Bronn's Classen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs

Abstract

THE important work on the lowest division of the animal kingdom which Prof. Bütschli, of Heidelberg, has undertaken for the publishers of the well-known series of zoological treatises originated by the late Prof. Bronn, is so far advanced as to enable us to form some estimate of its merits and to call for an extended notice. The separate parts of Prof. Bütschli's work which have appeared at intervals during the last two years have now accumulated so as to form a large octavo of 900 pages and 50 plates. The whole of the Protozoa have been discussed with the exception of the Ciliata, the Dino-flagellata (formerly called Cilio-flagellata), and the Acinetaria. The work does not comprise in its scope the Mycetozoa, which should, in the opinion of the present writer, be included in the animal kingdom. This is the less to be regretted, since an excellent work on this group has been recently published by Dr. Zopf, of Berlin, in the “Encyklopädie der Naturwissenschaften,” and may be obtained separately of the publishers, Trewendt, of Breslau.

Bronn's Classen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs.

New Issue. (Leipzig: C. F. Winter, 1883-4-5.)