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ST

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T he hestiarians , 2 5 4 ; T he relations of the N ational ca emy of ciences to the Governm ent, 44 3 ; T he Miss ing L in , 53 4 ; T he U Geological S urvey , 53 6 ; Government D epartmen t of cien ce and Pu lic ns truction, 6 24 ; heolog y on Evolution , 70 8 llustration in U 8 Geo ogical urvey istor , or , 709 ; T he M etho of T caching N atural Evolution of the A lpha

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t ion ,

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Goodale s V egetable Phys iology, 4 5 '

42 ;

J I

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H S S Bw

S tate Geo ogist of N ew ersey for 1884 , 48; n nual R eport of the Geology and N atural ourt een th istory urvey of ndiana, 4 8; R ecen t oo s and Pam ina of e lachians , t 4 a ; o er and V ines Practical phlets , 4 8; T he unp aire ir s in the ush, r4 5 ; L o uis A g assiz, H is L ife and o tany , 14 3 : orrey s orrespon ence, 14 5 ; Our L iving Worl e t l 6 o u l t r s R oc l n u s r at e 1 o o d a m hl e s 1 e c e t k s a n t ; ; 4 , 4 , 7 [ p ] Mountain otany , 2 54 ; T he atalogue of l i zar s in the ritish Museum, as6 ; art man s A h t hropoid oo of Eu ropean Butter ies , 2 5 8; a ng ille s pes [ llustrate ] , 2 58; ane s H an Our irds and their aunts , 2 59 ; Our L iving Worl , 2 59 ; hompson s i liography of Protozoa etc , 2 59 ; R ecen t oo s and amphlets , 260 ; roll s limate and ology , 3 59 ; L eunts os m ’ ’ S ynopsis der T hierkunde, 36 x ; e oe s aces of ritain, 3 62 ; Z ittel s H an uch der Palm s

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epo rt of the

d B dI d C I d K HB k P B dd F

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n im al Mechan cs , 3 6 3 C rawii sh, 36 3 ; Graber s en t Pu li catio ns , 3 64 : T he rench s utter ies of the Eastern U nite tates , 3 64 ; Go vern m nnals of the C akchiquels , 444 ; eport of the N ew Y ork gricultural Experi ment tation o i m i a i e l a i m v a l i m s h oo c h m a n R e t i o n P r e e s 0 i e s l a s i s M h r ki t a m t i t o G e 8 ; ; 4 , 5 44 n nual epo rt of the U H an book of lant D issect ion , 5 3 6 ; T he ourt h Geolog , 4 50 ; erican ecor for 3 884 5 3 8; T he A m S Geological urvey [ I llustrated] , 53 8: T he oological Ornithologists Union hec ist of N orth merican ir s , 5 39 ; R ecent Boo s and amphlets ,

on tolog le,

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3 6a ;

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evisio n of the

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A S d l T C k AS d P F A R Z R d C kl A B d k P b F k S I d B Od T S C l T R k P J H S d ll d B k P T d H H y C P k d F Z P Sl d B b Ow C R W R q k I d T dI b lCl A C Od W B d R B P S A b C W B B d b J B

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s

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PM phlets , 6 28; T he amphlets , and

mphlets

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o nn s

their

o

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eries , 7 t o ;

mes and

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eatures of

Evo

urroun

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e n t o ks and 6 o 6 2 R e c ; ] ecent Boo s of o d ay , 7 sr ;

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77 8 ; R ecen t

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in

87 3 ;

tu

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GEN ER A

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fri ca :

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C

ran chiata o f

N ew

ersey ,

t o 34

:

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t o3 4 .

Geog r aphy a nd T r avels in hi na, siatic e s , 50 ;

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L amelli

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T he R I

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frica, L ieut

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ia,

Ne

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merica :

s , 264 ;

s iatic

o urney ,

s

ist

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E pe ition



T he Goa ira s, 3 6 5 : fri ca :

e

frican

,

2 62

e s,

merican and Germ an

eni ns ula, ri t ish

e

outhern

A sia :

;

3 65 ;

s,

C ol

sia :

.

frican

ro t ec torates ,

N ew s , 366 ; Europe : European e s , 36 7 ; ai in t he han country , T he sia : ay proj cc H eri-rud valley , siatic otes, 54 : frica : Mr err s o urne to a e assa, T h e er ers , T h e o ng o , 5 4 2 ; merica : merican e s, 544 Europe : European e s 5 44 s ia : ong ki ng , T he urve of ap an , A s iat c ews , 629 ; siatic s an s and ustrali a, etc , 6 30 ; Europe '

.

,

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meri ca :

63 :

e s,

merican N e ss am Mr

t he

I slan s : T he i country of lg eria, 7 1 4 ; frica : Ma agas car,

merica :

7 s9 ;

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merimn

A

siatic

o n gues ,

t alo -

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as pian

e

s,

s

6 3 2 ; s ia and siatic e s,

,

haco , 7 18; Ocean , L ena, T he ur i

T he Gran

E ploratio n on the T he s lan of D ieg o Garcia, A frican e s, ews , 876 ; merica : merican e s , 878 fric an on g o , e s , 87 8; Euro pe European

o ng o ,

alahari ,

merica :

e

N ew Guinea,

orea,

upon

7 17 ;

s iatic

as in ,

frican

ersia,

sia :

T he

:

in t he

o urne

s

frican

frica

ar es

.

e s , 79 7 ;

e s, 79 7 ;

sia : T he 79 8 ; frica : Mr Farini

,

frica :

63 r ;

s,

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merican ews , 960 ; fri ca : Mo zam i ue, 8sr ; Gener al, 960 ; merica : T he in g u, v s t r r h r i n s E u u e h e r e n e e s 2 i a u m a 6 o e : 6 s i erian L a es , ; y ; , , T he D ry ing up of p 9 9 merica : T he uins of opan , etc merican e s, r0 37 ; Europe an d sia : L ake L e 96 2 ; Ne

s,

man

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Mountain

ri

aptain

ruises ,

ges

ealan

T he N ew

hemical

n tern al

Mechanical Erosion

an d

ontinent

actor in

a

i ng , 5 3 ; Geo ogi cal urvey of e g i um, 5 7 ; T he Bed of the ino sauria [ l ustrate ] , 3 5 3 : orrec t ions 59 ; T he ternum o f the

uil

e s,

D inocerata,

mellat e

; D isco very of a

r55

Earth

e s , ro4 r .

Pa le ontology

a nd

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Pacific frican

frica

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thoracic

Ph llocari

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otes

Geological

a, 15 5 ;

e s, S u rve o f Penns vania, r56 ; Geological urvey of M innesota, r5 6 ; Geolog ical T h e Eng lish retaceo us , 26 6 ; On Prosco rp ius 0sbo rnei \Vhit ii eld, 2 69 ; A n E t inct D og ,

T he V erte S

mi

auna of the

ra te

t on the

ch

rig in o f the

Puereo epoch , 4 sr ; S t ro matoporidz , 4 52

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t he

T ichoieptus

mest ic D og

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2 74

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oss il

s,

nsects ,

mations of S pitsberg en 4 5 : icholso n on T he long sp ine hero morpha of the ermian

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of the

cud er s

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3 70 ;

,

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e s,

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ippop o tami , 4 5 2 f i rst (he Grasses , a n e o o ng res s o f Geo ogists , 54 6 ; a r c e epoch, $4 4 : T he R eport of the p p o ra of t he e s , 5 4 7 ; T he oss il Man of Peit on , Me ico, 6 33 : On t he ossil 5 4 6 ; Geolog ical mark in ert iary L aramie eri es of Wes tern ana a , 6 3 5 ; N otes on t he Variation of certain ossi

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9 68; N ot ice Pro fessor H ;

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ro, 160 ;

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rest.

f ky

Miocene of

Miscellaneous

Pet rographica N e

,

6 3 ; Etche

s , 160 ;

,

60 ;

e s , 2 7 7 ; N ew oo s , 2 77 ; H uss ak 75 : Mineralogical ” M inerals, 3 74 Petrog raphical e s , 3 75 ; Minera og ical 3

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Phenaco

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2 7 8;

A

,

67 ;

llustrated

Male e

etrographica

.

B

s , r66 ;

m

ios is

e

i

,

o tan ical

6s ;

ale

T he

b w et

Nw e

mation of

or

an ts . t 66 ;

a ventit ious

een a

F

s,

P

Ifl n

trated

]

,

3 79 ;

Pl ains , 380 ;

Movements

Bt

o anical

B

S Bl

eucr iu

tarch in

ear

i g ht

ungus and the

b

R

of

w

Ne

d

D es mi

s,

s,

3 79 ;

l

acteria an d the

C

uscuta g lo

ms o f fl owering

a

R

B

eser ve

F

Ad

oo

Hk

S O s

tates , a8x :

d T

w

I

no

ants , 2 79

mun

t 65 ;

T he Pro

ort iculturist s , 166

merata

Pl

S

66 ; peci be istinguished by

can a ense,

pp es t he L eaves of the V ine,

P eo morp his mo f

38x : C arbo aaceo us

inter,

of

B

6 4 ; T he D e 6 5 ; T he Bo

erica,

in

an ts

6 7 ; C an V ar eties

ores cence of

Nw

k

ort h

lants of

for mat ion in D iatom s , 28 0 ; Bo tan ical L a oratories in the Un ited o tan ical e s , 2 82 ; ranching of p rn s Pilae, en tury xv, 2 8r

C

P

Nw

P N Am S dy Pl W F l T m d i A l d

atalogue of the

h eat , 64 T he t u of gricultural E periments , 6 5 ; ert i i zat ion of

uscuta

lo

P

Nw

N lN w

Gray V ase, 6 3 6 4 ; T he D rying of

e

tanical va ue of

metmof

P

Nw

S

n t o the

nt ernal

L inhsrt

a clayt o ni ana

w

'

Ger

pore

I

s

[

Un llus

lg ae, 3 80 ; ree Gro th on the materials in ung i, 4 56 ; H ens

-

F

lo

F F

w



S

s

d

tu ies of

Evaporation

W

of

P

A SA b C AA d k A w Tw K ll d lN N

from lants , 4 5 7 ; Ellis and Everhart s V ariati ons of ra escantia virg inica, 55 1 ;

ater

meri can e a no rm om al ig ures o f so me meri can oni ’

ort h

T d m B W F [ I ll ] S P b b l [I ll d] B F M B y A H db k M B N B A B d m yB y W C b m m B B y A A A A M S k F R T T W I Id d B m W k A A d m S B C b A A A S B Nw B lC l B w Wd T A H yb d m m R Nb k U A T mb w d B N w — m C b I P x m I S x H ym Nw m S m M l L d F L P Mx A W m Nw d] Nw m O [ ll m y C Ty S L S R M x m M l C k [I l w l m d] D m H dR S ml Y k m Nw A B fly P l d Hb O S lT d T A C F m F ml L Tx w m y ( ) m B l F m d O B m N bb d I fl O ml S d S d y d Nw m A A b i m d OPl d mI O M x C F d j d N C l P b O C C k HO y A y b bl d m l ml Nw O S A d Cxl S d I I M m AjBx Bl ( fl Nw A m k b L m ) — m m dP A N m m Iw S l B I A d S S C B k b Od T m M l m S m I R l I d O m T B [I ll d] R A B Z lNw l A Ax C l [I l d] T b m mS k N bl m S B d T M x O T M mm x d Hm Z l w M A m F B i AS m b C S d C R P kO B b d A N S m B d Z Nw M k B dC b I m S M d (H ) Z l w S d S d M Bl C A m P B C A m SM m M S m [I l md] Z P l N w w mP bly ddl i FS Lm W P l B [I d] Z l w m S ml b A Ifl H P M AS m T M S AllbyF lm d BC l M l k N MA m O M Hb b S d d S O S P Smd R l k d m ZU ANb wd HA lk P l d O F m J S W m B d M m d Fw B

ungi , 458; s of

or

64 6 ;

,

'

T he Phalloidez

729 ;

t in

or

-

lu

of the

.

o l eges ,

t ura

9 70

nother

le

u

E n to

ole

v

ion i n

;

ari ti

uppia

105 2 ;

o ta n ical

ee

-

R

.

L

a

o tanical s,

a,

o tanical

;

T he R

e s , 10 54

ar on iferous

of

H ow

shall

and the

in

10 5 2

ent of

vance

e s , 888;

; T he

9 72

e ras

D isco very

ecent

S

.

.

.

806 ;

ree ,

o tan ica

cien ce.

the

inurous

383 : Ento ent of the

h

sanura an d

Ps yllida:

on

ph la

y

i

of

ree- to ps,

oug hn ess of certain

i e igs 0 7 ; B0 ews, 8

otanical

redos pores , 105 3

.

nsec ts ,

us trate

e ico,

s,

be taught in A gricul 10 5 1 ri A pple,

lateau

'

E peri ents on V is Ent o olog ical e s, 7 1 :

68;

s

ep i optera, 169 n ts ,

,

itlac zil

erican

886 ; T he

en o pt era, 7 1 ; 69 ; T he D ivisio n of t he e es of T he Preparatory tag es o f C aloca pa cinerit ia Grot e, 16 8; orpho ogy of lig hts of L ocusts at S an 170 ; L o ngevit y o f uis otos i , e ico , 1 885 e s , 17 1 ;

to

otany

nsec ts ,

ological

et

7 29 ; Bo tan ical N e

,

ungi ,

Ne

10 5 3

,

.

utions to

o ntri

ats on s

eet ing of t he

ssociation for the

in

.



72 8:

,

Poc 64 5 ; ews , 64 8; i s

ung i ,

on

o tanical

64 7 ;

osses ,

o tan

ooks

804 ; T he ust of the A sh nstan ce of n ivi ual V ariat io n , 8 07 ;

888;

.

of

oo

-

pp roaching

ires, 806 ; A n o f t he erican A

or

an

horn

elephone

tanical

e ia

entar

at t he

otan

7 29 ;

Lo

Ele

er

in ter , 5 5 3 ; ustrat e , 64 4 : in

otan y

552

,

cheap

roa

72 7 ;

,

4 59

ollen- tu es of

o tan

a

s,

ustrated

trang e

otan ising ,

by

Ne

Vaucheria

fers , 64 3 : anual of o tany ,

w

otan ical

28 3

,

;

T he

3 82

Ento

olog ical

ocust

in

1 70

Ento

;

e s , 2 87 ;

outheast ern

n

ussia,

olog ica

N e s , 3 84 ; D eve op en t of the o e ric et llus trate , 460 ; evelop o n ey Bee, 4 6 2 ; L int n er s S eco n tate En to o og ist of N ew epo rt as or , e s , 4 64 ; utter car nivo rous L a rva, lant ice fee ing a it o f 4 64 ; Ento olog ical Fenes ica tarq uin ius , 5 5 6 ; t lacxil on C occidz , 5 5 7 ; T he hrea in rig in of the pira .

'

-

rachee

o rrection ,

,

of the

D escri ptio n

of

or

Gnat , 6 50 ;

uffa o

of the

5 5 8; D es tructi ve

stag es o f

730

-

new

ut on of

T he D is tri

in the L arva 889 , 9 7 3 ;

of

utter

a

Eastern

T he

1 72

;

173

;T

he

and

of

n tercen tru

ars us of

ats

,

oot h-structure

Ne

s , 29 7

S ea,

17 5

17 2

of

infesti ng

ense organs of -

ir

s,

3 90 ;

in

cent ru

ue

559 5 6 1 ; T he ;

als ,

ni

en opo

echan ics of

the

7 36 ; 815 ; on

i

al

on ,

incal Glan oolog i cal n usual

ir

,

e

s,

n

Eversi

T he

812



Glan

e

ssa

a

its

73 7 ;

un ance of

,

hite

at ion

in

ra:

air- li e

ig rations , 81 7 ; Ba beke

or

s,

l est

o n , 17 5

oolog ica

D enti tion ,

an

2

er

acific,

o ar

ear

ni

e

n the

;

e s , 17 7

oo og ical

97 ;

as in ,

n

73 2 ; s,

the

732 ;

o rth

Bai r

,

ni

sio og cal

uen ce oi

echan is

ishes ,

oo ogi cal

ig h

of

tlan tic, 73 4 ;

7 3 5 ; T he

elec

er of

a

als,

Ne

s,

ressures

pening

T he

ens e

rgan

of

ost

in

in N ew Englan , rg ans o f ular Epit heliu , 815 light , L eec hes o f apan , 816 ; o e N otes

7 36 ; T he

G an

h

'

ona s ,

ari ne

-

ol us

varieg atus

by

5 62 ;

ys ter , oar ing

ept ic

65 4 ; T he S i llust rate , 6 5 5 ;

a s,

a of rustace

olor

s,

s,

4 6 5 ; T he ntel

ra s ,

ivisio n in

and

oo og ical

on ,

lin

elf-

4 66 ;

rig htn ess

iva ve

rocess es on

on

u

pheno

;

ting ,

co rpi on s

hree pro le at ical Gen ir s , 294 ; n the ypes

oaring

als , 4 65 ;

ni

in the

pheno

816 ; T he H ere ity , 819

ure ia auri ta ,

17 7

2 88;

,

of

e

Ne

of

Eublepharis of

ison ,

inary

ari ne

D ecapo

ot

A

5 61 ;

ulus

Pelag ic

in

'

T he

e

so

-

of

i ng s

ustrat e

s ter , 17 3

on

3 85 ; T he auna of the A rn o caspian o t ifers , 3 8 8; aras ite of the R oc of ’ irds ree ing i n n ts es ts , 3 8 9 : T he

oolog ica

65 3 ; L i

or

Pro

ot es

als ,

ni

ar

Lo

lustrate

ia

erica, 73 ;

ntercen tru

eri can

e traor

erc eptio n

l

7 3 6 ; T he V erte ‘

A

:

46 5

ut ion of

T he

735

,

T he

ote on the

its of the

al

outhern

the

a

issues , 7 3 2 ; he ussels , 7 33 ; hell of

ni

ro cod i

ari ne

56 1 ;

oari ng .

654 ; T he fo r er outhern 6 59 ; Geographical D istri

on

29 5

e s , 39 1

at teria

of

acru

tion, 6 5 3 ;

n

nt i ot e to the

76 ;

,

o t ing of the

he

heep , 3 88; D es iccati on rus tacea, 3 8 opepo 9;

oolog ical

pheno on o lor of

;T

ang e of the

;

alia,

a

nt erc entru

epti ia, 1 7 4 :

Phosphorescence o f

a

a

in

7 d ; S phz rularia in

,

atrachi an

L iving

ust rate

of

387 ; 3 39 :

A

atocala,

105 5 .

,

is o f the tlas and T he Pro at as , e ican Boc for na es , 29 3 ; era of ;

Pupat ion , 813 814 ; T he rgan

efore

cro n c ta

rot o plas

D ea s, 7 5 ; T he rus tacea of the lac

o

aterp illar o f

in the

rg ans

rg

L iving a nai

loa t

b

'

-

Eburia quadr ige inata

eet e

corn

5 59

el in rthropo s , ia, 814 ; Ento o og ical e s, of ig rations Glan ds in pi ers an d perhaps nsects , 9 7 5 ; H eart of nsect s, 9 76 re ar a le case of L o ng evity in a ong i y , 9 76 ; Ento olog ical e s , 9 7 7

of

o a

s,

M ri o po a, 7 3 1 ; E nto o ogical i n D iplopo e s, 7 3 1 ns ects , 8 in ous r ers of 08 L u e ican rg ans of 0 8; ucuyo , 8 an t pig en ts in certain L arva , 810 ; T he lui e ecte by oto

airs of the L arva o f

eni ng of the

D ar

Ne

a e in a

e

eculiar s u cutaneous

81 1

o logi cal

org ans

erived

aterp il ars ,

dont ian

Ento

'

ent of the

rrang e

e as , 5 5 8;

L u np y rid Z arhipis rivers i H o rn , 648 ; H istor us cana ensis , 6 5 1 ; L arval or s of Poly des cc urren ce of early Ento olo g ical o tes , 6 5 2 ; H u ar s nsec ts A ecti ng the rang e,

lepharocera, 65 1 ense tri ulating and

;

t he

in

ocusts

;

Do

att esna e

estication of

ild

o

l, 820 ;

Con ten ts

ZJ

Nw

oo log ical

y

e

RA d F

F

A

V iscera in the

epro uction of the

82 1

s,

.

d

eather s u n -

894

N

L

eeches of

T he

Py y T

,

:

meri ca, 896 ; ervous h siology of the 39 5 : M riapod natomy 89 5 ; L epto o ra in L o ster, 896 ; M ort ality of ish at L a e M i le L ac, M innesota, 89 6 L ong evit of urtles , 89 7 o e s n t h e 8 t oolog ical Gar over, 8 o lig ht of a Go en Gapes in Fo ls , 898; Protracte ; 9 apan .

b

dens at A

d

nt

metho

t he

w w p

and

er

dF d d m [I l F w L on

of s tu

s

.

on ,

l d Pl C b lF

R lNw

Z

N

Z C N S y yll d b S d Z l N By O b T lb O xb P Z T d O A Il C k Il S S y l b I d

; H uman

900

issures , their

ere ra

d]

l us trate

t he

n i y g resh

k l

oolog ica

0 1 9

,

e

s,

N

and

elations

mes

and

a

lassificati on

9 02 ;

oi

stemof the S ea urchin , 9 7 8; T he ater C celen terate, 9 78; ervous S p ong es, 9 7 7 ; N ew C rustacean C ampax, 9 78 D eve opmen t of Ph opo s , 9 79 ; T he R i s o i pheno on (H atteria) , s 8 1 1 i t u r l l 8 oo o c a l e w s L e o i a c a t o r a n r t e b e l l i h t o e r s t D I r i ll e e c t i c i d , , ; , g 9 p 9 g y 97 9

A

meri ca

10 5 7

,

the class

ood of

;

D eve op

er

1058;

rac ng the

group e

.

—T he De el pme

1 79 ;

v

T he D evelopment oi A '

d

n t of the

o

I

nurida

T he

a

in L amelli

rgan

E hi it ion

ites,

ri o

ranchs ,

aris, 106 2

at

Nw

mnion [

-

On

10 59 ;

ys ter ulture, oolog ical e s,

1060

fish, 7 7 ; T he rig in of the Gucri n [ lustrated ], 299 ; On

oa

maritima

ssal

Merostomata and

T he Brau

ent , 106 1

10 6 1

E mbry ology

d C

.

n verte rates ,

ata, a

o os to

Ec hino

10 6 1

l w b mb i

k d Bl I Pd m d m l m

B

-

Il

d]

lustrate

,

R elation

an unusual

k

N o tocho r to the ntest ine in the hic [ lustrated ] , 39 2 ; Pro fessor elen a on t he mmetry of the fi rs t seg D evelopmen t of the pos sum (Di elphys virgi niana) 39 4 ; On the men tatio n urro s of the Blmtodisk of E asmo ranchii [ llus trate ] , 4 70 : 1 T he D evelop ment ol Patel a, 56 3 ; 2 T heD evelopmcn t of D enta ium, 565 3 T he D evelopmen t of Chitonidar asciolaria, 5 6 7 ; T he early or Po lyp lacop hora, 565 ; 4 T he D evelo pm en t of the Gill in evel

of t he

F

J

w

l

'

O

d

.

l

.

.

.

F

A d

D HD b

.

b

662 ; T he Development of A gelena usevia, 666 ; Em ryology o f A r madillos , 667 ; T he M etamorphosis of t he merican L o s ter, H omarus americanus M ilne Ed ar s , 7 39 ; T he M onstros ities o serve amo ngst recently hatche L o sters , 74 2 ; T he evel

ment

of

op

ulus terrestris ,

d

w

b

S

b

d b

F d

.

men t o f the Mud min no w 82 3 T he D evelop ment of un ulus heteroclit us 824 ; O serva ti on s on the Em bry ology oi p i ers 82 5 ; Why do cert ain ish Ova loat ? 9 86 T he Origin o f ish Em r os 987 : T he L ife history of t he Pigment cells w hich in ves t t he Oil rop in Pelag ic T halassema 988 op

-

d

,

d

,

-

,

—C

d

-

Pas teur

Metho

A

an ts o f the

S

Pb

merican

hor

HS l A S F dS F ealth

lic

u

F

S

ments wit h S mell 826 ;

rogs ,

P

m

b log y

D og ,

t he

M enault

me

o

,

.

T

I l

e

ntel

I l Am I

'

Bran ch

ntel

s

,

phate

u

4 74 ;

B

st

I A

ai

r

igence of

S

of

n

L

AB

rche ology ,

19 5

of

P ;

T he oint

dren , 199

SN

to ne

I

a

nthropolog ical

A n nual

q

bi

T he

a, 186 ;

ropho

302

;

R

oo

d

.

C l

S R Nd

l

H

80 ;

I

C

of

R eport

l C ll

o

T he

l

,

mals

an d

P

H d

R

and

eport

esearch , 40 1 ;

u

lo oi the

Jy Cbb y .

Lu

Micro

espirato r

e of

motor

V ase

-

of the

ock on the

rit icis

,

Sw

m of

chology ,

Meyn ert

m 568; T he

b

;



s

y

ro

ugar

in

Experi

ense oi

w

allo

S B

T

I ll nte

ig ence of

elepathy , 30 7

dl [ Il m AC

4 00 ; Phila e phia

Psy chiatry , V ol as a

C

y

Po l

.

lus

1

urg eon , 568;

S

a

.

b

on tri utio n

of

Nw

to

as hingt on ,

u e in the

AS F

P

A K

86 ; nn ual R eport of rogress , 86 ; T he e s , 87 ; e M oot om oints in meri can alifornian olk lore, x9 4 : iche Gramm ar ,

n esia,

n thropological

S B wy T bW

T he

S ir

.

m le

Rb H d y S S

Bee, 669 ; T he V ision of irds , 670 ; urio us and o ther S nakes, 7 44 ; anine R easo n , 82 7 ; T he D ream s

AC

ociet

;



possu

;

.

pes , 306 ; D r Pre er s n t hropo logy an d Ps

sychical

18 6

D isinfect

and the re ation o f the

lethysmographic

M emory , 83

AR O

308;

,

e s,

mmittee on

n ves t igat ions on the

eart , 39 6

P Hm T

dA

d

'

ircu at ion in Gang io n

ecen t

part eine on the

upply , 39 7 ;

ets , 8 Plumm 5

,

arrow , 19 7 :

;

oi

n thropo i

mes 87 ; 192 ; A n mport ant

ocal

185 ;

t ons of

on

for

ociet y

— way

n dian



oo

C

.

L ight ,

C

Pep tones by the L iver,

of

ntelligence of the

d

d

H

C di i

A Ai

Materi al

igence

erican

B

,

Bl

oagulat ion o f the

s soc iation ,

H en ] ’ betta s rai n, 668; M emory in the S uperst iti on , 744 ; T he o pperhea of the lin , 9 04 t rat ed

-

399 ; Glycogenic unction of the L iver , 4 73 ; T he D elicacy N otes on R ecalcification of u an eeth, 989

—T h

18 8;

ar

to

p ho bia , 39 7 ; T he ransfo rmatio n th e Bloo to the N at ure o f the

d

by

pecial Physio ogy adaveric ig i ity ? 81 ; Glan ular D ea or live uring mpani and Glossophary ng eal erves , 82 T he Ex a

reven t ion of

action of

C en ter, 30 4 ; T he

l

M usc es

ensi i ity

for the

C

A

mine

eter

d C d Ty bl w d P yd c

A re t he

s of

in

whi h d

ers o f t he

k d d

N o

s

;

Fib

motor

i t en ce of ’

itions

on

Embryo, 80

Vase

an d

F

F

.

P hy siology of the

F

,

C

dS

19 5

U nite

R A Tb A A d

;

l

P

-

B

Ethno ogy of tates , 198; Ph

orneo , 19 6 ;

y C

f u o u r e a B

sical

E

d

k C l

T he Es imo

ucation of

N

S

hi

Ethnology , 309 ; T he rania of eg roes , 3 12 ecen t rt icles by D r T schudi, 3 13 ; u pplemen t M aori Pharmacope ia, 40 1 ; T he L aplan ers, 3 13

L acttstrian A nti ui ti es of D r Gross , 3 12 ; to th e Gramm ar of the akchi ue language, ’ rche olog ical M ap, 40 3 ; T he ri es , 403 ; o evue d A n 4 00 ; R elationships et een Es kim thropologie, 404 ; T he R aces of Men , 404 ; e s , 406 ; T he nthropo logical orig inal A x o f iver Valley t he S alt rizona [ I llus trate ] , 4 79 : T he so calle D eforme rania, 4 8x: orea, ility, 5 7 1 T he 5 69 ; T he R elation of nthropolog y to the S ci ence of M in , 5 70 ; e ish ” origi na aki ng Pans, 5 73 M ang ne L ang uage, 5 72 ; a leau des Bacabs , War-clu s 5 72 ; -st icks v n T h e D e r t n e o e n u a a h L a as z t e c ca em T ; ; 5 , 5 4 u g 4 p 7 g g , y , 67 1 ; Vocabu 7

R

.

D

C

b w .

q l

.

AA Tb A

.

R Nw A b d dC d J w Ab Ab l B A d -

d

C

b

.

Con tents

A

C ld

w

.

S k Ad l AB l l N

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39 0 : Geo log ical N otes , 3 9 0 ; T he Mamma ian g en us I I emiganus , 49 a ; Mars u ia s fro L o wer Eocene of N ew M ex ico , 4 9 3 : T he L o up Fo r Mioc ene in M ex ico , 40 4 D isco very

ext inct

Elk i n the

Quaternary

of

N ew

Jersey

k

,

4 9 5 ; T ert iary

p

M an

l b

T henay 4 9 5 ; Geo Bat rachia o f t he Permian at

,

the

o f an

og ica

l

eds o f N o tes , 496 ; T he Orig in o f Fres h-wat er Fau nas , 5 90 ; T he Bo hemia an d t he L a y ri n thodont fro m t he El l i g ro u (I ndia) , 59 2 ; T he Genera of t he D ino I nsec ts oi the C ar o n ifero us eriod , 594 c erata, 59 4 : T he U n ited S tat es Geo og ica S urvey , 59 4

b

l

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l

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l

i iam D awso n on the M eso zoic F o ras o i t he R oc Ge olo g ical N ews , 59 5 ; S ir y Mountain o f C ar o n ifero us C rus tacea reg ion o i Canada, 69 9 : T he S y ncarid a, a gro u 700 ; M ars h on t h e D i nocerata, 703 ; Geo og ica N ews , 70 5 ; T he M amma ia o f the O ig ocen e o f Bueno s A y res ,

7 89

l

On

:

G eo

l

the

On

Eryo n idz

R elation s

,

880 ; T he Geo

of t he

Puerco

and

Geological N ews , 987 ; o ccurring i n A northosi te R oc rh y nchidz , 1o9 0 ; A C ri tiq ue 9 86

:

b l b

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kl

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C rus tacea, 790 o n D idym od us ,

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an d

b l

a

ied to

N ew s , 881 ; T he

og ica

from the R iver S agu enay , 1087 ; Eo cene Padd e fish ’ s G acia T heo ry , 109 1 ; Occurrence o f a dee of C ro s

-

l

l

pl l l b

Go no -sea Fora

and

Geo og i ca N ews, 109 : Po emics i n Pa a eon t o og y , D ic lon ius mi ra i i s [ I us t rated ] , 13 08; P ioc ene H o rses

s , 109 1 ;

kin o f t he D in os aur,

.

of

Z

S o u th western T exas [I llustratgd] , Geolog ica N ews , t axo 13 09

of

l

fami y

undes cri ed

an

l

,

L aramie D epos its , 9 85 : C ros y s C o n tinen ts On the Presenc e of o nes o f cert ain S i icates

minifer I n A us tra ian M i ocene 1 3 07 ; T

.

b l

N ews . 79 3 T he R e ations o f the Pa e ozoic I nsec ts , 87 6 ; Gar an the A nthrac ari dc , a fami y o f C a r o n ifero us macrurous deca o d C rus t acea ,

og ical

87 8; t he

G ampso n ychida

l l

p

1108;

L ist

of

the

b l ll l l Geo og ica

Form at io ns

of

S pitz

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Contents M in er a logy

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of

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of

M inera

l

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2 96

,

o g y and

Pet rog ra

h W d s a a o i o te s r h 2 r i f P t i c N oc o h o a d t e ro m t e H e e r o e a f d o o C G C ; : : 5 , p , g 39 p p y 39 39 4 w o rth s L itho o gi ca S t udies , Part 1 4 9 7 M in era o g ic a N ot es , 5 00 ; Phy s ical Mi nera ogy , 59 6 ; T he Feids pars , 599 ; H y ers thene asa t , 60 1 ; N ew M in era s 708: T he C as s ification o f N at

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l

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l l mp b l bl l pl ll

pl l b l l .

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S i icates , 79 5 ; M inera og ica N ews , 79 8; A Ba t i ore coun ty , 884 ; N ew P anes on H o rn

ura

p

bb

Metamo r hosis o f Ga ro M in erals, 1096 ; M et eorites ,

99 1 ;

ican

Bo ta ny

—T he

o

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C rys ta

ende

ll

ite from

885

s,

l

L

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886 ; T

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(S ey meria macmphy lla) [I T he Y ounger S choo o f Botanist s

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l

,

es c hn i t e,

99 2 ; Petrog ra hica N ews , 9 9 3 : N ew Min eral s , 10 9 5 : A 1 2 12 M inera og ica N ews , 12 14 Petrog raphica N ews ,

,

Fert ilization

K

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hi

l

.

12 1 5

ustrat ed

]

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,

ansas , 7 3 ; Fert i it y o f H y r ids , 7 3 : N ew , 75 : 7 2 : Bo tan y in S pec ies o f N ort h A meri can Fun g i , 76 ; Bo tan ica N ot es , 7 7 : T he Fert ilizat io n o f Physos teg i a vi rg inian a [ I us t rat ed ], 168 Beg i n ni ng Bo t any , 169 : T he S tu dy of Paras it ic Fungi 1 7 0 : V ari a W hy F o w ers B os es , 30 1 S eed es s A t ion in C u t ivated P an ts 17 1 ; Bo t anica N o res 1 7 1

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m Ear y 3 0 1 ; A S ig nifican t D isco very 302 ; T he H i st ory of D iscovery i n Ferns 30 3 : D e Bary s C o m arative A nato my' of V eg etati ve Org ans 3 0 3 ; Jo urna o f M yco ogy 30 4 ; Bo tan iea l es 396 : N o rt h A meri N ot es 304 ; H y ridizat io n of Pot ato es 39 6 : H etero ec is mo f C edar A u t rat ed] 39 7 ; c an Fo re t s 39 6 ; T he Fert i lizat io n of the L eat her f o wer (C emat is viorna) [ I so

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l

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3 99 ; Bo tanica

18 84

l

s

N o tes , 399 se3 ; T he Fer

i s t oo , o r e a o a d e n o 2 s rs o f S s i n T i 0 D ; 5 ] us t ra ted ] , 5 0 3 : T he int erna C am ium R ing in Ge semi um

ust rat ed

5 0 4 ; S tras urg er

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l

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ll

s

ll

N o tes 506 ; Fer ti izat io n o f the ’ of Pro top as m in man y ce ed P an ts , 602 W illko mm s A rrang ement o f the V egeta e ing do m, 60 3 ; T he S tudy o f the L i verw ort s in N o r th A merica, 604 : Bo tany at S a em, 6 0 5 : Bo tanic a N ews ,

l

.

p

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P an ts , 7 10 ; D eve opmen t o f S Fl ow ers o f D es od ium sess i ifo i um[ I

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o f I ns ects , 17 8;

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A phides [ I l us t rated] 1 72 : N erve termin at i o ns ara t us and Po is on of S co r io n s , 1 7 7 : Pois on A

of

of the

mata of the Oat [ I

S c ien ce, 99 4 : T he Bo t an ica C u o f the A A A S 9 9 7 watered w it h A c id S o ut io ns , 1099 Bo tan ica N ew s , 1 10 3 : T he Grasses

E n tomolog y

I

to

l

800 ; Mo re Po u ar Botan y , 802 : T he Bo t an ica C u of the A 80 3 ; T he A undance o f A sh R us t , 886 ; T he Fert i izat io n o f the

o rn ,

Bo t an ica N o t es,

of

l

l l ll b mp pl

799 ;

.

,

divers i fo lii i s )

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]

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883 ; Bacteria as V eg eta e Paras i es , 888: W o r C S , 889 ; Botan ica N ew s , 89 0 : Botan ica o f the A or

n dian

I

.

(Phas eo

A dvancement

an ts

ll

ina

802 ; Bo tanica N ew s ,

.

t y es o f

t he

l

merican M edicina

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60 6

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R

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on t

he

rachea:

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Flies d ur in g C o n Breeding H a its o f

b

l

L ibellulidm 306 ; T he num er of A do mina S eg men ts in L e ido terous arva 30 7 ; Ento molog ical N o tes 308; Generic Posit ion of Polvdesmus ocellatus , 4 00 ; A q uat ic Caterp i ars , 40 1 Org ans o f H eari ng an d S me in S iders , 40 2 ; i g n ivo ro us A n t , 40 ; En to molog ica N o t es , 4 0 3 R e ro duc t io n in the H o n ey bee, 50 6 ; L ife his to ries o f M ites , 5 0 7 ; Firefly L i g ht , 508; U s e o f ’ l n s s i u i u n e i s v m 0 0 h e f l d i n i I s e c t E n t o m o i a N o R e E n e s o t t c o m n a d o a o , 5 9 : , 5 9 ; j g g y gi ca ' R epo rt fo r 1884 [ I us t rated] , 60 7 L at zel s M y rio o da o f A us t ro H u ng aria, 6 0 7 ; T ro ues sart and ' M eg n in s S arco t id M ites , 60 8 ; E n to mo og ic a N ews, 608 : U nus ua number of L egs in the the

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ar o f L ago a

[I

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7 14 ; U s e o f t he Pu a:

us t rated ] ,

ll

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M o ths in dis t i ng uis hin g S

p

ecies ,

7 15 7 16

A pho dius iii q u inat us , 7 16 ; I ns ect Pes ts on t he Pac i fic C oast , I sos o ma (l soso ma n i g ru m, n s p ) [ I us En to mo o g ica N o tes , 7 16 ; T he B ac , W heat sta uring C orn R oo ts , 8 1 t rat ed] 80 4 : En to mo og ica N ew s , 808; A n ew s pec ies o f C ram us inj 9

S war

in g

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U nus ual A

of a

l

b

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bl

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100 3 ;

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p

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b

89 2 ;

ll

.

M imicry of a D rago n fly by

l b l

a

S umatran

En to mo lo g ic a N ews , 89 3 : D r Brauer s V iews o n H is to ogy an d Em ry o o g y o f I ns ec ts , 100 1 ; H o r n o n the N ew s , 100 4 : On t he Paras i tes o f the H ess ian Fly 1 10 4

ns ect s ,

:

lk

-

N ox i o us I nsec ts

89 3

l

of

I

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,

i n oi s

fo r

188 4 , 1105

;

Flig hts

of

L ocusts in, Eastern

Contents

.

C hinese I nsect White Wax, rr06 ; Palpi o i I nsects , r t o 7 ; Entomolog i ca l N ew s , r r0 7 ; Occurren ce of C o lias nas tes i n the Pamir moun tains , rare ; T he Ey e an d Optic T ract oi I ns ect s 12 20 ; H ow I nsects adhere t o flat vert i cal S urfaces , 12 2 1 ; S eason D imorpln sm i n S pi ders , t s ar ; Ento molog i cal N ews , r aar

M exico in

'

18 85 , n os :

'

,

.

—T h

Zo ology

e

t t r a es e n e p

Water

D eep

-

,

84

:

sea

Exploratio ns

T alisman ,

8r ; T he dep th to w hich S un lig ht Brain oi A sellus and t he Ey eless tor mC ecidotz a, 85

of the

On t he S t ruc utre of the

'

T arsus in the M ammals , 86 ; Z oolog ical N o tes , 88; T he D eep sea Ex ' T alisman (co nt inued) , rS a ; T he N ervous S ys temo f A ntedo n , r84 ; H errick s

O n the M orpho logy

o f t he

p lora t ions of the C ladocera an d C opepoda

of

M i nn eso ta,

r85

;

M o rphology

of

t he

Organ

uditory

V ertebrat e A

,

S o me preli minary no tes o n the A nato my of Fishes , 187 T he L arva o f Estheria mex icana h e i 2 e e t r t 6 1 a t o i n e P r c h 1 A i r n i n w i h t s o e F 0 t e r l n t h e z a n t F r 0 d I l u s t a e d A b rr L u i ; , g , 9 ] 9 [ adi llo i n T exas , t 9 a ; A not her S wimming G ro und , 19 2 ; Fea th ers oi the D odo , 19 2 ; T he A rm W o odchuck, t ga N est o f N eo tonta floridan a, r9 3 ; H aacke s D iscovery of the Eggs o f t he A us 6 r8

'



Echidna,

t ralian

D ist ribut io n

19 3 :

of

M ammals

On t he C en t rale C arpi oi

'

,

194 :

t he

M ammals

,

C amelidas, r9 6 ; L ast appearan ce of t he Bis on in W es t V i rg in ia, als , 309 ; A Free s w imming S po ro 19 7 ; Zoo log ical N o tes, r9 8; Functio n of C hloro p hyll in A n im A fii nit ies of On chidia, 3 t a ; Zoolog ical N otes , 3 t a c y s t , 3 10 ; S t ructure o i Echinoderms , 3 x: T he A n ato my oi the H iru dinea, 4 0 4 ; N eumayr s C lass ification of the L amellibranchs , 4 04 A o t en n ary Glan d of C y theridm, 4 0 5 A n Ey eless Eel, 40 5 ; T emperature and H ibern at i o n , 4 0 5 T he C hameleo n V i viparo us , 40 1 ; A C row C racking C lams , 40 7 T he T urkey Buzzard breeding in Pennsylvan ia, 40 7 A Beaver D am built w ithout W ood , 40 7 ; T he W ild H ors e o f T hibet s9 5

;

T he T rapezi um

of t he

-



.

Zoolog ical N o tes , 4 08; A no ther V ort icella w it h tw o co nt ract ile V es icles , 5 ro ; C uvieri an Org ans o i the C ot ton s pi n ner, 5 10 ; Eart h worms, 5 rr D eep sea Ex plorations o f last S ummer b y t he U 5 Fis h C o mmiss ion , 5 ra ; A n ato my o f a Cat fi sh, 5 ra ; T he S piracles o f A mia an d L ep D is i dos t eus Birds out o f S eason , a T rag edy , 5 : 3 ; H ow far do es t he erboa j ump ? 5 14 4 0 8;

'

-

-

.

-

J

.

,

t ribution of

C o lor in the A

mal

ni

K in g do m, 609 L i fe his to ry oi S ten to r ca ruleus , 6 ro S hells o i Bivalves , 6 xx T he L ateral L ine of Fis hes , '

-

N er

; A

S ys tem in S po ng es , 6 rr Z oolog i cal N ew s , 6 r 3 ; I n des truct i ble I n fusori al L i fe, 7 17 ; On the M orphology of t he C arpus and T arsus oi V ert ebrates , 7 i s ; A Black footed Ferret fro m T exas , 720 ; Z oo log ical N ew s , 72 0 ; vous

'

-

mals 809 ; A rt ificial D ivisio n o f i nfusoria 809 ; Org an D is is ms in I ce A Fres h water S ponge fro m Mex ico 8ro A H ermaphrod i ti c C rab 8x: c o very of Blin d Fishes in C alifo rni a 8r r ; T he M ule D eer in D omes t ica t ion S n T he Greek an d the Mo dern Foo t 8m ; Zoo logi cal N ew s T he S keleto n o f t he Mars t po hranc hi 89 4 ; T he S tar nosed M ole A mphibio us 89 5 ; I ridescence in t he Oreg o n Mo le 89 5 T he Pi ne M ouse

S ens e o f C o lor

and of

Bri ght ness in A

ni

,

,

-

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

-

,

,

in N o rt hern N ew Y o rk , 83 5 : C apture of t he Pin e M ouse g en us an d s pec ies o f S hre w , 89 6 ; H arelda g lacialis at N ew

S t ng S ing , N ew Y o rk , 89 6

at

;

n ew

A

89 6 ; Orig in of t he A merican ’ variet ies o i the D og , 8 6 ; Z oolog ical N ews, 9 90 x ; E R ay L an kes ter s C o ntribut io ns to a K n ow ledge oi R habdo p leura, zoo s : T he larg e I g ua nas of t he Greater A n tilles , roo 5 M Paul

Orleans

,

.

