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IN a previous number of NATURE (vol. iii. p. 282), Prof. Flower has given our readers an account of the first volume of this most meritorious work, and of the objects of its distinguished author in undertaking it. Since Prof. Flowers's article was published, four parts of the second volume of the “Anales” have been issued, containing a series of articles and illustrations of quite as great zoological interest as those in the first volume. The wonders of the extinct Mammalian Fauna of the Argentine Republic are well known, and in the present volume Prof. Burmeister devotes himself to their exposition. In the first part he commences a complete monograph of the Glyptodonts, or extinct gigantic Armadillos, represented by specimens in the museum under his charges and carries it on to the end of Part IV. In the first volume of the “Annals” Prof. Burmeister, in the course of a general article on the fossil mammals of the diluvium of Buenos Ayres, had given a preliminary exposition of his views as to the arrangement of these wonderful animals. He now enters at length upon the description of the species known to him, and gives a series of splendid lithographs to illustrate their remains. Not only are the bones of the Glyptodonts so perfectly preserved as to enable many of the skeletons to be completely restored, but great portions of the extraordinary suits of armour with which they were clad above and below have likewise been discovered, so that their external appearance can likewise be portrayed. Those who interest themselves in palæontology will do well to secure copies of these beautiful illustrations, a few of which are on sale at Messrs. Ta ylor and Francis, of Red Lion Court, at los. a number.
Anales del Museo Publico de Buenos Ayres, para dar a conocer los objetos de Historia Natural nuevos o poco conocidos conservados en este establecimento.
Por German Burmeister., Vol. ii., parts 1—4. (Buenos Ayres and London: Taylor and Francis.)
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Anales del Museo Publico de Buenos Ayres, para dar a conocer los objetos de Historia Natural nuevos o poco conocidos conservados en este establecimento . Nature 7, 240 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007240a0
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