As supplementary to last year’s Report, among the worksof a general nature, is first to be mentioned, An Introduc-tion to the Mammalia , by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamil ton Smith ; Edinburgh , 1842 (forming vol. xiii—‘The Mammalia ’ of Jardine’s work, f The Naturalists’ Library’).
After a brief introduction to the class Mammalia , succeed the characters ofthe Orders, Families, and Genera, with the citation of one or more speciesof each of the latter. This work is chiefly calculated for the numerousdilettanti who have acquired a taste for zoology in England, and on thataccount cannot lay claim to any real scientific value. Its composition alsohas been treated much too lightly by the author, who has addressed himselfto the performance of his task in a very superficial manner. Moreover,reference is made to none but English or French works.
Schreber ’s ‘ Saugthiere’ (Mammalia ), continued by Andr.Wagner. Supplementary Volume, Third Part. (Concludedin 1843.)
The Third Part of the Supplementary Volume has been concluded withthe first half of the Itodentia, upon which I take occasion to mention, thatthe Fourth Part, containing the other half of the Rodentia , together withthe Edentata and the whole of the Solidungula, has also been prepared inthe course of the year 1844, so that at present only the Marine Mammalia(Seals and Cetacea ) are in arrear, and the work is thus rapidly approachingits termination.
Schinz, ‘ Monographien der Saugthiere. Mit Abbild-ungen nacb der Natur und den vorziiglichsten naturwissen-schaftlichen Werken gezeichnet von Kull. Zurich , 1843.
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