.

A lbrecht

N ew s,



I dent ificatio ns ,

s

to rt ;

R

ec en t

M an ner

sel , r r09 ;

roe6

W o rk

on

;

Presence

of a

Balanog loss us ,

T ail i n r ro 7

;

t he

H uman Embry o ,

T he R

t ong

eprod uctio n of t he

w hich t he L amellibran chs at tach t hems elves to Fo reig n

tn

; Z o olog ical

C o mmon M us

Objec ts

,

r r09

Pulntonate U ro pneus ti c A pparat us, r r ro ; H elix can tiana at Quebec , r r r r ; R ats nes t ing in T rees , rr ra ; Preliminary nore on t he Ori g in o f L i mbs , r r ra ; Zoo log ical N ews , r r r3 ; T he S ig n i fiean ee oi t he C ell N ucleus to t he Pro blem o f H ered ity , ran T he R etrog rade Metamorp hos is '

of

S iren ,

N ew s,

raa6 ;

rs aS

R

A d ditions

ecent

M useum of Bro wn U ni vers ity,

t he

ras 7

;

Z oolog ical

.

—A

E mbry ology

n

Outline of a T heory

T he D evelop men t T

to

ra n slocat io n

fo rwards

'

oi the

R

o f t he

ments

udi

of the

R oi

D evelo pmen t of osseous

ays

o f the

Fi shes

Pelvic Fins in

t he

unpaired

Fins

[I llus trated] ,

the

Embryos

of

2 00 '

oi

Fishes

; On

the

Physoclis t

Fish es , g rs ; D evelop men t of the V iviparo us Ed ible Oyster, 3 t 7 : On the pos it ion o f the Y olk blas t opo re as determined by the s ize of t he V i tellus , 4 xx ; D evelop men t o f t he S pi nes of t he L o phius , 4 x5 ; On t he probable o rig i n , ho molog ies and de v elOpm en t o f the flakes bf C et aceans an d S irenians , 5 r5 ; On t he Fo rmat io n of t he Embry o n ic A x is of t he T eleostean E mbry o by the C onc rescenc e o f the R un o f the Blas to derm I llus [ an t erio r

do rsal

'

oi

Gas teros teus

mode

an d

mo rpholog ical value of the Egg of N epa and N ot on ect a On the D evelopmen t of the M a mmary Glands o i C etacea [I llus t rated] , On the Embry ology of L imulus po lyphemus I I I [ I llust rated] 7 2 2 ; On the availability of embry T he

trated] ,

of

Fo rmatio n

an d the

,

,

olo g ical charact ers

t er

minal

Phala ng es in

formed in t ure of

in t he

cer tain

,

C hordata, sr 5 , 90 3 ; On t he Genes is of the ex tra C etacea, so : 3 (pt t he Man ner in whi ch the C avit y of the H eart is rm5 T he A rchistome T heory , xxx5 T he D evelopment and S true

c lass ifica t io n of t he

t he

T eleos ts ,

-

Microhydra ry deri Potts [I llus trated] “ 3 2 ,

.

Contents Phy rrblogy

—T h

T herapeutic Efi ects

e

.

of

'

Oxyg en

.

and of Ozone,

d e T h n c e a n o e P r e s r c e u S ; 7 , 9

S ugar i n t he Blood , 98; T he Preven t io n of H ydrophobia, 9 8: T he T emperat u re S ens e, 3 18 R hy th mic C o nt ract io n of the C apillaries i n Man , T he Piston R ec order , 3 2 0 T he Orig in of Fi brin formed i n t he C oag ulatio n of Blo od 3 ao ; V o lun tary A ccelerat io n o f the S ig ni fica nce

of

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6 r9 ; S cien ce vs 7 2 7 ; Phys iolog y

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v l the p resence o f the suspect ed poi so n T he s ubj ect is no t o f v ery recent d ate as many are led to s uppo se fro m the meagre acco unt given if gi ven at all in so me o f the stand ard t ex t book s o n to x i cology o f the p resent day A s far b ack as t he t i me o f Orfila w h en he s way ed as chief o f the t o x i cologi sts was the s ubj ect k no w n and i ndeed it appears t h at al mo st co tempo ra n eo n s w i t h t he bi rth o f to x i cology al ready an acco unt o f t he subj ect appeared I n o rd er to see in wh at light the s ubj ec t was regard ed in fo rmer ti mes ex t ract s fro m the w riti ngs o f a few autho rs w i ll be h ere mad e as to go over th em all wo uld i nvolve a g reat amo unt H o w elo uent is the l ang uage o f Orfila o f un necessary l abo r o n the s ubj ect and in wh at an ex ceedi ng ly small n umb er o f w o rd s do es he ill ust rat e the w hol e s ubj ec t (Orfila o n Poi s o ns) H e writes : S uppose so me w retch w i th the d es i g n o f accus i ng an i nnocent perso n o f the c ri me o f poi so n i ng sho uld i nt rod uce into the digest ive canal o f a d ead bo dy a poi s o n o us s ol utio n w hi ch wo uld afterward s penet rat e by i mbibitio n even to the remotest o rg an fro m whi ch it w o uld be s ub se uently ex t rac t ed by the ex p ert s and wo uld l ead t h em to the co ncl usio n th at th ey ” F ro m t he fol w ere d eal i n g w ith a v eritab le case of poi so n i ng low i ng it will be readily seen th at the cel eb rated ch emi st S ir R ob ert Ch ri sti so n altho ugh n ot in po ssess io n o f any evid ence of c ri me h avi ng b een p ract i ced y et was fully aware o f the c i rc um stan ces u nd er wh i ch it might p erchanc e be co mmitted S ay s Ch ri sti so n A l tho ugh I h av e never b een abl e to fi n d any auth enti c i nst an ce o f so ho rribl e an act of i ngen uity h avi n g b een ” perpetrated it must neverth el ess be allo wed to be uite po ssibl e T he realizatio n o f the g reat ness o f the c ri me do es n ot seem to be apparent to the w ret ch who is meditati n g the co mmi ssio n of i t b roo di ng over the i ns ults o f anoth er and hol di ng mali ce agai nst a fello w man o r esp eci ally (as it affo rd s a b ett er c h ance fo r the full perfo rmance o f his c ri me) a ai nst o ne o f his rel atives g and rav eno usly seeki n g retali atio n ; fo r if it was realiz ed how is i t po ssibl e th at an i ndi vid ual capabl e o f the perceptio n o f right i n so ci ety c o n stit uti ng a p art th ereo f mut ually and wro n livi g n g d epend ent o n and co operativ e wi th his nei ghbo r co uld use s uch means fo r t he w i cked furth erance o f his en ds 1 Th at th ere h ave ex i sted in t i mes p ast amo ng the co mmuniti es o f the c ivilized n atio ns o f the w o rld i ndivid ual s who ha r h a ve re ea

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h h at red toward th ei r fello w men th at th ey h ave n ot fal tered in carryi ng th ei r i nt entio ns i n to p racti ce is mani fested b y the d efences set fo rth i n the t ri al s o f vario us murd er cases w hi ch are reco rded in the ann al s o f the t rib unal s o f j usti ce not o n ly o f t he N ew b ut al so o f the Old Wo rld That in a n umber o f murd er cases the d efence has b een th at t he poi so n was des ig nedly i nt ro d uced i nto the d ead bo dy fo r the u s e f m i m e r r po o c r i i n t io n s a d a pp e n t by h tio o t h rr a a t e n a n f e a p follo wi n g cases : P ro fesso r Joh n J R eese M D in his arti cl e o n t he Po st M o rtem I mbibitio n o f Poi so ns (Tran sactio ns o f the College o f P hy i ci ans and S urgeo ns rel at es a remark abl e cas e o f all eg ed arseni cal poi s o ni ng w hi ch o cc urred in o ne o f the W estern S tates T he suspi cions were ex ceedi ngly st ro ng th at t he po iso n was i n t rod uced after d eath fo r vario us reaso ns T he o ld m an h avi ng b een t reat ed in his l as t ill ness fo r phthi si s his phys i c i an testi fyi n g to his h avi ng di ed o f thi s di sease and to his h avi ng p resented n o sy mpto ms o f arsen i cal poi so ni n g b efo re death T he body was b uri ed fo ur (4 ) y ears d uri ng whi ch ti me no sus u r s v n I i i o n o f o l pl a y a pp e a to h a b ee n e t e r t a i e d n t h n e c f e p meanti me the wi do w agai n marri ed and the s uspi cio n o f poi so n ing was b rui ted abo ut T he w o man was accused o f the c ri me the body was ex h umed and a ch emi cal analy s i s rev eal ed the p resen ce o f thi s poi so n in the sto mach and liver T he d efence was th at the poi so n w as d esig ned ly i nt rod uced i nto the body not v ery lo ng b efo re the di si nterment the body bei ng kept in a vault T he case s ing ularly eno ug h h avi ng had a p reli mi nary h eari ng w as ab an do ned Ill ustrati ve of the same we h ave an arti cl e by D r Vi cto r C Vaughan (physi ci an and surgeo n A nn A rbo r M i chigan, A ug D. uri ng the pas t six mo n th s th ere has b een t ri ed in t hi s S tate a murd er case in w hi ch t he quest io na ro se wh eth er arsen io us o x i de co ul d di ffuse after d eath after it had b een mi x ed with wat er and i nj ected i nto the rect um o r mo uth o r bo t h S i nce di rec t ex peri ments by ot hers an d by the autho r hi msel f as w ill be seen hereafter seem to p rov e t hat the ab so rptio n does take pl ace it must necessarily o f poi s o ns aft er death beco me an i mpo rtant facto r ho w I n such cases to di fferentiate T he method s are an te mo rt em fro m po st mo rt em poi so n i n g very li mited Perh aps the most rel iabl e as well as the most co n

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ive evid en ce o f ante mo rtem poi so n i ng are the sy mptoms manifested by the pati en t befo re d eath Of li ttl e l ess i mpo rtance is the reveali n g o f the p resence Of the poi s o n by chemi cal analy s is in t he i n terio r Of a l arg e o rg an as fo r i n st anc e t he li ver ; s i nce it do es no t appear to be l i k ely th at a poi so n i n tro d uced after d eath co uld penet rate by i mbibi tio n even to the i nterio r o f so l arge an o rgan Th at P ro fesso r R eese at taches much i mpo rtance to the detectio n of the poi so n w i thi n o rgans w ill b eco me evi dent by the follo wi ng ex tract fro m the arti cl e befo re menti o ned S ays Pro fesso r R eese : I f the poi so n were fo un d o n the exterio r o f the o rgans o nly and n ot in th ei r i nterio r after a careful research I s ho uld reg ard it as a t rue case o f Po st Mo rtem i mbibi t io n I n thi s co nnect io n a dig ress io n may be allo wabl e rel ati ve to the i mp reg natio n o f a d ead body fro m arsen i cal s oil i n to w hi c h it is I n those cases wh ere o w i ng to so m eti mes un fo rt unately pl aced es necessary to di si nter a body s uspi cio ns o f poi s o n i n g it b ec o m fo r l egal p urposes it is o ft en fo und th at t he c o ffi n in whi ch the remai n s are d epo s i ted has b urs t op en th us allo w i n g the co n t ents to co me in co ntact and mi ngl e wit h the s oi l (wh i ch in so me rare i nstances co ntains arseni c) A t the t ri al o f t h ese cases the co unsel for the d efend ant h ard p ushed fo r a d efence and whose o n ly “ i nsan i ty and arsen i cal reso urce li es in a choi ce bet ween i mp reg natio n fro m the soil in so me cases sel ects the latter T he actio ns o f l awy ers in setti n g fo rth suc h g ro un dl ess d efences bei ng cog nizant o f the i mpo ssibility of the transudatio n tak i ng pl ace and li vi n g in the ligh t o f p resent sci entifi c k n owl edge migh t be look ed upo n as Of do ub tful p rop ri ety U nfo rtunat ely in o rder to sho w th at such a c o urse is fre uen tly p urs ued it is o n ly n ecess ary to search the ac tio ns tak en by the Co mmo nweal t h in the t rial o f cases o f thi s nat ure wh en it will be fo un d th at alo ng w i t h a ch emi cal anal y s i s Of t he o rgans th ere is mad e al so a ch emi cal analysi s of the soi l I ndeed this mode o i actio n was t aken in a recent case o f arseni cal poi so n i n g o cc urri n g in thi s c i ty (Phil adelp hi a) in wh i ch t he p ri so ner al t ho ugh t w ice co n vic ted has n ot as y et b een sent en ced o n acco un t Of the ex i st en ce tech ni caliti es F ro m the follo wi ng e Of the s o call ed o f so m Opi n io n s o f cert ai n to x i cologi sts w ho have made it a st udy it w ill be seen t hat it is regarded as i mpo ssibl e fo r t hi s co nt ami n a tio n to tak e pl ace P ro fesso r R eese (P ro ceedi ng s o f Col l eg e Of Phy si ci ans and el us

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tly co ntai n th i s substanc e n ot ably tho se Of zi nc an d sul h i s u c a s l l e a n c id h n e it b o m s s y to t e t a g e t to n s e c e e e c e a r r c r ; p determi ne th at th ey are ab sol utely free fro m thi s poi so n N o ne but ch emi cally p ure ployed the sulph uri c reag ents were em ac id bei n g fo und to be s uch after s ubj ecti ng it to M arsh s test On the appli catio n Of R ei nsch s test to the hyd ro chlo ri c acid and copper foi l th ey also pro ved to be reli abl e S ummary of results obtained b chem sis o r m o o n i c n r n s o e d r o m d c l e v a l a a h e o a t y y f f g g taining arsenic : T he ex t racts Obtai ned fro m t he sto mach l iv er kid neys lungs h eart and brain were subj ect ed to R ei nsch s test and fro m all o r r n r n i n a s e r e e I e a s e o ov d h t h e e a s c w a s c e c c a f g a s ubli mate was obtai ned o n the sid e o f the red uctio n t ube whi c h pl aced u n der the mi c ro sco pe reveal ed the presence o f arseni c by ex hibi ti n g many beauti fully fo rmed o ctahedral c rystal s It sho uld be remark ed that the resul ts obtai ned fro m the ex ami natio n o f these o rg ans were abo ut e ually st riki ng w it h the ex ceptio n Of the brai n whi ch gave so mewh at less marked reactio ns On ex ami n i ng the literat ure o f the subj ect o f the Po st ” mo rtem imbibi tio n of poi so ns it wil l beco me apparent th at it has n ot receiv ed the amo unt o f attentio n it so j ustly d eserves I ndeed s o far as the writ er has been abl e to l earn the o nly in ves t ig atio ns pertai ni n g to the s ubj ect are tho se o f D rs Vi c to r C Vaug hn Kedzi e and Geo rge M ccracken D r Vaugh n in t he fi rst o f his ex peri ment s (physi c ian an d sur n A ug ust u sed a musk rat r a o n r bo M i hig c e n A n A g i nj ect in g into the mo uth and rect um by means o f a syri nge fi fty n u s e d i n w a e r T h i io id p e n d c old t e s a rs e s c s u r n o f a a t r 0 a (5 ) g was b uri ed twenty five (2 5) d ays an d the o rgans s ubj ect ed to a chemical analys i s w hi c h rev eal ed the p resence o f thi s poi so n in t he k id neys liver l ung s st o mac h and co ntent s l arg e i ntesti ne I n his sec o nd ex peri men t a sm al l i ntesti ne h eart and b rai n uant i ty o f ars en io us o x id e was cadaver was used an unweigh ed intro d uced i nto the mo ut h an d rect um t he b ody bei ng th en l l d n a c e l r fo r t wenty five (2 5) d ay s T he b rai n was b ro k en e i a a c p do wn and in a semi fluid c o n di ti o n the rest o f the o rgans firm C h emi cal analy si s rev ealed the poi so n in the right and l eft: kid ac h ney liver lo wer lob e o f right l un g h eart rect um spl een sto m and b rai n D r Kedzi e Ofth e Mi chigan A gri c ult ural Coll ege wo rki ng i nd e m a d e l y p i t n again n o n a cat with like res ult s t e x e r m e s I e d e n n p

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i g to the result s Of the ex peri ments by the writer it w ill be r ain o f the an i m al i nto seen th at arsen i c was recov ered fro m the O T he fact th at a poiso n w hi ch thi s poi so n had b een i n t rod uced i ntrod uced after d eath can penet rate th ro ugh the vario us tis p rotected and s ur sues an d sat urate t he g reat n erv e cen t ers ro und ed as th ey are by a bo ny casi n g must be look ed upo n as an asto n i s hi n g as well as an i nt eresti n g fac t Upo n t hi s poi nt D r R eese (T ran sactio ns Of Coll ege o f Phy si ci ans and S urgeo ns It is scarcely co ncei vabl e th at a poi so n i nt ro Ob serves : duced i n to a body after death c o uld penetrate by i mbibitio n ” w ithi n the cavity Of t he cran i um and spi nal co rd I n the ex peri ments o f D r Vaugh n the follo w i ng ex pl anatio n is Offered fo r havi n g fo un d arsen i c in the b rai n viz I n i nj ecti n g t he solutio n i nto the mo uth the sy ri nge used c logged up and o n attempti n g to fo rce it free a po rtio n o f the fl uid was Ob served to flo w fro m the n o st ril s so me Of thi s fl uid p robably adh ered to the ” ph ary nx I n the w riter s ex peri ments w h en the dog employed was b ei n g pl aced in the box a small amo unt o f fl uid was Ob served to t ri ckl e W heth er the p resence o f arseni c in the b rai n fro m t he no st ril s In a was d ue to the fo regoi ng acc id ent o r n ot is un certai n ” Po st M o rtem I mbibitio n o f Poi so ns seri es o f ex p eri ment s o n D r Geo M ccracken i nt rod uced t he th ree poi so ns viz arsen i c tartar emeti c and co rro sive s ubli mate and s ubse uently recovered th em by ch emi cal analysi s fro m s everal o rgans T ho ugh al ways allo wabl e it is no t o ur p urpose to attempt to d raw po sitive d ed uctio ns fro m the facts add uced but rath er to allo w o ur o w n res ult s w hi ch h ave b een g ai ned by a stri ctly scien selves I n c o ncl us io n ho wever i t t ific p ro cess to spealefor them may he remark ed th at the hypoth es i s th at arseni c t hro ugh the p ro cess o f po st mo rtem i mbibitio n fro m the ali mentary canal is by careful ch emi cal analy si s di scoverabl e in the b rai n receives enti re co nfi rmatio n fro m t he p resent researc h es referr n

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OF T H E V OL C A N O OF

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ol cano call ed Popo catep etl fro m the A ztec e e t l ca sm n n m u n n w s h e o oki g t o t i a obj tiv poi t o a d a t e c e n p pp T he N evad a de Tol uca o f my jo urney to the M ex i can p lat eau I had seen a few d ays p revio us fro m t he to w n Of Tol uca o n the M ex i can N atio nal R ail way Thi s vol cano ho wever is n ot a sim m u t c ri ses o i l p k s o ov d do t l e c n c a e a b i t s n w r e f e e e e p above the sea and o ut o f a mo un t ai n mass w ith fo ur l esser el eva F ro m Tol uca the crater is seen to be a very l arge t io n s abo ut it o ne and w e were tol d th at it is 1500 feet d eep w i th a l ak e at the b o tto m said to be two an d a h al f mil es acro ss Orizaba we w ere yet to see ; but n othi n g co uld we tho ught ex ceed in i nterest t he di stant vi ew Of Popo catep etl fro m the to p o f o ur hotel in t he City Of M ex i co as the setti ng s un gild ed its s n o wy do me pai n ted its s n o w fi eld s an d as it went do wn w ith ro seate h ues It is the g ran dest mo unt ai n summit o f the I t rep eats b ut w ith emph asi s the p urity Of v al l ey o f A nah uac fo rm and massiveness Of M t S h asta in N o rth ern C ali fo rni a I ts ” sn o wy w o m t w i n si ster the vol cano Of I z tac ihuatl o r the an — s fo rm a p art o f the same i s ol ated rang e the Co rdill era o f A bu — a l co and was do ub tl ess th ro w n up at the same ti me ; b ut it has n o c ent ral do me cl eavi n g the sky the mo untai n mass ex t en di n g as a range r unni ng nearly no rth and so uth with th ree b rok en i r reg ul ar sno w covered s ummit s o f whi c h the cent ral is the high es t reachi n g an alti t ud e Of 4 7 86 meters o r feet above the s ea T he h eight o f Popo cat ep etl has b een vario usly esti mated H umboldt pl aced it at 54 00 meters o r feet ; Guyot gives its altitude as feet ; H umbol dt s meas uremen t co mb ined w i t h tho se Of two l ater Ob serv ers is feet w hil e the F rench s avans Of the M ax i mili an ex p editio n put it as high as feet T he h eight o f the City o f Mex i co abov e t he sea is 7 4 82 feet so feet th at we had befo re us an ascen t o f a littl e over Thi s is nearly 2000 feet l ess o f an as cent th an th at o f Mt S h as ta whi ch is feet high w hil e the pl ai n o ut o f w hi c h the Cali fo rn i a v ol can o ri ses is abo ut 2000 feet abov e the s ea For tw o days p revio us to starti n g we were o cc upi ed in errang i ng fo r the ascen t Our party co n s i sted Of th ree M r F A Ober autho r o f the i nteresti ng Travel s in Mex i co who had pre v

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mad e the ascent ki ndly acco mpani ed us to the sno w li ne as g uid e i nterp ret er and fri end We l aid in s uppli es o f boil ed c hi ck en oth er meats b read an d tea fo r o ur night at the ran ch and By the ki nd ness o f M ess rs D S the noo n l unch o n the s ummit S pauldi ng Go I obtai ned a l etter fro m Gen eral Gaspar S anch ez Ochoa the p rop ri eto r of the mo untai n to o ne o f his employés S r D Mari an o Men dizab al at A mecameca who was o rdered to T he day pre sen d his s o n R afael t o g ui de us to the s ummit vio usly

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to l eavi ng the City of Mex i co I tel egraph ed to S enio r N o r ri ega a g ro cer at A ntecameca fo r ho rses an d g uid es fo r a p arty o f T hat even i ng the s un sat cl ear o n Popocatepetl an d the fo ur weath er p ro mi sed to be cl ear and fine o n the mo rro w On the mo rni ng o f March 19 th after an early b reak fast we d rove to the rail ro ad statio n at S an L az aro l eavi ng it at 8 A 11 T he sky was a lit tl e overcast but soo n the s un came o ut cl ear W e soo n cross ed the edge o f L ak e T escuco over a and hot causeway alo n g the canal s t ravers ed by I n di an d ugo uts o ver the sh allo w reedy l ake in w hi ch were men and boy s nak ed o r st rip ped to the k nees wadi ng th ro ugh the water fi shi ng in its sh allo w depth s w ith nets fo r shi ners o r ax olo tls T he t rack th en l eaves ag gy reedy sho res an d passes o ver a b ro ad dry the l ak e and its fl pl ai n the anci ent botto m Of T escuco the western po rtio ns Of whi c h are said by H umbol dt to h ave been c overed w ith water in H ere were to be seen the mo unds Of th at b usy ant Po 15 2 1 n x l r e t a onom e oc c i d z l r m M n m s f a ili a r s ight f o m o n t a a to o a r y g N ew M ex i co and fro m Kan sas to R eno Nevad a A t the fi rst statio n o f E uip aj es we get a fine vi ew Of Popo T he rail ro ad t h en s ki rts the bo r catepetl and I ztac ihuatl ders Of L ake Chal co an d we see upo n o ur right many Of t he famo us flo ati ng i sl an ds covered with g reen fl ags and reed s w hi c h had s urvived s i nce the ti me Of Co rtez A t t he s tatio n o f A yotl a the I ndi ans c ro w d abo ut the t rai n o fferi ng fi shes wrapped in the l eaves of the po nd lily and h ere we bo ught h al f a dozen l arge ax olotl s fo r a cent api ece W e th en p as sed w ithi n sigh t o f Ch al co the Old est I ndi an to wn Of the vall ey Of A nah uac A mecameca t he to wn wh ere w e tak e o ur g uides and ho rses is abo ut fo rty mil es by rail fro m Mex i co and 127 4 toi ses o r 82 23 feet above the sea It is the high est to wn in Mex i co its el evatio n renders

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it mo re sal ub rio us and c ool er th an Mex i co b ei ng nearly 600 feet high er th an th at ci ty and it is so mewh at fre uented by i nvalid s Befo re reachi ng the to w n how fro m the c ity in hot weath er ev er we p ass th ro ug h foothill s c overed with a g ro wth o f pi nes and oak s with an i ntermi x t ure o f mag uey o r cent ury pl an ts T he scenery now b eco mes v ery g rand as we und er c ultivatio n — — r s ki rt alo ng the ranges fro m fo u to six whi ch are parall el w ith I ztacihuatl A t 10 A M both vol cani c peak s were enveloped in c umul us clo ud s but th ey roll ed away fro m the mo untai n o f the white w o man still ho wev er ob sc uri n g the sn ow cl ad do me o f Po pocatepetl T he massive base o f I ztacihuatl belo w the clo uds was seen to be st udd ed w i th co n i cal peaks any o ne o f w hi ch w o uld be a p rize in Mai ne o r N ew H ampsh ire A s the t rai n st op s at A m ecameca we p ass the hill o f S acramo nte c o vered w i t h a d ense g ro wth o f n obl e cedars and pi nes s urro un di n g the chapel o n the s ummit and enter the rail road hotel at el ev en o c lo ck fo r di n ner fi rst ho wev er regali n g o urselves w ith the full an d s uperb vi ew o f Popo cat epetl and its s i st er vol can o who se seren e h eigh ts n o w c l ear and well n igh c lo udl ess look ed do wn upo n t he to wn S p read o ut ov er the vall ey at th ei r feet A fter di nn er we met o ur g uide R afael with his men ho rses and m sco N o rriega u e s r n a c k l t t h e g o e y to r e f e r i o r F a c i r a r c s o S p w h ere we l aid in additio nal p rovi s io ns an d p un ct ually at o ne p at the base o f the peak Our party o c lo ck s tart ed fo r o ur cam c o ns i st ed in all o f seven ho rsemen w ith t wo p ack mul es and A g uza is an as si stant g uid e usu t h ree mozo s o r g uia: o n foot ally an I ndi an servant o r moz o Fo r the b enefi t of any o ne ih l t en di ng to mak e the ascent I giv e in a foot n ot e the p arti c ul ars o f o ur o ut fit o f g uid es serv ant s etc w ith the p ri ces b ei ng a s in R afael s bill c o py o f the item

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We were urged to di scard o ur sho es an d let the g ui as w rap o ur sto cki n ged feet in rag s w ith a p ai r o f ro ugh l eath er sandal s b ut we p referred to wear over wool en sto cki n g s o ur o rdi nary high sho es and over the l atter a pai r o f arcti cs and fo und th at th ey answered the p urpo se ad mi rably in walki n g ov er the so ft sn o w and yi eldi ng sand o f t he peak whil e o ur feet did n o t suf fer We fro m the piercing cold w i nds o f the early mo rn i n g ho urs had p rovid ed o urselves at M ex i co with a pai r o f native bl ank ets Thi ck gloves are al so n eeded fo r the bivo uac at the ranch w hil e bl ue gl ass goggl es w hi ch mo st o f the party bo ug ht at N o rrieg a s are ab sol utely i n di spensabl e It is i mpo ssibl e to wal k o ver the sno w fi elds o f Popo catepetl in the gl ari ng s unshi n e w ith I carri ed and t ri ed to use a p ai r o f colo red eye o ut th em gl asses but th ey wo uld slip o ff whi l e walki ng and p roved a so urce o f c o n stant an noyan c e until my g uza ch ang ed w ith me and co ns id erately mad e the b est use he co uld o f my gl asses T he ch arges o f the g uid e R afael were fai r but we co uld have di spensed w i th the S pani sh assi stant g uide and the mozo to attend T he g w as o r s ub g uid es were I ndi ans nearly o r the ho rses Th ey uite full blooded an d were st ro ng faith ful yo ung men ex pect ed an d receiv ed b esid es th ei r reg ul ar pay a g rat uity fo r th ei r servi ces Were I to make the ascent ag ai n alo ne a good moz o besi des the g ui de wo uld be i ndi sp ensabl e N o o ne sho uld att empt to ascen d the mo un tai n alo n e w i tho ut s uc h attend an ce as so me acc id ent might h app en o n acco unt o f the alti tud e tho ugh th ere is no dan g ero us cli mbi ng W e were go ne a day and a h al f fro m A mecameca b ut o f co urse t wo wo rki n g d ay s were sp ent an d ch arg ed in o ur bill d t h ro ugh the d usty hot st reet s o f the Our caval cad e passe town h ere and th ere sh ad ed by h edges o f cact us o r mag uey and ro ws o f m es uit e t rees t he unclo uded t ropi cal sun b eati n g upo n o ur h ead s tho ugh a cool westerly b reez e so mewh at refreshed us L eavi ng the to wn the ro ad pass ed th ro ugh b road wh eat an d c o rn fi eld s and in an ho ur s ride fro m the city we l eft the pl ai n and came to t he edge o f the foothill s o f the c o rdill era o f A hualco the ran ge fro m w hi ch ri ses the two vol cano es of whi c h Po po cate petl is the so uth ernmo st W e were now ascendi n g an d were fo r several ho urs to ascend the range i nto the p ass b et ween t he t wo vol can o es over the trai l mad e by Co rtez d uri ng his march fro m P uebl a to the City o f ,

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W e met t rai ns of pack mul es and do nk eys c o mi ng fro m P uebl a and it add ed no l ittl e z est to o ur rid e to recall the memo rabl e march o f the S pan i sh co n ui st ado r fro m the pl ai ns o f P uebl a to the th en famo us A ztec capit al o f Teno c hti tl an I n his Essai politi ue s ur le R oyau me de la N o uvell e Esp ag ne H umbol dt refers to thi s ro ad or t rail w hi ch was fi rst Opened by t he anc i ent A z t ec c o uri ers fro m M ex i co to P uebl a by w ay o f 1 A mecameca T he pl ai ns over whi c h we t rotted were evid ently an o ld l ak e botto m T he road n o w ascend ed b et ween lo w ro und ed hill s w hi ch had ev ery app earance o f mo rai n es ; t hey were co mpo sed o f loo se san d an d g rav el w ith bo uld ers o f bl ack b as alt lik e t hat fo rmi n g the vol cano an d sloped g rad ually do wn to the pl ai n One very reg ul ar mo und w hi ch we p assed o n o ur right w hi ch ro s e ab rup tly fro m a co rn o r w h eat fi el d seemed to h av e b een artifi ci al in its o ri gi n It is T etepeto ng o the hill o f the ro un d sto n es an d acc o rdi ng t o t radit io n says Ob er w as fo r merly used as a pl ace o f s acrifi ce But the zo ne o f mo rai ne lik e h ill s we were n o w p assi ng over co nt rasted st riki ngly with the b ro ad flat pl ai ns b eneat h us and w it h the ragged vol can i c foothill s o f I ztac ihuatal far abov e us on o ur l eft Tho ugh thi s p eak was capped w ith c lo uds the l arger p art o f the sn o wy do me o f P0po catepetl was in full vi ew an d fro m it t wo gl aci er l ik e st reak s o f s n o w led do w n t he v all ey s lo s i n g th emselv es in t he ragg ed l ava st reams at t he b ase o f the co ne A s we pass o n ward and upward c o n i cal t umuli o f loo se d é b ri s fro m the mo untai n s above co n fro nt us an d well mark ed l at eral mo rai nes ex ten d o ut upo n the pl ai n o n eac h s i de o f the t rail We sho uld j udge th at the l ev el at w hi ch we saw the lowest mo rai nes was abo ut 9 000 feet abov e the sno w sea ; fro m th at l ev el th ey were obs erv ed u e t o o n e a r h r t p l i n e the h eight o f whi c h abov e the sea in the l atit ud e o f the City o f Mex i co H umbo ldt p uts at 4 600 meters o r feet W e were unabl e to see s uch good cl ear nat ural sectio ns o f a M ex i co

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mo rai ne as wo uld h ave b een d es i rabl e but in o ne i nstance the mo rai ne was co mposed of the fine mud scrapi ng s o f the l ava with ro und ed bo ulders o f b asalt o f all s iz es up to fo ur o r five feet in di ameter the hill b ei ng covered with w heat and s mal l p orn M o reover the hill s above the mo rai nes o n each sid e o f the vall ey I i nfer fro m all I saw o n had apparently b een mold ed by ice the ascent t h at the ice must h ave fill ed the vall ey o r pas s b et ween I z tacihuatl an d Popo catepetl s p readi n g o ut over the pl ateau li k e a m er ao g lace and sendi ng gl ac i ers do w n to the l ak es th en cov eri ng the pl ai ns of A nah uac A bove the ro un ded hill s were ro ugh vol cani c sp urs an d hill s whi c h may o nce h ave overlooked t he ice st reams It wo uld appear th en that the uaternary l akes o f the Mex i can pl ateau (un mi stak abl e evid enc es o f whi c h I saw th ro ugh o ut the co unt ry fro m L aredo to S an L ui s Po to si and th ence to t he City o f Mex i co as wel l as alo ng the Mex i can central ro ute to N ew M ex i co ) were fed by the mel t i n g o f gl aci al ice in the high si erras A t any rate in the vall ey o f A nah uac the vol can oes ri si ng abov e it must h ave b een cov ered with gl ac i ers wh i ch de scen d ed to a poi n t 9000 feet abov e the sea an d abo ut 1000 1 feet above the p resen t l evel o f the pl ains T he c h ange in v egetatio n as we l eft the pl ai ns and wo und T he amo ng the mo rai nes was an i nt eresti ng feat ure o f the ri de zo ne o f cact us nopal mes uit e etc o f the Mex i can pl ateau was repl aced by a b el t o f pi nes aro mati c firs an d ced ars ; the flo wers had c hanged in ch aracter and b eco me mo re n umero us an d vari ed th an on the dry and d usty pl ai ns l upi nes predo mi nated reli eved by a sho wy red l abi ate flower and yello w flowered sh rubs Of ,

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dec id uo us t rees w illo ws abo unded but few if any oak s Th ro ugh th ese fo rests not very d ense o r co nti n uo us p umas and wolves were said to ro am T he i nsect li fe o f the pl ai ns is scanty in the dry seas o n b ut in thi s zo ne b ees and b utt erfli es o f di fferent spe c i es vi sited the flo wers T he zo ne o f pi nes and willo ws was suc ceeded by a belt o f tall co ni fero us t rees lik e a sp ruce with a fir like habi t ; thei r sl end er sh afts two to th ree feet in di ameter (in o ne case o f a t ree fell ed w it h the ax five feet ) pi erced the c l ear sky over perh aps 12 5 feet T hi s nobl e t ree had very b road l eaves and a d eep red b ark lik e t he red woo ds aro un d the b ase o f Mt S hasta Thi s zo ne o f red w ood was s ucceeded by a belt o f low sho rt l eaved pi nes whi ch g rew s ho rter and mo e st unt ed until at r hal fpas t fo ur we came to b ank s o f s now lyi n g o n the s ummit o f the g rassy pass the remnant s o f l arg er fi eld s whi ch had b ut l ately di sappeared T he air was no w cool and even chilly the g ro und was d amp an d o ft en wet ; h ere it was early S p ri ng lik e o ur fi rst o f A pri l in New E ngl and to o early fo r flo wers ; scattered pl ant s perhaps A lpi ne but uite unlike any we h ave seen in the R o cky mo untai ns were not yet in flo wer an d to add to the resembl ance to a no rth ern sp ri ng a flo ck o f v eritabl e robi ns fl ew amo ng the pi nes ; th ey w ere li ngeri ng o n the flank s o f Popo cat ep etl befo re taki n g t hei r fi nal flight no rth ward T he path to the ranch no w l eft the P uebl a t rail and led us amo ng t he pi nes to the s h ed s w h ere we were to spend the n ight T he rancho was reach ed at and an ho ur s till remain i ng be fo re d ark I walk ed to a ravi ne ov er pil es of vol can i c as h and l apilli t o ento mologize und er fall en pi ne logs and the b ark o f st ump s fi ndi ng lizards beetl es spiders and myriopods uite unlik e any fo rms yet seen in the tierr a tem l a n o t rac e o f a b lo t w ith c l e w u b p A lpi ne ch aracters T he ranch was a d eserted sh ed and furnace ho use fo r roasti ng the crud e s ulph ur fo rmerly c oll ect ed by the volcaner os o r p eo n s at the botto m o f the c rater D ark ness gath ered early abo ut the ranch but in the b right moo nlight the massive marbl e li ke do me o f Popo cat epetl rose di rectly above us Our ho rses and mul es were l eft to stand in t he open air whil e we bivo uack ed in t he sh ed in the c ent er o f w hi c h was a rai sed c i rc ul ar fi repl ace o n whi ch o ur g ui as mad e a fire o f st i ck s an d logs the smok e and spark s p assi ng up th ro ugh a ho l e l eft in the middl e o f the roo f T he I ndi ans boil ed th ei r ,

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H ere o wi ng to si ck ness i nd uced by the altit ud e my co mpanio n s were obliged to ret urn to t he ran ch Taki ng R afael and two g uias I went on T he ascen t of Popocatepetl is p ro sai c in the ex t reme M uch t o my s urp ri se th ere were n o roc k s to c l amb er over n o difl ic ult c l im bi ng b ut an i n termi nable steeply inc li ned d esert o f deep co arse yieldi ng volcani c sand covered with a thi n sh eet o f snow — névé — maki ng it ex ceedi ngly h ard walki ng to say n othi ng of th e efl T he h eight o f the ect o f the g reat al t i tud e upo n the h eart lo wer l evel o f the sn o w li ne H umbold t esti mated at feet T he co n e o f Popo catepetl is like th at o f Ves uvi us—o n ly mo re W e ro ughly esti mated the angl e of the slope at b ut so j udgi ng by o ur feeli ngs after two o r th ree ho urs cli mb it seemed like Th ere is no d efi nite t rail up the mo untai n and at no poi nt o n the ro ute can the s ummi t o r mo ut h o f the crater be seen so th at t here is no go al in sight to d raw o ne s attentio n away fro m the l abo r and fatig ue o f the ascent L ooki ng up hopel essly fro m t i me to ti me as we stop to g et b reath anx io usly t rusti ng to oh tai n a gl impse o f a rocky peak b reaki ng th ro ugh t he c rust noth in g meets the eye b ut a vast s no wy slope mel ti n g away far alo ft i n t he sky the unsulli ed s urface lik e poli sh ed marbl e o f mo re th an r n rity fadi ng g rad ually away t o be repl aced by the d eep i p a u a p fatho ml ess az ure o f a M ex i can sky By eight o c loc k the s un had gai ned mo re power the ex erci se w armed us so t h at we no lo nger s uffered w ith the c old b ut the effect o f the i nt ense s unlight upo n the eyes was bli ndi n g and pai n ful it wo uld h ave been w ell n igh i mpo ssibl e to have mad e the ascen t witho ut bl ue gog g l es Our s mall procession moved in t he followi ng o rd er : my o wn part i c ul ar g ala a yo un g sto ut willi n g I n di an pi ck ed o ut a way over t he ro ugh sno w o r sand as the case migh t be the writer follo wed pl an ti ng his feet in the p ri nts mad e by the I ndi an and p rovi sed alpenstock us ually s up po rt i n g h imsel f wi th a rud e i m h eld in both h and s b ehi nd follo wed the s upern umerary g uia carryi ng the l unc h bask et o n his b ac k whil e R afael b ro ught up the rear w i th the air o f o ne fulfilli ng a co nt ract rath er th an enj oy I h ave ascended Pike s ing the as cen t A nd it was h ard wo rk peak t h ree ti mes walked up Gray s peak t wi ce h ave cli mbed the feet high ascen d ed crat er o f M t S h asta w hi ch is o ver and

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parasol an t s and repays th ei r hospitality by feedi ng upo n them ” T he natives fi rmly beli eve th at the serpent a d eux tetes as th ey call it is the moth er of the ants and th at th ey p ro c ure the l eaves fo r the purpose of feedi ng it T he larva were i mbedded in a so ft woolly matter whi c h p rov ed to be the fi nely masti c ated p arenchy ma of the l eav es T hus a use was fo und for the l eaves altho dg h it reflec ts serio us ly upo n the suppo sed sagac ity o f the ant s th at th ey sho uld p ro c ure so many mo re than are re uired fo r the p urpose Bates states th at the l eav es are al so used fo r that c hi ng the do mes over the en trances to the mi nes but I h ave no t observed thi s p rac ti ce in con nectio n w ith the Tri n idad s pec i es T he larva are fed by j ui ces sec reted by the nurses A p art o f the l arv a emerge fro m the These are the eggs w i ng ed and ready fo r th ei r n upti al fli g ht males and females and the swarmi ng o cc urs d uri ng the wet sea son T he femal e measures an inc h in l ength and two i nc h es in T he wi ngs are cl ear transparent and c oarsely expanse o f wing vei ned T he wi nged mal es and femal es emerge fro m the wood s in c l oud s d uring the rai ns o f A p ril and May Th ese are al most n t s e s r a h a k m r s th u h c c t c rs c a a a & all d es t ro y ed by the fl e y j whi c h g reedily devo ur th em;o nly a few i mp regnated femal es sur vive the s l aughter to fo und new colo ni es and p ropagate th ei r race T he colo ny is s ustai ned I s uppo se as in oth er S pec i es by the sei z u re an d d etentio n of i mp reg nated femal es by t hei r o wn subj A fter imp reg natio n the female lo ses her w i ngs th ese ects bei ng b ro ken o ff by the i nsect itsel f Th ere may be noti ced a ay nat ural s ut ure at the base o f the wi ng do ubtl ess th at thi s m be easily bro k en ofl wh en no lo nger re uired .

