some notes on their habits and
distribution. SB. nat. Fr. Berl. (1869) 1870, pp. 7-8.
West Africa. Prof. PETERS enumerates 14 Bats and 12
Rodents from the Portuguese possessions in West Africa. Jorn.
Lisb. 1870, pp. 123-127.
South America. JIMENEZ DE LA ESPADA, a member of the
Spanish expedition to explore the natural productions and physical
conditions of South America, has published in a separate
form (from the 'Boletin revista de la Universidad de Madrid''),
"Algunos datos nuevos 6 curiosos acerca de la Fauna del alto
Amazonas (Mamiferos)," Madrid : 1870, 8vo, pp. 27. In this
pamphlet he makes some general remarks on the objects of the
expedition, describes two new Monkeys, and treats of the suckingcups
on the wings of Thyroptera.
New Zealand. A "List of the bones of Seals and Whales
in the Colonial Museum, Wellington, New Zealand," drawn up
by Dr. JAMES HECTOR, is published, with notes, by Dr. GRAY, in
Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1870, v. pp. 220-224. It refers to two
Seals and five Cetaceans.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
1. Separate Works.
FLOWER, W. H. An introduction to the Osteology of the
Mammalia. London : 1870, 16mo, pp.344, with numerous 1
woodcuts.
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