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AS most probably many of our readers know, a wealthy Parisian, M. Alfred Grandidier, who is thoroughly acquainted with Madagascar in all its aspects, has undertaken a mighty work on the physical, natural, and political history of the island, which is to form, when completed, twenty-eight volumes in large quarto, profusely illustrated with coloured plates. Six volumes, three of text and three of plates, are to be devoted to the Mammals, the first of each of these being those under notice on the present occasion. They, together with the Birds, in three volumes, and the Crustacea, are under the editorship of M. Alph. Milne-Edwards. The Fishes are undertaken by Dr. Sauvage; the Reptiles by M. Grandidier; the Insects by MM. Kunckel d'Herculais, Lucas, Oustalet, De Saussure; the Annelids by M. L. Vaillant, and the Mollusca by MM. Fisher and Crosse.
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Madagascar 1 . Nature 13, 308–309 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/013308a0
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