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v l p i h t pop ul arly call ed ship whi c h are o rdi narily i ncl ud ed under the name wo rms Tered o A ltho ugh to the c o mmo n observer th ey h ave a wo rm like appearance they are not wo rms but true sh ell b eari ng mol ” lusks as muc h so as the c o mmo n lo ng c l am long nec k ed clam o r mauanosc (My a arenaria) o f the A tlanti c c oast o f the U nit ed S tates S o muc h has been wri tten in relat io n to the sh ipwo rms that it H ER E

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d vo red to d escribe is found o nly w ithin s o me hard vegetable sub stance eith er the h ul l of a vessel o r boat a harbor pil e a shippi ng stage a floati ng t ree ” raft ti m bers old sp ars and mas ts a beac on or b uoy the plan k ing or b raci ng of wharves brid ges &c &c and old hulk s or wrecks T he T ered o bores into these the same as a T he w hole of what I have

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Certain kinds of wo od are l ess subj ect to th ei r attacks than oth ers T he t ree pal mett o o f the S o uth ern S tates it is said is e o f the A ustrali an woods never bo red by the shipwo rm and s o m have si milar immun ity D r M uell er says of the Eucalyptus mar r z m T m n r m r a e r r a o a f A u s ith h hog y t : h a r e e o S t r a a S W g ) ( j lia is famed for its i nd est ructi bl e wood whi ch is attack ed neith er by Chel ura no r Teredo nor Termites and th erefo re so much so ugh t fo r j et ti es and oth er st ruct ures ex po sed to sea wat er al so for und erground work and l argely ex po rted fo r rai lway s leepers V essel s b uilt o f thi s ti mber have been enabl ed to do with o ut cop s v ery st ro n g of a clo se g rain an d sli g htly r sh eathi ng I i e t p oily and resi no us nat ure ; it works well takes a fine fi n i sh and is by shipb uild ers here c o ns i dered superio r to eith er oak ” teak o r i ndeed any o th er woo d T he E r ostr ata hl e cht) the red g um o f Vi ct o ri a is another v ery val uabl e spe c S ( c i es for the ex t raordi nary end urance of thezwood underg ro und al ued for fence po sts pil es and rai l and fo r thi s reaso n highly v way sl eepers ; fo r the l atter it will l ast a do zen years an d if wel l sel ected muc h lo nger I t is also ex tensiv ely used by s hipb u ild ers N ex t to the j arrah fro m S W A ust rali a th is is the best wood for resisting the attacks o f seawo rms and white ants ” Thi s speci es reaches a hund red feet in h eight I n so me of the seapo rts in different parts of the wo rld th ere are s mall crustaceans th at assi st the ship wo rms in cutti n g away wh at wood the Teredo may l eave Th ese li ttl e fello ws resembl e the wood lo use (pill bug ) and cut eith er way of the g rai n of the wood I n the inl ets aro und P uget so un d the dest ruc tive act ion o f both cl asses o f ani mals may be seen especi ally abo ut the ti me of the summer sol sti ce wh en the ex t rao rdi nary fall o f the tid e ex po ses A spac e meas the pil es (of the wh arv es) for th ei r enti re l en gth ured up and do wn o n the pil es fo r a l engt h o f fo ur or five feet inc l udi ng the po rtio n ex po sed between ordi nary tide marks may be seen whi c h 13 so c o mpl etely ri ddl ed th at it wo uld seem as if the slightest lo adi ng o f the deck o f the wh arf wo uld result in a t umbl e do wn o f the whol e T he wood eati n g c rust aceans referred to b elo ng to the groups L i mno ri a and Ch el ura A s an o ffset to the damage caused by these fro m point of size i nsig nifi cant ani mal s it sho uld be b orne in mi nd to th ei r c red i t that by d est royi ng old wreck s &c in channel way s and at the entrance to h arbo rs th ey c o nt rib ute to the safety o f navigatio n It is stated al so t hat the Operatio ns of the Tered o suggested to M r Brunel his method of tunneli n g the Th ames .

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hi sto ry o ccurred o n S at h 14 m standard ti me T he po i n t of di st urb ance was Floo d ro ck in East river o n the i mag i nary ex tensio n of N in ety thi rd st reet o f N ew Yo rk c ity of T he earth uake was p roj ec ted by means o f n o d u s p dynamit e and rackarock po wder arranged in twenty two mil es o f metall ic cyli nders It was enti rely sub mari ne in ch aracter and surface d am age was p rev ent ed by a tamp o f full y cubi c yards o f salt water A s a spec tacl e it was s i mply an I ce — landic o r Y el lo wsto ne geyser o n an ex ten ded scal e a sudd en rise o f water and gaseo us smok e to a h eight of 150 feet fo r a length o f 4 00 feet and a max i mum thi ck ness of 100 feet at the base o f the c ol umn T he flyi ng ro c k s and déb ri s s ket ch ed in ill ustrated newspapers are the fi ckle i nventio ns o f i nane mi nds T he c o l umn of uph eaved water was so eno rmo us th at all solid bodies w T he ex plo s io n was co mparabl e ere h idd en fro m vi si o n to a very good earth uake I nadequate observations —S ei smologi cal ob servatio ns were taken at vari o us poi nt s but the arrang ement s fo r so doi n g were inade uate and uit e p ri mitive Thi s is a stat ement of fact not reflect ing in any manner o n the ob servers I n the fi rst pl ace th ere were n o sei s mo meters o r sei smograph s in thi s c o unt ry I n the second place the engi neer co rps and sc i entifi c co rp s did not act in conj un c tio n wi t h eac h o ther and the l atter rec eived no tel eg raphi c warn i n g o f the exact mo ment to ex pect the sho ck I n the t hi rd place o bservers were no t statio ned at suffici ent di stances fro mthe cent er of di st urb ance to meas ure the l eng th o f radi i o f earth vibratio ns H ad there b een sei smograph s lo cated at Buffalo Montreal Phil adelphi a Washi ngto n Po rtl and Me far o ut at sea o r at i nterval s o n a di rec t di ameter say 1000 mil es lo n g the exact l ength of the radi i might h av e been d et ermi ned F urth er more seismog raph s make an i ntelligible rec o rd with the penci l whic h no ne of the observ ers secured — R esults of seienttfie obsemations T he rec o rd obtai ned by the scient ifi c c o rps ho wever was ex ceedi ngly i nteresti n g an d v al na ble Th ere were a number o f asto undi ng as well as ex pec ted results T he i nst ruments used were the sei smo scope the tel e ,

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h ave cho sen path s th at are not those of so n g and co lo r sho uld avoid it l est th ey al so sho uld by its win so me sweetness be c h armed to bec o me o rnithologi sts Bi rd s appeal to o th er faculti es b esid e tho se o f the i nt ell ect T he musi c ia n the poet the pai nter all find i nspi ratio n in the oseines Per haps thi s is the reaso n th ere is so muc h t waddl e written abo ut b ir ds S i nce th ere is an audi ence writers d evoid of the arti sti c i l m e o r u e s u i e fi m t s s n t i o c a u s i c a l f a c lti s e r i s a i c c e n e e O f a p p an dering s and send it fo rth as a bi rd book But Mr To rrey l o ves bi rd so ng and bi rd beauty and tell s his love in l an g uage ark able for force and pi ct ures ueness rem T he el even ch apters teem with the res ult of years o f li fe amo ng the bi rd s and the au thor has a uai nt way o f c o mp ari ng bi nd li fe and bi rd ways w ith o ur own li fe and way s wit ho ut allo wi ng the read er to fo rget N o h eavi er blow has that it is o nly a bi rd he is talki ng abo ut been dealt the S parrow hater th an th at giv en in the fi rst ch apter o f th is bo ok Tho ugh by no means a S parro w lover Mr To rrey c o nfesses th at in t he S pace o f the l ast seven oreight years he has w atch ed upo n Bos to n Garden and Co mmo n so me tho usand s o f ens representi ng n o t far fro msev enty S peci es s p ec im T he autho r — he loves to be out o f o wns to the t rue abo rigi nal temperament d o o rs but hates o ut o f doo r employment ;thi s is the stuff orni th olog ists sho uld be made o f pl us ey es ’— L oms A c assxz ; H rs L 1r n A ND C OR R ES POND z nca T he sto ry o f A gass iz s li fe as here told is an ex ceedi ngly att ractive o ne and we wi sh th at a c h eap editio n o f it co uld be p ubli sh ed fo r the T he materi al s h ave been b enefi t o f the y o uth o f o ur co unt ry e e m h s m r s u t t o th r w i t h c li r y kill j dg t t h l e tt e u t a n d u e n e e r a g p To fo rming the larg er part of the materi als fo r the b iog raphy the A merican st udent who k new A gassiz the fi rst vol ume re lating to his b oyho od his yo uth at the universi ti es his earl y man hoo d as a c o ll ecto r and i nvestigato r his li fe as a p rofesso r at N euch atel his co rrespo nd ence with H umboldt his ni ne s ummers s pent in A lpi ne exp l o ratio n— thi s vol ume will seem l ike a t o mance T o th ose who never saw thi s c hild of geni us the seco nd vol ume rec o unti ng his s ucc essful l i fe in A meri ca the l an d of his adopt i o n will be ful l of interest o un

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yo uth A gassiz was i ndefatigabl e as a coll ecto r personally attractiv e full o f high i mp ul ses an d his whol e mi nd pervad ed w ith the sci entifi c spi rit H is early d reams were fully realized ; — s i n i he l aid th ei r fo un datio ns his castl e the a r were actually b uilt and saw the superst ruct ures materialized in ri chly i ll ust rated vo l — m e s a d i n s n b ri ck and i ro n T he vast collectio n the res ults o f u his j o urneys Of his passio nate appeal s to S tate and indi vid ual s the unsoli cit ed funds whi ch flowed in as the meed o f his s uccess in w i nn i n g the co n fid ence an d sy mpathy o f sci entifi c and lay men —th ese fill the M useumo f Co mparative Z oOlogy t hat mo numen t e o f rare d evotio n to high id eal s o f a li f A gass iz was a geni us Wi nn i ng in man ner to an unusual degree full o f ardo r and enth usi as m o ften reckl ess but al way s s ucc ess ful w i th a g rai n o f fanati ci sm an d o ne sid ed ness in his nat ure l ik e a k n ight o f Old he wo n his p ro ud po sitio n as o ne o f t he l eadi ng S c i entifi c men o f his ag e an d the mo st i n fl uenti al and pop ul ar t each er in the N ew Wo rld A gassiz had g reat powers o f generalizatio n side by S id e with tho se o f ac ui si t iveness o f facts and S pec i mens H is i nvestiga tio ns in emb ryology pala o ntology as well as systemati c zool o gy led him to fo rm c l ear vi ews as t o the geologi cal successio n o f ani mal s the parall eli sm between t he d ev elop men t o f the i n divi d ual and the g ro up to whi ch it belo n gs H is mod e of looki n g at nat ure the whol e d rift o f his t eac hi ngs nat urally p repared the mi nd fo r the receptio n of evol utio nary id eas and whil e his pupi ls and his c o ntempo rari es advanc ed nat urally to t hese philo soph ic c o nceptio ns o r g eneralizatio ns A g ass iz wh eth er ow i ng to early p rej udi ce the l ack o f a j udi ci al t urn o f mi nd and analyti cal po wers the modi cumo f co mbativeness and bigot ry in his stro ng intense nat ure or the multipli city o f his l abo rs and cares in the l ater years o f his li fe whi ch gave him little ti me fo r sustai ned — tho ught fail ed to ri se to the g rand generali zatio ns of modern biology H e will be k nown in the hi sto ry o f sci ence as the st ro ngest oppo nent after C uvi er Of the t h eo ry o f d escent A

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p ubli shi ng in numbers is in the l ang uage o f the t i tle pag e an art isti c editio n o f the R ev s G u N a r m Wood t a l Hi s to r y f h e A n i l C r tio t i s u a o t e a n I b J p lished by S el mar H ess o f N ew Yo rk and edited fo r di st rib utio n in thi s c o unt ry by D r J B Hold er T he parts befo re us (2 7 to 3 2) fi ni sh the bi rd s di scuss the reptil es and bat rachi ans and begi n the acc o unt Of the fi s h es A s will be seen by the sampl es ill us t rating thi s noti ce the ill ust ratio ns whi ch are mo stly tak en fro m Brehms T hierleben are v ery superio r to any el sewh ere pri nt ed and give much val ue to the wo rk T he Ol eog raph s are al so C opi es by M r P rang Of tho se in Brehms pop ul ar wo rk We S ho uld like to h ave had the remark abl e ch aracteri sti cs o f the New Z eal an d S ph enodo n given A S it is ,

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r n B r a n c i F e f u e call s attentio n in a recent i ss ue of the R evue S cientz t o t h e fiq und etermi ned po rtio n o f French Gui ana Upo n map s the river Oyapo ck is sho wn as the so uth east ern bo un d ary o f F rench Gui ana s eparati ng it fro m Brazil , w hil e the so uth ern bo un dary is fo rmed by t he T u mac H umac mo un tai ns I t appears, ho wever, that Fran ce has at vario us ti mes o ccupi ed and ab an do ned t he ter ritories bet ween t he Oy apo ck an d the A mazo ns, and t h at the peoples Of that regio n li ve act ually i ndependent o f eit her Brazil o r France M Co udreau states that Brazil o nce Offered to divid e t hi s terri to ry , but th at France cl ai med two thi rd s I n any case, the c o un t ry in di sp ute is w o rt h h avi ng si n ce it is n o t an un healt hy marsh lik e Gui ana itsel f b ut an el evated h eal t hy p rai ri e T he regio n o ffered to F rance in co unt ry till ed fo r colo n izat io n 1856 , b etween the Oyapo ck and t he C arseves me, is as l arg e as th ree F rench depart ments whil e t hat cl ai med by France, endi ng at the T artaro ug al co ntai ns t w i ce the area M C o udreau arg ues fo r the acceptance o f the Brazili an p ropo sitio u A rg uments abo ut rights mak e it cl ear to a F ren ch man that F rance o ug ht to o wn all t he co untry no rt h o f t he A mazo n as far as t he R io Neg ro , and e ually l ear to a Brazi li an t h a t Brazi l owns t o the Oy apock Di plo macy has t ri ed to settl e t he atter fo r t wo h un d red years M o st o f thts t errito ry has b een settl ed by Braz i li ans , b ut the co as t an d p rai ri es b ack o f it are o ccupi ed o nly by I nd tans H e p ropo ses a Franco Brazili an co mmi ssio n to sett l e T he fi rst n eed is a goo d map the matter T he seabo ard is s ub jcet to co n ti nual change especi ally bet ween the Mapa and Cabo D uri ng the l ast fo rty years muc h all uvi al lan d R ase de N o rte has been made by the rivers Of t he i nterio r o unt ry , and o f the I sland o f M araca next to nothi ng is really k no wn

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C o aaacr tons or N OT ES ON fo r J une, 1885, I gav e a sy n ops i s o f the genera o f thi s s ubo rd er w hi c h was partly b ased o n new i nfo rmatio n deriv ed fro m Pro fesso r Marsh s wo rk th en recently p ubli sh ed A mo ng them was i ncl uded the s upposed genus T etheo psis , whose c h aracter T he co n s i sted in the ab sen ce o f i nferio r cani ne and i nci so r t eeth di scovery o f S peci es p resenti ng s uch a peculi arity wo uld no t be at all surp ri s i n g in vi ew of t he red uctio n whi ch the roots of th ese teeth di spl ay in so me o f the speci es, and the absen ce o f su perio r i n i so rs in all o f th em T he ch aracter o n whi ch the g en us was p redi cated is fig ured by P ro fesso r M arsh in the sk ull referred to Ti noceras stenops Marsh , w itho ut co mment in t he descriptio n w hi c h follo ws I now learn o n good autho rity th at the sy m physeal regio n in t he sp eci men in uestio n is enti rely co nst ructed I saw the speci men , and a rath er clo se o f pl aster o f Pari s ex ami natio n did no t reveal t he li ne o f separat io n b etween the plaster and the bo ne, whi ch it is colo red to i mitat e and whi ch is n o t i ndi cated in eith er P ro fesso r Marsh s fig ures o r desc riptio n T he gen us T etheo psis must th en be regard ed as an arti fact ! I add t hat the basal part o f a sk ull whi ch I described und er the h ead o f Uintatherzum lacustre Marsh (U S Geologi ca l S urvey Terrs 111 p 59 2) t urns o ut to belo ng to a Palaeosyops T he s k ull w as fo un d in a b rok en co nditio n mi n gl ed with loo se frag ments and teeth o f the Ui ntath eri um in s uch a way as to l ead E D Cope to the b eli ef th at th ey b elo nged tog eth er .

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D tscovaav or L A M E L L A T E r n o nA cxc F EET I N rn a P an t o — I n a gen us o f P hyllocari da alli ed to C eratiocaris, whi ch C A R I DA is rep resent ed by a speci men fro m the C arbo n i fero us b ed s o f M azo n creek Illi n oi s ki ndly loaned me by M r J C C arr o f M o rri s, Ill t h ere are pl ai n i ndi catio ns o f b road l amell ate feet lik e the tho raci c feet o f N eb ali a Of t h ese li mbs th ere are t ra es o f fo ur pai rs Th ey are b road '

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thi n slightly co nt racted in width near the base and at t h e di stal ex tremity uite reg ul arly ro und ed w ith the free end s appa r ently slightly fold ed lo ngit udi nally the edges appearin g to b e s lightly c ren ul at ed tho ugh the fold s were p erh ap s d ue to c h ang es after d eath A ll the feet are o f nearly the same siz e an d ar e abo ut t wo thi rds as lo n g as the carapace is hi g h b ei ng o f nearly the same p ropo rtio nate l engt h as in N eb ali a There are no t races o f a d ivi s io n i nto endopodites an d ex opod ites but we sho uld be i nc li ned to regard t he part s p reserved as the ho molog ues o f t he ex opodites o f N ebali a Thi s speci men th en i ndi cates the ex i st ence in exti nct Phyll o carida of t hi n b ro ad lamell ate tho raci c li mbs in general appear ance like tho se ex i sti ng in N ebali a an d sho uld thi s vi ew be s ub stant iated by farth er di s cov eri es it w ill p rov e the reaso nabl eness I o f uniti ng C eratiocaris and its alli es w ith t he mod ern N eb ali a had a year ag o co nsid ered thi s fo rm as new and gave it a MS atzcas as I was in do ubt as to its affi ni t i es ; e Cryptos oé pr oblem n am but l atel y s ub mitti n g it to M r C E Beecher wi t h the opi n io n th at it was a C eratiocaris he w rites me th at he regards it as new to sci ence A d escripti o n of the new genus and sp ec i es w ith fig ures — A S Packard will appear h ereaft er — a Y ct a n R V E r P ENN Y V I A o c S o A N R epo rt o f P rogress 1: G w U S L c o ntai ns a geologi cal h and atl as o f the s i x ty sev en co unti es o f Pennsy lvani a and is the wo rk of J P L esl ey the chi ef o f the sur vey T he vo lume is o n e w hi ch o ught to be in the h an ds o f ev ery o n e i n terested in fi eld g eology embod y i ng as it do es in co nv eni en t fo rm the enti re res ults o f the survey so far as th ey can be cart o g raphi cally rep resented T he map s are p refaced by an ex planation o f the geologi cal st ruct ure o f Pen nsylvania and a sh o rt ac co unt o f the ch aract eri sti c feat ures o f eac h co unty — GEOL OGI C A L S U R V EY OF M 1NN Esor a P rofesso r Wi nch ell s Twel ft h A nnual R epo rt co mmences wi th a summary statement o f w o rk done F ro m thi s it appears th at map s o f t hi rty tw o co un ti es are co mpl eted and several oth ers in c o urse o f p reparat io n P ro fesso r A new t rilobite of the genus Bathy urus is d escrib ed Wi nchell gives an acco unt o f ex peri ments with cubes of N ew Engl an d and M i n nesota g ran ites and seems to p rove the l att er to be the st ro ng er C L H erri ck co nt rib utes a fi nal repo rt o n the C rustacea o f M i nneso ta (Cl ado cera and Cope oda) Thi s occupi es 19 1 pages p i ncl udes an acco unt o f the enemi es o f c nto mostraea and appears to be ex h austive It is ill ust rated with n umero us pl ates T he v ol ume c o ncl ud es w ith a catalog ue o f t he f lo ra by Warren Upham It i ncl ud es 16 50 speci es co mp r i si ng v ascul ar crypto gams but not fungi o r alg ae — — General A S Wood ward (Geol M ag GEOL OGI C A L N ews N ow 1885) gives a li st o f the Briti sh fossil C ro codili a One spe and

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F I GUR ES are i nc l uded etch ed fig ures p roper (A etz Fig uren o f the Germans) and fig ures p rod uced by weath eri ng (V erwitterungs F i g uren) Th ese were ’ z fi rst st ud ied as early as 1816 by D aniell A li ttl e l ater L eydo lt i nvestigated the fo rms o f the d ep ressio ns o n ro ugh s urfaces o f ‘ Pap e n ext took up the subj ect H e d rove o fl t he c ry stal s water c o ntai ned in many mi neral s and ex ami ned the s h ape o f t he fig ures res ul ti ng (V erstaub ungs Fig uren ) I n l ater years many oth er i nvestigato rs h ave att empted to di scover the rel atio ns be t ween etch ed fi g ures tho se p rod uced by weath eri ng and t he di rectio ns o f coh esio n in mi neral s Baumh auer succeeded in p rovi ng th at the sh apes o f et ch ed fig ures were i ndep end ent of t he ET C H ED

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W 1L D sc 116 NA U ect o n thi s subj ‘ C athrein call s attentio n to the art i c l e o f H at c h already no ti ced “ in th ese not es H e c l ai ms th at the l atter s ho rnbl end e gabb ro an d amphibolite are chlo rite gabb ro and c hlo rite— schi st and th at th ere are no p roo fs o f the c lo se rel atio n whi ch th at autho r sup poses to ex i st between normal gabb ro and serpenti ne o n the one hand and amphibol ite and epidote rock o n the oth er ’ — Ps r aoc aap mcar N ews F Becke co mmuni cates a few n otes o n the ro cks o f the lo wer A ust ri an Waldvi ert el A t Marb urg th ere occurs a granophy re in vei ns I t co nsi sts o f zi rco n in smal l ,

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fo und th at th ree spe i es o f the L inna an genus Ti nea possess o nly two M alpi ghi an vessel s a mo st unex pected ph eno meno n, and until the present ti m e an i sol at ed fact in i nsect anato my , u n l ess we except cert ai n C o ccida , whi ch h ave been fo und by L ey d ig and Mark to al so po ssess but two Malpighi an t ubes On the oth er h and , C ho lo dkovsky has fo un d in Galleria mellon ella L i nn a very pec uli ar fo rm o f M alpighi an v essel whi ch up to n o w has b een d escrib ed in no oth er i n sect s, an d whi ch o n ly fi nds its parall el amo ng the A ra h nid a T hi s exampl e is an ill ust ratio n, he says o f the utter i nco mpl eteness of o ur p resent k no wl edge o f ,

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metallicas Pod C ho lo dskovsky fo un d th at eac h ov ary co nsi st ed o f n ot l ess th an twelve and in T he n umb er o f eg g t ubes in L epi o ne case twenty eg g t ub es do ptera g enerally is fo ur T here is o n ly a si n gl e k no wn excep ti o n to this rul e D r A l exander Brandt in 187 6 di scovered th at Psy che helix: po ssessed o n eac h sid e s ix egg t ubes whil e Pro fes Brandt stated verbally th at S esia scoliiformzs po ssesses so r Ed fo urteen eg g t ubes C ho lo dko vsky th en d escribes the ex ternal and i nt ernal gen i tali a o f N emato is and in d escribi ng the o vipo sito r refers to the much mo re highly o rganized ovipo si to r o f the co mmo n ho use moth (Tineola oiselliella A ll L epidoptera po ssess two co mpo und testes whi c h in the b e r are unit ed by a co m pli cat ed set o f cov eri n gs i nto reater n um g an unpai red o rgan S i nce each testi s co ns i sts o f fo ur semi nal fol li c les t hey are in every res pect ho mologo us with the eg g t ubes o f plete an d c lear ho molog y al es Th ere is anato mi cally a c o m the fem bet ween the femal e and male sex ual gl and s Oi the L epidoptera This fact is not wi tho ut S ign ifi cance in the mo rphology o f L epi d optera es peci ally si nce it beco mes a li n k co nnec ti n g the Phry .

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ivabl e H e al so fi nds a small chitino us ri ng at the end o f the abd o men o f the m al e whi c h he regards as the rudi ment Of a t enth abdo mi nal seg ment C ho lodkovsky regard s these cases o f the occ urrence o f p ri mi tive c haracters in L epidoptera as i nstances o f a periodi cal atavi s m o r ret rogressio n to the mo st p ri mitive fo rm o f anato mica l st rue t ure I n co ncl usio n the autho r with go od reas o n fi nd s faul t w ith thi nki ng it artifi c ial and absurd t o the t erm M i crol epidop tera c lassi fy ani mal s by th ei r size alo ne nce

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have re eived the fo llo wi n g d escripti on o f a flight o f l oc usts at S an L ui s Pot osi , Mex i co in a l etter d ated J une 9 1885 , fro m D r G Barra ta, well k no wn as one o f the mo st c ul tivated sc ien tists in Mex i co On the 3 t st May a lo ud o f g rassh oppers ame fro mthe N E and S E to thi s c ity , an d remai ned abo ut th ree ho urs, l eavi n g o nly o n acco unt of ro kets , the ri ngi ng o f bell s and every ki n d o f N ever befo re in thi s cent ury h ave lo c ust s i nvad ed th is n oi se l and By thi s ail I send a t in box wi th sampl es Th ose in whit e paper reach ed a year ago certai n places of the state, 150 mil es east o f thi s c i ty , and at the altit ude o f 3000 feet abo ve the sea Th ey were colle ted in R ioverde, aud then the clo ud t oo k I n the afo resaid bo x , tho se in bl ue its way to the so uth east paper belo ng to t he i nvadi ng swarm whi ch vi si ted t he c i ty o n May 3 t st I found no di fferen e b etween th em, and suppose th em t o be the p rogeny o f the swarms noti ced in 1884 , o r, at ” l east , the same speci es Un fo rt unately the speci mens were never received , so th at we A S Packard are unabl e to give the name Of the spec i es ,

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T H E I NT ER C EN I R U M or L 1V 1NG R EPT 1L 1A the Permi an fo rmatio ns possess i nt ercent ra in the do rsal , l umbar I n no livi ng reptil e have i ntercentra b een and sac ral regio ns described so far as I k no w, in th at part o f t he col umn, ex epti ng 2 in S phenod o n (H atteri a) I find them al so in Gecko ver ticillatus I n th ese fo rms i ntercent ra are d eveloped L aur (G verus Gray) bet ween all v ert eb ra It is p robable th at the same el ements wil l be fo und in the oth er Gecko nida and in the amphica lian Uroplates, the o nly gen us o f t he family Uroplatida L umbar i ntercent ra in the Mammali a are fi rst menti oned by ' ‘ Owen in the mol e Meyer fi nds th ese el ements al so in the pos 1 W iedersheim R Ueber die Vermehrung des Os centrale 1m C arpus und T arsus des A xo lo t ls l Morph Jahrb Bd v1 1880 pp 581— 8 x xx 5 3 p ‘



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I NT ER C ENT R U M 1N S PH ENODON the em b ryol o gy o f the U rodel a and A n ura have not yet b ro ught to light any t races o f the rhachito mo us st ruct ure ; a co nditio n o f t hi ngs w hi ch is p robably due to ca no geny o r fal si ficatio n o f the emb ry — r r o ni e eco d a ph eno meno n whi ch is not unco mmo n Th ere can be no do ubt ho wever th at the enti re reco rd was p resented in the embry o n i c hi st o ry o f Permi an l and Vert eb rata an d fo r a lo ng u e i o d s u l h h i m u s r s a e n t y r c h s t h a s b e e n e e b u a o t t h a t t e t o b p g q w ith the tr ue centrum l ost from the bat rac hi an li ne at least T he o nly ex i sti ng reptil e whi ch co uld be ex pected to S ho w i mpo rtan t t rac es o f the ancest ral o r embolo mero us stage is S ph enodo n Thi s e n u s i s n h s w a s w e ll k o n i s t livi g e t t iv t o r d r r a n r e e n e o f h e e e g p R hy nch oceph ali a the nearest o rd er to t he Th ero mo rph a H avi ng fo rtunately a speci men in al cohol p resented to me by D r H ecto r the ab l e di rec to r o f t he Geolo g i cal S urvey o f N ew Zeal and I exami ned the caud al v erteb ra to d etermi ne the co nnectio ns o f the c h evro n bo nes I find th ese to be attach ed not p ri ncipally to the cent ra but to a cartil agi no us di sc i fo rm i ntercent rum 2 cl o sel rum has so m e n n r e s e bli n th a t o f C r i c ot u T h e i t r c e t s y g much the fo rm i ncl udi ng the ro unded superio r surface and the fo ramen c ho rda do rsali s o f th at o f t he Permi an gen us of Ba trachia as to impress o n me still mo re st ro ng ly t he p rob ab i lity o f t he E mbo l omeri bei ng the bat rac hi an typ e whi ch is ancest ral to the R eptili a A n ill ust rated memoi r o n thi s subj ect is at p resent in p ress T he cent ra difl er much fro m tho se o f C ri cot us in th ei r fo rm resembli ng in o utli ne tho se o f the P elyco sauri a T hey ho wev er have t he verti cal medi an parti al sut ure seen al so in the L acert ili a as al ready d escribed by Gii nther T he caudal vert eb ra are s o r s u a m r s w a r a d lly odifi d a s w ollo w d th e m f w d ho v e r to e e f e o a e g make it probabl e that th ese h alves do not represent any o f the elements o f the rhachito mo us c ol umn b esid es t he t rue cent rum I add that th ere 13 p robably a hypo cent rumpl eural e 1n the cer They b ec o me o ssifiéd vical regio n of t he rhachito mo us Eryop s early wit h t he po sterio r sid e o f the i nt ercent rum in fro nt o f — E D Cope t h em T HE



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— m a m ls Mr S idebotham (Pro c 20 6 1 S oc L o ndo n 1885) O n m f r opo ssum v s a d e t il e d a cc o u t o f h yology t h w t e e a t e e a i g T he di scovery of the wild cat (Fel is Chironectes varieg atus catus) in I rel and is Often repo rted but i nvestigatio n has al way s en Of the S h o wn t hat the suppo sed wild cat was b ut a feral spec i m A l eopard S ki n in whi ch mo st Of the rosettes are do mesti c cat repl aced by bl ack spo t s n um ero us and o f s mall s ize has b een b ro ught fro m S o uth A fri ca and is the fi rst A fri can S peci es whi c h ex hibi ts t he tend ency to mel ani sm so st ro ngly d eveloped m so me dis M r 0 Tho mas (P Z S 1885 A s i atic i ndivid ual s t in g uishes th ree vari eti es o f the ec hid na viz : E law esi aculeata T he o nly remai ni ng recent spec i es Of the family 13 an d setosa ni a l arger ani m al fo und in N o rth western N ew T ag /ossa bruij A new S peci es o f paca (Ca log eny s tacs onowskt) is de G ui nea ann who obtai ned it in West ern Ec uado r wh ere sc ribed by S ulz m feet abov e the sea it i n h abi ts mo untai ns between 6000 and L ike the well k no wn paca it digs a b urro w w i th two openi ngs T he native name is S ac h a cui Ma

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is to poi nt o ut so me o f the mechan i cal co nditio ns and auses w hi ch h ave been co mpetent , in the co urse o f the development of No d evelopment, to b ri ng abo ut t he fo rmatio n o f the amn io n emb ryologi al w riter, as far as I amaware, has ev er att empt ed to t race the amnio n to the part in the emb ryo s o f anamniated fo rms w hi ch led up to its d evelop ment in the amniated o nes Balfo ur “ it does not seem possible to derive it fro m any pre said t h at ” s Co m p m b yol 1 A n d s a y u r t h r E 1 e f e ex i sti ng o rgan h r ( , ‘ o i t m i l t n c T a i n i s h e e r ly d v e lop m e t O f h e d fl i u a e c t , ( p y ” t he h ead fol d o f t he amn io n Bal fo ur s vi ew th at it is develop ed a r i passu wi th the o utg ro wth o f t he all antoi s, is ut terly inade p u e e n h a t t o x pl i t g e e s i io o f i s c t s o r h a t f a e n s h e m n n n e t o o f t a q P er rpatus edwardsii and P torquatus for in th em no all antoi s is H is hypot hesi s also b reaks do wn in the light Of the fo rmed b rilli ant research es of S el enk a o n the i nv ersio n o f the l ay ers in t he R od enti a A co mpari so n o f the lo ngit udi nal , vert i al di ag rammat i sec t io ns, fig ures A and B o f an o sseo us fish eg g and a mammali a o v um respe tively , will .

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between the yolk y and the so matopl eure l eavi ng the ce lo mi c s p ace c whi ch has b een derived di rectly in the osseo us fish emb ryo fro m the c l eavage cavity of the egg We th us find t hat the preé x isting st ruct ure fro m whi ch the amnioti c fold s are fo rmed in the high er types is al ready p resent in the emb ryo s o f osseo us fi sh es T he nex t i mpo rtant poi nt to d emo nstrate is at wh at grad e in t he phyl um o f t he Cho rdata t races o f amnioti c folds fi rst appear and wh ether such rudi ments o f an amnio n are al s o fo und in the emb ryo s o f osseo us fi s hes G l anc i n g at A it will be seen th at th ere are rudi mentary amn i ’ oti c head and tai l fold s developed at a and a and th at we th ere fo re h ave t rac es Of an amnio n appeari ng fo r the fi rst ti me in Thi s is not universal emb ryo s o f t he g rade o f o sseoas fi sh es ho wever fo r it is fo und th at in speci es in whi ch the zo na radi ata 2 do es no t clo sely i n vest the ov um the emb ryo E is no t p ressed do wn i nto the V it ell us so as to rai se the so matopleure s i nto a fol d o r d upli cat ure aro und t he ends and alo ng the S i des o f T he zo na i nvests the ov um mo re o r l ess clo sely in the emb ryo al mo st all Tel eo st s b ut in a few A lo sa fo r ex ampl e it does no t an d in t hi s s pec i es n c t races o f amn ioti c fol ds are ever d eveloped T he emb ryo is d i fferently co nditio ned in t ho se eggs w i th the zo na fi tti n g closely aro und the ov um fro m tho se in whic h th ere is a g reat spac e aro un d t he egg and b etween the l atter and t he zo na T he i nference th erefo re is th at in the fi rst case t he em bryo E is p ressed do wn mechani cally i nto the yolk by the p res ence ex ternally Of the rigi d zo na A s the emb ryo E g ro ws and the yolk s ubstance o f the ov um is co nverted i nto it t he l att er is It is th us repl aced in the space wi thi n t he zo na by the emb ryo rend ered evi dent t h at i n t ho se types Of tel eo st ean o va with a c lo sely fitti ng zo na the rudi mentary amnioti c folds whi ch are fo rmed aro und the emb ryo h ave b een mech ani cally caused by t he I f we rigi d zo na in t he p resence pf the active fo rces o f g ro wth ex ami ne the mech ani cal co nditio ns under w hi ch t he eggs Of sti ll higher fo rms are placed we will find the same reaso ni ng t o h o l d W e are t hus it seems obliged to co ncl ude that the amnio n in all fo rms has ari sen in co nse uence Of the fo rces Of g ro wth resid en t in the emb ryo enco unteri ng periph eral and ex ternal resi stance eith er in t he fo rm Of a rigid o uter eg g sh ell zo na radi ata s o r dec i dua reflexa dr o r even the wall s o f the uteri ne cavi ty itsel f suppo si ng o f co urse th at a l arge vesi c ular b lastoderm con tai ni ng yolk has been fo rmed by epiboly T he gap b et ween the truly epi cyemate emb ryo as seen in A lo sa and the endo cy emate emb ryo o f t he Parath eri a an d E uth eri a is therefo re partly b ridg ed by t he p resence of a rud i mentary amnio n o r amnioti c folds in many tel eostean emb ryo s j ust p rio r to thei r escape fro m the eggs o r wh ere the zo na is r up t ured Wh en thi s o ccurs the amnio ti c folds vani sh as in t he em b ryos o fmany ofthe S almonida fo r example and a closed amn i ,

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Fig B I n the ov um o f the g uinea pig the obliteratio n o f the umbili cal vesi cl e y is carri ed still farth er than in Fig F because the hypo ’ blasti c l ayer hy next to the layer 01 is absent and the hypobl as t lyi ng j ust under the emb ryo is b ro ug ht i nto i mmedi ate co ntact with the lay er ol th us givi ng ri se to the ill us io n that a co mpl ete inv ers io n o f the pri mary emb ryo ni c lay ers has o cc urred I say il lus io n because there has b een no act ual i nversio n o f the pri mary l ayers fo r the l atter h ave been merely shoved to the oppo s it e ryo n i c m e o f a t e r e ol t h e gg s i to o n t c t ith e l a y h b e e n c a w t h e r w p develop ment has p roceeded in the no rmal way bei ng mod ified o nly by the di spl acement w hi c h the germi nal area has suf fered in rel atio n to the oth er essenti al part s o f t he ov um It is as if the germi nal pol e o f the blastod ermi c vesi cl e had b eco me co ncave i nstead o f co nvex and coll apsed i nwards agai nst the i nside o f its lower pol e the wall s o f whi ch co ns i st o f the hypob last o f the — f in erio r pol e o f t he umbili cal ves i cl e mesentero n and the o uter l ayer T he di ffi c ulti es whi ch Bal fo ur speaks of h ave I hOpe b een sati s facto rily cl eared away by w h at has b een sai d abov e and a ratio nal and co nnec ted hypo th esi s as to t he gen es i s o f t he amn io n fi rmly establi sh ed I am aware th at many Obj ectio ns may be urged agai nst the vi ews h ere p ropo und ed but I can not thi n k th at / any oth er vi ew o f the case w ill so sat i sfacto rily rec o ncil e and rdinate the facts i nvol ved co O To those who tak e a philosophi cal vi ew Of such subj ects it will be Obvio us th at the ded uctio ns h ere reac h ed giv e but littl e co unt enance to the id ea th at amn ioti c c har acters can be al ways p rofit ably used in tax o no my at l east n ot until the fo rces whi ch h av e led to th ei r d ev elopment are b ett er und erstood On the th eo ry o f the develop ment o f d evelop ment the ex t reme mo difi catio n o f t he amnio n o f so me o f the R o denti a wo ul d cause the l at ter to tak e high er rank th an the Pri mates b ecause as S ho wn in Fig F the p ri mary amnioti c cavi ty beco mes divided and a relatively large fal se amnioti c cavity f remai ns j ust under the s uspenso r s and s h ut o fl fro m the t rue amn ioti c cavity ac by the i nt erven i ng sero us env elope se the ca lo mic s pac e c an d the so matopl eural roo f o f ac S uch reaso ni ng ho wever is o bvi o us ly no t l egiti m ate in the light o f the above mec h ani cal hypo t h esi s o f the g enesi s o f the amnio n To b ri efly summarize we find that the fi rst t races o f amnioti c fol ds met wi th in the emb ryo s of the lower types o f Ch o rdata are caused by t he res i stance fro m witho ut Offered to the g rowth o f the emb ryo by a rigi d zo na radi ata I n such types the amn i o ti c folds are t rans ito ry and d isappear at the ti me the zo na is rupt ured A ft er a l arger yolk has been ac ui red the emb ryo un dergo es a lo ng er perio d o f i ntra oval dev elop ment so th at the period o f the e r s s s n t n f u r e e c e r i e i c i ti old p od d b o p olo g d o a r s f e a t h e m n o s e c f p ,

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W ith the in crease in the size o f the emb ryo in th ese l arg e yolked fo rms it is fi nally th rust dow n i n to a saccul ar i nvol utio n o f t he b last oderm the lips o f the op en i ng o f whi ch meet over the b ac k o f the em b ryo wh ere they coal esce the o uter li mb of the d upli c a t u re gi ving rise even t ually to the sero us env elo pe an d the i nner t o the roo f o f the amnioti c cavi ty I n tho se typ es whi c h h ave the r m s s a s e r f h e u i r y y pp tly i v t d pi i g o th t l a e r a a n n e h d r w o a r e r t e n p s n o r u s r e f r e r e a t m w s p o c io ly i v gi n t g i l i a d b o c n a e s h e e r n a a r e n e a p t he emb ryo is d isti nctly d eveloped s o th at it is not fo rmed in its u s ual o r no rmal po sitio n Th ese ex t reme modi ficatio ns were no t ss u o e n r h w ibl til t lo ood yolk hi h ho lo a f e t e s s f h e f a f t r w c a l e o t p b las tod ermi c vesi c l e still co nti nued to develop fill ed with a thi n T he alb umi no us o r sero us fl ui d i nstead Of a d ense yolk mat eri al t en d ency o f the euth eri an ov um to fo rm a l arg e hollo w bl asto d ermi c vesi cl e o r bl ast ula is do ubtl ess an i n h eri tanc e t ransmi tted fr o m a parath eri an so urce T he bo dily i nvagi natio n o f the whol e emb ryo and the mo re o r l ess co mpl ete obliteratio n o f the cavit y bili cal v es i cl e by the rapid gro wth o f the enl argi ng o f the um a mn io n wo uld be readily acco mpli sh ed in the co urse o f the d evelop ment o f the euth eri an ov um -

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Pari naud wo rki ng i nd ependently h ave c o n c l ud ed th at vi s ual sensatio ns i nvol ve t wo di s ti nct ki nd s o f sthe s iologi cal p ro c esses h e y o e n satio ns o f o ne ki nd are t h S p p ” and i nvol ve l umi no us sensatio ns p ure and s i mpl e merely t ic T he oth er sensa d i sc ri mi nati ng light in di sti nctio n to d ark ness “ vi sual and are necessary to the perceptio n o f t i o ns are t ruly T he fi rst ki nd o f c o lo r o f fo rm and to di sti nct ness o f vi s io n sensatio n is suppli ed b y the ex c i tement o f the rod s o f the reti na ” t h ro ug h the ch emi cal d is i nt eg ratio n o f the vi s ual p urpl e whi ch is fo und in th ei r o uter seg ment s T he po wer o f givi n g ri se to the s ec o nd ki nd o f sensatio ns is c o nfi ned to t he reti nal co nes whi ch w ho lly c o mpose the bacill ary l ayer o f the fovea cent rali s but w hi ch relatively d ecrease in n umb er w i th reference to the rods as Pari naud d ecl ares th at the i ncreas e w e rec ede fro m thi s area all di fferences o f l umi no sity o f sens i bility o f the reti na to sm w hen the amo unt o f obj ec tive light is ex t remely s mall is co n fined .

