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REPORT ON ZOOLOGY, MDCCCXLIV.

collections of Strasburg, Mannheim , Kaiserslautern , Diirk-heim, Mainz , Neuweid, Wiesbaden , Frankfurt , Darmstadt ,Heidelberg , Carlsrube, Freyburg , and Constanz .

A list of the specimens of Mammalia in the British Museum has been printed by order of the trustees; London, 1843; but,though in possession of the ornithological list, which appearedlater, that of the Mammalia is still our desideratum.

In a work undertaken at the request of the committeeof the Zoological Garden at Amsterdam , and entitled ‘ DeDiergaarde en het Museum van het Genootschap NaturaArtis Magistra te Amsterdam;’ Amsterdam , 1842, 209, s. gr.8, mit 25 Tafeln, H. Schlegel has, with happy tact, under-stood how to combine popular appearance with scientificcontents, so that this work is as agreeable to read as it isinstructive to the man of letters. The number of platesare capitally executed, and it must be adjudged an honourto the establishment of Westermann , the bookseller, thatso goodly and substantial a “gem” for the public hasreceived the greatest amount of care and attention in passingthrough the press.

The following animals are described and figured in this zoological garden:—Of the Mammalia : Simia satyrus, Hylobates leuciscus, Ursus tibetanus,Felis leo , F. tigris, F. pardus Temm., F. concolor, Hycena crocuta, Elephas indicus , Cervus tarandus, Antilope gnu, Bos taunts indicus, Halmaturtis derby-anus. Of Birds : Vutiur fulvus, Jquila fucosa, Slrix bubo, Fhasianus pic-tus, Struthio camelus , Anser agyptiacus, Felecanus onocrotalus. Of Reptiles :Chelonia viridis, Crocodilus lucius, Boa constrictor, Naja tripudians, Sala-mandra maxima.

Of the zoological atlas to the work entitled ‘ Voyageautour du Monde sur le Fregate la Venus pendant 1836-39, par M. A. Dupetit-Thouars,’ and appearing at thegovernment’s expense, six fasciculi, though without text,have been issued.

In the third of these are contained tab. 5 of the skeleton of Ursus ferox;10 of that of Sciurus aureogaster, Fr. Cuv. var.; 12 of S. Nebouxii, Is.Geoffr; and 13 of Neotoma fioridana. In the fourth, Cercopithecus Lalandii,Is. Geoffr., tab. 1; Procyon lotor , var., tab. 6; Felis albescens, Puch, tab. 8.In the fifth, Sciurus aureogaster, var., tab. 11 ; heads and crania of