Reports on zoology for 1843, 1844 / Translated from the German by George Busk ... Alfred Tulk, esq., and Alexander H. Haliday. Esq.

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1847
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Credit: Reports on zoology for 1843, 1844 / Translated from the German by George Busk ... Alfred Tulk, esq., and Alexander H. Haliday. Esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    völlig umgearbeitete Aufl. 1843. IsteLief: Säugthicre und Vögel.* Gives a very comprehensive and accurate exposition of the anatomical conditions of the animal structure, on this occasion arranged, not according- to the organic systems, but, what is much to be commended, according to the classes of animals. As the ‘leones Zootomicse’ of the same author are con¬ tinually referred to in giving the anatomical characters of the classes, the knowledge of the subject is in consequence much facilitated. Gravenhorst’s c Vergleichende Zoologie’ (Bresl. 1843) treats rather co¬ piously of the classes of Mammalia and Birds, with reference to their external and internal characters, as well as to their useful and injurious properties, and will prove very serviceable as an introduction to those classes. Of Blainville’s ‘Osteographic,’ the Twelfth and Thirteenth Parts, em¬ bracing- the genera Felis and Cams, have appeared. Among general zootomical works, falling witliin the scope of this Report, are also to he mentioned: Recherches sur le Developpement des Os et des Dents, par M. Plourens (Archives du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. ii, p. 315); a very copious and accurate work, accompanied with twelve remarkably beautiful plates. Supplement au Memoire sur les Dents des Musaraignes et autres Mammiferes, par M. Duvernoy (Comptes rendus, xvii, p. 98). According to the Report of the Commission, the Memoir at length, with the figures, will appear in the Memoires des Savans etrangers, until which time the Reporter reserves his account of this interesting work. Observations on the Semen and Seminal Tubes of Mammalia and Birds, by G. Gulliver. (Ann. Nat. Hist, xi, p. 514.) The author has measured the seminal vessels in Man, many Mammalia, and Birds, and appended remarks upon the condition of the semen and testicles at different seasons of the year. Additional Measurements of the Blood-Corpuscles or Red Particles of Mammalia and Birds, by G. Gulliver. (Ann. Nat. Hist, xii, p. 367.) Addi¬ tions which the author has made to his observations published in the English translation of Gerber’s Anatomy. Remarks on the Development of the Cranial Ridge in the Mammalia, and on the Development and Eunction of the Osseous Cavities, by George Jäger. (Midler’s Archiv fur Anatomie, 1842, p. 433.) Several of tbe Reports on the Transactions of tlie Zoologi¬ cal Societies and Meetings have not yet reached the Re¬ porter. * [The text of this work has been translated into English by Mr. A. Tulk, and published with the title c Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrate Animals,’ 8vo, London, 1845.—Editor.]
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