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o uts ide the fovea cent rali s Thi s i ncrease o f sensi b ility is p ropo rtio nat ely greater to ward the mo re refran gibl e rays Thi s fact affects the to ne o f colo rs an d o n acco unt o f it the l umi c l rs i s n s r e a n o o i d p s c e a t h e t e x e e nos ity o f (the more refran gibl e P ) T he reader may be remi nded as an i nterest o f th ei r sat uratio n ing co nfi rmatio n o f thi s vi ew th at wh en alternate cir cl es pai nt ed bl ue and red are look ed at in ob scurity the fo rmer appear l u mi Vi sual p urple is bl each ed by light and n o us and the l atter black is regenerated und er the i nfl uence o f the pig mentary l ayer o f the I n th ese facts we h ave an ex pl anatio n o f t he reti na in t he d ark — vari ed sensibility toward light Of d ifferent int ensiti es Comptes to

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C I R C UL A T I ON 1N GA NGL 1ON curio us d is covery if it be co n fi rmed is t hat ann o unced by A d amki ew i cz nerve ganglio n cell s co ncerni ng the s upply o f blood to In his researc h es o n the blood vessel s o f the spi nal co rd the autho r fo un d th at the ri chness in capill ari es was d i rectly propo rtio nal to H is mo re speci al i nv estigatio ns o f the n umb er o f nerve cell s th i s rel atio n were made o n the i nt erverteb ral gangli a tak en fro m i nj ected an i mal s T he nerve cell s co mpos i ng th ese gang lia are each i nclo sed in a co nnecti ve ti s s ue caps ul e li ned by fl attened T he nerve cell s and h avi n g two t ub ul ar p rolo n gatio ns fro m it attened cell s and po s cell itsel f is i nclo sed in a speci al sac o f fl sesses t wo p rolo ngatio ns whi ch reach o ut i nto tho se o f t he Bet ween the l atter cap s urro undi ng co nnective ti ss ue caps ul e y space and th ere is al so a much s ul e and the cell is a rath er roo m narro wer o ne bet ween the s ub stance Of the cell and its o wn epi T he art eri al blood enters by an afleren t vessel thelial coveri ng i nto t he peri cell ul ar space and l eaves it by a much narro wer T he bloo d th us s urro und s the cell un der p ress ure erent v essel efl and its li ui d po rtio ns pass activ ely by o smo si s i nto t he s ubs tance o f t he c ell it sel f in the cent re o f whi c h t h ey are received by an Thi s empty space is n othi ng el se th an wh at has so empty space lo ng b een regarded as the n ucl eus o f the cell Thi s space belo n gs to the veno us sy stem w ith whi ch it is in co nnectio n by a mi nute vessel h avi ng its o wn proper wall A solid body hi th erto call ed t he n ucl eol us is suspend ed fi x ed in the cen tre of the nuc l ear u 8 8 2 s n 1 s d t e e 8 6 R cavity Com 5 p p T HE

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PA S T EU E S M ET H OD FOR T H E PR EV EN rrON OF H Y D R OPH OBI A I n the Comptes R endus fo r Octob er 1885 is the l atest repo rt of ’ Pasteur s ex peri ments upo n the prophyl ax i s Of hyd rophobi a T he follo w i ng is an o utli ne o f his p ro ced ure : Wh en a small parti cl e oclle r abi ue is o f the S pi nal c o rd o f a dog dead fro m rabi es (m q ) placed under the d ura mater o f a rabbi t the ani mal al ways fall s a victim to h yd rophobi a after a perio d o f i nc ubatio n w hi ch l ast s Wh en vi rus fro m the fi rst rabbit is t ransferred so m e fi fteen days in the same way to a seco nd and, after the period o f i nc ubatio n is ’

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J cro wd ed sitti ng o f t he biologi cal sectio n o f t he Briti sh A sso ci atio n S ir Joh n L ubbo c k read a paper in w hi ch he gave so me i nteresti ng n otes o n the i ntelligence o f the dog T he man and t he dog he sai d h av e li ved togeth er in mo re o r l ess i n ti m ate ass oc i atio n fo r many tho usand s Ofyears and y et it must he co nfessed that th ey k no w co mparati vely lit tl e o fo ne an oth er Th at the dog is a loyal t rue and affectio nate fri en d mu st be g ratefully ad mi tted b ut w h en we co me to c o nsid er the psy chi cal nature o f the ani mal the l i mits I h ave else o f o ur k n o w l edge are al mo st i mmedi at ely reach ed w h ere s uggested th at thi s ari ses very much fro m the fact t h at hit herto we h ave t ri ed to teac h an i mal s rath er th an to l earn fro m — th em to co nvey o ur i deas to th em rath er th an to d evi se any lan g uage o r cod e o f sig nals by means o f whi ch th ey might co mmu T he fo rmer may be mo re i mpo rtan t fro m a n i cate th ei rs to us utili tari an poi nt Of vi ew tho ugh even thi s is uestio nabl e but psy Under th ese ci rcumstances c ho lo g ically it is far l ess i nteresti n g it o cc ured to me wh eth er so me s uch system as that follo wed w ith deaf mut es and especi ally by D r Ho we wi th L aura Bridg man migh t no t prove v ery i nst ructive if adapted to the case o f dogs I h av e tri ed t hi s in a s mall way with a black poodl e named V an I took t wo pi eces o f card b o ard abo ut ten i nch es by th ree i nch es ” and o n o n e o f th em p ri nted in l arge l etters t he w o rd food l eav ing t he o th er bl ank I th en pl aced t wo cards over two saucers ” and in the o ne un der t he foo d card put a li tt l e b read and mil k whi c h V an after h avi ng his attentio n call ed to t he card was allo wed to eat T hi s was repeated over and over agai n till he had had en o ugh I n abo ut ten d ays he b eg an to di sti ng ui sh between the I t hen put t hem o n t he floo r and made him b ri ng t wo cards t hem to me w hi ch he did readily eno ugh W h en he b ro ugh t the pl ai n card I si mply th rew it bac k while when he b ro ught the ” food card I gave him a pi ece Of b read and in abo ut a mo nth he had p retty well l earned to realize t he di fference I thc n had ” “ ” so m e o th er cards p ri nt ed with the wo rd s o ut bo ne tea ” wat er spelt pho neti cally so as no t to t ro ubl e him by o ur i ntri cate sp elli n g an d a certai n n umber al so w i t h wo rd s to whi c h I “ did no t i nten d him to attach any s ig nifi cance s uch as n o ug ht ” pl ai n b all &c V an soo n learnt th at b ri ngi n g a card was a re uest and soo n l earned to di sti ng ui sh bet ween the pl ai n and p ri nted card s it took him lo nger to realize the di fference b et ween w o rds but he g rad ually got to recog niz e sev eral such as food o ut bo ne tea & c I f he was ask ed w h eth er he wo uld l ik e to go o ut fo r a walk he wo uld j oy ful ly fish up the o ut card c hoo s i n g it fro m several oth ers and b ri ng it to me o r run with it 1n evid ent t ri umph to the doo r I need h ardly say th at t he card s were not al ways put in the same pl aces They were vari ed uite i ndi s N o r c o uld the criminately an d in a g reat vari ety o f po sitio ns .

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d o g rec o g n iz e th emby scent Th ey were all alik e and all co n t i n ually han dl ed by us S ti ll I did n o t t rust to th at alo ne b ut had a n umber p ri nted fo r each w o rd Wh en fo r i nstance he b ro ught a card with fo od o n it , we d id not put do wn the same i denti cal c ard but an other beari n g t he same wo rd wh en he had b ro ught t hat a thi rd th en a fo urth and so o n Fo r a s i n gl e meal t h ere fo re, eighteen o r t wenty card s w o uld be used so t hat he evi dently is n o t g uid ed by sc ent N O o ne who has seen him look do wn a r o w o f card s an d pi ck up the o n e he want ed c o uld I th i n k do ubt t hat in b ri ngi ng a card he feel s he is maki n g a re uest and th at h e can not o nly di sti ng ui sh on e card fro m anoth er, but al so asso c i at e t he wo rd and t he obj ect Thi s is , o f o urse o nly a b egi n n i n g but it is I v ent ure to thi n k s uggesti ve and might be car ried furth er tho ugh t he li mited wan ts and E spi ratio ns o f the M y wi fe has a very b eauti ful an imal s co n sti t ute a g reat di ffic ulty an d c h armi ng c olli e Pati ence to wh i ch we are much att ach ed T hi s dog was o ften in t he roo m wh en V an b ro ught the food card, and was reward ed w ith a pi ece o f b read S he must h ave seen thi s tho usan d s o f ti m es and she begged in the usual manner, b ut never o nce did it occ ur to her to b ri ng a card S he did not I th en t o uc h o r i ndeed even tak e the s ilg htest noti ce o f th em t ried t he follo wi ng ex peri ment : I prepared six card s abo ut ten — r n s s n i i c he by th ree i nch e , a d colo ed n pai rs two yello w two b l ue two o ran ge I put t h ree o f them o n the floo r and th en h ol d i ng up o ne of t he oth ers end eavo red to teach V an to b ri ng me the d upli cate That is to say th at if the bl ue was h eld up he s ho ul d fet ch the co rrespo ndi n g colo r fro m t he floo r ; if y ello w , he s h o uld f etch t he y ello w and so o n Wh en he b ro ugh t t he wro n g c ard he was m ade to d rop it , and ret urn fo r anoth er till he b ro ught T he les t he right o ne, wh en he was reward ed w i th a li tt l e foo d s s s s s Wendl and an d s o n s were generally given by m a i t a n t M i y lasted hal f an ho ur, d uri n g whi c h ti me he b ro ught the right card o n an average abo ut t wen ty five ti mes I certai n ly tho ught th at h e wo uld soo n h ave g rasped wh at was ex pec ted o f him But no W e co nti nued the l esso ns fo r nearly th ree mo nth s, but ; as a few day s were mi ssed , we may say ten week s , and yet at the end o f t he t i me I cannot say th at V an appeared to h av e the l east id ea w hat was ex pected o f him It seemed a matt er o f p ure acc i dent w h ich card he b ro ug ht There is I b eli eve no reaso n to do ubt t hat do gs can di sti ng ui s h colo rs ;but as it was j ust po ssibl e th at V an might be colo r bli nd , we th en repeated the same ex peri ment , o nly s ubs t it uti ng fo r the colo red card s o thers m ark ed repectively I , II Thi s we co nti nued fo r anot her th ree mo nth s, o r say all ow and I II i ng fo r i ntermi ssio n ten week s, but to my s urp ri se enti rely w i tho ut s uc es s I was rath er di sappoi nted at t hi s, as, if it had succeed ed , t he pl an wo uld h ave o pened o ut many i nteresti ng li n es o f i n ui ry S till in s u h a ase, o ne o ught not to wi sh for o ne result mo re t han another, as o f o urse the obj ect o f all such ex peri ment s is .

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li it the t ruth and o ur result in the p resent case tho ugh negative is v ery i nteresti ng I do not ho wever reg ard it as by any means co ncl usive and sho uld be gl ad to see it re h sult p ro ved to be the S ame it wo uld certain l y I f e r e a t e d t e p i mply very litt l e po wer o f co mbi ni ng even extremely si mpl e ideas I then end eavo red to get so me i nsigh t i nto the arith meti cal c o n d i tio n o f the dog s mi nd On thi s subj ect I h ave b een abl e to fi n d b ut littl e in any o f the s tandard wo rks o n the i ntelligence o f an i mal s Co nsideri ng ho wever the very li mi ted po wers o f savag e — men in thi s respect th at no A ustralian l ang uage for i nstance c o nt ai ns n umerals ev en up to fo ur n o A ust rali an b ei ng abl e to — we cann ot be s urp ris ed co un t his own fi n gers even o n o ne h an d if oth er ani mal s h ave mad e but lit tl e p rog ress S till it is s urp ris ing t h at s o littl e attentio n sho uld h ave b een di rected to thi s s ub e e roy who tho ugh he ex p resses the Opi n io n th at h c t L t e n a j ” t ure o f the so ul o f ani mal s is uni mpo rtant was an ex cell en t Ob server mentio ns a case in w hi ch a man was an x io us to shoot a To d eceive thi s s uspi cio us bi rd the pl an was hit upo n o f cro w sendi n g two men to the was h ho use o ne o f who m p assed o n w hil e the o th er remai ned ; but the cro w co unted and kept her d is tance T he nex t day th ree went and agai n she perc eived t h at o nly two reti red I n fine it was fo und necessary to sen d five o r S ix men to t he watc h ho use to put her o ut in her c al c ul atio n T he c ro w thi nki n g th at thi s numb er o f men had passed by l o s t F ro m thi s he i nferred th at cro ws co uld no ti me in ret urn i ng co unt up to fo ur L i chten b erg ment io ned a n ighti n gal e whi c h Ev ery day he gave it t h ree meal was said to c o unt up to th ree wo rms o ne at a ti me ; w hen it had fi n i sh ed o ne it ret urned fo r I do an oth er but after the t hi rd it k new th at the feast was over n o t fin d t hat any o f the recent wo rk s o n the i ntelligen ce o f an i mal s ei ther Buch ner o r Peitz o r R o manes in eith er Of his boo k s give any addi t io nal evid ence o n thi s part of the s ubj ect Th ere are ho wever vario us scattered noti ces Th ere is an amus i ng and sug s tive remark in M r Galto n s i nt erest i ng N arrat ive o f an Explo rer e g in T ropi cal S o uth A fri ca A fter describi ng the D amara s weak ness in cal c ul atio ns he says : Once while I wat ch ed a D amara flo underi ng hopelessly in a cal cul atio n o n o ne s ide o f me I observed Di nah my spani el e ually embarrassed o n the o ther ; she was o verlooki n g h al f a doz en Of her new bo rn p uppi es whi ch had b een remo ved two o r th ree ti mes fro m her an d her anx i ety was ex cessive as she t ri ed to find o ut if th ey were all p resent o r if any were still mi ss i ng S he k ept p uzzli n g and runni ng her eyes over th em b ack ward s an d fo rward s but S he evid ently had a v ag ue notio n o f co uld no t sati sfy h ersel f Taki ng the c o unti n g b ut the fig ure was too l arge fo r her b rai n t wo as t hey s tood dog and D amara the co mpari s o n refl ected no ” g reat ho no r o n t he man But even if Di nah had b een cl ear o n t hi s s ubj ec t it migh t be said th at she k new each p uppy personal e c

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lli es are sai d to kno w sh eep T he same remark appli es e n e m r o s s a lly a n i l s a n d th i yo n g w a n f o i n t n e t a e r r a c e a r u S g s aid to k no w di rect ly if o ne o f th ei r cyg net s is mi ssi ng but it is r a t s e e b bl th a t h y k o e h yo g bi d i ivid lly Thi o n a c u n r n d u a e w x p n l a a n a s f s w e ss s c r n tio ppli ith l o to e gg A o di g to e r c t h c a e o f e c e p my bi rd nesti ng recoll ectio ns whi ch I h ave refresh ed by mo re r ecen t ex peri enc e if a nest c o ntai ns fo ur eggs o ne m ay safely be t aken ; but if t wo are removed the bi rd g enerally d eserts H ere t hen it wo uld seem as if we had so me reaso n fo r suppo si n g th at t here is s ufl icient i ntelligence to di sti ng ui sh th ree fro m fo ur A n i n teresti ng c o nsid eratio n ri ses with reference to the n umber o f the v i cti ms allo tted t o eac h cell by the solit ary wasp s A mmophil a u n u o n o gh c o n sid ers o ne large caterpill ar o f N octura se e t m e e ; g S pec i es o f Eumenes s uppli es its yo un g w i t h five vi cti ms ; ano th er T he n umber appears to t en fi fteen and even up to t wenty fo ur b e co nstant in each speci es H o w do es the i nsec t k no w wh en h er task is fulfill ed ? N o t by the cell b ei ng fill ed fo r if s o me be removed she do es no t replace th em When she has b ro ught her c o mpl em ent she c o ns id ers her task acco mpli sh ed wheth er the victi ms are still th ere o r no t H ow th en do es she k no w wh en s he has m ad e up the n umb er t wenty fo ur ? Perh aps it will be sai d th at each spec i es feel s so m e mysterio us and i nnat e tend ency t o p rovid e a certai n n umb er o f vi cti ms Thi s wo uld under n o c i rc umstances be any ex pl anatio n but it is not in acco rdanc e w ith I n the g enus (Eumenes) the mal es are much small er t he facts than t he femal es N o w in the hive bees h umbl e b ees wasps and erence occ urs but w h ere the yo un g o t her i nsects w h ere s uc h a difl are di rectly fed it is of co urse obvio us th at the uanti ty can be rtio ned to the ap etite o f the g rub u sects wi th the B t n i ro po n i p p habits o f Eumenes and A mmophil a the case is di fferent b ecause t he foo d is sto red up o nce fo r all N ow it is evid ent th at if a female g rub was s uppl i ed with o nly food en o ugh fo r a mal e she w o uld starve to d eat h ; w hil e if a male g rub were given en o ugh fo r a femal e it w o ul d h ave too much N o s uch was te however I n s o me mysterio us man ner the moth er k no ws wh eth er occ urs t he eg gs will p rod uce a mal e o r femal e g rub and appo rtio ns t he speci es h u a n t i o f oo o di n gly h do n o c h a n g e e t d f a c r e e s t t c S q y o r size o f her p rey ; but if t he eg g is mal e she s uppli es five if Does she co unt C ertai nly thi s seems very femal e ten vi cti ms lik e a co mmencement o f arith meti c A t t he same ti me it wo uld be very des i rabl e to h ave additi o nal evidence how far the n umber Co nsideri ng ho w much has been written on is really c o nstan t inst i nct it seems surp ri s i n g th at so li ttl e attentio n has b een di rect ed to thi s part o f t he subj ect One w o uld fancy t hat th ere i culty in d etermi ni ng ho w far an an i mal Ought to be no g reat difl co uld c o un t ;and w h eth er for i nst ance it co ul d realize s o me very pl e s um s uc h as th at two and two mak e fo ur But when we si m co m e t o c o nsid er ho w thi s is to be do n e the p robl em ceases to

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ppear so s i mpl e W e t ri ed o ur dogs by p utti ng a p iece o f b read b efo re th em and p revented th em fro m to uch i n g it until we had To prevent o urselves fro mun i n tentio nally givi ng c o un ted seven any i ndi catio n we used a met ro n o me (the i nst rument used fo r givi ng ti me wh en p racti ci n g the pi ano fo rte) and to make the beat s mo re evid ent we attach ed a sl ender rod to the pend ul um I t certai nly seemed as if o ur dog s k new wh en the mo ment o f per mi ssio n had arrived ; b ut th ei r movement o f taki ng the b read was M o re atter b eyo nd a do ubt scarcely so d efi n ite as to pl ace the m over dogs are so very ui ck in seizi ng any i ndi catio n gi ven th em even uni n tentio nally th at o n the w hol e t he attempt was no t sat I was the mo re di sco urag ed fro m c o nti nu isfacto ry to my mi n d ing t he exp eri men t in t hi s man ner by an acco un t M r H uggi ns gav e me o f a very i ntelligent do g b elo ngi ng to him A number o f cards were pl ac ed o n t he g ro und n umb ered res pect ively 1 2 sk ed : the s uare e d s n u t 1 u s tio n i s t h n a a n o o 0 A e o 3 p — x u e M r H ggi n s p i n t d o root o f 9 o r 16 o r suc h a s um as 6 2 5 3 co nsec utiv ely to t he card s and t he dog bark ed w h en he came t o N o w M r H uggi ns did no t co nscio usly give the t he right o ne dog any S ig n yet so ui ck was the dog in seizi ng the sli g htest i ndi catio n th at he was able to gi ve the c o rrect answer Thi s oh servatio n seems to me o f g reat i nterest in co nn ectio n wi t h the so “ tho ught readi ng call ed N o o ne I s uppo se w ill i magi ne th at ” th ere was in thi s case any tho ugh t readi ng in the sense in w hi ch thi s w o rd is used by M r Bi shop and o th ers Evidentl y Kepl er seized upo n the slight i n di catio n un i ntentio nally g iven by M r H uggi ns T he ob servatio n however S ho ws the great di fficulty o f the subj ect I h ave vent ured to b ri ng thi s uestio n b efo re the sectio n partly bec ause I sh al l be so muc h obliged if any l ady o r g entle man p resent will favo r me w ith any s uggestio n s and partly in hope o f i nduci n g oth ers w ith mo re l ei s ure and oppo rt un i ty to carry o n si mil ar Ob servatio ns w hi c h I cannot but thi n k must l ead to — i nteresti ng res ults Eng lish M echanic a

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— A meri can S OME M OOT PO1NT s 1N A M ER I C A N A R C H E OL OGY archa o lo g ical sci ence tho ugh co nti n uo us ly g at heri ng s t rength is neverth el ess in a sense st ill far fro m manly d evelop ment Th ere are cel eb rated i n st i t utio n s g uardi n g w i th j ealo us care obj ect s o f i nesti mabl e w o rth ;preé minen t amo ng th ese the A meri can A nti u a rian S o ci ety (to c o mmen ce w i th t he old est m ith s o i h n t e a n S q ) I nsti tutio n the Peabody M useum the A meri can M useum o f N at ural H xsto ry the D avenpo rt A cad emy o f S ci ences as well as tho se at C inci nnati and S t L o ui s ; th ere are small er i nstit utio ns w ho se coll ect io ns are o f al mo s t e ual val ue to those abo ve men tioned and p ri vate museums fill ed wi th the ri c h est materi al .

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N ascs ur H tsr onoc tcar ologi cal materi al fo r the mi c roto me and the mi cro s ope, o ur hoi ce o f p reservative fl uid s d epend s o n the advantages o flered in th ree p ri ncipal di rectio ns W e i n ui re fi rst o f all wh at reagent, o r c o mbi natio n o f reagents, will b est p reserv e the nat ural form, We next end eavo r to as ertai n r elations and i nter n al str ucture whi ch o f the fl uid s appeari ng to sati sfy the fi rst poi n t w ill l eav e the p reparat io n in the most favo rable co nditio n fo r sectio ni ng ; and, fi nally , we h ave to o nsider the difermtiating capacity o f the fl uids , and the co nditio ns under whi ch the high est di fferential Thi s h i g hly i mpo rtant uality, whi ch effects can be obtai ned b elo ngs, in varyi ng deg ree, to all h ardeni ng an d stai ni ng reagents, serves t wo g eneral p urpo ses , o ne o f whi ch is p urely hi stologi cal I n the o ne case, the aim is to the o th er st ri ctly emb ryologi cal sh arp en the d efi n itio n o f i n divid ual el ement s, and to st rengt h en hi stologi al di sti nctio ns ; in the o th er, the obj ect is to demo n st rate tho se s ubtl e an d i mp erceptibl e differences in the constitu tio n o f emb ryo ni c cell s, whi ch furn i sh the earli est premo nitio ns o f th ei r hi stologi cal desti ny T he h i stologi st deal s with the fi rst the emb ryologi st must deal w i th both cl ass o f di s ti n ctio ns T he emb ry ologi st cannot st op w ith t he st udy o f st ructure and topo g raphi cal rel atio ns, as th ey exi st in any p art i cul ar stage ; he is co m pell ed to follo w t he enti re d evelop mental hi sto ry of the cell s , fro m th ei r mo st i ndi fferen t up to th ei r mo st highly sp eci al ized o nditio n Begi nni ng wi th materi al mo re or l ess ho mogeneo us in as pect , he fi n ds it necessary to fo restall d evelopment , and seek s to b ri ng o ut di sti nctio ns th at h ave not yet ripened i nto morpho '

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logi cal defi nition I n sho rt his task is no l ess th an th at o f dis coveri ng by c h em i cal means p ro mo rphologi cal co nditio ns whi ch shall reveal the desti natio n o f cell s b efo re nat ure has given th em any d efi n ite h istologi cal stamp T he means th at sufl i ce to d emo n st rate fully fo rm ed ti ss ue el ements are no t al ways id enti cal w ith those re ui red in t raci n g th ei r hi stogeneti c dev elop ment A s yet we k n o w very litt l e abo ut the capacity o fdi fferent p reservative fl uids in the very i mpo rtant w o rk o f dev elopi ng nascent hi stologi cal di sti nctio ns It is o ften at the ex pense o f much ti me and pati ence that reagents are fo und whi ch co mbi ne the fi rst two ualifi catio ns we h ave mentio ned and the ex peri ment er who has been so far s uccess ful too fre uently fl atters hi msel f th at he has reach ed the high est run g in the l add er o f tech ni cal bli ss if his preparatio ns admit o f b ei n g s li ced lik e ch eese o r cartil age But o ne re ui res n o v ery l arg e amo unt o f k no wl edge o f the ai ms and ex pe ri cuce i n the ways and m eans o f emb ryologi cal research in o rd er to un derstand th at the i nvestigato r s art does not c ul mi nate in sectio ns o f ch eese lik e ho mogeneity To be abl e th ro ugh seri al secti o n s to lay bare each i ndi vid ual cell o f a c o mpli cat ed o rgan ism is c ertai nly a g reat t ri umph in mi croto my ; but s uc h a feat may be as it not i nfre uently has b een acco mpl i sh ed wi tho ut leadi ng t o any i mpo rtant results and si mply b ecause the method s o f p rep aratio n h ave not been sel ected w i th a vi ew to sec ure the need ed d i fferenti al effect s H av in g defi ned a S peci al aim in the use o f emb ryologi cal met hods it remai ns o nly to co nsid er the p racti cal si de o f the s ub j ect T he d iflerential eflects of most p reservative fl uids wh en used singly are ext rem ely weak and o ft en uite i napprec i abl e To be o f servi c e th ey must be st rengt h ened o r rei n fo rced by s o m e h ap py co mbi nat io n o f reagents di scov erabl e o nly by ex p eri ment D if ferential results are generally so ught fo r t h ro ugh metalli c i mp reg natio ns an d th ro ugh vario us method s o f stai n i ng as do ubl e stai n i n g multipl e stai n i n g overstai ni n g follo wed by parti al d ecol o ratio n etc But I am not aware that s uch means alo ne are s uf ficient fo r the spec i al p urpose under co ns id eratio n I n o rd er to demonst rate di fferences no t o f fo rm but o f mol ecul ar co nstit u tio n t he fo undatio n fo r the desi red eflects m ust be l aid in the pro cess o f h ard en i n g S tai n i ng reagents may th en serve to co mpl ete the wo rk n ex ampl e o f wh at may be ac co mpli sh ed in thi s way I w ill A s a gi ve b ri efly my ow n ex peri ence wi th osmi c aci d and the so call ed Merk el s fl ui d whi ch is a mi xt ure in eq ual part s o f ch ro mi c ac id p c ) and o f pl ati num chlo ride p I h ave t ested th ese reag en ts w ith th ree di fferent cl asses o f eggs an d h ave obtai ned im s ults s o m e f w a o t o hi c h h v e l dy b n p bli h e d s r e a r e a e e u n I n r t a p the case o f pel agi c fish eggs wi t h whi c h my fi rst ex peri ments were mad e t he method o f p ro c ed ure is as follo ws : T he eggs wi th a lit tle sea water are pl aced in a wat c h gl ass then by the aid o f a pi .

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p ette a uantity of o smi c acid p c ) e ual (as nearly as one can j udge) to th at o f the sea water is add ed A t the end o f fro mfive to ten mi n utes the eggs are was h ed ui ckly in cl ean wat er and t rans ferred to a ch ro me pl ati numsol utio n di fferi n g fromMerk el s mix l t ure o nly in h avi ng a high er per cent o f chro mic ac id wh ere they may remai n fro m o ne to t h ree days A fter thi s t reat ment the bl asto derm may be easily freed fro m the yolk and after a thor o ugh washi ng in cl ear wat er fo r a n umber o f ho urs the prepara tio n may be passed th ro ugh the usual g rad es o f al cohol stai ned T he o smi c ac i d fi x es the and sectio n ed o r mo unt ed in toto n at ural fo rm an d st ruct ural feat ures o f the eg g perfectly and the mi x t ure o f ch ro mi c acid and pl ati num chlo ri de co mpl etes the wo rk o f h ardeni ng and at the same ti me removes much o f the bro wn o r bl ack colo r i mparted by the fi rst reagent I h ave t ri ed vario us oth er reagents aft er t he o smi c aci d but w ith far l ess Picro sulph u ri c acid i nstead o f arresti ng the sati sfacto ry res ult s bl ackeni ng p ro cess o f the o smi c acid i ncreases it S i mple c h ro mi c acid arrests the blacken i ng but does not remove it (as does M erkel s fl uid) and causes co nsid erabl e co nt ractio n M iil l er s fl uid recommended by H en neg uy is e ually unsati sfac to ry By thi s method a v ery mark ed di fferenti atio n is g enerally oh tained as early as the s i x teen cell stage the fo ur cent ral cell s sho wi ng a very l ig ht b ro wn s h ade whi l e the t welv e periph eral I n l ater stages of cl eavage the cell s h av e a much d eeper sh ad e di sti nctio n b et ween cent ral an d margi nal cell s beco mes still st ro ng er so th at it b eco mes po ssibl e t o t race the enti re hi sto ry o f the o rigi n o f the so call ed parabl ast ov er whi ch th ere h ave been T he very di ffi c ult so many c o ntroversi es uest io n as to the preci se o rigi n o f the permanent entoderm is n ot settl ed by th is method T he same reagent s may be s uccessfully appli ed to the egg s o f Cl epsi ne ; b ut h ere the mo de o f p ro ced ure is so mewh at di fferent Thi s mi xt ure employed at its no rmal as regard s M erk el s fl ui d T he st ren gth is allo wed to wo rk fro m o ne to two ho urs o n ly di fferenti al effects are h ere very marked ex tendi n g no t o nly to the di fferen t germ l ayers but even to cell g ro ups desti ned to fo rmthe cent ral n ervo us sy stem the neph ridi al o rgans l arval gl ands etc N o ne o f the method s hi th erto employed wi th th ese eggs has s s m m r r e u a l l a e w a e e n n iv lt o p bl ith tho e I h v tio d n a c a s e t e g I n the case o f the frog s eg g s I allo w the o smi c acid fro m t wenty to t wenty five mi n utes th en t ransfer di rectly to the c h ro me pl ati num sol utio n employed with fish eggs (twenty fo ur ho urs) T he eggs are nex t pl aced in water an d freed fro m th ei r g el ati no us env elopes by the aid o f sh arp needles and a di ssecti ng mi cro scope A fter was hi n g in flo wi ng water fo r at l east two ho urs the eggs may be t reated with al cohol and stai ned acco rd ,

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F UNC T I ON OF T H E C OM POU ND is h eld by Ex ner C arri ere and o th ers th at the c o mpo und eye do es no t di sti ng ui sh T he eye wo uld t h e for ms b ut o nly the movements o f obj ect s t h us be merely an o rgan o f o ri entatio n capabl e o f recog n izi ng l d i fferences in the i ntensity of light Pl ateau has undertaken a s eri es o f int erest i ng ex peri ment s d es ig ned to t est the validity o f T he metho d o f ex peri mentatio n was as follo ws : t h i s vi ew A roo m five meters s uare is furn i sh ed w i th two w i ndo ws T he wi ndo ws are p ro vid ed with s h utters w hi ch face the west I n each sh utt er ad e d ark b y means of w hi ch the roo m can be m a hol e is c ut large eno ug h to receive a pane o f g ro un d gl ass T he verti cal di stance fro m the floo r to the center o f each gl ass is “ and the ho rizo ntal di stance b et ween t he cent ers o f t he two 5 s is T h m o u t e a n o f light ad mitt ed is reg ulat ed by n e a p means o f bl ack pasteboard di aph rag ms whi ch are fitted to slide in fro nt o f the gl ass T he di aph rag m coveri ng the l eft pane is perfo rated with a si ngl e hol e whi ch is amply l arg e t o allow the i n sect to pass t hro ugh in full flight T he siz e of the Open i ng is T he di aphrag m c overi n g v ari ed by usi n g di f ferent di aph rag ms t he right pane is perfo rat ed w ith a n umber o f s mall hol es Thi s di aph rag m re t h r o ug h whi c h the i nsect co uld n o t pass mai ns the same th ro ugh all the ex peri ment s To begi n with t he s i ngl e openi ng in t he l eft di aph rag m is m mad e 10 s uare and the ri g ht di aph rag m is perfo rated w ith m m in s uare an d separat ed by spaces 1 all hol es eac h 1 100 sm T he 100 hol es th us rep resen t the s ame s urface as the w i dt h lar ge openi ng but t he amo unt o f li g ht th at passes t he fo rmer is I n s uccessiv e co ns id erably l ess th an th at w hi ch passes t he l atter ferent d i urnal i nsect s (Diptera Hymen ex peri ments wi th di f the size o f the hol e in the Opt era L epidoptera Col eoptera l eft di aph rag m is vari ed so that the amo unt o f light is so meti mes s l ess th an th at o f t he ri g ht di ap hrag m t e e a e r so meti m r g I f und er t h ese co n di tion s an i nsect let loo se at t he s ide o f the r o o m oppo s it e the w i ndo ws i nvari ably fli es to t he l arge op en i n g th en we might c o ncl ude acco rdi n g to Pl ateau t hat it dis t in g uishes the fo rms o f obj ect s ; but if it o ften mak es the mis tak e o f flyi ng agai nst the s urface perfo rat ed w ith hol es t o o small to give it passage we may co n c l ud e th at it does n o t di sti n g ui s h fo rm but is g uid ed by the i ntensity o f t he light T he ex peri ment s aj o rity o f cases t o ward s s h o w th at t he flight is di rect ed in t he m t h e mo re i ntense light and h enc e Pl at eau co ncl ud es th at the T HE

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A M ET H OD o r BL aacmN b W xNGs or L EPl DOPT ER A T o s aot u ‘ I n the co mmo n method T A T E T H E S T UD Y o r T H E I R V aNA T tON o f d est royi n g the scal es o n the w i n gs o f L epidoptera fo r the p ur po se o i st udyi ng th ei r venatio n, by means o f causti alk ali ne so l u tio ns, th ere is danger o f not arresti ng the actio n at the p ro per mo ment and co nse uently of dest royi ng not o nly the po rti o ns w hi h it is d esi rabl e to remove, but al so the scal e suppo rt i n g memb rane, and even the d eli cate vei ns th emselves A n appli ca tio n o f a modifi catio n o f the hlo ri ne bl eachi ng pro cess co mmon ly used in cotto n bl each eri es obvi ates the necess ity of removi ng t he scal es, an d leav es the w i ng perfect



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N A T UR A L I S T S EA S T ER N U S , D ec acti ve s oc i ety n umb ers 130 wo rki n g nat urali sts and geologi sts , an d was o rg an iz ed fo r the di sc ussio n o f method s o f i nvestig atio n an d i n st ructio n l abo rato ry t ech ni ue an d museum admi n i st ratio n , an d oth er topi cs o f i n terest to i nvestigato rs and teach ers o f nat u Membership is rest ri cted to tho se who h av e do ne ral sc i en e o rigi nal wo rk T he meeti n g was held at Bosto n and was cer tain ly n o t i n ferio r in i nterest to t ho se p revio us ly h eld T he so ci ety cho se as o ffi cers fo r the follo w i ng y ear : P resid en t , G K Gilbert o f Washi n gto n ; vice p res id ents P ro fesso r E D Co pe and D r H arri so n A ll en o f Phil ad elphi a and P ro fesso r Geo rge L Goodal e o f C amb ridge ; secretary S F Cl ark e, o f Willi ams Coll ege ; t reasurer, C h arl es A A shb urner, o f Philadel phi a ; exe utive co mmittee P ro fesso r R R amsay W right , o f To ro nto , D r C S M i not , o f Bo sto n

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I owas l earned th at when they sun g th ei r mysti c so ngs th ey used st udy o f the l ang uages the Wi n neb ago l anguage f l 6 r e u A c a () of the Io was Oto s and Wi nneb ago s s ho ws th at th ey are v ery closely rel at ed ; i ndeed ti me m ay p rov e the necessi ty o f i n cl udi ng them in o ne g ro up i nstead o f two (c) W e h ave the t raditio n given by t he P ri nce o f N i eu Wi ed o n p 6 4 5 o f his fi rst vol ume 6 r s A m e r A n o 1 e diti o ll ti T a ti a a n n c 8 S G r m a n n e G ( 3 < ( ) p 127 ) says that the Io was Otos M i sso uri s Omahas and Po nkas have a t raditio n t hat at a di stant epo ch th ey togeth er w i th the Winnebag o s came fro m the n o rth ;th at the Wi nneb ago s stopped on the b an k s o f L ak e M i chigan w hil e the rest co nti n ui n g t h ei r co urse so uth erly cro ssed the M i ssi ss ippi riv er and o cc upi ed the e l a s i hi h th y r o u n d by h e E u r op n s Th e r e i s e c e n e e e f c w t a w p () a statement made in M ajL o n g s acco unt o f his ex pedi t io n to the R ocky mo un tai ns 1819 (ed by J ames) of whi ch the s ub stance is now gi ven : T he parent natio n o rigi nally resid ed so mewh ere no rth o f the g reat l ak es On movi n g so ut h ward a l arge body seced ed stayi n g o n the sho re o f a l ak e ; th ese b ecam e t he H o chan f m s a a o i n n e b go oth e r b n d s e p t e d r o t h e n r r a A r W a a a g — mai n body o n reachi ng the M i ssi ssippi th ese b ecame the Iowas P a o h e m f M s u r e r o th i o i n oth b d k h A t t h u t h e s a a n c e o ( ) stopped an d made a vill age h ence th ei r n ame N e o ta che — N i t h n s T h s a ll d i o i to to lov u a c i c s s r t a e r W o a e u e O s w M ( ) ( of sex ual pl easure l eft t he natio n o n t he M i ss i ssippi a n c o di g c r ( ) to another acco unt th ey seceded fro m the M i sso uri s at the mo uth of the M i ss o uri ri ver and went ac ro ss the c o unt ry till th ey st ruck ) the M i ss o uri near the mo uth o f the Great N emaha H ere th ey rem ai ned a lo n g ti me Th en ce th ey wen t up to the Pl atte and after h unti ng fo r so me ti me near its mo uth they mo ved furth er up the Mi sso uri an d b uilt a vill ag e o n the ri g ht b an k o f th at river abo ut fo urteen mil es belo w Co unc il Bl uffs I a Whil e they were th ere a band of Io was establi s h ed th emselves o n t he bank o f the river nearly oppo site to th em and w i thi n thi rty mil es o f the sit e o f the Omaha vill ag e in 1819 T he Oto s s ub se uently removed to the Platte abo ut twenty mi l es above the vill age o cc upi ed by th em in 1819 b ut fi n di n g the l atter sit uatio n a b etter o ne th ey establi sh ed themselves th ere (abo ut A D “ T he Io was alter remai n i ng in a vill ageo n the L o wer M is souri fo r a lo n g ti me were rejoi ned by the b an d abo ve mentio ned when th ey ret urned to the M i ssi ssipp i and erected a v ill age o n ” the M o en e y ,

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ide o f the M i sso uri river near its mo uth T he K ansas an d the Osages were the fi rst to depart ; th en t he Omahas an d Po akas follo wed the co urse of the M i ssouri to ward s its h ead M r R iggs al so says th at the Po nkas went to the regio n of th e Bl a c k hill s an d were th ere b efo re the C ro ws ; b ut the Ponkas told the writer th at the C ro ws i n h abited th at co untry and were o wners o f the Bl ack hill s w h en th ei r ancesto rs arrived th ere at w hi c h ti m Thi s l ast e th ere were no D akotas in th at regio n statemen t is co nfirm ed by the D akota w i nt er co unt s in D r C o r busier s c oll ectio n T he w riter was al so told th at the Po nkas us ed to d well n o rth east o f the old Po n k a reservatio n (whi c h is in in a lan d w h ere th ey wo re s no w shoes Todd co unty S i nce 187 9 t he writer has gai ned mo re d efin ite i n fo rmatio n fro m other Po akas as well as fro m Omah as Osages and Kansas and it is no w given A ges ag o the ancesto rs o f the Omah as Po nkas Osages Kan sas K wapas Wi nnebago s P aw nee L o ups (S kidi ) and R ees dwel t east of the M i ssi ssippi Th ey were n o t all in o ne regio n but th ey were alli es and th ei r general co urse was w est ward They d rove oth er trib es b efo re th em Five o f th ese peopl es the Omah as Po nkas Osages K ansas and K wapas were th en to gether as o ne natio n Th ey were call ed A rkansa o r A lkansa by A t the the Illi n oi s t rib es an d th ey d welt near the Ohio riv er mo uth of the Ohio a separatio n occurred S o me went do wn the ” ’ — Mi ssi ss ippi h ence aro se th ei r name U g a qpa (Oo ga khpa) s o w n st ream p eopl e Thi or Kwapa ( uap aw m ni n g t h e d e a ) was p rio r to 154 0 w h en D e S oto met the K wapas who were then a di sti nc t t rib e T he rest o f the A rk ansas ascend ed the river taki ng the name V tho se goi ng agai nst the wi n d o r of U ma ha (Omah a) ” curren t — — Th ese names K wapa and Omah a are of mo re recent o rigi n than Kansas Osage and Po nka We find p roo fs o f the anti uity of th es e th ree names in t he names o f g entes in th ese t rib es an d Th us amo ng the Po nkas th ere is a Po nk a gens (the M a T he Omah as h ave a K ansas g ens aj e) an Osage gens (the W a j nk a gens (C ed ar peopl e) an e K s s h v a Po a n a h h e a T t e a a c ( fl ) “ Osage gen s (D eer p eopl e) and a Kansas gens (xa ze asso T h e Osages h ave ah as w ith the wi nds ) ciated as amo n g the Om a Kansas g ens (Ka se) and seven Osag e (Wa aa oe) gent es o ne o

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villages) th ey farmed and h unted the b uffalo and oth er ani mals W h en the game b ecame scarce in th ei r neighbo rhood On reachi n g th ey ab an do ned th ei r vill ag es and went n orth west anen t vi ll ages a pl ace near the new h aun ts of t he game o th er p erm w ere b uilt an d th ey were o cc upi ed fo r y ears S o th ey lived till uarry (whi ch is no t giv en i n the t h ey reach ed the Pip esto ne ap) Wh en th ey arrived at the Big ri gh t pl ace o n the Iowa m S io ux river th ey b uilt a fo rt A t th at ti me the Yankto n D akotas d wel t in a fo rest regio n o f M i nnesota near the M i ssi ss ippi and “’ ’ “’ i n t h e w e n a e e i k c i p opl d lli g n a w ere call ed a a ( ) g j ” w ood s By and by the D akotas made war o n the Omah as and th ei r alli es defeat i ng th em and killi n g abo ut a tho usand w arrio rs Th ey fled T hi s obliged the th ree t rib es to ab ando n th ei r h abitat ah as and Po n s o uth wes t till th ey reach ed the lak e w here the Om Thi s is no w call ed L ak e A nd es k as obtai ned th ei r sacred pol e and it is at the head o f Choteau c reek D akota There the sacred m n d n a a s ip giv o di g to h a Po k t ditio s w e r e n c n t h e a a r n e e a c r O p Fro m t hi s pl ace th ey and the p resent gentes were co nstit uted ' ascended the M i sso uri river till th ey reach ed White river (N i u ' b c u de) Th e Io w s an d Om h a s remai ned u t h h r t e a e e a t a g Po akas c rossed the M i sso uri near the mo uth of the Whit e riv er an d went o n to the L i ttl e M i ss o uri river an d the co unt ry near the They s ub se uently rejoi ned th ei r alli es and all de Bl ac k hill s sc end ed the M i sso uri o n its right b an k Wh en th ey reach ed the mo uth of the N iob rara river the fi nal separatio n was mad e T he Po nkas remai ned th ere T he Omah as settl ed o n Bo w creek ” Village st ream T he Io was advanced N eb whi c h th ey called t o the stream o n whi ch is sit uat ed the to wn o f Io n i a Di x o n e wh ere the Io was farmed c o unty N eb h ence its nam By ah as remo ved to a pl ace near Covi ngto n N eb an d by the Om w h i ch is oppo sit e S io ux City (see 24 o n M ap I ) T he remai ns of t his village are k no wn as l i tan ga jin ga and the l ake near by is D hix u cpa u g dhe b ecause o f the w illo ws alo n g its c a l led ban k s I n the c o urse o f ti me the Io was passed the Omah as agai n and made a vill age near the pl ace wh ere Flo rence N eb n o w stands A ft er th at th ey co nti nued so uth ward till th ey reach ed th ei r reser T he Oto s were fi rs t vat io n at the N eb raska an d Kansas li ne met by the Omahas acc o rdi n g to M r L a Fl ech e in co mpara t ively rec ent ti mes o n the Pl att e river nent

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ji nga (N o wh ere the lodges were mad e o f wood t h ey d welt at Zand e b uta Thi s is so uth east of L i taliga jiii ga and is the Thi s name o f a st ream as well as o f a p ro mi nent blufi n ear by s t ream empti es i nto Om ah a c reek near the to wn of H o mer N eb A fter a g reat fres h et the Omah as cro ssed Omah a c reek and made a vill age at o r n ear Omadi w hi c h was call ed L arg evillag e near Villag e stream (Omah a creek) S ee N o 2 5 o n M ap 1 Thi s was Thence th ey removed to Bel l a favo rite reso rt as we sh all see creek o n the west sid e o f whi c h th ey m ad e a vill age (N o Th ence th ey went so uth to S alt creek b elo w L i ncol n (N o Th ence th ey ret urned to L arg e villag e (N o W h en they were th ere H al f a day the aged h i sto ri an o f the t ribe was bo rn Thi s was abo ut A D 1800 Th ence th ey removed to A ne na “ t ai dha wher e the people pen s/reel in a prairie fi re a hill o n the Th ey stayed th ere five years Th en Elkho rn riv er (N o th ey settl ed o n S h ell c reek w hi ch th ey call ed T acnafi g uji (N o A fter w hi ch th ey returned to L arg e villag e (N o 2 L eav ing thi s agai n th ey mad e a vill age o n the E lkho rn near Wi sner — w w N o 1 8 m a r r e e n h e a s bo t D H l i d h a u A 2 f a a 2 a d ( 3 y — th ere A bo ut A D 183 2 3 they ret urn ed to L arg e villag e (N o 2 Jo seph L a Fleche remembers h avi n g b een there at that ” “ ti me A bo ut A D 184 1 th ey removed to T a wa j i ri ga dha the S mall vill age (N o at the mo uth o f L ogan creek wh ere t hey d welt fo r two years I n 184 3 th ey ret urned to L arge village (No an d in 184 5 th ey made a vill age on t he c urvili near t o p of a pl ateau near Bell ev ue (N o I n 185 5 th ey removed to th ei r p resent reservatio n T he Po akas did not o cc upy th ei r new co unt ry unmo lest ed Th ey had so me fights with the Cheyen nes and Co manch es Th ese ' ’ foes d welt near a g reat l ake in a sandy regio n (J i za ba he he ) n ear t he h ead o f the E lkho rn river N eb A t thi s ti me the co m batants used woo den d arts i nstead o f bo ws and arro ws T he writer was at the old Po nka reservatio n Todd co unty Neb fro m M ay 187 1 to A ug 187 3 D uri ng thi s period he o ften vi sited the remai ns o f an anc i ent Po nk a fo rt no t mo re th an a uarter o f a mil e fro m his ho use A ro ugh di agram o f thi s fo rt is given A fter the Io was and Omah as went so uth the Po ak as cl ai med all the no rth ern part o f N eb rask a alo ng the M i sso uri river as far as wh at is no w D akota co unty wh ere b egan the Om ah a ter ,

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H I L E engaged in the task o f ex pl ai ni ng the mystery of the flight of soari ng bi rds o n the sho res of the Gul f o f M ex i co w here many spec i es abo un d ed unusual and asto n i shi n g perfo rm an ces w ere w it nessed o n the part o f th ese i nh abitants o f the ai r T he mo nth o f M arch reveal ed mo re of th ese o ut o f the way feats th an oth er ti mes o f the year and as the b reedi ng seaso n o c c urred in thi s mo nth espec i ally o n tho se remote k eys and in t ermi nable fl ats co nstit uti ng the pen i nsul a o f S o uth ern Flo rida it w as fai r to p res ume th at feeli n gs g ro wi ng o ut o f the rel at io ns o f t he sex es p ro mpt ed the remark abl e beh avio r W ere it n ot ab surd to t ransfer to external nat ure tho se mo ral emotio ns generated in the mi nd fro m the p ri mo rd ial i mp ress io ns o f pl eas ure and p ai n o ne w o uld be t empted to assert a radi cal d i aboli sm in the sch eme o f thi ngs o n wit ness i n g the seemi ng fi endishness o f so me o f th ese creat ures havi ng do mi nio n o f the a ir N othi ng but a free appli catio n o f the doc t ri ne o f the t rans mi ssio n o f ualiti es th ro ugh i nh eri tance co upl ed with v ari atio ns a mo unti n g to div erg en ce as the li ne d esc end s can di spo se of deliberat ely evil i n tentio n so mewh ere o r o f a nat ural p ro cess the o ut co m N o i nferenc e fro m the hook ed b eak e o f whi c h is bad an d g raspi n g talo ns o f the carn ivo ro us bi rd s gives a c l ue to t he o rigi n an d d evelop m en t o f a di spo s itio n o n th ei r part to i nfli ct p ai n fo r the mere sak e o f the to rt ure Tho se st ruct ures find t h ei r func tio n in the l egiti mat e li fe st ruggl e b ut the i nfli ctio n o f n eedl es s pai n in no w ay co n nec ted w ith th at co nfli ct seems to be impo sed fro m anoth er so urce T he di st rib utio n o f l an d an d water o n the Gul f co ast of Flo ri da is favo rabl e to the ex i sten ce o f fish T he i ntermi nabl e fl ats b are o r cov ered w ith a t hi n sh eet of wat er at lo w tid e and t raversed by many wi ndi n g c h annel s give the small er ki nds refug e fro m the rapac i ty o f the larger and furn i s h b reedi n g g ro und s wi tho ut sti n t T he many ti dal creek s o ften a successio n of d eep hol es connected by mere riv ul ets th ro ugh whi ch the tide sl uggi shly ebb s and flo ws al s o give security fo r the d epo s it o f eggs an d gro wth o f yo ung T he g ul f is al so a vast cald ro n o f warm water p rolifi c th ro ugh its w hol e ex t ent in mo nsters o f the deep many of which such as sh arks and po rpoi ses penet rate the passes ,

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between the keys and ent eri ng thec hannel s o f the bays play havoc w ith the l ess er t ri bes Th ese are d evo ured in g reat uantiti es and the kill ed and w o und ed wh i ch escap e the maw of th ei r fi erce enemy can be seen st rand ed on the fl ats at lo w tide A ll thi s t eemi n g li fe go es o n in a c li mate o f s urpassi n g loveli ness F ro st is a rarity ; ice unk nown ; day succeedi ng day o f d eli g htful bl and ness Ex t reme h eat is not ex peri enced an d sto rms w o rthy o f the nam T he soil of the lo w er e v ery rare peni nsul a is p ure sand as sterile as S ah ara T he vegetat io n is p rolifi c in air pl ants semi t ropi cal b ush es and st unted growt hs an d a perpet ual verd ure is every wh ere But th ere is n othi n g in it all th at a man can live o n and h ence the po p ul atio n is li mi ted to the S po radi c mig ratio ns of ex curs io n i sts an d i nvalids and a few ” crack ers al ways h un g ry an d seeki ng so methi ng capabl e o f bei ng devo ured Thi s co mbi natio n of c i rcumstances fo rms a S pl endid en vi ro n ment fo r such bi rd s as can in any way sub si st on a fish di et and wh at might be ex pected is wh at is fo und Bi rd s w ith l egs lo ng eno ugh to wad e o n the fl ats ; tho se w hi ch h ave i nh eri ted the ex p ert ness of a sw i mmi n g sc hool ad ept and can dive wi t h abili ty an d tho se whi ch can s ub si st o n the carcases o f unfo rt unates have here everythi n g p retty much to suit th em L o n g li nes of peli cans can be seen o n every h and w ith th at g ran d moth erly air o f s up rem e co ntent ment ari si n g fro m a co nti n uo us ly sati sf acto ry c ui s i ne C ranes of all l ength s o f l egs and necks stalk abo ut h astily gob bli ng th ei r p rey T he carrio n eati ng v ult ures are al ways p resent enjoyi ng the i nco mi ng b reeze by resti ng in it o n motio nl ess wi n gs o r wh eeli n g abo ut o n the looko ut fo r s ub s i sten ce But the bi rd s whi ch parti c ularly i nt erest us are the fish h awks al so d epend en t lik e the oth ers o n the li fe fo un d in the tepid wat ers Th ese bi rds are arbo real in th ei r habits nesti ng in the tops o f the pi ne t rees and rarely resti ng o n the gro und Th ey fish fo r the mo st part in the creek s and sec l uded i nl ets hoveri ng over the waters an d s udd enly cap t uri ng th ei r vi cti m by divi ng upo n it But th ey s o meti mes co me over the open waters of the b ays and w h en the k ey s are cov ered with t rees over the g ul f to find th ei r food On fi rst ac uai ntance th ei r actio ns seemed i nex pli cabl e I co uld n o t acco unt fo r th ei r eccent ri c way s Whil e in the hidden places o f the creek s th ey utter n o cry and seem to be effi ci ent masters o f the craft but in the open th ey vaci llate pai nfully

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tightly upo n its body d ropped swi ftly after it T he part bitten of bei ng di spo sed o f an oth er swoop downwards was mad e the fish s eiz ed an d the up ward swi ng rep eated and thi s p ro cess co nti n ued until the en ti re carcass was devo ured A t the ti me o f thi s vi sit t h ese frigate bi rd s were oblivio us of man s p resence and I was so fo rt unate as to secure thi s o ne by a w ell di rec ted s hot It meas ured el even feet in al ar di mensions and weigh ed eight po und s I ts feet an d l egs were ridi culo usly small and weak an d vi ewed as weapo ns o f o ffense an d d efense c o ul d n ot c o mpare w ith the talo ns of the h awk it had r ob bed an d terrifi ed I ts h ead an d b eak were st ro ng and well d ev el o ped but by no means s up erio r to tho se o f the oth er T he t erro r w h i ch i nspi red t he h awk was still unacco unted for I n a co ntest for s up erio ri ty o n t he g ro und o f phy si cal st ren gth and ef fec tiveness o f weapo ns it w o uld h av e b een vi cto rio us T he whol e case was still enveloped in myst ery R et urni ng to thi s lo cality after the ab sence of so me weeks I fo un d the bl ack o utli nes o f the frig ate b irds agai nst the sky as us ual an d soo n saw the i nevit abl e hawk over the waters o f the pas s all ex ci tement at the p ro spect of a di n ner It was the b egi n n i n g o f M arc h and in that mo nth t he sea b reezes of the vi c i n ity It is al so the b reedi ng seaso n o f the are parti cul arly d elight ful bi rds wh en th ei r pl umage is at its b est and th ey sho w to b est ad vantage S uccess al ways follo wed any well di rected eflo rt o f a bi rd to catch a fish in Boca Grand e pass and the h awk soo n had A bl ack co rsai r at o nce appeared an d capt ured the boo ty o ne ed scream as o n the fo rmer o ccas io n whil e t he frightened fi sh er fl ing to wards the l an d But now a ch ange of p rog ramme took pl ace A noth er lo ng w i nged creat ure fro m t he g ro up abov e appeared in fro nt o f and fac i ng the frightened h awk whi ch t urned seaward at o nce mi ngli n g its note of terro r with o ne of despai r Every effo rt to s ide o flto wards ho me was frust rated by the glidi ng terro r ia terpos in g its b ulk in the i nt end ed d i rectio n until t he vi cti m seem ed to accept the i nevitabl e and made an att empt to c ross the g ul f T he to rmenti n g enemy th en seemed co ntent and swung alo ft amo n g its co mpan io ns T he poo r fi sh erman r id o f the di re p resence wh eel ed o n its c o urse fo r ho me and its frenzi ed flap pi ngs reli eved of ex cessive tensio n mad e very good ti me w h en o n reachi n g the v ery b ri n k o f safety t he bl ac k w i ng s agai n ap h n r a n d t e hol d i t r s i g b u s i n s s e n c t e d w ith s d w e s s e r e e e a w a e a p .

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the phary n x ]

full half

an

S pi do n ectes ] remaining un der w ater fo r A [ least sig n o f oppressio n , i t seems plausible to

after seeing this turtle

but

ho ur w ithout showi ng the

me that these fringes may be si milar to

t heir shape but also in their function of

beautiful

lo w er

vessels spreading

surface of

the

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ll s i g

the intern al

assu

elegan t

T ri onycidae which

can

in

moreover an extensive netwo rk d en dritic rami fication s upon the w ho le

T here exists,

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of tadpoles , n ot only ,

hardly have ano ther functi on than that

of

mero us and too larg e to be considered sim ly as n utritive vess els o f the sk in hi s is the more probable as T p these vessels are very superficial an d are o n ly co vered by a very thin epidermis T hey are i ndeed as plain ly visible thro ug h the horny layer w hich pro tects them as assisti ng

in the process

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i v t otal e n t h e g

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w eighing

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on e

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organ

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free o xygen taken from the w ater

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mn

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made w ith the greatest care and accuracy by Profes the chemical laboratory of C orn ell Uni vers ity

T he d eterminatio ns were sors

mn

colu

R ich and t l olton in

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A quatic R

espiration

mo l ecular o xygen sto red

up

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and

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lysi s o f the air taken fro m the l ung s after the t u rt l e had b een w holly s ub merged fo r ten ho urs sho wed o nly a S o far as thi s s li ght t race o f eith er o x y g en o r carbo n dio x id e w e co ncl ude th at i f the l ungs were s i n gl e ex p eri ment go es mo derately fill ed w ith air upo n the i mmersio n of the t urtl e the amo unt o f o x ygen t hat might be tak en fro m the air in the l ung s w o ul d fully acco unt fo r the ex cess o f carbo n dio x id e fo und in t he That the a uati c respi ratio n is due al most enti rely to the w ater a B n a e e i n n d u s li g htl y to the ski n is sho wn t h t z a r y a h a x a b t s () y p t i o n the t urt l e b eco mi n g ana esth etized fo ur o r five ti mes as ui ck l y w h en k ept en ti rely s ub merged in mtherized water as wh en allo wed t o c o me to the s urface as fre uently as it d es i red b Wh n h e e t () t u rtl e s ski n was co mpl etely covered with vaseli ne and the t urtle k ept whol ly sub merged the amo un t o f o xyg en removed fro m the w at er an d o f carbo n dio x i de add ed th ereto was nearly as great as w h en the s ki n was unvaselined I n so me at l east o f the h ard sh ell ed t urtl es (Ch elyd ra and C h ry semys) si mil ar mo vemen ts o f the hyoid apparatus o cc ur w h en t h ey are s ub merged and w ater is seen to enter the n os t ril and be ex pell ed th erefro m as in so ft shell ed t urtl es T he ph arynx ex p and s and c o nt racts w ith co nsiderabl e regu larity in all o f the t urtl es s o far as we k no w w h en th ey are in the air Th ese movement s appear like tho se of the frog but in the t urtl es th ey are unnecessary for filli n g the l ungs I n frogs ho wever th ey are necessary fo r t hi s purpo se al tho ug h as sho w n by To wnso n ph ary n geal movements o ften o cc ur in the frog w it ho ut any air bei n g fo rced i nto the l ung s A s th ese mov ement s are o f undo ubted use in respi ratio n fo r the s o ft s h ell ed t urtl es in water it seems p rob abl e th at th ey may b o f use in respi ratio n fo r all t urtl es in the air th at is t he mem brane li ni ng the ph ary nx p robably act s as a respi rato ry o rgan w h eth er the medi um b athi ng it and co nt ai ni n g free o x yg en be air o r wat er Th ese mo vements and th ei r obj ect respi ratio n th en seem to c o nnect physiologi cally at l east the t urtl es o n the o ne hand with — — m h e w r r e a t e s n A t lo e ve t b r phibi a a d fishes and o n the oth er han d w i th the higher fo rms viz do g and man fo r Garl and has s ho wn th at in the dog an d al s o in man o cc ur rhyth mi cal h a p en ts whi ch d raw air i nto the ph ary n x and ex pel it ry ng eal mov em

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mmo n c hip munk o r st riped s ui rrel o f Eastern N o rth A meri ca was fi rs t mentio ned so far as I h ave b een abl e to ascertai n by S agard T héo dat in his Hi stoi re du C anada Vol v p 74 6 p ubli sh ed in 16 15 I n 17 4 3 Mark Catesby gave an unmi stakabl e d esc riptio n of it acc o mpan i ed by a recog l H e call ed it S ciurus striatus whi ch name n izable colo red pl ate was adopt ed by L i nnaeus in the ten th editio n o f his S y stema N a T he s pecifi c name striatus after en turae p ubli sh ed in 17 5 8 d uri ng the vi c i ssit udes to w hi ch sci entifi c no mencl at ure is so o ften " 1 stab li sh ed by Bai rd in 1857 was ree and has s i n ce en s ubj ect j oyed undi sp uted rec og nitio n o n thi s side o f the A tl anti c It is a littl e si ng ul ar th at th us far no o ne seems to h ave sus nc e o f t wo di s ti n ct s ub sp eci es o f chip munk in i t e d h e e x s e c e t t p Eastern N o rth A meri ca parti cul arly wh en it is rememb ered th at no l ess th an five g eog raphi cal races o f the W es tern spec i es h av e lo ng b een recogn ized It is t rue that P ro fesso r Bai rd nearly thi rty years ago stat ed th at a chip munk fro m Essex c o unty in N o rth eastern N ew Yo rk HE

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syn on y

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discussio n

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merican

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mplicated

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i derably grayer and the bl ack li nes o f the back h ave no b rown i s h margi n I n a specimen fro m Washi ngto n [ D the m o th c hest n ut t ints are d ark er th an d escrib ed above N r A e ri can ( But his materi al was not s uffi ci en tly M ammal s 185 ex tens ive to enabl e him to app reci at e the co nstancy an d sig n ifi c an ce of the di fferenc es noted A ll en in his mo st val uabl e paper o n Geog raph ical vari atio n in T he i ncrease in ia co lo r in N o rth A meri can s ui rrel s said : ” is well il l ust rated t ens ity o f c olo r fro m the no rth s o uth ward Tamias striatus rep resen tatives o f whi c h fro m the so uth ern in h ig h ly s o f N ew Yo rk and Pennsy l van i a are much m r t a p o re c o lo red th an are tho se fro m N o rth ern N ew Engl and and the L ater B ritis h P rovi nces (Pro c Bo st S o c Nat Hi st xv1 h o wever the vi ews above exp ressed seem to h ave undergo ne “ T he very s o me mo difi catio n fo r the same autho r ob serves : large number o f S peci mens b efo re me i n di cate th at the p resent S pec i S pec i es p reserv es g reat c o nst an cy o f colo ratio n mens fro m S o uthern lo caliti es are co nsid erably b righter colo red t han tho se fro m mo re N o rth ern sectio ns and average a li t tl e T he di fference ho wev er in ei th er respect is no t very s mall er ” 8 r M n m e r e n a 8 t o og ph o th i od ti e a r a s f N r A a n R 1 o c 77 7 4 g ( 8 7 5) T he exami natio n o f mo re th an two h und red speci mens has led me to difl er with M r A ll en in his l as t ex p ressed vi ews H is remark s c o ncern i n g the d eepeni ng o f colo r so uth ward might h av e been stated mo re st ro ngly and still fall withi n the li mits o f 1 I n respect to s ize if the body as a w hol e was meant my t r uth measurements o f upward s o f o ne h undred s peci mens in the fl esh d o n ot S ho w the S o uth ern ani mal to be the s mall er and the l argest in di vid ual th at has fall en und er my n oti ce came fro m M o n ti cello M i ssi ss ippi I f ho wever we t urn to the ex tremiti es the case is d i fferent fo r the l ength of both fo re and hi n d feet is greater in n o rt h ern th an in so uth ern sp eci mens as sho wn in the aeco m n g tabl es a n yi p is

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enunciated, were based upon the exa

fifty specimens ;

still,

it is b ut fair to

state

of

that the

me fro m N orthern local ities; and were either H e had t ypical o f th e N o rt hern formor intermediate between it an d the S outhern b ut fo ur sk ins from so far south as Washi ng ton D C an d had not seen a single i n di vidual from the Carolinas a t r e g

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meat us Th ere is an i ndi sti nct d ark li ne above the l igh t li ne o f the upper eyelid and a b road but no t well defi ned d ark st ripe belo w the light und er eyelid ex ten di n g fro m a poi nt an terio r to t he eye to a oi nt j ust belo w the po st erio r b ase o f the p ear wh ere it b ec o mes lo st in t he g rizzl ed rusty b ro wn o f the s id es o f t he neck Belo w thi s st rip e the s id e o f the face is fulvo us T he c ro w n is dark rust b row n i ntermi x ed w i th a large uantity o f b lac k hai rs and the same colo r ex tends ov er the ant erio r h al f o f t he i nner surfaces o f the ears the posterio r h al f bei ng light ful vo us o r bufl i Th ere is a smal l light spot behi nd the base o f each T he sho ulders and back b et ween the l at eral st ripes are v ery ear d ark g rizzl ed i ro n g ray with a sp ri nkli ng o f b uff o r yello wi sh T he d ark stripes are not perfectly cl ear bl ack and t h ei r ferru d i e s n o u s e e x n r d n T m e n s r b d l fi d di t i t o e r s n l h e a a e r e w e o t e g p fr o m the o ccip ut nearly to the root o f the tail T he ligh t st ripes a re d ark bufli ntermix ed w ith d ark tipped hairs T he S i des areb ufl y fu l vo us well S p ri nkl ed with bl ack tipped h ai rs T he rump hips and b ack s o f the hi n d l egs are d ark rusty b row n T he upper s urfaces o f t he feet are ferrug i n o us T he upper sid e o f the tail is bl acki sh ed ged with hoary ; the un der sid e deep h az el (al mo st ch est n ut ) b o rd ered w i th b lac k and edged w ith ho ary Thi s ri c h h azel of t he un der tail ext end s c o nti n uo us ly fo rward ov er the anal regio n t o the genitals w h ere it termi nates ab ruptly w i tho ut sh adi n g o ff in to the s urro undi ng white T he un d er parts fro m the mo uth to e t he gen i tal s are c l ear bufl w hit y Th ro ugh the ki nd ness o f M r Willi am Brewster C urato r of M ammal s and Bi rd s in the M useum o f Co mparat i ve Z o é lo gy at C amb ridge Mass and of M r F W T rue C urato r of Mammal s in the U nit ed S tates Natio nal M useum I h ave b een enabl ed to I am ex ami n e the chip munk s c o ntai ned in th es e coll ectio ns i n d ebted al s o to M r Willi am E S aun ders for the loan o f a sp ec i men from L o ndo n Ontario Canada Th ese speci mens together w ith my own (whi ch in n umbers ex ceed all the oth ers co mbi ned) co ns tit ute a very co mpl ete ser i es o f the Eastern an i mal fro m the on regi o n between Canad a o n the n o rth an d Was hi ngto n D C t h e s o uth Co mpari so n o f rep resentati ves fro m the ext remes o f t hi s range eren ces : T he c ro wn in typi cal b rings to light the follo wi ng difl N o rth ern spec i mens vari es fro mpal e to b right rusty fulvo us whil e i n ty pical S o uth ern exampl es it is d ark rust b ro wn

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p the b ack b et ween the medi an and fi rs t l ateral bl ack stripes are cl ear ash g ray in the N o rth ern ani mal w hil e in t he S o uth ern th ese p art s are dark i ro n g ray mo re o r l ess mi x ed w ith g rizzly I n spec i mens fro m the M i ssi ssippi Val ley the same p arts show a S p ri nkli ng o f yello w tipped h ai rs T he light l at eral strip es are w hite o r b ut fai ntly ti n ged w ith b ufl in typi cal N o rt h ern s pec i mens whil e in typi cal striatus fro m " the S o uth th ey are st ro ngly wash ed with bufl w hi ch colo r o ften d eepens to pal e fulvo us posterio rly and is furth er ob scured by T he s id es vary the ad mi x t u re o f a n umb er o f d ark tipped hai rs f s in u u l vo fro m the pal est bufl(as in S peci men N o 1200) o r b ufl y N o rth er n the N o rt h ern t o dark ful vo us in the S o uth ern fo r m spec i mens sho w a slight sp ri nkli n g o f bl ac k tipp ed h ai rs w hi c h i ncrease in n umber fro m the no rth so uth ward till in ty p ical striatus the ad mi x t ure o f th ese h ai rs v ery mat eri ally d arken s t he I n typi cal N o rth ern ex ampl es the p ale al s id es o f t he an i m b uff of the sid es fad es so grad ually i nto the w hite o f t he belly that no sh arp li ne can be d rawn between th em; w hil e in typi cal str iatus on the co nt rary a v ery c l ear li ne o f demark atio n sep a rates the t wo the (co mp aratively ) d ark s id es c o nt rasti n g st ro n gly w ith t he b uffy wh it e o f t he und er part s even wh en th ese parts are — w f ith ulvo us w hi ch fact is d ue to the ab sence o f blac k fused s uf tipped hai rs fro m the b elly T he upp er sid e o f the tail is much lighter in N o rth ern S pec i mens th an in striat us p roper t ho ugh the hoary edgi ng is mo re Thi s di fference in appearance is c o nspi c uo us in the S o uth ern due to the fact t hat the bl ack s ubapi cal po rtio n o f each h ai r is much b road er in the latter th an in the fo rmer and the s ubbasal T he resul t is th at in fulvo us po rtio n p ropo rt io nately narro wer the N o rt h ern an i mal the p al e ful vo us zo ne s ho w s th ro ug h w h i l e in the S o uth ern the co rrespo n di ng zo ne is mo st ly co nceal ed b y I n typi cal N o rt hern speci men s the un d er the overlyi ng bl ack fy o r b uffy fulvo us fadi n g in the anal reg io n s i de o f the tail is b uf i nto the white o f the belly ; whil e in typi cal striatus the under s i de o f the tail is d eep h az el whi c h c olo r ex tends fo rward aro un d t he an us to the gen i tal s wh ere it en d s ab ruptly w itho ut sh adi ng o fl i nto the s urro undi n g part s T he dark spot abov e the tip o f the no se is us ually in dist inct and s o meti mes want i ng in N o rth ern sp ec i mens w hil e as a rul e it is well marked in tho se fro m the S o ut h T he faci al marki ng s on T he

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oth er h and are mo re di sti nct in the N o rt hern th an in the Th ese marki ngs however v ary so much in S o uth ern an i mal in d ivid ual s in respect to cl earness o f defi nitio n th at they may be d is mi ssed as un i mpo rtant in the p resent co nnectio n I n b ri ef it may be said th at the N o rth ern ani mal difl ers fro mthe S o u th ern in the cl earness and lightness o f its colo rs the bl ack s t r i pes rem ai n i n g much alik e in both ; o r c o nversely th at the S o u th ern is ch aracterized by an i n tens ification of all the colo rs res u lti n g in the dark eni n g o f the enti re upp er s urfac e R i ch ard so n in 1829 seems to h ave b een fi rst to d escrib e the N o rth ern fo rm tho ugh he did n o t s uspect it to di ffer fro m the Beli evi ng th at the specifi c name stn atus b elo nged to S o uth ern t he A s i ati c an i mal an d ass um i ng the A meri can to be di sti nct he “ call ed the l atter S ciur us (Tamias) L y steri but was wro n g in s up po si ng th at R ay had named it b efo re him Bai rd ex pressed Thi s autho r [ R i ch ardso n] the matt er in a n uts h el l wh en he said uot es R ay as the autho rity o f thi s n ame but it is in fact his — o wn R ay o nly referri ng to the sp ec i es as S cher us a Clar D om ” L yster obser vatus (N o rth A meri can M ammal s 1857 p R i c h ard so n s acco unt of the an i mal he had in vi ew admits o f uestio n as to its excl usiv e appli cabili ty to the p resent fo rm no and h is pl ate (pl ate xv) tho ugh uncolo red is e ually un mistak F urth ermo re he di sti nctly states th at his speci men came abl e fro m Penetang ui sh ene whi ch is o n the n o rth east arm of L ak e H uro n a regio n whi ch th eo reti cally at l east o ught to furn i sh mos t typi cal ex ampl es H is descript io n was taken fro m a rec en t male sp ec i men kill ed in A p ril at P enetang ui s h ene T he po rtio n o f it rel ati ng to colo r runs as follo ws

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the tip of the n ose

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eyelashes are

brow n streak between the eye and the tends

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eyelids

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ear, an d a

to

broad, yellowish brown behin d the ear, deepening i n its -

a

dark

stripe ex

middle mixture

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back is ho ary gray, from a of black an d w hite hairs T he rump, hips and exterior surfaces o f the thighs are o f a bright orang e bro w n color, mixed w ith a few black hairs A dark dorsal li n e co m chestn ut- brown .

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brown ish on each

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mmencement

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but deepens to black posteriorly T here are also , which co mmence behin d the shoulders, exten d to the ,

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by a moderately bro ad white stripe A ll these stripes are bordered with bro wn T he sides , ben eath the stri pes, present a mixture

an d are separated

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lig ht brown

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and thinn er than that o n the

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H ence it is cl ear that R i ch ard so n s name lysteri must be adopted as the s ubspecific name o f the N o rth ern ani mal '

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di ag no ses

A MI A S S T tt tA rUs T Y PI C US

bro w n

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mixed w ith grizzly ; rump

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cro wn , rusty

mp iron g ray so met imes almost chestn ut ; sides rus

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fulvo us , passing i nto ferrugin o us o ver the hips , and mixed w ith a variable uan tity o f black tipped hairs, the fulvo us (los ing its black hairs a d beco ming paler) n etimes en cro aching upon the buf fy w hite o f belly and occasion ally meetin irreg so m

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median

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belly ; light lateral str ipes strong ly suffused with buff an d sometimes tin g ed w ith fulvous posteriorly ; un der surface of tail, mesially, dark fulvo us t o haz el, o ften very deep

k ation betw een the sides

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H abitat

—Valley

mr us

T amas

L ow er H udson

and

L o ng I sland, N ew Y ork ; N ew Jersey ;

in the hig hlan ds to the C arolin as

an d southward

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o f the

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cro w n , rusty

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fulvo us ,

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Georg ia

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belly w ithout leaving any sharp l 1n e of demark atio n between them; light lateral stripe n early w hite, at most but faintly w ashed w ith buff un der surface o f tail, mesially, pale buff to taw ny buff clear ash

sides, pale buf f f a di n n i w i t o h t e , ; g y

and

m m s 6 e ; p 3 5

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of

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H abitat

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—Mo unta1ns o f Pen nsylvania ; A diro ndack

N ew Eng lan d ; Eastern C anada north to the Gulf ’ ’ interior n ort h to J ames s Bay, H udson s Bay ern

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of

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N ew Y ork ; N o rth

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Co upl ed with the fo regoi ng ex ternal ch aracters w hi ch serve to al are certai n c ran i al sep arate the N o rth ern fro mthe S o uth ern ani m pec uli ariti es whi ch are e ually co nstant and di sti ncti ve P ubli ca t io n o f th es e di fferences is deferred unti l a b etter seri es o f sk ul ls o f t he S o uth ern fo rm can be ob tai ned I t may be stated h ere ho wever th at the b rai n case is a littl e b road er in typi cal striatus whil e the l ength o f the mol ar seri es o f teeth is g reater in lysteri ,

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my possessio n

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i milari ty o f h uman actio ns arg ued co nsang ui nity in tho se who d i m u r r e o m h e s m e h e e n a c n t w c ti d th t t h p o o c e n w r a c e h a e n t a p m f l c s th e y m u t h v th e i o r igi n r o m h e s a e r a c e a s t e e h a d r a p Those w ho hold such t heo ri es are not all dead as any o ne co n versan t w ith recent l it erat ure well k no ws I t is uit e possibl e als o th at amo ng old er t hi nkers t here were oth er ways o f ac co unt i n g for s uc h si mil ariti es as I h ave mentio ned Befo re S peaki ng o f anoth er expl anation it is necessary fi rst to A d mitti ng that all lik e ex ami ne mo re c losely the old do c tri ne i n vent io ns had th ei r o rigi n fro mthe same race we h ave two po s S ib l e way s by whi ch each o ne may h av e b een pl anted in di fferent parts o f the wo rld A n art may be so pecul iar to a peopl e th at its p resence arg ues thei r p resence al way s in w h ic h case the art may be said to have t he same invento r and exec uto r A n art may o rigi nate w i th a race o r peopl e s o me o f who m may carry t he k n o wl edge o f it every wh ere o r fo reig ners vi siti ng th at peopl e may l earn the art and carry it ho me or it may undesig nedly on the part o f any o ne be difl used I n o ur day of ill ust rated books and p ap ers th ere is no telli n g h o w far the t uitio n o f cult ure may ex tend I n thi s seco nd case t he art has the sam e i nvento r but no t necessarily the same ex ec ut o r o r di ssemi nato r W hi ch of th ese two causes has b een active in any case seems — o f n umb ers T he same race t o me to be a matt er o f co unti ng o f peopl e w o uld h ardly move abo ut ov er the w o rld pl ant th em s elves here and th ere and fo rg et all the o cc upatio ns and c usto m s M r Tylo r told the A nth ropo o f fat h erl an d ex c epti ng o n e o r two lo g i cal S o ci ety o f Washi ngto n th at he fo und in the neighbo rhood o f Phil ad elphi a so much old fas hio nedn ess b elo ngi n g to En gl an d th at he c o uld al most imagi ne hi msel f in t he midst o f an Engli sh vi ll age of the l ast cent ury On the oth er hand the occurrence o f a fac s imil e o f a Grec ian t empl e as Gi rard Coll ege in Philadel p h ia wh ere oth er exampl es of Greek c ult ure are di ffi cul t to be fo und is an evidence in favo r o f H ell eni c i nfl uence at l east upo n the architect and t rustees o f th at b uildi ng T he oth er moti ve to the adoptio n o f the same means for the n s o r the ex erc i se o f h um n n fi c io h t i g i y i t f u m a w a n a n e u t n t a o r a g entio n was mad e is the id entity o f tho se o f w hi ch p revio us m w ants an d the i nst rumentaliti es o f thei r g ratifi catio n in all b ranches o f the h uman family i nc l udi ng bot h the nat ural ap ti s

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t gth and number A d mitted th at all h uman arts what ever st art fro m n at ural obj ect s en do wmen ts and rel atio n s it follow s that in th ei r p ri sti ne c o nditio n men took t he causes of th ei r — int fl ak es fo r k n ives ; sh arp activity i mmedi at ely fr o m n at ure fl acu sti ck s fo r spears and spad es ; g o urd s and c o n ch s fo r mus i c ;ej lat io ns fo r wo rd s c o nsang ui ni ty fo r so ci al bo nd ; an i mi sm for th eolo gy and d reams fo r revel atio n T hese are so natural and n ecessary th at we n eed no t be asto ni s h ed to find men flyi ng to th em in emergenci es and i nventi ng over and over agai n all the I f a sto n e k n i fe devi ces and method s of the p ri meval wo rld has functio ns p eculi ar to it sel f if cutti ng is depen d ent o n sto ne k n ives th en the sto ne k n i fe w ill o ften be i nvented i ndependently I f al most any vo cal c o mbi natio n w ill recall an id ea ; if al mo st any vo cal c o mbi natio n may stand for i n n umerabl e obj ect s th en the possibiliti es o f assoc i ati ng any obj ec t w ith a parti cul ar v ocal er co mbi natio n will be feebl er and s i mi l ariti es in l an g uage in difl ent loc aliti es will be mo re likely to ari se fro m the same p eo pl e But w o rds fly with either by mig ratio n o r by li terary i nfl uence uite as g reat s uch ease and rapi d ity over the earth th at we are in a dil emma regardi n g th em w h eth er we s h all say th at tho se who use th em are o f the same blood o r wh eth er in one (u se th ey are evid ence o f t ui t io n S i nce we are th us al mo st al ways the spo rt o f th ree rival th eo er to adopt a new pl an L ayi ng asid e predilec ri es I wo uld p ref tio ns I wo uld adopt the i nd uctive method Th ere must be a g reat many resembl an ces in thi ngs fro mdi fferent ti mes and places abo ut w hi ch th ere ex i sts positive i nfo rmatio n R esemblan ce by i n d epend en t i nv entio n b ei ng the l east p rob a ble I wo uld s cruti nize w ith g reat care s uc h exampl es to as c ertai n t he d egree of c o mpl ex ity in the thi ng s i nvented whi ch we are s r n c e pl to b i g b o o i ty e a u r f r e t h e s e e allowed to s uppo se It is m y two i nventio ns abo ut who se i nd epen d ence o f o rigi n th ere can be uestio n no One is a type o f bask et weavi ng fo und o nly at Cape Flattery in Washi ngto n Territo ry and o n the Co ngo T he o th er is the th ro wi n g sti ck o c c urri ng o nly in A ust rali a Brazil and Es ki mo l and T he bask et weavi ng may be call ed the bi rd cag e type th at is a seri es o f ho rizo ntal ro ds is c ro ssed eith er at righ t angl es o r di ago nally by anoth er seri es o f verti cal rod s j ust lik e the wi res in Th ese rods are firmly lash ed in pl ace by a co nti nu a bi rd cage s ren

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H A R T M A N S A NT H R OPOI D as a s peci al st uden t o f the apes and has given us in thi s book r e p h ap s the most autho ritati ve and j udi ci o us wo rk upo n th ese crea t ures yet p ubli sh ed T he ill ust ration s are in nearly every case Of val ue and the facts are p resen ted in a cl ear si mpl e styl e whi c h add s wei ght to the autho r s vi ews A S we see no thi ng to cri ti ci se w e w ill d raw the read er s attentio n to so me of the autho r s stat e ments and co ncl usio ns T he di sc ussio n o n the ape lik e ch aracters Of the lo w est h uman t ribes is Of much p resent i nterest H art man sho ws t hat amo n g so m e h uman races it is i mpo ssibl e no t to recogn ize a p urely ex t ernal and phys i cal app ro x i matio n to the si mi an type Y et old speci mens o f apes especi ally the go rill a di ffer mo re fro m man t han the yo ung and the autho r is stro ngly o f the opi ni o n th at man cann o t h ave des cended fro m any Of the fo ssil speci es w hi ch h ave hi th erto co me to o ur no ti ce no r yet fro m any o f the ” sp ec i es o f ap es now extan t H e adop ts Vogt s vi ew th at both typ es h ave been p rod uced fro m a co mmo n g ro und fo rm whi c h is still mo re stro ngly ex p ressed in the st ruct ure o f yo un g spec i ” mens because the age o f childhood is l ess ad vanced H artman add s : Thi s s upposed p rogenito r Of o ur race is necessarily com l e l m r t e h e c a a n d l e s m o co n hypot ti l tt pt hith to d a l h e e t e t a a y p st ruc t ev en a do ubt ful rep resentatio n Of its c harac t eri sti cs are ” b ased upo n the t rifli ng pl ay o f fancy On page 300 he remarks M o reover the mo st fanat i cal advocates o f the do c t ri ne o f de scent are b eco mi ng ever mo re co n vi n ced th at man cannot be the i ssue of any ex tant fo rm o f anth ropoids H art man in his classificatio n Of the P ri mates pl aces man in the same family as the apes man fo rmi ng t he type o f the sub family Erecti and t he apes i n cl udi n g the gibbo n in the sub family A nth ropo mo rph a T O place man in the same family as t he apes is w e thi nk an ex treme vi ew no r is the autho r logi cal in doi ng so si nce he beli eves t hat man has not d escended fro m any k no wn ape a vi ew w it h whi ch we wo uld ag ree But th ro ugho ut t he ani mal ki ngdo m as a rul e it is emi nently p robabl e th at all the memb ers o f a family zoOlo g ically c o nsidered h ave d escended fro m a c o mmo n ancesto r On thi s g ro und as well as fro m ana to mical co ns id eratio ns we S ho uld refer man to a di sti nct spec i al family ‘— K A NE S H A ND BOOK OF EU R OPEA N BUT T E R FL I ES A h andy littl e book is thi s fo r the butterfly catch er T he i nt ro ductio n gives the best lo cali ti es and the di st rib utio n o f speci es metho ds Of capt ure and o f p reservatio n w h en capt ured apparat us a ful l glo ssary Of terms arg uments o n seaso nal di mo rp hi s m etc Th is is followed by fi fteen pl ates and 14 9 pages o f generi c an d spec ifi c descrip tio ns A well chosen set Of abb revi atio ns is used and the — wo rk is tho ro ug hly i ndex ed L ’



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OUR BI R DS A ND T H EI R H A UN rs d oo r book by an o ut o f doo r st ud ent o f bi rds and bears w i tness to much p ati ent Observatio n T he faults whi ch an evol utio ni st may find in it will endear it to all those who i nstead o f b eli evi ng that functio n p recedes st ruct ure put the latter fi rst and mak e it u s i t s w u o m n n a s n h oto r It m t n g e th t a w o r i g t r a li a s t s e s r a k e p S ho uld s uppo se th at bi rds are s upernat urally fed and s ho uld ask w h en are th ey starvi ng or wanti n g s ustenance as tho ugh h al f S t arv ed bi rds are n ot ab un dant in winter and as tho ugh no ne per is hed ! T he boo k is wo rdy or as its autho r wo uld p robably say o n e o f t he mo st rem ark abl e charac teri sti cs of the vol ume is its ex t rao rdi nary v erbo si ty E verybody is uoted ;W il so n A ud ubo n Tho reau C o ues Bur ro ugh Wall ace D all Maynard are p resent ed in lo ng parag rap hs “ t h ere are bits o f many a l esser light o f zoology and several d is t i n g uished tax idermi sts fig ure in the pages There is a good d eal Of i nfo rmatio n in the book and mo ral les so ns and uo tatio ns are uite as p ro mi nent as o rni tholo gy T he bo ok is h an dso mely p ri nted L A N GI L L E S ’



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C retaceo us o r rath er with t hat i n d efi nite ag e w hi ch i ntervened bet ween t he close o f the C retaceo us and the d awn of the Eo cene unrep resented by any st ratifi ed ro c k in En gl an d we c lo se t he book o n the evol utio n no sp erm s fo r nearly all t he arch ai c an o malo us genera o f Gy m whi ch h eld the pl ace o f o ur l arc h es pi nes and spruces cyp resses and j unipers had given way to li vi ng genera and even s pec ies It is a remarkabl e fact th at the ex termi natio n of so much th at was p reex i sti n g o f b o th the mari ne and t errest ri al fauna embrac ing nearly all the armo ured ceph alopo ds and the gigan ti c sauri ans whi ch had till th en o cc upi ed t he foremo st pl ace sho ul d h ave been acco mpani ed by a si mi l ar w hol esal e di sap pearance amo n g plants To suppose th at thi s period was an exceptio nally fatal o ne al ki ngdo m is to ad mit in ann ihil ati ng enti re o rd ers of the an i m the co mpl et e ab sence o f evid ence a b reak o r j erk in the maj esti c s Of li fe upo n the earth whi ch is rep ug nant to c o mmo n og e s r r p sense ; an d it is mo re c o n so nan t with o ur p resent vi ews to s up po se that we are in p resence Of o ne o f t hose vast gaps in t he geolo g i cal reco rd whi ch we k no w must h ave o c c urred over and o v er agai n in ev ery area uph eav ed upo n whi ch sedi men tary roc k s had b een d epo sited I n t urn i ng fro mthe l as t C retaceo us d epo s i t in E urope we seem so far as the p lant w o rld is co ncerned to fi nally b reak with the past whil e the fi rst depo sit o f the Eocene appears like t urni ng ov er t he fi rst page o f the hi sto ry Of thi ngs as It is th us perh aps w o rth o ur w hil e to t urn we see th em now as ide fo r a moment to tak e sto ck as it were o f t he clo s i ng events o f t he C retac eo us so far as w e k no w t h em at present in o rder to esti mat e the t rue nat ure Of t he apparently s udd en b o und in the usually s tately unarmed p rog ress o f evol utio n It appears that d uri ng the ch alk fo rmatio n a g reat wave o f d ep ressio n passed acro ss E urope traveli ng fro m the West to the Eas t permitti ng the i ng ress o f the A tl anti c and fo rmi ng a g ul f .

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T rue chalk is a pure white limesto ne, composed o f the remains of Foraminifera, valves o f C yt heri na, excessw ely mi n ute in fusoria cell pris ms o f I n ocerami , S po ng e I t w as , un til recently, un iversally ad spicules, and other debris o f organ ic li fe mitted to be a truly oceanic depos it o f similar nature to g lo bigerina oo ze, but Mr W allace, sup rted by the late D r George jeflreys, has lately put forward the view t hat it w as ormed i n shallo w w at er I ts vagt extent, ho mo geneous n ature, and freedo mfromterrestri al impurity sho w that it must have been fo rmed remo te fro mlan d, w hile its larg er organ isms, main ly Echinod ermata o r s p ong es , are with some excep t io n s, such as are n o w met w i th in abyss al depths M r Wallace laid so me stress o n the d ifference i n c o mpos itio n o f fresh g lobig erina oo ze an d chalk, as show n by analysis ; b ut Mr Murray has recently stated that the percen tage o f carbo nate o f lime varies fro m o k n o acco unt o f t he fact that t he chalk had i o s r n o o t h t i n h z e e c o m a e 0 oo T t 4 p 95 been elevated fo r ag es , during w hich it has been ceaselessly removing so me o f its orig in t, its iron has S ilica has been disso lved and re precipitated as fl inal co nstituents been segreg ated into crystalline masses its man g an ese into dendritic maI kings , silice o us spo nge skeleto ns have been disso lved an d replaced by calcite, calcite shells by L ayers of chalk a foo t i n thickn ess o ved en t irely silica, and arago n ite shells rem T he late D r have been red uced to an inch by the remo val of lime in solutio n effreys had not studied the chalk , and based his co n clusio n upo n the mo ] Geo rge j lus ca on ly and these chiefly o f the chalk marl, and seemed unaware that on ly the Of t hese T erebratula, Pecten , A muss ium, ained in true chalk calcite shells rem L ima, and S po n dylus are the chief g enera still exist ing , an d al l but the last are al Moreo ver, if the chalk sea read y k n o wn to i n habit w ater 14 00 fathoms in depth d id no t communicate w ith the A rctic o cean , as Pro f Prestw ich and ot hers believe. and w as shut o ff fro m the A ntarctic by lan d between A fri ca and S o uth A merica, as there is also much eviden ce to s uppo rt, its abyssal depths w o uld have been warm instead o f icy co ld, an d its former abyssal inhabitants, accusto med to warmt h, wo uld have so ught shal lo wer w ater no w in order to find an eq ual temperature, and beco me, T he blue an d green freys stat es them to be, a tropical assemblag e as Geo rg e Jef muds of the Cballeng er pu s lnto glo big erina ooze with an increased depth, and th eir e uivalents o f Gault an d greensan d pass i nto chalk in exactly the same way T he alternative theo ry o f W allace, that chalk is decomposed co ral mud , co uld not have been advanced by a g eo lo gist, as, w hile the chalk contains some well preserved so l itary co rals, not a reef building co ral has ever been met w ith either in or s urro und ing it, nor even in any contemporaneo us depos it ,

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d irectly fo rmed o n a fo rmer l and s urface and we co nse uentl y uali ty fi n d th at it is i nvari ably p reced ed by s o me mo re litto ral T he nearer the o rigi n al c ent re o f d epress io n or o f sedi m ent fo cus o f s ub sid ence the old er t he g reen sand s and Gaul ts must: necessarily be ;and the fart h er we recede fro m it i n any l andward d irectio n the newer they will be N o w apart fro m phys i cal evi d ence a co mpari so n o f the faunas o f o ur ch alk wit h those o f any E uropean bed co rrel ated wi th it to t he eastward w o ul d at o nce sho w th at if o ne was ol der t han an o th er it wo uld be th at o f o ur Fo rms like M o sasaurus whi ch o n ly appear in o ur very latest area c halk d epo s its abo un d in C retaceo us d epo si ts o f mo re central E urope; whil s t o thers s uch as I cht hyo saurus fo und ab un dantl y T he rapid in in o ur c halk marl are o n t he co ntrary ab sen t crease in t he develo pmen t an d p ropo rt io n o f lo n g canal ed and o t her Eo cene looki n g gast ropods c ul mi nati ng in t he Dani sh U p r Ch alk i n di cates mo st c o nc l us ively a mo re an d mo re recent e p p eriod o f d epos iti o n fo r t he bed s in w hi ch they occur T he lit to ral zo ne must in fact h av e been c o nstantly t raveli ng o utward an d fo rward and acc umulati ng o n ly until the ever i ncreas i ng d ep th led to a c hange in the sedi ment Th us t ho ugh bed s o f green sand o r chalk may be p erfect ly co nt i nuo us wi th p reci sely t he same li thologi cal c haracters it is ab s urd to assert th at po rtio ns of it w hen separated fro m eac h o th er by deg rees o f l atit ude an d lo ngi t ude must be sy nch ro no us S o far fro m thi s the c h alk wi t h Hi nts o f o ne locali ty must mo st certai n ly have been depo si ted an d thi s in turn sy nch ro no us ly w i th t he c h alk o f an o th er w i th the chlo ri ti c marl o f ano th er an d t he g reensand o f an other T he sh allo wer wat er zo nes s uc h as the g reensan d w o uld t ravel fo rward so lo ng as t he sea co nt i n ued to encroach and alo n g the farth est c o nfi nes o f the g ul f w o uld recede agai n wh en el eva tio n set in wi tho ut any ch alk bei n g d epo si t ed over th em so t hat so m e upper g reensan ds might be newer th an any c h alk It is p robabl e th at each mi no r zo ne w as a zo ne o f dep th c har acterised by the same uali ty o f sediment and a fauna to so me ex ten t pec uli ar to it and w hi ch k ept up w i t h it as it t rav el ed farth er and farth er l and wards Th ere wo uld t h us be g reat si mil ar ity in the fauna o f eac h zo ne at any i nterval o f d i stance and it might mai ntai n its di sti nct charcteristics over the mo st ex tensive areas wi tho ut fo r all th at its co ntents h avi ng li ved sy n ch ro n o us ly o ver the whol e area W e h ave noti ced th at the Neoco mi an and Gault o f Engl and and Western F rance co ntai n a vari ed and co nsiderabl e flo ra represen ted mai n ly by foli age and fruits o f Co n i fera wi tho ut affo rdi n g the s lig htest t race o f the p resence o f an gio spermo us di cotyl edo n s Even the Gray Ch alk and the Bl ackdo wn b ed s h ave o nly yi elded c o ni fers an d a Willi amso n i a o f J urassi c typ e W e cannot acco unt fo r thei r absence by s uppo si ng o ur area to h av e been i solated fo r in the p recedi n g W eald en p eriod nei th er its fauna or flo ra ,

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d iffered fro m th at o f E urope But w h en we reach A ix la Ch ap el l e, we find the c h alk and greensan d rest i ng upo n b ed s co n tai n i n g a flo ra l argely mad e up o f di co tyl edo ns an d st ill farth er o ff in t h e C eno man ia o f Boh emi a livi ng genera s uc h as M ag n oli a, and fart h er o n s till e ually d eveloped di cotyl edo n s in the s upposed yet i o l der T uran i an S uch facts were hi th erto c o mpl etely nex pli cabl e b ut it n o w appears even p robabl e th at the i nterv al re ui red fo r the c h alk to p rog ress o n ly 300 o r 4 00 mil es en d ured lo n g eno ug h to h ave permitted an eno rmo us p rog ress in the evol utio n o f phanero m s r m N s t 1 e do h t v i l h lk i i a o e e 1 2 r 00 f e o f r t c a r e n a 00 e c a o n 4 g g i n o ur area at all rep resent the co mpl eted fo rmatio n ; fo r, as the r o lo nged s ubs i den ce fi nal ly ceas ed an d gave pl ace to an e ual ly p s l o w elevatio n all the l es sen i ng zo nes o f depth w o uld t rav el b ack w i th the recedi ng o cean , and l eave a seri es o f zo nes i nversely arrang ed to th at p reserv ed t o us T he p lani n g ac tio n o f the sea has t e moved all t hi s newer seri es, j ust as it has pl aned away a furth er mass o f the width o f the E ngli s h ch annel , and is slo wly b ut in ex o rably c utt i ng d o wn to its o wn level all the zo nes t h at fo rm its s h o re li n es T he Eocene seas fro mbegi n n i n g to end o fthe perio d w ere ceasel ess ly en gaged in t hi s wo rk and th ei r en o rmo us deposits i nt shi ngl e mark ho w much o f the c h alk had fall en a p rey to of fl N o r has t he c h alk enjoyed any resp i te fro m the w o rk o f t h em d est ructio n down to the present day so th at wh at now remai ns It was d uri ng the in is a mere frag ment o f w h at o n ce ex i sted t erval th at el ap sed b et ween t he fo rmatio n o f t he newest c h alk no w left in En gl an d an d t he old est Eo cene th at di c otyl edo ns were i n trod uced , and o u r ex i st i ng flo ra p racti cal ly came i n to ex i s ten ce A ll the Upp er C retaceo us flo ras o f E urop e al so flo uri sh ed d uri n g t h i s i n t erv al , b ut we cannot say , w i t h o ur i mperfect reco rd , exactly t he o rd er in w hi c h th ey came in , and must be co nten t to regard t hem in a general way as far newer th an t h ey ap pear to be s t rat i re A meri can C ret aceo us seri es s ho uld phi c lly h e e n t i r a T e r a g p h aps al so be pl aced s o mewh ere in thi s i nterval tho ugh t ho se well regard its c o mmen cem nt as d ati n g fro m an lifi e d to j d g e u u e a q Wi tho ut thi s digressio n we c o uld no t h ave fo rmed o l der perio d ” C retaceo us period and a n ad e uate id ea o f the mean i ng o f the s o realized th at t he so call ed C en o man i an and T uran i an flo ras ferent epo ch to th at o f E urope may belo ng to a c o mpl et ely di f rep resen ted by the same ho rizo ns in K ent and S ussex 92 S -

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vent ral si de o f the body ; for in th ese and perh aps in all seo r i f m f o n s t h e do rs l pl a t e s i n r a s n l n h c o u n ti n g r o r o n t i a c e e e t p g bac k ward so th at the fi rst pl at e is the shortest o f all ; wh ereas (at l east in recent sco rpio ns) the fi rst ventral pl ate is lon g er than the fo llowi ng o nes c o rrespo ndi n g in l en gth and po sitio n to tw o o r 1 — even titr ee (2 d and 3 d o r [ st 3 d) do rsal pl ates tak en togeth er I f the above given i nterpretatio n is as I beli eve t he righ t o ne ’I t h e want of spir aeula o n the pl ates need s n o furt h er explanatio n Mr Whitfi eld thi nks th at whereas mod ern sc o rpio ns carry the tai l (po stabdo men) arc h ed upward over t he back Pro sco rpius and eopho n us carri ed it in t he oppo site way o r c urved down also Pala w ar d Thi s wo uld i nd eed be a character o f fundamental i mpo r ta nce in di sti ng ui shi ng t he S il uri an sco rpio ns fro m all o th er members of the g ro up ; but to me it is i mpossible to find any st ringent reaso n fo r adopti n g thi s stran ge hypothesi s I n the fi rs t lac e it w o uld seem that the an i mal s gait wo uld beco me ex ceed p fi c ult and awk ward if it were to walk wi th its tail c urved i n gly di f u nder the body ; and wh en it w i sh ed to kill w ith the sti n g t he rey whi c h it had caught w ith the h and s o f the palpi it w o ul d p o d h b a r u s t s w r bly o li to th t p lp ith p y b t w r b e b e e a u t h e n i t s e e e e p g legs und er the body in o rder to b ri ng it withi n the reac h o f the — no d o ubt a di f fi c ult perfo rmance fo r the ani mal Th at in st i ng t he embry o o f sc o rpio ns t he tai l is bent und er the body is o f c o urse no reas o n fo r b eli evi ng th at the tail retai ns th at po sitio n after bi rt h in the earli est o r S il uri an spec i es rath er th an in C ar A s to Palaeopho nus I do n ot enter b o niferous an d rec ent o nes tai n the l east do ubt o f its h avi ng carri ed its tail in the same It must be bo rne in mi nd that d i recti o n as livi ng sco rpio ns w h en a sco rpio n is st ron gly depressed o r fl att ened the tail o n acc ount of its bei n g arch ed upward s and no t allo wi n g o f b ein g stretc h ed o ut in a straight li ne bac k wards canno t well t urn t he do rsal part o f mo re than its basal joi nt s up ward s ; the follow ing joi nts beco me g rad ually mo re and mo re t urned to o ne si de o r t he oth er so th at t he l ast j o in t o r joi nt s w ill be seen in p rofil e o r even obli uely fro m b el o w S uch is the case in the speci men o f Pale opleonus tramire: described and fig ured by Pro fesso r L i nd ‘ ysel f T he basal joi nts of the tail o f thi s an i mal are st rom and m des troyed but must h ave t urned th eir upper or d o rsal s urface p ress io n of th ei r ventral part on up wards as t hey h ave l eft the i m

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t fo llo wi ng j oi nts are seen fro mthe left sid e the t wo l ast obli uely fro m th at sid e and fro m belo w I n the S c ot c h ‘ Pala pho nus desc ri bed by M r Peach w hic h is t urn ed ups id e do wn we co nse uently see t h at the basal joi nts o f t he tail t urn th ei r vent ral part up ward and th at the l as t j oi nt s are vi ewed obliquely from above A s to Pro sco rpius t he i mp ressio n o ne receiv es fro m the fig ures is th at the tail s ho ws t he dorsal s urface o f at l east th ree o f t he fo ur joi n t s s till p reserv ed j ust as wo uld be M r Whi tfi eld says ho wever t hat it shows not t he ex pected upper o r do rsal s urface but t he i nsi de o f the ventr al o r l o wer pl ates o f t he four anterio r segment s and as th ese pl ates h ave e fo rm and sculpt ure as t he dorsal pl ates o r p art s o f th ese the sam seg men ts o r joi nt s in o rdi nary sc o rpio ns he co ncl udes th at in “ Pro sco rpius the b endi ng o f t he tai l wo uld be dow nward and ” n o t ov er the b ac k as in mo re recent and livi ng sco rpio ns N ow it seems utterly i mp rob abl e to me th at Paleeopltonns nunoites and Proscorpius osbor nez w hi c h both b elo n g to the S il uri an ag e and w hi ch are in many respect s closely related sho uld di ffer fro m eac h o th er in so i mpo rtan t a part i c ul ar as the di rec tio n o f t he tail Perhaps it is no t i mpo ssible t hat Mr Whitfield is mi stak en in referri ng wh at remai ns o f t he tail in his Pro sco rpius to the ven tr al part o f the joi nt s But ev en if he is rig ht in t hi s the fact can easily be ex pl ai ned if we ad mi t th at t he tail w hi c h acc o rdi n g to M r Whi tfi el d hi msel f is detaeleed fro m the body o r to use his “ o wn ex p ressio n s li g h tly di s pl aced in rel atio n to the l as t seg ment o f the p reabdo men has also beco me turned upside dow n ; in th at case t he joi n ts o f the tail wo ul d w h en th ei r vent ral up t urned s urface had been d estroyed sho w the i nside o f thei r d o rsal surface in p rec i sely th at po s i t io n whi ch Mr Whitfiel d att rib ut es to the vent ral surface o f the j oi nt That Prosco rpius had its tai l c urv ed do wnward is th erefo re by no means p roved by M r Whit fi eld s spec i men A s the walki ng li mb s o f Proscorpius osbor nez are in a very bad state o f p reservat io n it is no do ubt di ffi cult to d ecid e w ith certai nty wh eth er thi s an i mal b elo ngs to the o rdi nary tw o c l awed sco rpio ns f s D t h s l i e n o n h o e s o o t h e A o x o d e s t o S i u r i a o r m r c o d o r ( y p yp ) p w hi ch h ave t he tarsi poi nt ed and cl awl ess o r po ssibly armed w i t h a s i n gl e cl aw On ly one o f the l egs the l eft o ne o f the fi rst pai r is acco rdi ng to M r Whitfi eld undamaged and p rovid ed at the tip with tzvo claws Thi s assertio n if right w o ul d o f co urse set tle the uest io n at o nce but a clo se i nspectio n o f t he fig ures o f the an i mal mak es me b eli eve th at t h at leg al so is i nco mpl ete b ei ng ’ — — r e n n e b ok p robabl y the l ast o f t he joi nts ear the b as e o f o n “ T he bifid endi ng o f the leg o n t he fig ures do es in fact no t at all gi ve me the i mp ressio n o f two cl aws but resembl es clo sely the al so b rok en en d of the right leg o f t he l ast pai r in the figure o f o

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Tho r 8: L indstr T he joi nt was perh aps armed w ith a st ro n g spi ne near the b as e (as is the case w it h t he fi fth j oi nt in Palwopbonus nuneius) at all events the two j oi nts have n o resembl ance to the cl aws o f o rdi nary sco rpio ns But besid es thi s th ere are several o th er reaso ns fo r do ubti ng th at Pro sco rpi us b elo ng s to the D io ny cho po des I n Palmophon us all the j oi nts w i th the ex ceptio n o f the l as t are cy li ndrical o r nearly so ;in other sco rpio ns the tibia ts co mpressed and convex longi tudznally o n t he und er sid e ; and in t hi s respect Pro sco rpius appears to h ave resembl ed Palmopho n us and not the D io nychOpodes T he tol erab ly well p reserved leg o f the fi rst pai r of Prosco rpius seems to s ho w that mos t o f the joi nts o f the legs h ave b een co mpara t ively slzort 1n thi s an i mal and m thi s parti c ul ar al so it resembl es Palaeopho nus and di ffers fro mthe D io ny cho po des T he c ro wd ” ing fo r ward o f the li mbs and appen d ag es d epend s o n the shor tn ess s Pro i r e o e r c r a n s s o h t o o d i c h i ti t di ti g u i h e e t s a r a t s h s n c r t a a e c f p sc o rpi us fro m the D io nycho po des but not fro m Palmopho n us is n o t p robabl e th at Pro sco rpius di ffered fro m o th er sco rpio n s It ( i n the n um b er o f the jo i nts o f the l egs if we assume th at m the best p reserved leg o f M r W hitfield s speci men the fi rst joi nt o r co x a is co nceal ed by the margi n o f the ceph alotho rax an d th at the leg 13 b rok en at the b ase o f the l ast joi nt it wo uld seem to co n s i st o f sev en j oi nts uite as in all oth er sco rpio ns ) A n o th er ch aracter by whi ch Prosco rpius appears to be mo re o ho n us th an to oth er at l east recent seo r nearly rel ated to Palm p pio ns co ns i sts in tlze tr ansverse furr ow whi ch ex tend s across t he “ c ephalotho rax so th at its po st erio r part fo rms a b road band resembli n g a seg ment o f the p reabdo m en Tbe small siz e of the dorsal ey es wo ul d seem to be a c h aracter in w hi ch Pro sco rpius di ffers fro m the Eosco rpio idze to whi ch it is referred by M r Wh i tfi eld ; in thi s parti cular it resembl es rath er D r H unter s and M r P each s S c ot ch Palaeopho nus bei ng as M r Whitfi eld j ustly remarks al so in its gen eral aspec t mo re lik e thi s sco rpio n th an t he p robably ey el ess S wedi sh S peci es (P nn neius) But tho ugh I believe th at Prosco rpius is nearly rel ated to Palaeopho nus it fo rms n o do ubt a goo d peculi ar gen us ch aracteriz ed by the so me what t ri lobed anterio r margi n o f the ceph alotho rax and more espec ially by t he s hape o f t he fi ngers o f t he mandibles w hi ch if they really had such a fo rm in the livi ng ani mal as fro m M r Whi t field s fig ures th ey appear to h ave di ffer materi ally fro m tho se of Palaeo pho n us and all oth er k no wn sco rpio ns It w ill be seen fro m the fo regoi ng li nes that I cannot find th at Prosco rpius d i ffers essent i ally fro m the hith erto k no wn sco rpio n s in oth er respects th an 1n t he so mewhat s/zorter c ephalothorax and s e r h a i h a h f r m t e m n d i l e s t e o o f b y t ti l po i io m n I t s s s e s a c a t n p p appears to me to be in the c lose vi c i n ity o f Pala opho n us and l

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i d f A N EXT I NC T , fering wid ely fro many o f the o rdi nary wild o r do mesti c dogs, have b een recently des ribed by Mr J A A ll en in the memoi rs o f the museumo f zoolo gy at H arvard oll ege T he bo nes were fo und in Ely cave L ee o unty , Vi rgi ni a, o ne o f t he oldest o f a g ro up o f cav erns in li mesto ne o f C ambro S il uri an ag e describ ed by P ro fesso r S h al er, of the geologi al survey o f Kent ucky I n general fo rmthe new do g was a sho rt li mb ed , h eavy bo di ed an i mal , resembli n g in its p ropo rtio ns a badger rath er than a dog T he sk ull has no t been fo und M r A llen refers the remains to a new gen us, under the o s s name of Paelz b u t n e n r o y y .

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W itlaczil p ub lished his y of the A phid es and in 1884 o n th ei r research es o n the anato m emb ryology (o f whi ch paper we g ave an ab st ract in A M ER I C A N N A T U R A L I S T Feb H e no w furni sh es an additio nal co n tributio n to the anato my o f the Phyt ophthira o r pl ant li ce mak ing the s mall g ro up of Psyllida: the s ubj ect of i mpo rtant re searc h es ; his ex po s itio n o f the s t ruct ure o f the i nsect b rai n b ei n o f ex ceptio nal val ue T he speci es ex ami ned by him rep resentes the g enera Psy llopsis R hinoco la Psy ll a H o moto ma T rio za H is method s were t easi ng in sali ne sol utio n s t reati ng w i th dil ut e ac eti c acid the fresh and stai ned ani mal s enti re and maki ng sec tio ns in the Napl es way with J un g s mi croto me l n ex ternal appearance the Psy llida: are s mall (abo ut a mi lli meter in l ength ) di fferi ng fro m o ther famili es o f H o moptera by the s i mil arity o f both sex es whi ch are w i nged and are p rovid ed with a pai r o f co mpo und eyes and th ree si mpl e o celli and h ave ten j oi nted antenna the two joi nts nex t the base sho rt and t hi ck and the t ermi nal joi nt b eari ng a p ai r o f b ri stl es D uri ng li fe the antenn a are co nstantly vib rati n g Figs 1 2 S ho w the mal e ON PS Y L L 1D 1E



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i nterstiti al ty pe of to oth of R yder They co nstit ute in part the ’ intermediate (medi an d enti cul es) c usps o f Gaudry T he obj ec t o f t he c usp ul e is to suppo rt the c usp to the base o fwhi ch it is attached I nd eed it p resents the fi rst attempt to modi fy the b unodo nt type o f dentitio n to ward the lophodo nt type It is c o nsi stently mai n tained o nly w h en t he st rai n o f i mpact is o f moderate amo unt S ho uld the st rai n bec ome ex cessive the l ateral bo rder o f the t oo t h ‘ is arch ed i nward as fi rst poi nted o ut by R yder I n the p resenc e o f t h ese stro ng arches o r fl utings the mai n surfaces o f att ri t io n n o lo nger need the b asal c usp suppo rts and th ey di sappear Thi s c h ange is ill ust rated in Paleosy ops and L imno hy us Wh en a tooth b eco mes w o rn and an i sl and o f denti ne appears at the s ummit o f t he c usp ul e it is o ften seen to be obli uel y placed to the mai n c usp Thi s is o ccasio nally seen in A cha no do n and Mast odo n and co nstantly in H ippopotamus A key is in thi s way afl pl ex tooth o f o rded to i nterp ret the i sl and s o f t he co m Phaco cha rus Ca e sho uld be tak en no t to be mi sl ed in applyi ng thi s method of i nterpretatio n to i nt ricate types o f tooth st ructure s uc h as Poly masto do n and its alli es fo r in th ese genera th ere ex ist t rue cusps o nly (c uspules bei ng enti rely absent) an d the thi rd ro w of i sl and s (wh en such ex i sts) bei n g s i m ply a li near row o f well defined ch aracters pl aced alo ng t he bo rd er o f the tooth A tooth th at has been for a lo ng ti me subj ected to t he ac tio n of a dil ute acid is enti rely dep rived o f its enamel and permi ts the s uper fic ies of the d enti ne to be cl early seen It is of i nterest to not e th at the c usp s upo n the d enti ne o f a tooth th us p rep ared whil e co rrespondi ng in a general way to those on the free enamel surface are suffici ently di sti nct th erefro mto afl o rd m ateri al fo r co mpari so ns and to suggest rel atio nships o f a di fferent ch aracter fro m tho se determi ned by the st udy o f the enti re t ooth Th us the d ent i ne c usps o f the p remol ars o f S us s uggest the fo rmo f t he co rrespo n d ing t eeth in Mo nachus and of Meso nyx T he c usps of the thi rd mol ar o f S us are striki ngly like the molars of the I nsectivo ra and o f lo wer mol ars o f t he genus Bath o sis I lik e m a n n e r t h n e y p denti nal surface o f an aberrant mol ar t ooth of man p resents t he essenti al feat ures o f teeth so remote as to recall t he type seen in ‘ C entetes Gy mnura Ch ryso chlo ri s as well as in the n umero us ancest ral types d escrib ed by C 0pe fro m t he N o rt h A m erican “ E ocene A p racti cal method of st udyi ng t eeth with the obj ect in vi ew o f .

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it ll n the l at er p rofil e (Fig 10) the germban d shows t he app en dages o f the em b ryo develo ped as foll o ws : the antenna at t he mandibl es md the max ill a rn x t he t hree pai rs o f l eg s I 2 an d 3 the co llo pho ral seg ment 1 and the follo wi ng abdo mi nal seg m ents up to V 1 I n t he n ex t stag e w hen it may be said th at the emb ryo is al read y b egi n ni ng to l eng then as sho wn in Fig 7 the vent ral pl ate wi th its appendages is n o lo nger co nv ex w h en vi ewed l aterally 1n p rofi le b ut b eco mes s tro ngly co ncave o r b ent u p o n it sel f and it th en appears as if it had b een sho rt ened the emb ry o ni c append ages b ei n g al so much c ro wd ed togeth er at t hei r d istal en ds as sho w n in Figs 6 and 7 w hi ch rep resent the same s tage vi ewed fro m in fro nt and in p rofil e I n the co urse o f fur t her develop ment the emb ryo i ncreases still mo re in l ength as s h o wn in Fig 5 w h en it may be said th at the d efi n itive fo rm o f t h e parent an i mal b egi ns to be obvio us By thi s ti me the li mbs D uri ng the an d antenna h ave b eco me d efi ni tely seg mented ea rli er stages the li mb s anten na collopho re etc had t he fo rm of m ere bl unt pai red papill a o r o f bl unt cl avate ten tac l e lik e r u t a e r s u a i d o g o w th f r o m h l t l s s o f h v n t l pl t e or e r a r f c e t e r a t a e a e p elo n gated germi nal area T he ch ang es whi ch determi ne the app rop ri ati on of the yolk o r w h eth er a do rsal o rgan is d eveloped w hi ch tak es part in thi s o r n o t as h eld by K o rotnefl in the case o f Gryllotalp a are poi n ts w hi ch h ave not b een mad e o ut This as well as the manner in w hi ch the bl astod erm is fo rmed can o n ly be made o ut by means o f sectio ns T he egg s as well as the ad ult an i mal s are not readily wetted I h ave s uc ceeded in har w ith water o r even in dil ute al co hol d en i ng th em by t reat i n g th em fi rst w ith weak al c ohol and after w ards pl aci n g th em ia dil ute ch ro mi c acid o r M ii ller s fl uid T he eg g o f thi s spec i es after the fo rmatio n o f the germi nal a e i s in vested by an i nner coveri n g i and an o uter o ne ii as l t p s ho wn 1n Figs 8 and 10 By very careful manip ul atio n under a c om presso r the o uter o ne may be rupt ured wh en it will be dis c overed th at the i nner o ne is wri nkl ed in the mo st s i ng ul arly s y mm et ri cal fashio n as rep resented in Fig 8 Wh eth er thi s sec o nd wri n kl ed cov eri ng is the sero us en v elo pe o r amn ion I am n ot c ertain It may be that it is a c uti c ul ar c hiti no us secretio n fro m l t he cell s of t he bl astod erm such as has been fo und by Ki ng s l ey t o i nvest the emb ryo o f L i mul us whil e yet in t he egg I nside t he seco nd egg en velope and bet ween it and the ov um p roper t h ere is a very c o nsid erabl e perivitelli ne spac e pr dev eloped I mperfec t as th ese notes are I p ubli sh th em fi rst b ecause the develop ment of thi s fo rm difl ers g reat ly in its external feat ures fro m th at of I so to ma described by Pack ard ; seco ndly b ecause t he develop ment of thi s typ e recapit ul ates v ery b ri efly the d evel

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D I S I NFECT A NT S OF T H E A ME R 1C A N — P us n e H EA L T H A ssoc 1A T 1ON A littl e mo re than a year ag o the P ubli c H eal th A ssoci atio n sti rred up by the p rospective speedy advent o f cho lera in thi s co unt ry took steps to armbo th practitio n ers o f medi c i ne and the p ub li c at l arge agai nst n o t o nly th at d is germs ease but all ail ment s s uppo sed to o w e t h ei r ex i stence to A co mmitt ee was ap poi nted co ns i sti ng o f D rs S t ernb erg and S mart o f the A rmy R ay mo nd o f Brookly n Vaugh an o f A nn A rbo r L eed s of N ew J ersey W atki ns o f New Orl eans and R ohé o f Balti mo re to i nvesti gate the effici ency o f the vario us obtai nabl e germi c i des an d anti septi cs in resp ect to sanitatio n an d p reventiv e medi ci ne P robably no mo re co mpetent and co nscien tio us wo rkers than are so me if no t all o f the members of thi s ‘ c o mmitt ee co ul d h av e b een cho sen to carry o ut t hi s difl icult T he repo rt Opens by cl eari ng away a commo n co n und ertaki n g fusio n of terms A n a ntiseptic is a s ub stance w hi ch si mply pre ven ts o r arrests the d evelop ment of bact eri al o rgani sms a disin fectant o r g ermicide is a s ub stance whi ch kill s t h em A ll disin fectants are anti septi cs b ut n ot all anti septi cs are disi n fectan ts T he wo rk o f the co mmitt ee was li mit ed to the st udy o f the dis infect i n g p rop erti es o f the s ub stances i nvestigated T he repo rt co nsi sts partly o f the descriptio ns of o rigi nal ex peri ments an d partly o f hi sto ri cal essays embodyi ng the resul ts o f the mo st t rust wo rthy i n vestigato rs in th i s fi eld T he general reader wo uld search in vai n the mass o f b acteri a lit erat ure to fin d s o me d efi nite idea o f the co mp arative v al ue o f di f ferent disin fec tant s ; but in the w o rk b efo re us t he c o n fusio n is red uced to a mi ni mum because the many di fferent s ub stances i nvestigated are c o nsidered fro m the same standpoi nt and after the same methods I t means very litt le wh en o ne ex peri menter d ecl ares th at ch ro mi c ac i d fo r ex ampl e is an anti sept i c in the p ropo rtio n 1 1000 an d ano ther th at carboli c acid has the same po wer wh en o f the st ren gth t s n r a e t h e h n e t r f t e m r e c e n o f r o o c t d th g ood 1 00 o t h e m f e r ; 5 g sol utio n the g reat er must be the co ncent ratio n o f the ant i sep ti c to be effi ci ent and a percentage of an ti septi c th at wo ul d prevent the development o f germs fo r the space Of th ree d ays migh t be lived do wn by b acteri a in t he co urse o f s ix Mercuri c chlo rid e as a di si nfectant easily stand s at the h ead o f A s thi s sub stance is a viol en t s ub st ances readily obt ai n abl e OF

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i o n obj ectio n has been mad e to its use th at wh en th rown i nt o vau lts it mig ht s oak th ro ug h the earth an d co ntami nate the d ri n k in g water in well s o r ci sterns ; D r V augh an ho wever has s ho wn that wh en sol utio ns o f mercuri c chlo rid e are filtered th ro ug h v ar io us ki nds o f s oil the fil trate co ntai ns n o t race o f merc ury ; posed in the earth t h e bi ch lo ride h avi ng p rob ably b een deco m t he mercury fo rmi n g i n sol ubl e salts w ith carbo nates an d pho s s with whi ch it has co m s u h a t a s i to o t t d tiv tio e e n n c I t e t r c e a c n c p o n l ead pip es p resents o ne i mpo rtant obj ectio n to the do mesti c S o me bacteri al o rgani sms rep rod uce us e o f the merc ury sal t t h emselv es by means o f spo res an d th ese l atter are very much mo re resi stant toward germi cidal i nfl uence than are the active T he co n cl us io ns arri ved at by the co mmittee are o f o r gan i s ms s o g reat p ract i cal i m po rtance and are so co nci sely stated that th ey W 111be stated h ere nearly in extenso T he most useful agents fo r the d estruct io n o f spo re co ntai n i ng in fectio us materi al are : 1 Fire Co mpl et e d est ruct io n by b urn ° ° 2 S team under pr essur e 1 10 in g C (230 Fah r ) fo r ten min o B o i l i w a h r id e m e o n t e r u r l li n f ho i o r o n e to C 1 ut es 4 f 4 3 g M e u c c h l o r id e u r c s n r cen t sol ut io n r i ol tio f A o I 00 e 5 5 p For the d estructio n o f i n fectio us materi al whi c h o wes its i nfecti n g h m o m itt o wer to mi cro o rgan i sms n ot contai ning spor es t c e e e p Co mpl et e d est ructio n by b urni ng 2 1 Fir e r eco mmend s : ° e a a r F h r h t 0 2 0 1 B oiling in w ater h al f an ho ur D 1 C y 3 (3 ) s l n d h or i e l i m e e c n t e u t ol tio 1 o r fo r two ho urs C 4 p 4 f 5 M s u e r n n to r e t ol t io 6 2 e c 0 S olution of chlori nated soda 5 p u u h r l A sol utio n o f 1 1000 to I : 4 000 S 7 p d ioxide Expo se fo r twelve ho urs to an at mo sph ere co ntai n i ng at least 4 vol umes per cent o f thi s gas p referably in p resen ce o f moi s t u re (thi s re ui res the co mb us tio n o f 3 to 4 lbs s ulph ur fo r ev ery 8 Car bolic acid 2 to 5 per cent 10 00 c ubi c feet o f air space) u h a e c o e r l o t to u 2 r c e t s ol tio n 1 0 e s o l ut io n S n f pp 5 p 9 p C hlor ide of z inc 4 to 10 per cent sol utio n T he co mmittee wo uld mak e the follo wi n g reco mmendatio ns w i th reference to the p racti cal appli catio n o f t h ese ag ents fo r dis i n fecti n g p urpo ses For excreta —(a) I n the s i ck roo m: Fo r spo re co n tai n i ng materi al 1 Chlorid e of li me in sol utio n 4 per cent 2 Mer u f a a n h e a dditio n a e u l 0 c uric c hlo rid e in sol utio n 1 t o 0 n 5 ( anganate as a deo do rant and to give colo r t o t ity o f po tass i umperm I n the ab sence o f spo res ; carboli c t he sol utio n is reco mmen d ed) i u t i u lph a t e f opp e r n s ol o n S o c acid in sol ut io n 5 per cent 4 r f e h u n n b e n I r e t C lo id e o zi n i n s ol io 1 r c t n c c t 0 e 5 5 p p () u s ; m rc uri c chlo rid e in sol ut io n 1 r o r i vy v lt Chlo id e e f 00 a 5 p l i me in po wder (it is well to dil ute by mi x in g with pl aster of pari s o r c l ean san d) a n e n oil d d lothi g i u r l n For clothing bedding etc e n e c b e d S () 1 D est ructio n by fire if o f littl e val ue etc 2 Boi li n g fo r at m i f m r r i e u t i n o I i o c i c c hl d leas t hal f an h our m e r n n s l e r u o s o o 3

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C ENT E R Our k no wl edge o f the respi rato ry center d ates fro m the wo rk o f L e H e lo cat ed thi s cent er Gal loi s in the early part o f thi s cent ury in the med ulla oblongata co n fi n i ng it i nd eed to a very li mited po r tio n o f the med ull a in the regio n o f the o rigi n of the vagus nerv e Flo urens repeated L e Gallo is s ex peri ments and localized the cen ter to a small spo t in the g ray matter at the l evel o f the cal amus scr ipto ri us w hi ch he named the na n d vital L ater wo rk ers demo nst rated th at the respi rato ry cent er o f the med ull a is b il at eral L o ng it udi nal sectio ns alo ng t he middl e li ne of the med ul la do not p revent the respi rato ry movements fro mtaki ng pl ace N o part o f p hysiology seems to h ave b een mo re generally accepted th an the ex i stence of thi s center in the med ull a tho ugh its ex act po sitio n has al ways been and is still a matter of co ntroversy I n 187 3 Gi erke m ad e a tho ro ugh i nvest igatio n o f t he s ubj ect his method b ei ng to mak e lesso ns o f di fferent po rtio ns o f the med ull a as narro w ly lo calized as po ss ibl e ; and after ob servi n g the effec ts Of his sectio n to h ard en the med ull a and st udy the l esio n b y means o f microsc0pic sec tio ns H e fo und th at d estructio n of a sm all area in the regio n o f the end of the cal amus sc ri pto ri us o n bo th sides was follo wed by a co mpl ete c essatio n o f the respira R

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t dy o f thi s regio n c o nvi nced him that t he spot who se d est ruc tio n had t hi s effect was a b undl e of nerve fibers lyi n g o utsi de o f t he n ucl eus o f the spi nal ac cesso ry nerve and belo w the n ucl eus o f the po st erio r py ramid Thi s res ult was o f c o urse v ery unsati sfacto ry A cco rdi ng to the p res ent co nceptio ns o f physiolog i sts nerv e cent ers must al way s con si st of nerve cell s and it is no t co n ceiv abl e th at auto mati c stimul i can arise in nerve fi bers I f i nv estigatio ns had rested h ere t hi s ferent coll ectio n o f fibers co uld o n ly b e looked upo n as the ef fi bers fro m a cent er whose locatio n had not yet been determi ned Other physiologi sts h ave den i ed the ex i stence of a respi rato ry center in the med ull a al togeth er hol di ng that the centers govern ing the respi rato ry movements are s i t uated in t he spi nal co rd While ot h ers have describ ed respi rato ry centers in the floo r Of the third ven t ri c l e o r in the c o rpo ra uad rigemi na in the g ray matt er surro un di n g the a ued uct of S ylvi us T wo i nteresti ng co mmu nicatio ns o n thi s subj ect h ave appeared recently in the C ent ral blatt fl M ed Wi ss N os 27 and 34 1885 U nfo rt unately these invest igations h ave giv en difl erent res ul ts so th at we are still l eft in do ubt as to the lo catio n o f the med ull ary c enter t ho ug h it lo oks as if t he p robl m was very near its fi nal sol utio n rst co m fi T e h e municatio n No 27 is by Mis lawsky H e states th at Gi erk e s b undl es have n othi ng to do w it h the respi rato ry movements I nj ury to th em in any part o f th ei r co urse does not p revent respi rat io n H e loc alizes the respi rato ry cent re ia a n umber o f nerve cell s fo rmi n g an i rreg ul ar g ro up o n eith er s id e o f the raph e lyi ng bet ween it and t he root o f t he hypoglo ssal nerv e T he bo und a ries o f thi s center lie b et ween the base and poi nt o f the cal amus scripto rius fro m b efo re bac k and in a do rso vent ral d irectio n bet ween t he olives and the g ray sub stance o f the fl oo r o f the D est ructio n o f thi s centre o n both sides co m fo urth ventri c le u ry to on e sid e m m e n s w e n op pi to y ov e t hil i j l h r a r s s t e r e e l s t t e p y T he efferent affects t he respi rato ry mov emen ts o f th at s id e al o ne fibers fro m thi s center to the spi nal o rigi n o f the nerves of the I n N o 34 7 respi rato ry m usc les lie o uts ide o f Gi erk e s b und l e He o f the C entralhlatt Gi erk e repli es to M islawsky s c riti ci s m states po s i t iv ely th at the g ro up o f cell s described by M islaw sky as the respi rato ry center do es no t ex i st ; th at t he lo cali ty atio n assig ned to it is o c c upi ed enti rely by the reti cul ar form an d it is the scattered cel ls o f t hi s fo rmatio n w h ic h M islaw T he d i sposit io n sky has mi stak en fo r a d efi nite nerve center o f t he nerve c ell s in the reti c ul ar fo rmatio n he fi nd s to be v ery irreg ular in di fferent mammali a and in no c ase was th ere any ferenti ated fro m the co ll ect io n o f th ese cell s th at co uld be di f remai n i ng c ell s of the fo rmatio n Gierke states th at his l atest i nvesti g atio ns h ave c onv inced him that the b und le o f fibers p revio usly d esc ribed by him as t he res u x e m i e n n o c t i n hol t t a f c n n s i t s e b e r n r v e e e n t e i t r w r r a o o a y p

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I NT EL L I GE NC E OF A N 1MA L s s is a v ery readabl e an d pl easantly ill us t rated book fill ed w ith anecdotes o f ani mal s o f all g rades fro m an ts t o apes Wh en the o rigi nal boo k ap nault do es w e a r e d e do n o k n o i s o s f n t s M e t i n a c n o u a w b u t h c t p n o t men tio n t he recent w ri ti ng s o f F o re] L ubbo ck o r M cC o o k ’

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FT E R a ch ro ni cl e o f s uch achi evements o f Coati Mo ndi and ” h er Co us i n Coo n sh all we not i nstit ute a serio us searc h i nto t he o rigi n o f the h eroi ne and so establi sh o r s et asid e o ur ” suspi c io n ? S o sho uld thi nk says an i nterested read er after s uch a tidbit of rev el ry in the ro m ance o f sci ence do m o r d ream ” land Th en let the co ntest S o ho ! a ch all en ge to t he array co m e! But p ray good sir is th ere n ot in thi s real m o f sc i enc e an i magi natio n w hi c h c o nd uct s to light an d t ruth as agai nst th at ro m an c e whi ch l ead s s urely to erro r and d ark ness P But wh at is sci en tifi c ro man ci n g I s it not th at un sci entifi c co n duc t whi ch as if c o nt ri b uti ng to k no wl edg e assert s t he untenabl e and n u t ruth ful S o meti mes the co nceit is so unwarranted as to app ear o n its very face a vag ary ext rav agant and i mpo ss ibl e — S c i ence thi n ki ng is reveren d and reserved fo r h ere d ash is i mp ud ence no r is ch eck co urage T he h abit ual th eo ri st fi nd s a — fasci natio n in sh eer novel ty o f suc h the cautio us thi n k er is chary But if the gi ddy and reckl ess are p ro scrib ed the use o f edge tool s the sob er mi n ded is allo wed t he tentat ive hypoth esi s T he o n e wo uld cut t he k n ot the oth er wo uld un ti e it T he hon est th eo ri st is s i mply feeli n g his way H e may h ave a pn orz ” method s despite o f M r Gradgri n d s much mo uthi ng fo r fact s ! ” “ S uch mod est vent ures assumptio ns may p rove real fo recasts o f wid e s ig n ifi cance But s uc h is no t ro manci ng N at ure has her seers w ho h av e h appily uttered esoteri c truth whi c h has afterwards c rystalliz ed i n to accepted th eo ry in the fo rmul atio n -

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given it by the setti n g o f the factors deno mi nated fact s S o it was w i t h Germany s great po et But h ere co mes a n i ce distinc tio n bet ween the co nd emnable and the co mmend abl e bet ween anci ng in sci en c e and the sc i entifi c i m ro m agi natio n Goethe s g uesses were nei th er bl und ers no r vagari es H is th eo ry of the s s f n e t f h r e o h e w r t e i flo e o v e e b r t o igi f k ll t t a n o s a n u e r h e d g his fo recast o f the do ctri ne o f descent were all marvelo us bi rt h s but l eg iti mately begotten the o ffsp ri ng o f p ure sci entifi c i magi na tio n A s in advance o f the tho ught th en in vog ue they seemed premat urely b ro ught i nto the light and for a ti me were nursli n gs o f un p ro mi si ng vitality But a truth th us evolved fi nd s n o si milit ud e in the spark st ruck o ut by fli n t and steel N o r is s uc h t rut h p remat ure as to its ratio ci natio n as wo uld appear co uld we b ut t i m e its gestat io n thi nk it is al ways the o utco me o f unconscio us cereb ratio n T he mi n d o f the seer has been deeply t hi nki ng o n generi c li n es A s fi rst ex p ressed s uch a t ruth may be o re lik e—ri ch but crude and it may h ave to wait fo r the facts whi ch sh all serve as fagg o ts for the cruci bl e H avi ng in the arti cl e Coati Mo ndi and its Co usi ns w ith per haps seemi ng insufl i cient warrant asserted fo r N as ua a uadru mano us ki nship no w th at the faggots have b een g ot in pl enty w hy not smelt the o re P Or d roppi ng metapho rs let us go in uest o f N as ua s ancest ry even its biog enesi s upo n rea di rect so n i ng li nes I n t raci ng the pedig ree o f so me regal li ne perh aps we sho ul d reach a v ery anci en t N o rman s ti rp But ho wever anc i ent it wo uld be the N o rman o f c iviliz atio n not his savag e progen i to r o f the Pal aeoli thi c ag e Thi s wo uld be as far up the stream o f t he past as we co ul d sail S o w i th o ur N asua we must stop at the o rigi n of the Ed ucabili a the uasi i ntelligent ani mal s th o se v h f m e w a e t e e r m r r n r a r ly hi h h c b o t l b i l tiv e ly l ge a c e r u o a a r a n e n and roofi n g o r overl appi ng t he cereb ell um or small hi n d er b rai n Fi rst then as to th at uad ruman o us alli an ce o f Coati ; o n I w h at li ne o f reas o n in g may the g enealogy be t raced M y fi rs t i mp ressio n o f t hi s fact came to me as a co nvi ctio n o f the i magi did no t th en it is so lo n g ag o k no w anythi n g o f t he n atio n ” modern do ctri ne o f unco nscio us cereb ratio n I had so st udi ed the livi ng an i mal as to fai rly k no w its ways an d I came to s us ct a s an i n h eritan ce the mo nk ey st ra i e n a s the breed ers wo uld p , .



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b acked up the i magi natio n was the psycholog i cal or m ental mani festatio n H ere were data fo r co mpari so n in s uch well m ark ed li nes ran the p arall el s o f ex p ressio n o f the N as uan and the mo nkey mi nd T he hi nts afford ed in the com — e m n s e u x s m u m a a n l e a d e f h d s d t il h e a y i t k bl e a a n h e a t o t h n t p mo nk ey dido s or anti cs whi c h came not o f t rai ni n g nor o f api n g b ut of real generi c ap tit ud es Th ese all poi nted to a physi cal c o rrespo nd ence and look ed di rectly to ancest ral i nh eritanc e m f n i r c e o h e y r r e a pp n l I t i k w i n t e a a e t h a a t a s 1 8 h e t 3 y 73 arti cle th at an i nteresti ng anato mi cal di scovery was anno unced by the g reat academi ci an the s uccesso r o f C uvi er H enri M il ne Edwards H e had di ssected a N as ua and had di scovered in the l i mb bo nes o f thi s an i mal struct ural alli ances to the l emurs o r lo west mo nkeys H ere was i ndeed a pleasant and i mpo rtant c o nfi rm ato ry fact e u s s f c i s B t r o e n to o u d h p oo m o r e c l a e vid n e r f o e u t n 4 p n eeded the t esti m o ny o f p al e o ntology I n b eh al f of the ex ti nct an i m al s will the fo ss il s b ear w i t ness in thi s matter P T he w riter was i nstr ucto r in the natural sci ences in the g rammar school or e r r a a e e e c e r e e w n h r e p to y d p t t tg Coll g h iv d a m u e r e n r s R e f o p fro mits autho r a pamphl et On the p ri ncip al types o f the o rders ” o f Mamm ali a Ed ucabi li a by P ro fesso r E D Cope ; read befo re the A meri can Philos op hi cal S o c i ety A p ril I 8 ( 87 3 My eyes caught a foot note to o ne o f the pages th us : D r L ockwood of R utgers Coll ege in a recent n umber of the Popular S mence M ont/ily ex p ressed serio us s uspi c io ns o f the uad rumano us rel a tio nships o f the Coat i li ttl e thi nki n g at the ti me th at the sp ec i mens to co nfi rm his vi ew were at th at mo ment in the h ands o f ” a l e o tolog t n i s s p L et us no w take do wn thi s testi mo ny fro m nat ure s own mo uth C ertai n fossil bo nes had been fo und in the Eo cene fo rmatio n o f Wy o mi ng P revio us to the Eo cene period o f ti me the fauna o f thi s wo rl d s li fe h isto ry had co nsi sted of ani mal s of a very low ’ g rad e o n th e mammali an li nes T ec h ni cally th ey are cl assed as t he I ned ucabili a I n the Eocene day s the c reative fo rce was ex erc ised o n hi g h er li nes o f li fe T hen were prod uced the real 2

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to rs of those ani mal s whi ch are i ncl ud ed in the zoé lo gical term Educabili a who se cereb ral ph ysiology has been al ready ex p lai ned A s notabl e g enera o f tho se days I may mentio n the — pseudo b ear N oth arct us of L eidy and the cut tooth b east T o mitherium o f Cope Oth ers t h ere w ere by M arsh but t h ei r desc riptions are n ot in my reach L eidy s species N otharclus tencbrosns d esc rib ed fro m v ery l i mit ed materi al was a littl e an i mal abo ut two thi rds the siz e o f a raccoo n Cope s species Tomithm nm rostratn m fo und ed o n a muc h l arger amo unt of materi al was an ani mal p robably abo ut the s i ze o f Cebu: capa cznns t he p reh ens il e tail ed mo n k ey so c o mmo n in sho ws Upon tech ni cal co nsideratio ns both t h ese ani mal s albeit th ei r strange an d high so undi ng sci en tifi c n ames were lo w g rad e mon keys Th ey were uad rumano us an i mal s but o f a syntheti c th at is co mpreh ensive type T he femur of Tomitherium was so long as to i ndi cate that the k nee was enti rely free fro m the bo dy as it is in the w hol e mo n k ey t rib e o f to day b ut never in any of the carnivo res T he ro un d h ead o f the radi us i n di cates a co mpl ete po wer o f supi natio n o f the fo re feet ; that is the ab ility to li ft t he h an d so to speak fo rward and to t urn the pal m upward a fac ulty o f li mb pecul iar to mo nk ey s and man w hil e the di stal o r lo wer end o f the same bo ne resembl es clo sely that o f S emnopith ec us a ” high grade old wo rld monkey W e h ave th en co n ti n ues “ an animal with a lo ng t hig h C Ope who m we are ep i to mizi ng free fro m the body a foot capabl e o f co mpl ete p ro natio n an d uit e s i milar t o aw and t eeth s upi natio n and a fo rm o f lo wer j ” th at o f the lo wer mo n k eys A n d in this co nnectio n wh at abo ut o ur C oati P S ays the pro fes so r : A co mpari so n wi t h N as ua reveal s no di s tant affi n i ty T he fo re li mb p resent ed in T o mitherium a g reat s i milarity to th at o f ” N asua A nd in both genera are so me st riki ng simil ariti es in t he T he fi rst i mp ressio n derived fro m the app earanc e cutti n g t eeth aw and the dentitio n and fro m the h u merus is th at o f the lo wer j i s a s m a f a h e u m e r u n a lly Co ti h b i g l o m h e r i u s o t e a m t c o i t n a f T A n d is it not a st riki ng coi ncid ence th at P ro fess o r cle sim L eidy s first i mp ressio n o f N o th arct us w as o f a resembl ance t o c a c a s w e s i s e n r w i o yo oo hi h h v ho g i t t e r c c a e w n e n w h r c n P h ances

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vident then th at T o mitherium and N asua sho w so me all iances in st ruct ure whi c h look to a co mmo n o rigi n o r biogen e d i f f e r e o i s c e n i n t l n e r o h s a n i s s b t i t u a m s s u d y t de n o i s , f F i It

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tio n whi c h yi elded T o mitherium Pro fesso r Cope has erected the o rd er Taxeopo da whi ch i ncl udes th ese fo ss il l emuri ne fo rms Thi s o rder o cc upi es the earli est sectio n o f the li ne o f the Pri mates Fi rst ia t hese fo ssil fo rms co me the L emuroi ds at the base o f the P ri mate li neage A fter these ex ti nct fo rms app ear t he t rue L emuroid ea th at is the p resent o r livi n g L emurs fo l l owed by the mo n k ey p rop e r and t hese by the anth ropo id ap es N ow amo ng t he l emuri ne fo rms and fai rl y s tarted on the uad ru manal li ne o f d escen t fro mt he typi cal lemuri ne o rd er Tax eopoda oc curs Phenacod us after w hi ch T o mitherium appears so mewhat fart her advan ced o n thi s P ri mate li ne N o w o n an o ff li ne o r b ranch fro m the l emuri ne Tax eopoda starts the fl esh eati ng li ne fi rst the C reodo nta the slaughter teeth th en t he Carn ivo ra p roper with the present livi ng fo rms C erc oleptes co n nects N asua to t he ex ti nct C reodo nta and th eir t hro ug h th ese back to the l emuri ne o rder Tax eopoda an cest ral stoc k S o we h ave at l ast fo und the N asuan li neage and ancest ry in the Eo cene ti mes Ph enac od us was an ani mal o f a sy nt heti c struc t u re a c o mp reh ensi ve typ e fro m w hi ch flo wed several o rdi nal I n s uc h a co mpo site fo rm o r st ruct ural make up s o f li fe s t ream c an w e n ot surmi se t he c reativ e po ssibiliti es and p urpo ses o f the D ivi ne M i n d P It is an i nteresti ng fact th at in a di rec t li ne o ne o f N asua s ances t o rs still ex i sts ia t he same fo rests o f S o ut h A meri ca T he k in e a n s o u Cercole t d z l n l w s k aj c v n d d to p i Wh r u c s e e o n e e c e s e n p tamed it is an i nteresti ng lit tl e animal with amiabl e ways and mo nk ey trai ts T he tail is preh ensil e in th at it c url s aro und an o bj ec t whi ch w ith pl antig rade feet giv e it in Ger m an y the n ame c urli n g b ear L ik e the mo n key s it w i ll hold its food in o ne hand a nd b reak it and feed it to the mo uth w i th the oth er S o th en k i n kaj o u and Co ati M o ndi co me ho nestly by thei r mo nk ey t ri c ks h avi ng a cl ear titl e by h eritage Wi tho ut t urni ng ho mili st let me clo se by citi ng R uski n an d “ o ne o f t he g reat anci en ts : T he greatest thi ng a h uman s o ul ev er do es in thi s wo rld is to see so methi n g T he H eb rew bard b oth sang and p rayed : Open tho u mi ne eyes th at I may behold ” l r u s h n s o u f l t o io t i g o thy a w l A n d thi b og i Co ti s i n s s f a e e o g M o ndi is it n o t o ne o f the w o n d erful thi ng s—an o utco me of D ivi ne law P ,

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th at the paper o n the soarin g bi rd s in the N ovemb er and D ecember n umb ers o f the N A T U R A L I S T o f l as t e a r s w e x u r r a l a o ld p ovok dv iti i h it d e lt ith w e a e r c c s m w e r e e y p natio ns o f t he mov ement s o f tho se creat ures T he recog nized l aws of the mech ani cal fo rces bei n g fo rmul at ed fro m data deri ved fro m systems o f whi ch the eart h is a part mak es it ex t remely di ffi cult to deal w i th ph eno mena w hi ch are i n dependent of th at body whil e still ex i sti ng in its at mosph ere There ari ses at every step tak en to el ucidate the matter a seemi ng c o n fli ct with accepted l aws an d ho wever faul t l ess the reas o n i n g it is di scredit ed b ec ause o f that app arent antago n i sm T he wo rd so ari n g is als o a bad o ne to name the mech an i cal ac tio ns i nvolv ed as it i mpli es a bi rd N o bett er ho wever is at h an d and it denotes the method employed by the bi rd and no t n ecessaril y the creature it sel f as it is h ere used W hil e p ro secuti n g the subj ect experiments of vario us ki nd s were c o nd ucted to di spel the ob sc urity whi ch enveloped it as careful ob servatio n s had s ho w n th at it was co m pl etely di fferent fro m any oth er ki n d o f bi rd flight Of al most h alf a h un d red th eo ri es framed o n po st ul ates o f bi rd o r air whi ch were not t rue on e at l ength was fo u nd to be co nsi stent w i t h the fact s I sud denly fo un d myself in the l udi c ro us p redi cament o f i nd ust rio usl y att empt i n g to p rov e an ax io m My ex peri ments b ecame v al ue l ess Ti me and means had b een wasted Th ere al ready ex i sted recog n iz ed data to m ak e the w hol e case sel f evid ent It is now mo re th an five years si nce the di sc overy o f the mec han i cal activiti es h erewi th detail ed D uri ng th at ti me the matter has been made a st udy in all its beari ngs so th at mi stak en c o nceptio ns mig ht be avoid ed and it is h erew ith p resent ed to the mech an i cal wo rld as wo rthy of serio us att entio n Tech ni cally the materi al syst em o f soari ng is a flat surface air T he g ravi tati n g fo rce is n o t essenti al to it A ny an d a fo rce fo rce a p ush w ith the h and ho rse po wer steam po wer o r any oth er will fill the co ndi tio ns N eith er is atmospheric air essenti al T he air must h ave the uality o f g reat el asti c ity and o ffer co n s iderable resi stance to a movi n g body whi ch c o m p resses o r d riv es it out o f the way an d very little to the p assage o f a smoot h flat surface like a sh eet o f tin edgeways in it T he fo rce is th en T

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ppli ed to the body i n s uch a way as to move it at right angl es Thi s t ransl atio n o f the t o the di rectio n in whi ch the fo rce act s ” It rests o n two un i versally recog nized l aws body is so ari n g T he mo st impo rt ant is the c o nservatio n o f energy o f whi c h it is T he t he most beauti ful ill ust ratio n to be fo und in mechani cs o ther is the reac tio n in all di rec tio ns o f fl uids un d er the actio n o f mech ani cal fo rces T he bo dy must be so co nstructed as to h ave at l east t wo direc t io ns of motio n w hi ch are une ually res i st ed by the air T he case will be fi rst p resented as operati ng in space d evoid wh ere t he body w il l h ave no weight and o f g ravi tatio n afterward s the system will be i nt rod uced i nto the earth s atmo s ari s i ng fro m the actio n of g ravi ty and the I pli tio h n s e r m c a e p c o nstant t en d ency to i ntro d uce the earth i nto t he so ari ng system w ill be avoid ed S uppo se the body to be an oblo ng flat s urface such as a sh eet o f tin 12 x 7 2 i nch es and th at a 6 is its t ransv erse sectio n an d t hat the fo rce moves fro m c to ward s d at right angl es to t he sides

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v l o t lve po und s moving the surface o n the air w ith un i fo rm v eloc ity w hi ch we will sup po se to be five feet per seco nd U nder th ese co nditions it is obvio us th at all the force is employed in co ndensi n g and oth erwi se di st urbi ng air so th at it is doi ng wo rk o n the air at the rate of twelve po unds each seco nd I t is al so obvio us th at whil e un i fo rm velo c i ty o ccurs th ere is a movi ng e uilib ri umbet ween the surface acted o n by the fo rce and the reacti n g air and th at any additio nal fo rce ho wever sm all appli ed to t he surface at any angl e to its own pl an e w o ul d di st urb thi s bal ance and ei th er accel erate o r retard its veloc i ty I f ho wever the additio nal fo rce be appli ed in its pl ane l ateral motio n wo uld occ ur w itho ut chang i ng t he e uilib ri um I n the l ateral motio n no air is di st urbed no r d riven o ut o f the way no r c o nden sed ex cepti ng w h at is caused by s moo th s ki n o r surface frictio n and thi s is so very s mall as to el ud e all my attempts to find its value One po und appl i ed in the plane o f the surface wo ul d do ubtl ess drive it at the rate o f ( 000 feet per sec on d We w il l s uppo se ho wev er th at o ne po und w ill d riv e it fro m 6 to wards a A s it is movi n g toward s a at the rat e o f thi rty feet per seco nd at the rate o f five feet per seco nd it will pass neith er to wards a n o r a but o n the di ago nal h e the res ulti n g p ath the p arall elo g ram bei ng thi rty feet lo ng and five feet wide N ote the ch aracter o f the e uilib ri um bet ween the surface and T he total fo rce is flo wi n g aro und the edges o f t he surface in air I f the h and the sh ape o f co n d ensed and oth erwi se di st urb ed air were pl aced un der the s urface w ith an upward p ush p rec i sely as much resi stance as wo ul d be g iven to the hand w o ul d be taken fromthe air and the v eloc ity retarded I f scal es were appli ed to t he surface and a p ull to wards c given part of the fo rce w o ul d be movi ng the i nd ex and p rec isely th at much less wo uld be wo rki ng o n air and the v elo city of the s urface wo uld be agai n retard ed I f the surface met with s uflicient i mp edi ment to stop its motio n all the fo rce wo uld be resi sti ng the i mpedi ment and n one doi ng wo rk o n air and vel ocity w o uld cease I t is evid en t th at at u ni fo rm v elo ci ty the fo rce has b een t ran s ferred It is in the air t ensio n and not in the surface fo r to be al so th ere wo ul d necessitate its creatio n o ut o f n othi ng Th ere bei ng th en no fo rce in the surface it co uld not antago nize any resi st ance o ffered to it and thi s is in fact its co nditio n as we h ave seen Whil e its vel oc ity remai ned uni fo rm it w o uld obey any i mp ul se the a ue o f the f rce is we

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derived fro m i nc iden t fo rces di rected U po n it b ei ng powerl ess to res i st t hem S o far all is evi dent but the surface w o uld no t fill the co ndi ti o ns o f soari ng I ts motio n is n ot at right angl es to the fo rce b ut i nc li ned th eret o and to acco mpli s h the d esi red result its path must be perpendi c ular to the fo rc e I f we n ow tilt the s urface o n o n e o f its lo ng edges 5 say for tw o i nc h es o r o ne in six it wo uld no lo nger follo w t he di rectio n o f the fo rce but s l ant sid eway s to ward s thi s edg e Follo wi ng t he law o f the co mpo s itio n o f fo rces o ne si x th o f t he fo rce o r two po unds w ill n ow d riv e the surface sid eways and th ere b ei ng n othi n g but t rifli n g ski n fri cti o n to oppo se it it w ill ob ey the im p ul se But if we apply a fo rce of two po und s to the ed g e to bal an ce thi s th rust e uilib ri um w ill o nce mo re o cc ur and the s ur face will move in t he path o f the fo rce Exp eri mentally far l ess t h an two po unds is re ui red fo r thi s rest as a c o ns iderabl e i nc li ne is reach ed b efo re the sid eways th rust is d ev eloped the co nfused air c urrents under the s urfac e ob sc uri n g the movement N ote th at thi s ab utti ng fo rce is o f the nat ure o f p ressure It is a stat ic feat ure d evoid of motio n It is a rest fo r the tilted s ur face to l ean agai nst It cannot be deni ed th at we no w h ave a case o f e uilibri um o nce more With the two po und rest a perfect bal ance res ult s and the s urf ace moves in the p ath of the fo rce A ll the fo rce is di st urbi ng A t that speed air whil e the s urface moves w ith un i fo rm velo ci ty it is unabl e to o ffer the l east resi stance to any furth er fo rc e whi c h may be opposed to it A t thi s poi nt the answer to a si ng l e ues tio n will be deci sive I f it be in the affi rmative the po sitio n is sec ure ; if in the negati ve m a n f s r i s r n e x pl a n tio o o a i n g w o g y the bi rd s are still in the air waiti ng sol utio n T he uestio n is thi s Will the tilted s urface suppli ed w ith the rest o f tw o po un ds an d movi ng w i th uni fo rm velo c ity ob ey the i mp ulse of an ex ternal fo rce appli ed in its own plane with e ual facili ty in any di rectio n P It c ertai n ly is evi dent th at the o n ly resi stance t o s uch a fo rce If arises fro m ski n fri ctio n in w h at ever way the mo tio n is made th ere be any oth er fro m wh ence co mes it P It canno t co me fro m It cannot co me the o rigi nal fo rce fo r thi s is fully employed fro m the two po und rest as thi s is al ready b al anced by the side Thi s do es no t vary w ith the ways th rust o f the reacti ng air ,

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pec i mens are alik e but mo st o f th em resembl e mo re o r l ess c losely one or the oth er of the fo rms h ere fig ured T he specimen ade sho wn (very much red uc ed in siz e) in Fig 4 is a v ery well m an d fi n i s h ed ax wo rk ed o ut of a syen ite cobbl e sto ne an d the upper end apparently still ret ai ns the general fo rm of the p ebbl e It is o f average size b ei ng five i nch es lo ng and th ree and a h al f inch es w ide j ust b elo w the g roove Thi s sp ec i men ill ustrates the s ho rt an d w id e fo rm w hil e the l ess co mmo n and lo nger fo rm is Thi s ax is one o f the largest speci mens an d seen in Fig 5 mo st if not all o f th i s fo rm are large S o me o f th em are less r ud e th an th at fig ured w hi c h sho ws the effec ts o f h ard usage tho ugh it p robably was v ery well fi ni sh ed at fi rst It is made o f a dark g ray g rit o r h ard sand ro ck much lik e th at used for maki ng the h ard er vari eti es o f g ri n dsto nes T he fl at s urfaces are rubbed uit e s mooth altho ugh s o mewh at pitt ed T he groove is o n ly mod erately d eep but is un usually wi de and is smooth as if wo rn by long usage and as the fig ure sho ws it r uns obli uely Bo th S ides at o ne so mewh at mo res o th an the oth er and the edg e is are fl fo rmed by b eveli n g the s urface mai n ly fro m o ne s ide T hi s ax and the same is t rue of all o f thi s fo rm was evid ently wo rk ed o ut of a m ass t ak en fro m a l edge N ot o n ly does the smooth ness o f the g roov e sho w t hat thi s i mpl ement has b een much used but the edge is chipped and b rok en so mewh at and the h ead very co nsid erably batt ered as if it had do ne hard d uty as a maul It has b een tho ught by so me th at th ese l arge ax es were s o me o f th em at l east used to b reak hol es in the ice in wi nter fo r fi shi n g o r to r and thi s sp ec i m m e w e n m r s s t a t e a h a v e s r v d f o o e u c e e h y g wo rk V ery few ax es so l arge as thi s h av e been fo und in thi s S tate T he fig ure is so mewh at mo re th an o ne thi rd nat ural s i ze T he l ength is a littl e over ni ne i nch es and the w idth above the n n e e v e a a r oov ly h l i n h hil j t b lo g ov a r fi d a f e s e u s w t h e w c e r o e g it is five i nch es T he sp eci men weigh s fo ur po und s whi ch is much less th an th at of so me of the S o uth ern speci mens T he i ne uality at sid es w hi ch is s ufl o f the two fl i cient to be uite noti ceabl e in thi s speci men is still mo re marked in so me others and as in the thi s flattest side is al way s celt s and oth er fo rms o f the ax s moo th er so meti mes v ery much so th an the Oppo s ite s id e a fac t fo r whi ch it do es not seem easy to acco unt I n a S ki n d resser o r h and ax it is uite nat ural th at the side whi ch fro m accid en t o r i nt entio n was mo st nearly fl at s ho uld be h eld down upo n t he two

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g ro und s o f the now growi ng famo us reso rt in ” T urkey run or as it is call ed by p eopl e away fro m o ur co unty ” h ere Bloo mi ngdal e gl ens are several such cases I n a fut ure arti cl e sh all sho w ho w the fo rest l eaves h ave pre all streams to serv ed the s id es o f hills an d th us allo wed the sm s o f the hollo ws d eep steep an d s h arp w hi c h c ut o ut the botto m are rapidly c h an gi n g si nce the co untry has b een cl eared an d farmed A l s o how th ey h ave p reserved the anci ent b ed s o f st ream s alo n g the terrace botto ms o f the Wab ash ri ver and its p ri nc ipal t rib utari es till th ey are as sharply d efi ned after the l ap se o f n o o ne can v ent ure to g uess ho w many tho usand s o f y ears as th ey were wh en the l ast g reat fi nal flood th at c ut o ut t he bed s swept over t hese pl ai ns h ave said the sto rm h ere d escribed w as a cyclo ne Thi s i nfer from the way the t rees had fall en I n some parts of the t rack the t rees were th ro wn in every di rectio n an d the co urse o f the s to rm co ul d o n ly be d etermi ned by the g eneral co urse o f the t rac k and not by the fall o f i ndivid ual t rees ' ° In T he co urse o f thi s sto rm is N 44 3 0 E in thi s co un ty all my recoll ectio n o f s to rms I nev er saw but o ne (in 1883) w hi ch bo re so much to the no rth and th at one was the mo st th reateni n g and awful in its appearance I ever saw and did in lo caliti es muc h ° ° ’ damage I ts co urse was abo ut N 3 7 E o r abo ut 7 30 mo re n o rth th an the anc i en t o ne T he g reat majo rity of the sto rms I h ave seen and o f those whi ch h ave l eft pl ai n t racks are fro ma few d eg rees no rth to a few deg rees so uth o f west s s, an d o n

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h av e go ne to the far West fro m — P ri nceto n h ave b ro ught in many val uable fo ssil s i nval uabl e — is perh ap s the better wo rd c hicfly remai ns of verteb rates Fo r t he do ubl e p urpo se o f utilizi ng and of p reservi ng th ese t reas ures th ey h ave been mo unted in a manner new in thi s co un t ry and it is b eli ev ed n ot co mmo n ab ro ad tho ugh so mew h at practi ced there T he l eadi ng id ea o f the system is th at each pi ec e sh all be set up in its nat ural po s itio n Our museum now c o ntai ns nearly 400 such spec i mens whi ch H E five ex peditio ns whi ch

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h ave att racted much attention and ad mi ratio n from visito rs bo th ten urged to p ubli sh s o me sci ent ifi c and lay and I h av e b een o f acco unt o f my method s and result s A ltho ugh many fo ssi l bo nes are w hol e and cl ean wh en fo un d many mo re of them are b roken and mo re or l ess clogged with matri x T he freei n g of thi s l ast and the mendi n g o f the b rok en M all et and chi sel co me i nto are t ro ubl eso me and d eli cat e task s pl ay th ei r siz es d ependi n g o n the nat ure of the case For the heavi er w o rk o rdi nary sto ne c utt er s tools can be used yet it is co mmo n ly b etter to mak e h aste s lo wly and use needl es and n o By wrappi ng the ey e needle is mo re useful th an a N o 1 sharp end of the needl e wi th a narrow st rip o f paper it ca n be mad e t o fit in the cl amp o f a p at ent sewi n g h aft and a chi sel mad e whi ch with a dog wood sti c k o f fro m o ne to o ne and a h al f i nch es di am eter and ni ne i nc h es lo n g fo r a mall et is capabl e o f doi ng very d eli cate wo rk and al so much whi ch at fi rst s ight wo uld seem to be enti rely too h eavy for so light a tool Fo r reachi ng i nto the d eeper caviti es a N o 12 k nitt i ng n eedl e well set i nto an awl h andl e is need ed w hil e fo r cl ean i ng o ut the ad e carapaces o f t urt l es it is well to h av e speci al lo ng h andl es m Darn i ng needl es are of co nven i ent size but o f too poo r a uality o f st eel But wh atever needl e is used a good oil sto ne sho uld al way s be By a littl e at h an d to renew the poi nt as o ften as it is bl unted p racti ce a poi nt can be put to a needle much better fo r t hi s wo rk th an the o rigi nal o ne A good sti ff tooth b rush is need ed a good l ens say Toll es o ne i nch t ripl et and a h and mi rro r to th ro w li g ht i nto caviti es o f h eavy speci mens th at cannot be easily t urned A high w o rkbench wi th vi se plyers anvil an d h ammers d rill s at c ushio n to lay sp ec i men s o n whil e b ei ng wo rk ed and an a fl kit o f tool s but a pot o f asso rt ment o f wi re co mpl ete the mucil age and a box of cal c i ned pl aster are al so needed fo r men d ing the b roken It is best to h ave al ways a n umber of speci mens o n h an d so th at the m end ed can be allo wed to dry w itho ut delay to the wo rk Of the cements th at we h ave t ri ed at P ri nceto n we h ave given up all b ut t he o ne whi ch we began w i th reco mmend ed t o us years ag o by Pro fesso r R P Whitfi eld and p ubli sh ed by me in the A m your Phar macy May 187 5 I t is : S tarch o ne part ,

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C R OL L S C L I MA T E A N D M r C roll reaffi rms his physi cal th eo ry to acco unt fo r the gl aci al ate in a way to co mmand t he att entio n o f ev ery g eologi st and c li m i n a manner w hi ch w ill att rac t the i nt erest of the lay read er T he d isc uss io ns rel ate to uestio ns of t he d eepest i nterest and the ents used are c ertai n ly st ro n g o nes Mr C roll s peculi ar arg um uat er v iews as to t he ex i stence o f glaci al cli mates b efo re the n ary perio d are restated with muc h full ness tho ugh he candidly ad mi ts that mo st geologi st s are oppo sed to th em T he autho r s th eo ry is usual ly c all ed the ecc ent ri c ity th eo ry ” H e states th at a b ut he p refers t0 call it the physi cal th eo ry h igh state o f eccent ri city o f the eart h s o rbits will not necessarily ’

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lo ne p rod uce a glac i al epo ch b ut th at fro m the fi rst he has “ mai ntai ned th at no amo unt o f eccentri city ho wever g reat co uld ” but t h at the gl aci al alo ne p rod uce a gl aci al co ndi tio n o f thi ngs epo ch was the res ult not o f a high state o f eccent ri c ity but o f a co mbi natio n o f phy s i cal agenc i es b ro ught i nto o peratio n by thi s ” One o f the mo st i mpo rtant o f th ese high state o f eccent ric ity ag enc i es is he thi n k s the en o rmo us amo unt o f h eat co nv eyed fro m e uato ri al to temperate and pol ar regio ns by mean s o f o cean c urrents and the defl ectio n o f thi s h eat d uri ng a high But state o f eccent ri c ity fro m the o ne h emi sph ere to the ot her all th is d ep en d s o n o cean c urrents flo wi n g fro m e uato r i al to polar regio ns and the ex i stence o f th ese c urrents in t urn de pend s to a l arge ex tent o n the co nto ur o f the co nt i nents and the parti c ul ar di st rib ution o f sea and l an d Take as o ne ex ampl e t he G ul f s t ream a current whi ch pl ay ed so i mpo rtant a part in A very s ligh t ch ang e in t he ph eno mena o f the gl ac i al epo ch geog raphi cal co n ditio ns s uch as the op en i ng o f co mmuni cati o n b et ween the Gul f o f M ex i c o and the Pac ifi c w o uld h av e g reatly di mi ni sh ed if no t en ti rely d est royed th at st ream;or as I S ho wed er occas io n a c han ge in the fo rm o r co nto ur o f t he o n a fo rm N o rt heast co rn er o f the S o uth A meri can co nti nent wo uld h ave d eflected the g reat e uat o ri al c urrent the feed er o f the G ul f st ream i nto t he S o uth ern o cean an d away fro mthe Caribbean sea One o f the mai n causes o f the ex t reme co ndi ti o n o f t hi ng s in N o rth western Europe as well as in eastern parts o f A meri ca d ur i ng the gl ac i al epo ch was a l arge wi thd rawal o f the warmw aters o f the Gul f st ream and t hi s was to a g reat ex ten t due as I st at ed i n my fi rst pap er o n the s ubj ect to the po sitio n o f C ape S t R og ue w hi ch d eflected the e uato ri al c urrent i nto the S o ut hern o cean That a geog raphi cal di st rib ut io n o f l an d and wat er per mi tti ng o f the ex i stence and defl ectio n of those h eat beari n g c ur rents is o ne o f the mai n facto rs in my th eo ry is wh at mus t b e ob vio us to every read er o f C li mate and Ti me D r C roll mai ntai n s th at with t he ex ceptio n o f those resulti n g fro m o scill atio ns o f sea l evel the general di st rib uti o n o f sea an d l and and oth er geographi cal con ditio ns were the same duri n g t he a a l e s c c r a e l i po h t h y r e a t p s e n t Th h do s a c pt n a u s t e e e e o c g L yell s th eo ry o f an el evatio n o f no rth ern l and s ; y et w e do n o t see but th at thi s was a matter o f fact I ndeed M r C roll s s peen latio n s p rod uce the i mp ressio n th at he is so mewhat o ne sided in his t reatment o f th ese th eo ri es H is k no wl edge o f general geol ogy and especi ally o f pala ontolo gy is apparent ly slight Fo r as r egard s his t heo ry o f i nt ergl aci al c li m at es in ti mes p recedi ng t he uaternary the vi ew is oppo sed to the whol e mass o f facts in l l a a n t o m o o T n h e r r f r o e w h v d C oll s t r i ity e a e e a o D r e cc e c gy p th eo ry the l ess necessary does it seem; the geologi st had b etter a

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inc l udi ng the trilobit es an d Merosto mata T he ill ust ratio ns are ab un d an t and in mo st every case w ell eng raved T he pages giv en to the M erosto mata the Phyllo carida and the lower M acrura are full an d fresh in treat ment Eac h o rd er is defi ned ; a b ri ef gen eral ac o unt o f t he ex ternal anato my follo ws, wi th remark s o n the opi n io ns o f di fferent autho rs as to th ei r cl assifi catio n T he fami li es and genera are d efi ned the l eadi n g ty pes are fig ured and th en follow tabl es sho wi ng the g eologi cal di strib utio n o f the sp ec i es T he aut ho r is usually c riti cal in his mode of t reat ment , as seen in his do ubtful recog nitio n o f Brachypy ge as a Carbo n i fero us crab , w hi c h s i nce the p ubl icatio n o f thi s part , has b een sho wn to be a pedi palp arach nid an W e do n ot see why , even in the l ight o f ’ Meek and W o rthen s ex cell ent t reat ment A nthrapalaemo n sho uld ’ be pl aced in the Penaeidae S till the autho r s tho ro ugh ness and co mman d o f the literat ure is evid en t th ro ugho ut the wo rk .

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Perl ey Poo re is the o f 13 9 2 p ages b eari ng the follo w i ng t i tl e A descriptive catalog ue o f t he Government p ubli ca tio n s o f the U ni ted S tates S eptember 5 17 7 4 to March 4 1881 co mpil ed by o rder of Co ng ress ; Washi ngton Government p ri nt 1885 I nasmuch as the abo rigi nes o f o ur co unt ry have been the obj ect o f c o ncern to the Government fro m its begi n n i ng th ere has never been a year in whi ch val uabl e eth n ologi cal p ubli s have no t b een i ss ued T he titl es of th ese may be fol lo w ed cati up in the vol ume itsel f ch ro nologi cally or in the i nd ex und er the wo rd I ndi an the read er may find at o nce wh at he wi sh es Oth er anth ropolo g i cal p ub li catio ns o f e ual i mpo rtance to tho se named t reati ng o f sl avery i mmig r tio n t reati es tarifl are h ere poi n ted o ut by t itl e I nd eed the whol e wo rk is an i ndex o f anth ropology Fo rt unate will the st udent he who can secure th ro ug h his senato r o r representative a copy o f the d escriptive c at alog ue

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h ave co mmenced the T rans Caspi an rail road It is opened nearly if no t uite as far as A s kabad and is g raded to D us hak 150 kilo meters farth er Fro m thi s poi n t one b ranch will l ead to S arakh s wh ere it will co n nect T he w ith the E ngli sh road fro m uetta th ro ugh A fgh an i stan oth er b ranch will run n o rth east cross i ng the A mu D ari a and arcand run ni ng t h ro ugh Bok hara to S am Merv S amarcand and Bokh ara are al ready co n nected by tel eg raph w ith S t Petersb urg T he pop ul ation o f Briti s h Burmah in 1883 was M r N eed ham and Capt M ol eswo rt h have recently follo wed the Brah map utra the whol e way fro m S ad iya to R i ma and state autho ritati vely th at a riv er co rrespo n di n g in s ize to t he S anpo fall s i nto it and t h at th erefo re the id entity o f the S anpo w i th t he T he Mars h al l Dij o ng may be co nsidered as fi nally settled arc hip elago no w un der German p rotect io n i nc l udes thi rty l agoo n i slands no ne o f whi ch ri se ten feet above the sea Coco pal ms pandanus and b read fruit fo rm the vegetatio n and a small li zard is uadr uped T he g ro up co nsi sts o f two ch ai ns the o nly native I n t he l atter the eastern o r R atack an d the wes tern o r R alick seri es is si t uat ed the l argest i s l an d o f the ro up Ja uit whi ch g l has an area o f abo ut thi rty five s uare mil es and co n tai ns a good h arbo r A recent eruptio n in the neig hbo rhoo d of To n ga has U ph eaved an i s l an d o f n i ne s uare mi les in ex t ent in the space o f fo ur d ays A party who vi s i ted the i s l and in a schoo ner on Oc tob er 17 th repo rt t hat a s ub mari ne vol cano upo n t he s ho re o f t he new i s l an d was t h ro wi n g up an eno rmo us uanti ty o f st eam an d water T he i sl an d has al ready b een named T akaog o is si x teen t o t wenty mil es no rth west o f H enga H apai and ri ses 200 to 3 00 feet above the ocean surface A

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d ist rib utio n of both myriopod s A rach nida and insec t s are o f much val ue T he cl ass o f i nsec ts begi n w ith the PalaeodictyOptera w hi ch emb race all the Pale ozoi c i nsects and I S regarded as e ual in ran k w i th the H etero metab ol a (Orthoptera N europtera H emiptera and Col eoptera) T he p ri nc ipal fo rms are wel l ill ust rated A s a p rovi sio nal ay ser ve a arrangem o dicty Optera as th us li mi ted m en t t he Palm tempo rary p urpo se but the w o nd erful di sc overi es o f Bro ngn iart at Co mment ry in France seems to us to fo rbid the adoptio n o f s uch a di vi sio n and to favo r Bro ng niart s vi ew th at m any o f th em ex cept Eug ereon an d po ssibly oth ers are s i mply Pal e ozoi c g en era o f ex i sti ng o rd ers o f i nsects z c rep resen tatives o f di st inct But Bro ng niart s an d ex ti nct fami li es rath er th an o f lo st o rd ers di sc overi es were n ot pl aced in the h and s of the sci entifi c p ubli c until after the wo rk b efo re us was mo stly in p ri nt S o me o f the di vi sio ns as the C o leoptero idea fo r the unk no wn manufact ure r o f the hol es attrib uted to H yles in us by Bro ng niart seems unneces ” sary Why the Thysan ura sho uld be pl aced as a family o f the s ubo rd er P seudo neuroptera is i nex pli cabl e to us no w th at th ei r struct ure is so well k nown But ho wev er o ne may di ffer fro mthe autho r in matters of cl assi ficatio n he can no t fail to note the care l abo r and l earn i n g w h i ch has b een b esto wed upo n thi s excell en t and mo st useful summary ‘— We OS C A R S cn mn r ON T H E Omens on T H E D OMES T I C D oo must now refer to the uestio n of the o rigi n o f the do mesti c dog Th at t he whol e li ne o f fo xes has nothi ng to do w i th the dog has lo ng b een an establi shed fact On the oth er h and D arw i n en deavo red to p rove th at vario us wild t rib es o f men in di fferen t p arts o f the glob e tamed native wol f lik e ani mal s and that the c ro ssi n gs o f th ese S p ec i es and b reedi n g of vario us ki n d s p rod uc ed Thi s opi nio n o f Darwi n has b een the do mesti c do g o f o ur day so mewh at modi fied by L H Jeitteles a careful authori ty o n the do mesti c ani mal s A cco rdi ng to hi m the wol f (Cams lupus) has n o co n n ectio n wi th the European an d west o ri en tal races o f d o g s ackal and the I nd ian t he co nnectio n b ei ng mai nly th ro ugh the j s l a m a l z c e s s n r p tly l d b k i to p hi t i ool C T h e a c e s e a c o r c r a o a r f p j ) Closest to the j ackal s we h ave the so called turf dog t i mes k no wn fro m the t urf deposits o f the l ake dwelli ngs and whi c h is p robably the anc esto r o f o ur Po merani an dogs A ll i ed to it w e have the t erri ers and t urnspits F ro m Cams pal/g oes is descen d ed the so call ed bronz e dog w hi ch mo st p rob ably came to Euro pe wi th h uman i mmi g rants fro m A si a an d with it the sh eep do g o f Cent ral Europe the l arger spo rti ng dog the poodl e c ur do g an d b ull dog T he ancesto r o f a thi rd g ro up may perh aps be fo un d in the l arge j ackal (Cams lupastcr) of N o rth A fri ca to whi ch we cal

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have to refer the anci ent Eg tptian dog , the Ori ental s treet dog and the wild do a o A n c g f f Thi s does not as yet settl e the uestio n as to whi h fossil fo rms may be o nceal ed amo ng the n umero us races o f the do mesti c d og V ario us o nj ect ures h av e been mad e, no ne o f whi ch , ho w ever are based upo n any spec i al reas o ns A co rdi ng to Bl ai n v ill e s opi n io n a dil uvi al speci es o f a gentl e and so i abl e nat ure n o lo n ger ex i sti ng in a wild state must have been the p rimeval fo r m of t he do mesti c dog ; b ut after wh at has been said above, t h i s general way o f settli ng the uestio n must be reg ard ed as o ne t h at no lo nger holds good Woldrich s vi ews S ho w a g reater amo unt o f p robabi lity and h av e l ately b een tak en up agai n ; he mai ntai ns t hat o ur do mesti c races are descend ed fro m several w i ld fo rms o f the Can id a: o f the Dil uvi um, and h erei n he agrees w ith wh at Darwi n and H ux l ey h av e stated regardi ng the r el atio n bet ween the do m dog and the livi ng j ack al s and esti w ol ves

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who can examine the head of a dachshun d may convince themselves o f the fact that the firs t premo lar above an d below can scarcely be of any use to the an imal ; it is a little st ump w hich does not com e i n co ntact w it h the oppo S 1t e ro w o f t eeth, and is fre uently wanting alto g ether I f the dachshund is no t tor cibly suppressed as a species, its den tition w ill o ne day inevitably be reduced by o ne remo lar p ‘

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ment of new genera o f b easts of p rey b egan wi th dog li ke ani mal s M uch mo re i n teresti ng fo r the p urpo se o f o ur i nvestigatio n velop

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s e f s n c o po t i t h e e x e r t Q s o f a e s t h r n f h e c a l i l b d F h olo i i po o t a c i n e e c c n A s n e u n t o s g y G ui nea A l etter fro m J W D awso n to Nature co ntai ns so me in t eresti ng no tes upo n the causes o f the p urity o f N il e mud Thi s mud b ro ught do wn chi efly by the A tb ara and the Bl ue N il e fro ma co unt ry o f s ili ceo us and crystalli ne ro ck s is like th at o f I t is also d efi ci ent in t he S t L aw rence al mo st free fro m sal t k aoli n (1) b ecause the c urrent o f the river is s ufl i ciently st ro ng t o wash i nto the sea all the mo re fi nely c o mmi n uted argill aceo us matter ;(2) because the older g nei sses and schi sts do no t kaoli nize lik e Co rni sh g ranites but crumbl e i nto Sand much o f the feldspar ai n i ng in a p erfect s tat e P ro fesso r H ei m k no wn as o n e rem states th at the m otio n o f a o f t he b est autho ri t i es o n gl aci ers gl aci er is to a p repo nderat i ng ex tent the res ult o f g ravi ty H e en umerat es p arti al i nternal li uefacti o n caused by p ress u re ;pl as t icity o f the ice as it ap pro ach es the melti n g poi nt ; rupt ures and s light di spl acem ents alt ernati n g wi th parti al regel atio n and slidi n g o n its bed as so urces o f glac i er mo tio n Gl ac i ers merely s moo th an d very slightly wear away the p revio usly ex i sti ng ro ugh sur faces whil e st reams and s ub aeri al weath eri ng h ave given vall eys th ei r fo rm T he gl aci er is mo re o f a carri er and rubbi sh remover than o f a delver and plo ugh man

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M I NE R A L S H ussA x s D ET ER w NA T tON or R T he appearance in Engli s h o f any book whi ch t reats of the methods o f the new geolo gy , is a s ubj ect for co n g rat ul ation on the part of tho se who b eli eve th at the use o f the mi cro sc ope w ill rev eal muc h of i nt erest in the d ev elop ment o f the earl i est hi s t o ry T he i mport ance o f mi croscopi cal pet rography o f the eart h s li fe is shown in the fact th at the l eadi n g geologi sts all over the w o rld are d evoti ng much o f th ei r ti me to the st udy o f the mi neralogi cal h aracteri sti cs of the rock s whi ch fo rm the solid c rust o f o ur globe and to the c h anges whi ch these roc ks undergo und er vari o ndi tions It is a l amentable fact th at tho ugh so much is o us n ow b ei ng do ne in thi s fi el d , but few good En gli s h tex t b o o k s T he o nly wo rk s relat i ng to thi s subj ect whi ch h ave ex i st ’ appeared in En g li sh are Z i rk el s M i cro scopi cal Pet rog rap hy ' ’ Both o f th ese t reat mo re par an d R utley s S t udy o f R o ck s t icularly o f the cl assifi catio n o f ro ck s an d p res uppose a k n o w l edge o f the el ementary pri ncipl es, by means of whi ch th ei r mi neral o nstit uents are recog nized I t is with pl easure that we e a thi rd vol ume, whi c h t reats of the opti al p ro per n o w wel co m ti es o f mineral s and the method s whi ch are made use o f in th ei r dete tio n D r E G S mith o f Beloit Wi s o nsi n has very re ‘ cently t rans l at ed D r H ussak s littl e book , n oti ed in the A p ril U nfo rt unately, the fi rst part o f the n umb er of the N A T UR A L tS T t ransl atio n, whi ch t reats o f the method s o f i nvestigatio n, t he opti sy co nstr uc arred by c l um cal p roperti es etc , o f mi neral s, is m tio ns, due to the I iteral ness wi th whi ch the o rigi nal tex t has b een followed M o st of the erro rs whi ch the German pet rog raphers h ave poin ted o ut have been allo wed to remai n unco rrected I n many cases the choi ce of ex p ress io ns fo r wo rds and ph rases “ T he ent eri ng face o ccurri ng in the o rig inal are mi s l eadi ng “ “ o f the li g ht éic he (p sh ell is used fo r E intrittsfl ” spring lin s fo rmed fo r and f r o S chalenfé rmig (p g ” rds re mi st ransl at ed p f w o a Einspreng linge A e w ( Certain sectio ns o f and o ne (Kolb en) is not t ran s l ated at all o rt ho rhombi c mi neral s are S pok en o f as not ex ti ngui shi ng fo r t he mo st part acco rdi ng to th ei r ax ial fig ures (F ig urenax en) (p M o re serio us t han th ese are the erro rs whi ch ari se fro m t he co n fus io n o f the opti cal ax es wi th the ax es o f el ast i c ity ; o f bi ax i al mi nerals wi th those whi ch are do ubly refracti ng ; an d fi nally o f i sot ropi c sub stances with those ex hibiti ng parall el ex ti nctio n T he seco nd part is taken up with a tab ul ar arrangement o f the p ri nc ip al mi neral s whi ch ent er i nto the co mpo sitio n o f ’

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Th ese are placed verti cally in gro ups acc o rdi ng as th ei r c ro ss sec tio ns are isot ropi c o r S ho w parall el or i n cli n ed ex tin e t io n These ro ups are agai n subd ivided in acco rdance w ith the c ry stallo g rapf ic sy stems Opposite the name o f each mi neral are c s l a c e i r a c e t s c e v c a r d h i l o po itio p ifi c g ity h t i ti m c e a c m n s c r a s p c l eavag es the o rdi nary fo rms o f its cro ss sect io ns its tw i nn i n g laws the c h aracter and st rength o f its do ubl e refractio n its colo rs un der c ro ssed n i col s its nat ural colo r and pl eo c h roi s m its struc t ure the mi nerals w ith whi ch it is generally asso ci at ed its ch ar acterist ic i ncl usio ns and deco mpo sitio n p ro ducts and those p een liarities whi ch di sti ng ui sh it fro m oth er mi neral s o f the same l l e n m a e e r a n f r a a m s u o pp e thi p t i o t t i a a n c e s a r a n e n a m r I n e m g is so arran ged th at with very litt l e tro ubl e the st uden t can t urn to the mi neral who se p ropert i es he wi sh es to st udy and find in a few b rief sentences the ch aracteri sti cs by whi ch it can be di sti ng ui sh ed fro m all oth ers Thi s part w ill prove o f co nsiderab l e use to all w ho are b egi nn i n g the st udy o f pet rog raphy and who m s uc h manual s as that o f R o senb usch wo uld t en d o nly to co n fuse and d isco urage A g reat servi ce has been ren d ered to all tho se to who m the materi al in D r H ussak s book is i naccessibl e o n ac c o unt o f the l ang uag e in whi ch it is written and the transl ato r d eserves the th an ks o f all those i nterested in pet rog raphy fo r havi ng pl aced w ithi n the reach o f A meri can st ud ents the el ements o f a b ranc h o f geolo g y whi ch is j ust b egi nn i ng to be app rec i ated f o n thi s s i de o f the A tl anti c as affo rdi ng a key fo r the s ol utio n o many uestio ns whi ch h ave h ereto fo re been consid ered as bey o nd t he po wer o f penet ratio n

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PET R OGR A PmC A L to the tro ktOlite in the Belh elvi e p ari s h in A berd eenshi re, are s t udi ed by Bo n ney , an d the result s o f h is i nv estig atio ns pub l f lis hed in the Geolog ical ll ag as in e T he serpenti n e is derived T he tro ktolite is a mod erately fro m an olivi ne enstatite ro ck c o arse g rai ned mi x t ure o f p urpli sh g ray or whiti sh feld spar and d ull dark g reen serpenti ne A t the j un tio n o f th ese t wo ro k s, it was fo und th at every g rai n o f olivi ne was s urro und ed by a reactio nary rim T he se uence o f the two ro cks in respect to ag e is no t sati sfacto ri ly d ec id ed I n the same paper, the Bl ack 2 D og ro ck fi rst mentio ned by H eddl e, as a mass of roc k abo ut fo ur yard s lo ng and b ro ad , whi h p roj ects fro m the sand o n the s ho re is d es rib ed as c o nt ai n i n g fibro lite, iolite, uartz and mi ca I t bears a very clo se resembl ance to so me o f the co rdi eri te g nei sses ’ K ii ch d escrib es a uartz py ro x ene an d esi te fro m o f Bavari a t he C umbal in the A nd es in whi ch the py ro x ene o nstit uent is s a muc h e i k th t t i i l ri ncipally hypersth ene, and rem a s a h s n r a r m p .

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by Tho mas Meeh an in P roceedi ngs o f the A cademy o f N atural S ci ences Phil ad elphi a D ecember 1 T he t ree beari ng t hese ano malo us seed s is o f co nsiderabl e age and stands near German t own Pa A neatl y p ri nted C atal o g ue o f t he Pha nogamo us and vasc ular cryptogam o us pl ants o f F itchburg [ Mass ] and vi ci n ity is wo rthy o f n ote as b ei n g the w o rk o f st ud ents o f t he ” “ Fi tch burg hig h school It is said to rep resent abo ut seven years o f diligent research It is a very c redi tabl e p ro ductio n and i ndi cates good wo rk in the sc hool T he Fo urt h A n n ual R epo rt o f the Board o f Co nt rol of the N ew Yo rk A g ri cult ural E x peri ment S tatio n fo r the year 1885 appears w i t h a mo st sat isfacto ry p ro mpt n ess I ts c o nten t s s ho w the co nti n uatio n o f the hig h cl ass o f wo rk fo r whi ch thi s s tatio n has been di st i n i u s h e d s m a u w h e o t W D Hol D e h Io a a d E w a o c f o r a g y a set o f gen us l ab el s o f the fungi fo r use in h erb ari a Th ere are abo ut 7 20 names whi ch rep resen t after d ed ucti ng d upli cates fro m 500 to 6 00 di fferent genera T he p ri n ti ng is do ne by H N Patt ers o n o f O uawka Ill s whi c h is a s uflicient guarantee o f the neatness o f the typog raphy ,

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C t NU R ous T H YS A N U R A A N D S vMpH vL A or M Ex rco I t was my good fo rt une d uri ng a sho rt vi sit to Mex ico i n the sp ri ng o f 1885 to di scover the o ne i nsect whi ch I scar ely hop ed to find, s o rare are the spe i es and i n divi dual s in o t her parts o f the wo rld Thi s was yayy r saussuru , d esc rib ed an d fig ured by H umb ert in R evue et M ag de Z oolog ie, xx, i 1 8 68 H e d iptio ll t fig w e d s e s r s e x u r s r m e n a c n e a n d e e , 4 3 5 fro m th ree S p eci mens coll ected by M S umichrast at S anta C ruz T HE

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blad es of the forceps (cercopoda) the l argest tooth on the i ns id e of the l eft blade bei ng s i tuated nearer the middl e Our spe c i es is al s o s m aller T he n umber o f j oi nts to the antennas in s ubterr an eus are 3 2 in the Mex i can species 4 0 A sso c i ated wit h the J apy x and in e ual ab und ance was a S co I opend rella whi ch I at fi rst suppo sed to be a di fferen t and l arg er s pec i es b ut whi c h after a c areful mi c ro scopi cal ex ami natio n I aculata N ewpo rt can n ot separate fro m S imm It has the same n f e n a s m e r a r h e f r m t h e a n n d n u f l pp o t b e a d a n e r o a e t e a n c a n o ; g anten nal joi nts are nearly the same ; th ere b ei n g 4 0 4 2 joi nt s in — t he M ex i can and 3 5 3 6 in a Kent ucky i ndivid ual T he n umber and th ei r sh ap e ex actly o f sc utes behi n d the h ead is the sam e t he same T he anal cerc i are slightly lo nger than in U nit ed S tates spec i mens but the fine set ae are t he same in size and m m a rrangement T he spec i mens are p ure w hi te and l arger (5 ) t han any I h ave y et seen fro m the U n ited S tates — colo endrella im e o n a s S m Whil a a c u e Cam d a r n e x i c n p p p lata seems to be co mmo n to E urope the U n ited S tates and M ex i co and Campodea staphy lin us Westw likewi se co mmo n to E urope and the n o rth ern United S tates we di scovered at C o r d o va in co mp any wi th the fo regoi n g S y naptera a very di sti nc t s peci es o f C am podea whi ch is apparently ch aracteri sti c o f the n orm caliente or warm zo ne o f Mex i co m m or 7 i ncl udi ng the caudal It is a l arge speci es the body 4 s ty l ets b ei ng but littl e s m all er t h an C cookci Pack o f M ammot h oi ni ng caves but wi th much sho rt er caudal appendages an d adj T he body is s ho rt er the th ree tho raci c seg ments bei n g sho rter t h an in C cookci T he antenna are of the l en gth of the body and 2 8 j oi nted ; the t ermi nal joi n t is i ntermedi ate in s h ap e b etween C i n s s taphy linus and C cookei bei ng s l en derer th an in C staple t u y D r J S : Ki n gsl ey has di scovered a sen se o rgan at the end o f the las t an ten nal j oi nt o f C staplzy lin us ; t h at o f C mexicana is s l igh t ly s m all er ro unded oval but s it uated near t he mi ddl e of the nt ; whil e th at o f C cookei is l arger th an in C staphy lmus but i o j as in that sp ec i es s it uated at t he en d o f t he j oi n t ; t he j oi nt in all T he c audal appendages are t h ree speci es is ri c h in nerv e cell s — ra th er sho rt and co m po sed o f 7 8 lo n g j oi nts There are oth er l z u s n w c w e r c u hi h ho v e o ld i n teresti ng difl erences fro m C stay/r y n o t be understoo d wit ho ut fig ures whi ch we h av e p repared but — A S Packard reserv e fo r a fut ure o ccas io n t he

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A gri cult ural L OC US T m S OUT H EA S T ER N R ussrA A cademy in M o sco w, has ea h s ummer fo r two years sent Pro fes s or K L i ndeman to S o uth eastern R uss i a t o st udy t he lo c usts ravagi n g th at reg io n , and the res ul ts o f his t ravel s h av e b een n u i s hed in two l arge wo rk s, o ne 1 8 o h u s h bl 8 t e lo c t i n t e ( 3) p D an ubi an Co ssack reg io n, and the ot her (1886 ) o n the lo cust in T HE

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gio n H e w rites to the edito r o f the Entomolog isclre N aclmclzten fo r Jan 1886 t hat he has sati sfi ed hi msel f th at the lo cust (A cry diurn mig ratm um) is no t p ec uli arly an i nhabi tant o f t he pl ai ns o r stepp es but th at preferably and o rigi nally the lo w er regio ns o f the b anks o f riv ers wh ere g ro w A r undo don ax S c i rp us etc are its bi rthpl ace fro m w h ence it fli es o ut and vi s its the steppes A cry dimn mig ratorimn is in his Opi n io n p urely a swamp i nsect I ts eggs retai n t h ei r vitali ty even if t he regio n in w h ich t h ey are l aid has remai ned covered fo r mo n th s in t he S p ri ng by t he water o f the river T he l arv a: in th ei r thi rd stage are mark ed with red b ecause thi s colo r p ro tects th em in the swamp s urro un d i ngs in whi c h th ey live A g ro up o f red lo c ust l arvae si tti n g o n sp ears o f rass give the appearance o f a g ro up o f rus h es bear i n g g , red ears T he si milarity is so g reat th at I mysel f so meti mes at a di stance co ul d n o t di st i ng ui s h wh eth er the red spot s in a swamp ” were a colo ny o f lo custs o r a g ro up o f rush es the

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b utterfli es read by M r H J El wes at the meet i ng o f the Z OO logi cal S oc i ety o f L o ndo n h eld Jan 10 the autho r paid S pec i al att en tio n to the develop ment functio ns and st ruct ure o f t he ho rn y po uch fo und in the femal es of thi s gen us H e al so d escrib ed th e h abits di st rib utio n and vari at ions o f t wenty th ree sp ec i es whi ch h e recog niz ed in the gen us T he paper was s uppl emented by Pro fesso r Howe s remark s o n his exami natio n o f the anato my o f Pay nassius apollo an d by M r Tho ms o n s not es o n the h abi ts o f the D r W itlac z il i nsects as b red in the soci ety s gardens in 1885 ‘ in Z oolog isclzer A nz eiger Jan 18 reafl irms ag ai ns t H Wed de t hat t he A p hi des and C occ i de suck th ei r food in the same manner as L epi doptera and o th er i nsects I n the same n umber 0 Pol et a j ewa giv es t he result o f his st udi es in the st ruct ure and funct i o n o f the h eart o f i nsects to whi c h we s h all call attentio n mo re ful l y M r A D M i ch ael has described befo re the L i n nean h ereafter S o ci ety o f L o n do n (Nov the remarkabl e ny mph al stage o f an Oribat id (T eg eocranus ce m h i g w hi h t e i t o r n c h e r m i s d u e f p i ) carri es o n its b ack as co ncentri c s hi eld s the do rsal po rtio ns o f all its cast ski ns I n the European my riopo d S phaaro therium there is a well defi ned st rid ul ati ng apparat us o n the mal e cl asp ers w hi ch p rod uces a sh rill not e like th at o f the ho use c ri ck et A t rue audi to ry o rgan ex i st s in the ant ennary fossa b eneath the eye T he t rach eal system is unlik e the majo ri ty Of th at o f the Dipl o pod a rath er resembli ng th at o f Chilopod s and i nsects tho ug h di fferi ng in the b ranch ed spi ral filament not taki ng o ri g i n di rect ly fro m t he stigmata th emselves A numb er o f new speci es o f A meri can my riopod s are described by F M ei n ert in the P roceed ings o f the A meri can Philo sophi c al S o c i ety .

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P H OS PH OR ES C ENC E or M A R tNE A D biology o f the Briti sh A sso ci atio n was d elivered by Pro fesso r W C Mc I ntosh M D o fS t A ndrews w ho sel ected fo r his subj ec t ” t he Phospho rescence o f mari ne ani mal s A ph eno meno n so s t riki n g as the emi ss io n o f lig ht by mari ne o rgan i s ms c o uld no t fail to h ave attracted noti ce fro mvery early ti mes both in t he case o f n avig ato rs and t ho se who gave t hei r at tentio n in a mo re sy ste mati c manner to the st udy o f nat ure A cco rdi ngly we find th at — t he literat ure o f the subj ect is bo th vari ed and ex ten sive so much s o i nd eed th at it is i m po ssibl e o n the p resent o ccasio n to gi ve mo re th an a very b ri ef o utli ne of its l eadi ng feat ures Tho ug h it i s in the warmer seas of the globe that pho spho rescen ce is — o b s erved in its mo st rem as fo r i nstance the sh eets ark abl e fo rms o f white light caused by N o ctil uca and the vi vi dl y l umi no us b ars — y et it is a feat ure w hi ch the Briti sh zo ologi s t n eed o f Py ro so m a n o t l eav e his n ative waters to see both in beauty and p erfect io n M any l umi no us an i mal s o cc ur between tid e marks and even the s t unted seaweed s near t he li ne o f high wat er every w h ere sp arkl e w ith a multit ude o f b rilli ant poi nt s A s a ship or boat p asses t h ro ugh the cal m s urface o f t he sea in s u mm er and autumn the w avelet s gl eam wit h pho spho rescent poi nts o r are crested wi th s r e e n t h s c n r s w h o pho t poi t t e d i h light hil s o r a c r e w e e e t ; p o b serv er l ean i ng o ver the stern can watch the lo ng t rail o f l u mi no us water behi nd the ship fro m the b rightly S parkli ng an d s eethi n g mass at the screw to t he fai nt glo w in the d i s tan ce On the s o uth ern and western sho res agai n every st rok e o f t he oar causes a l umi no us eddy and so me o f t he S m all er fo rms are li ft ed by the bl ade and sc i ntill ate b righ tly as th ey roll i nto the w ater T he d redge and t rawl lik ewi se p rod uce both in the sh al l o wer and d eeper parts o f o ur seas many l umi n o us types o f g reat i n terest and beauty H e gl anced in the fi rst i nstance at the vario us ro ups o f mari ne an i mal s w hi ch po ssess the p roperty o f pho spho r g es cence and co nti nued ; It is fo un d th at thi s feat ure is possessed by bers o f the P rotozoa and by the follo wi ng g ro ups o f certai n mem echi nod erms wo rms roti f coel ent erates ers t he Metazo a viz oll usc oid s moll usk s and fish es I n fo reig n seas c rustaceans m many b rig htly l umi no us spec i mens are met with Th us P ro fesso r A A gassiz d escribes M nemiopsis leidy i as ex ceedi ngly pho spho r es cen t and when passing t hro ugh shoal s o f th ese Medusa vary ing in size fro ma pi n s h ead to several i nch es in l eng th the whol e w ater b eco mes so b rilli an tly l umi no us th at an oar dipped in the w ater up to the h andl e can pl ai n ly be seen o n dark nights by the li g ht so p rod uced ; the seat o f the phosphorence is confi ned to an d so ex ceedi ngly sens i t ive are th ey th at t he lo co motive ro ws fi ci ent to mak e th em pl ai nly vi sibl e by t he s ligh test sho ck is s uf ” T he t h e ligh t emitt ed fro m the eight pho spho resc ent amb ulacra .

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me autho r mentio ns th at L esueuria has a v ery pec uli ar bl uish light o f an exceedi ngly pal e steel c olo r b ut very intense Gig lioli agai n fo un d th at the beauti ful r iband like C est us sho ne w ith a but in E uch ari s the latter was i ntensely reddi sh yello w light I n the C he topteridm the pho spho rescence is remarkably blue beauti ful b right fl ash es b ei ng emitted fro m the po st erio r feet M ari ne phosphoreS cence has so me o f its mo st st riki ng exampl es amo n g the T un i cates One o f the b est k no wn i nstanc es is th at o f Py roso ma the light fro m w hi ch has been so graphi cally described by M Pé ron P ro fesso r H ux ley~ and oth er nat urali sts w ho have had an oppo rt un ity of observ ing it It proceed s in each member po und o rgani s mfro m two s mall patch es o f cell s at the o f the co m Phospho rescen ce in livi ng fi sh es base of eac h i nh al en t t ub e app ears to h ave b een accurately observed w i thi n a c o mp arat iv ely recent date tho ugh the l umi no sity o f d ead fi s h es has b een k n o wn fro m v ery early ti mes and has been the s ubj ect o f many i nterest ing ex peri ments such as tho se of R obert Boyl e o n dead I do not mean to say whi ti ng s and D r H ul me o n h erri ngs th at the literature o f the so call ed p ho spho rescent fi sh es is scan ty fo r it ex tend s fro m the days o f A ri sto tl e an d Pli ny to mod ern ti mes but that the writers h ave had little reli abl e evidence in regard to livi ng fi sh es t o b ri n g fo rward Th us o f up wards o f fi f ty fi shes entered by Eh renberg in his li st it is h ard to say th at o ne is really l umi no us d uri ng li fe I n many cases it is p rob abl e th at the suppo sed pho spho rescenc e o f l arg e fo rms such as swo rdfishes and s hark s has ari sen fro m t he p resence o f mul tit udes o f mi n ut e phospho rescent ani mal s in the water j ust as the h erri n g causes a l eam wh en it d arts fro m the side o f a ship Pro fesso r Mosel ey gor i nstance observed in the Challeng er that wh en large fi sh es po rpoi ses an d peng ui ns d ash ed th ro ugh pho spho rescent water it w as b rilli antly lit up an d th ei r t rack mark ed by a t rail o f l ight T he same feat ure is Ob serv ed in hooked fi sh es an d it is k n o wn that fi sh ermen are do ubt ful o f succ ess w h en the sea is very pho s rescent fo r the p resence o f the n et in the wat er ex cites t he h o p One of the mo st stri ki n g lumi n o si ty and scares the h erri n g i nstances o f pho spho rescen ce in livi ng fi sh es is th at o f the l u mi Thi s is a n o us shark (S qualus f ulg ens) fo und by D r Bennett s mall d ark colo red sh ark whi ch was capt ured o n t wo o r t h ree o ccasio ns at the s urface o f the sea It emitted w i tho ut i rritat i o n a vivid g reen i sh l umi n os i ty as it swam abo ut at n ight and it sh o n e T he pho spho rescence appears to be for so me h ours after d ea h T he ey es o f the s h ark d ue to a peculi ar sec retio n o f the ski n were mo re p ro mi nent th an usual in s uch fo rms A s urvey o f the li fe hi sto ri es o f the several pho spho rescent g ro ups affo rds at p resen t no reli abl e d ata fo r t he fo und atio n o f a th eo ry as to No the functio ns o f l umi no sity especi ally in rel atio n to food pho spho rescent fo rm is mo re generally d evo ured by fi sh es o r oth er ani mal s th an th at whi ch is n ot ; and o n the oth er h and the sa

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been desc ribed by H o flmann in A na: boscbus in whi ch the m ali s neurentericus is sh o wn (pl 111 fig 5 ) to Open i nto the i ntes ti ne w hil e a canal al so ex tends from it ant erio rly i nto the cho rda itsel f S uch is essent ially the arrangement in the spec imen h ere d escribed except th at the cho rd a has been di fferenti ated alon g the enti re extent o f the neurent eri c canal T he arrangement o f part s in the mo re advanced d uck emb ryo fi gured by Bal fo ur (Co mp Emb ry 11 p is likewi se recon cilable with that ob served in the p reparatio ns m ad e by D r Baur I n Bal fo ur s acco unt o f the d evelop ment o f t his regi o n in the d uck the conditio n whi ch has persi st ed in the spec i men h ere H e says T he [neur und er co nsideratio n has been d escribed enteri c] passage l eads obli uely b ack ward s and vent ralwards fro m the hi nd end o f the neural t ube i nto the notoc ho rd wh ere the l atter j oi ns the p ri mitive streak A narro w diverti c ul um fro m thi s passage is co nti nued fo rward s fo r a sho rt di stance alo ng the ax i s o f t he noto cho rd A fter t raversi ng the noto cho rd the pass age is co nti n ued i nto a hypobl asti c diverti c ul u m whi ch o pens I t is ventrally i nto the fut ure l umen o f the ali mentary t ract c l ear fro m the figure that thi s must have been the case in the speci men h ere und er co ns id eratio n ; th at is t he neurent eri c pass ag e abo ut whi c h noto cho rdal ti ss ue was di f ferenti ated was co n tin ued fo rward i nto the cho rda as the latter was fold ed o ff fro m the hypobl ast and th at fro m thi s p assage in the c ho rd a o ne pass in g do wnward to the i ntesti ne was given o fl abo ut whi c h no to ferenti at ed cho rdal ti ssue was al so di f Whil e it is highly p robable th at thi s emb ryo chi ck di splays an archai c d evelop m en t o f the cho rda yet the facts are s ig nifi cant especi ally wh en vi ewed in the light o f the i nterp retati o ns of “ in the i nverte Ehl ers as to the s ig nifi canc e o f the N ebendam b rat es Thi s speci men shows th at wh at mus t have been a part of ’ the neurenteri c canal d uri ng an earli er stage i c Cle has b een act ually difl erentiated i nto a st ruc t ure hi stologi cally identical wi th the t rue ax i al notoc ho rd 671 Thi s speci men is th erefo re o f g reat i nterest si nce it demo n t rates if we may regard it as rep resen ti ng a pali ngeneti c co nditi o n o f d evelop m itively in abs o ent th at the c ho rda do rsali s was p ri m l ute co nti nui ty with the i ntesti ne (mesentero n) posteri o rly and th at there may th erefo re h ave b een p ri mitive C ho rdata in wh ich the cho rda was us ual ly develo ped as s uch in al mo s t absol ute — a i m A r co nti nuity wit h the ali m d R e entary t ract y [ P R OFES S OR S EL ENE A ON T H E D EVEL OPM ENT OR T H E Orossuu — E PH s n f D I D L Y V N I A N A T e ollo i n ho r t oti c o f h S I R I h w t G e e g ( ) recent i nv estigatio ns o f P ro fesso r Emil S el enk a o f Erl an gen o n the d evelop ment o f the co mmo n opo ssum altho ugh it has ap ’



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A sso ci atio n fo r the A d vancement o f S ci en e, D r A l ex and er Bai n, lo rd re to r o f A b erd een Un iversity, read a p aper “ On the scope o f anth ro pology , and its rel atio n to t he sci ence ” H e end eavo red to poi nt o ut t hat the b ri n gi ng togeth er o f mi nd o f the six d epart ments nam ed resp ecti vely man s pl ace in nat ure, the o rigi n o f man, the cl assifi catio n o f races , t he anti uity o f man — u a n a e a n d l g g did not co ntrib ut e the d evelop ment o f civilizatio n to the mut ual el ucidation o f the several topi s, but merely co neen t rated i nto a whole the subj ect s co nnect ed with t he hig her mys teries o f man s o rig in and d esti natio n H e nex t d ealt at l engt h with a s urvey o f the research es h avi ng in vi ew p reci se meas ure ments o f the bodily and mental characteri sti cs o f h uman b ei ng s, and i n di cated l i nes o n whi ch research might be mad e so as to refl ect n ew light o n o ur i n tell ec tual co nstit utio n T he autho r al so rev erted to the researc h i n to the co ndi tio ns an d t he meas ure o f mem o ry as wholly wi thi n the means o f act ual experi mental d etermi natio n ; al so the i mpo rtant i ntel lect ual functi o n o f seei ng si m il ari ty in the midst o f diversi ty, whi ch can be red uced to mo re o r l ess p reci sio n o f esti mate by s ui tabl e means Taki n g alo n g with t hese res ult s the i n ui ri es i nto the fac ulti es o f the lo wer an i mal s the autho r put S peci al st ress o n the n umb er and d eli cacy o f t h ei r senses as the fo undatio n o f every attem pt to ex pl ai n the hi g h er aptit udes I ntelligence co mmenced w it h the po wer o f dis c ri mi natio n , and i ncreased as t hat po wer i ncreased T he rec o r d o f marvelo us feats o f ex ceptio nal i n gen ui ty was o f v ery lit tl e aid in reveali ng t he secrets o f the ani mal mi nd I n co ncl usio n he urged the admi ssio n o f p sy hol o gy in a mo re avo wed and sy ste mati c fo rm i nto the anth ro pologi cal sectio n H e wo ul d excl ude the topi cs o f metaphys i cal and ethi cal co nt roversy , and wel co me all t he research es i nto the i ntel lect ual and emo tio nal regio ns o f D r Burdo n S and erso n said any o ne teach i ng phy s i the mind olo gy wo uld not be expected to i n l ude anth ropology, and D r the Briti sh

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ealan d Z h i u rn ten ax ) , N ew or m P ( used fo r parpai , a cutaneo us disease

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T HE o f A nth rop I ns t , xv w ill b e be fo un d co mmun i catio ns fro m P ri nce R ol and Bo naparte, D r J H Keane respectively , upon t h e G Garso n and P ro fesso r A Th ere are, at p resen t , L app s th at o f the l atter bei ng v ery full L app s altho ugh at l eas t 7 000 are o f mi xed Fi nn i s h bl o o d Th ey are divided i nto upl and o r no madi c and lo wl and o r fi sh i n g Th ei r name is i nvolved in ob scurity and ag ri c ult ural d ivi s io ns ” Fenmen Fi nl anders Th ey the p eopl e call th emsel ves S ame w o ul d app ear to be an o ffshoot o f the g reat F innO Tartari c (Mal o ° ° Th ey are b rachycep hali c (80 to 83 A lt ai c) family S ho r t in stat ure (five feet and l ess) wit h b ro wn h ai r, fl ush ed co mplex i o n , bro wn eyes st raight and reg ul ar n o se T he uplan d L app s li fe is d ependent o n the rei n d eer, who s e fl esh b ei ng mostly d ri ed is co nverted i n to j erk ed meat, wh o s e 0 5 3 1is boil ed an d eaten fresh , who se blood is co ng eal ed p ul ve r ized an d k nead ed i nto cak es o r used as so up ;the milk taken fres h o r frozen in a s ligh t ly fermented state, o r mad e i nto c h eese fo r T he ski n covers the tent floo r the bed and t h e w i nt er sto re body ; the S i news make ex cell ent co rd age, and the bo nes, after ex t ractio n o f the m arro w, are carved i nto many useful and fan c i .

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r d a n n s s r c r oh k H y Philli F i o n r a r n R B a e e r j p j j j C uli n D ani el G Bri n to n Co mmuni catio ns sho uld be r N o 104 S Fi fth st reet Philadel add ressed to H en ry P hilli ps j phi a T he so ci ety is to be co ngrat ul ated fo r its energy in t h i s matter T he City of Brotherly L ove was o nce h ead uarters o f anth ropology in A meri ca — T H E R EVU E D A NT H R OPOL OGI E T he most cel eb rated o f t he many French jo urnal s devoted to the sci ence of man was fo unded in Pari s by Paul Bro ca in 187 2 and co nti n ued by his p upil D r Paul Topi nard after the d eath o f the fo rmer A thi rd seri es was co mmenced with 1886 wi th the coOperation o f the most dis ting uished representativ es o f the vario us b ranch es o f anth rop o logi cal sci ence ; amo ng th em D r Gavarret di recto r o f the Eco l e d A nthropo lo g ie de Pari s ; D r Mathi as D uval di recto r of t he L abo rat oi re d A nthropolog ie a l Ecole des H autes Et udes Mar h u s n h r e h c e l r f t e i d ill e l F id b Hig C l o e a c r a e a o n d N a a G e a h q ; uat refages at the M useu m L eg io n of Ho n o r ; P ro fesso r A de H amy o f the M usée Tro cadero L o f N at ural H i s to ry ; D r R o ussel et ;jul es R o ch ard ;Baro n S avoy and D A rbo is de jubai n vill e of the French I nstit ute D r T o penard the directo r o f t he R ev ue is general secretary o f the S o ci é té d A nthropo log ie d e Pari s and autho r o f the El ements d A nthrOpo log ie to whi ch t he mic des S ci ences awarded o ne o f its ann ual p rizes A cade — T he latest attempt to find a ratio n al T H E R A C ES OF M EN ex p ress io n o f raci al di fferences amo n g man ki nd is by Mr j ames D all as c urato r of the A lbert M emori al M useum Exeter T he autho r is in acco rd w ith t he g eneral t end en cy to see th ree p ri n c i s r u s f u m f w s o p o h ity a ollo a l n a p g

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ho rter toes were littl e by littl e li fted fro m the gro un d and became o f littl e o r no use I n successive ages we find the m s sho rt er to es b ec o mi n e e ll w hil e m iddl e o e b c o m a e t r h s t e g larger Thi s li ne o f speci alizatio n has co nti nued until it has reach ed a li mit in the ho rse whi ch has lo st all but o ne to e o n each foot and walk s o n the ex t reme tip o f thi s t oe N ow it is perfectly evident th at a li mit has b een reached in thi s case T he ho rse may perh ap s in the fut ure lose the r udi mentary spli n t bo nes whi c h still remai n b ut he can not lo se his l as t toe ; and it is th erefo re i mpossibl e to c o nceiv e any furth er d ev elop men t o f the ho rse in thi s di rectio n N o w the same p ri ncipl e will apply to all oth er li nes o f sp ec i alizatio n altho ugh we may n ot al way s be abl e to see wh at t hi s li mit may be Physi cal laws wo uld o f th emselves set li mit s to every li ne o f advance even if there be n o such li mit s determi ned by the o rgan i sm itsel f It is easy to find exampl es whi c h will show th at such has been the general hi sto ry o f g ro up s in the past S o me h ave reach ed the ext reme o f thei r d evelop ment in the di stant past and h av e c eased to advance o r di sappeared Others seem even now to be at the s ummit o f th ei r adv ance and oth ers still are yet advanci n g T he l in e of develop ment rep resented by the t rilobites has co m l e m n l u s i s e i h t d it l It pidly pp o h d s li it v e e x e s e a r c e t e n t a f r a a p y the S il uri an an d th en b egan to dwi ndl e away and has di sappeared c o mpl etely T he b rachiopods had al so at thi s ti me reached their point o f highest speci alizatio n and became a highly d eveloped g ro up even at thi s early ag e S i nce then th ey h ave remai ned statio nary as to th ei r o rgan izatio n havi ng steadily decreased in numbers and the few t hat are l eft sho w n o advance over the S i lu ri an fo rm T he ceph alopod moll usk s grad ually i ncreased in s co mplex ity d uri ng the Pal e ozoi c and finally a li mit of the shelled fo rms was reach ed in the ammo n ites o f the J urassi c and C reta M eanti me ceo us T he c ul mi nation was follo wed by ex ti nctio n a seco nd li ne o f d evelop ment b egan th at o f the naked ceph al o po ds and this has go ne o n advanci ng until the p resent ti me T he decapod C rustacea rep resent a gro up whi ch is even now near its c ul mi nation F ro mth ei r fi rst appearance in the Carbo ni fero us th ere has been a tendency toward concent ratio n o f o rgans toward A s thi s S peci alizatio n advanced the abdo men became the h ead all er whil e the h ead regio n b ecame l arger Fi nally in the sm c rabs whi ch appeared in the J urassi c everythi ng was co neen the

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vidence i ndi cates that such a fut ure is p robab l y no t a p racti cal po ssibili ty ev en tho ugh as far as we can see it may be a th eo reti cal o ne A ll biologi cal st udi es poi nt st rong l y to the co ncl usio n that i nst ead o f several poi nts o f o rigi n the an i mal ki ngdo m has had o nly o ne T he subki ngdo ms h ave n o t arisen i nd epend ently fro m the P rotozo a but h ave all had a co m mo n ancesto r the gastrula and thi s means th at o nly on ce has the uni cell ul ar fo rm giv en ri se to i mpo rtant li nes o f mul ticell ul ar d escend ants Tho ug h the l enterata stand very near thi s r m s i itiv e u n p c i liz d o m th r i s vid n c th t it h a s t h a a e f r e n o e e e e e e p po wer o f furth er di fferenti atio n but o n the c o nt rary all tends to sho w th at wh atsoever di fferenti atio n o f th i s S i m pl e type ever did take pl ac e to giv e ri se to the s ubki n gdo ms o ccurred before the S il uri an S i nce pala o ntology sho ws us th at no new g reat ty pes h ave ari sen si nce the S il uri an it is plai n that all o f the expan sio n o f the si m pl e un i cell ular fo rm must have taken place b efo re the S il uri an A nd c o mi ng th ro ugh the later ages wefind evid ence the same in its teno rs T he c o ncl usio n every wh ere seems to be that wh en a generalized fo rm has given ri se to o ne o r two li nes o f develop ment it eith er di sappears o r loses its po wer to o rigi nate new fo rm s Every step of pal aeo ntol ogy carry i ng ex i sti n g g ro ups farther and farth er b ack in the g eologi cal ages adds fo rce to thi s general co ncl usio n Every bit o f evid ence whi ch i ndi cates a fundamental unity o f the a n i mal ki ngdo m testifies to the same Witho ut uestio ni ng the th eo reti cal possibility th at any o r all of the ex i sti ng mo re o r l ess unspeci alized fo rms may in the fut ure develop we must ack no wl edge th at the p robability is agai nst it N othi ng in hi st o ry i ndi cates that th ese gro ups retai n po wer t o ex pand and th ere is th erefore no reaso n fo r thi nki ng it a poss i bility in t he future R ememb eri n g wh at a l arge n umb er o f gro ups we are l earn i ng to t race back to the S il uri an remember ing th at d evelop men t has Co nsi sted in the l ater geologi cal ages si mply in the ex pansio n o f g ro ups app eari n g lo n g b efo re we must co ncl ude th at the power o f the undi fferenti ated fo rms to ex p an d i nto di fferent li nes of develop ment di sappears very early in th ei r hi sto ry Whil e th en we cannot deny the possibil ity o f an i nd efi nit e fut ure dev elop ment fro m the ex i sti ng generaliz ed types it is certai nly i mp robabl e th at any new g reat g ro up s w il l Man seizi ng upo n the l ast undi fferenti ated faculty the ari se i ntell ect is developi ng t hi s to ex treme and wi ll p robably be the last type to app ear o f o ur e

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p robabl e th at in many respects it will be a death blo w t o its evol utio n Man is rapidly cau s i ng the ex ti nctio n o f al m ost all l and an i mal s at l east the l arger o nes A s the fro nti ers o f c ivili zation are b ei ng ex tend ed furth er and furt h er i nto the un i n habited regio ns he is d rivi n r animals u f r e i t l g o t o x e l f a n e s e c a l t h e o g and many o f the sm all er o nes W e h ave o nly to look ah ead a co mparatively short ti me to see the ex ti nctio n o f all land ani mals ex cept suc h as man may p reserv e fo r his own use To wh at ex tent thi s may apply to oth er an i mal s to i nsects mari ne an i mal s etc is no t cl ear But in the hi g h est gro up o f an i mal s the v erte b rates it is p retty cl ear th at man is event ually to b ri ng abo ut not o nly the end of advance but al so the p racti cal extermi natio n of all an i m al s ex cept s uc h as he espec i ally p reserves With all o f th ese consideratio ns togeth er it seems perfectly pl ai n th at we must look upo n the evol utio n o f the an i mal ki ngdo m as d efi ni tely li mited and app roachi ng an end T he ten dency o f spe c ialization to advance t o ex t reme li mit s the i mpo ssib ility o f the furth er adaptatio n of th ese ex t remes to new co nditio ns the S ig n ificant fact th at n o new fo rms of i mpo rt ance h ave ari sen duri ng all the l ater geolo g i cal ages the g reat i n fl uenc e o f man in causing ex termi natio n of all so rts o f an i mal s all th ese poi nt to the same J ust as evol utio n b egan in ti me so it will end in ti me and end we must look upo n the an i mal ki ngdo m as p rogressi n g to ward a li mit Wh en this li mit is reach ed eith er there will follo w a g rad ual ex ti nc tio n th ro ugh a di mi nutio n o f vital po wer o r if t h i s be no t the result a statio nary co nditio n will ensue in whi ch s uch ani mal s as man has l eft in ex i stence will remai n un modifi ed unti l t he p rog ress o f phys i cal ch an ges makes thi s wo rld no l o n ger h abitabl e is

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pon whi ch the p ri ncipal facts in thi s pap er are based were coll ected as sectio ns o f livi ng b ranch es rep resenti ng o n the o ne h and g ro wth o f two y ears and o n the oth er h an d the ro wth o f fo ur y ears h r s t e a h u s r e a n a obvio o th t b k o r F t e g c o uld n ot be p roperly separated fro m the wood with any deg ree o f uni fo rmity it was l eft o n in every case so th at in all t he d eter minations h ere given the resul ts S ho w the co mbi ned percentage o f water in wood an d b ark Obvio usly thi s gives a result whi c h d iffers materi ally fro m th at whi ch wo uld be obtai ned if the wood an d bark were c o ns id ered sep arately A l so whil e care was tak en no t to c ol lect spec i men s in whi ch the d ead bark was st ro ngly develop ed th us securi ng as g reat uni fo rmity as possibl e the very fac t t hat t he bark was p resent as wel l as the certai nty o f its vari a bility in st ruct ural c h aract er an d th us al so in hyd ratio n as col lected even fro m the same sp eci es at di fferent seaso ns rend ered Thi s will do ub tl ess certai n vari atio ns in the res ults unavoid abl e ap pear upo n exami natio n o f sp ec ifi c cases b ut erro r fro m thi s s o urce is red uced to a mi n i mum in the agg regat e so th at the mean results in vi ew o f all the p recautio ns tak en may do ubtl ess be accepted as co rrect F ro m an exami natio n of the follo wi n g results it w ill app ear t h at co mpari ng the yo un g g ro wth with the old er w ood the per c en tag e o f wat er is so m eti m es g reat er in one so meti mes g reat er in the oth er co nfo rmi ng to st ruct ural peculi ariti es of the S peci es an d the rel ative p repo nd erance o f mo re o r l ess st ro ngly hyd rat ed ti ss ue T he mean results ho wever cl early show w h at we migh t i nfer upo n th eo reti cal g ro unds viz th at in the yo ungest g ro wth as al s o in the sap w ood the p ercentage o f water is high er by two n r c e n i n t h t th a e old e r g r o w th w h h h t w ood i e i s e r t e e r n e a p Thi s is fo und to hold t rue in the mean results rel ative ex cess n o t o nly fo r each seaso n but al so for all seaso ns ; in the fo rmer case ho wever the di sp ropo rt io n sho wi ng a vari atio n fro m r cent to e r c n t e e p p u

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pon th eo reti cal g ro unds the ti ssues c o ntai n most water wh en the growth is most ac tive data whi c h w ill enab le us to acc urately fix the l i miti ng period s fo r the seas o n s g ro wth wil l l h av e an i mpo rtant b eari ng upo n thi s uestio n M r W E S tone accepti ng the c o m pl etio n of termi nal \ b ud s as marki n g c o mpl e tio n o f the lo ngit udi nal g ro wth fo r the enti re year has obtai ned the follo wi n g data as establi sh i ng the li miti ng p eriod s o f g ro wth ’ ° fo r the l atit ude o f West Poi nt N Y 4 1 2 3 N A

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n s i n c n c n w n g ph i c r p r s t tio n th c h g o e tio it h e n f a e e a o e s e e r a A the curves o f hyd ratio n will enabl e us to determi ne t he relatio n tion o f ti ss ues Thi s co mpari son o f g rowth an d seaso ns to hyd ra will sho w most c o nspi cuo usly th at th at period at wh ich g ro wt h fo r the seas o n is c hiefly termi nated is nearly coi nc id ent with the period o f max i mum ti ssue hyd ratio n the fo rmer bei ng but five o r ten days l ater th an the l atter Fro mthe fo regoi n g facts the follow i ng appear to be the general l aws l st T he hyd ratio n o f woody p l ants is no t c o nstan t fo r all sea so ns and d ep end s upo n c o nditio ns o f g ro wt h 2d T he hyd ratio n reac h es its max i mum d uri ng the l atter p art o f M ay or early J une and its mi n i mumd uri n g the mo nth o f Jan uary w i i n Hyd tio n s g r e t t i n t h e s a w ood l e a s t th a t h i c h d r a s a e 3 p is older m e a n i s r r e s c t t hyd tio di c tly c o l t d to o t tiv r s r e a h a t e e r a e G 4 g rowth o f the pl ant ; lig nification and sto rage of starch and oth er p rod ucts bei ng co rrel ated to di mi ni shi ng hyd ratio n Th ese facts apply o nly to latit udes lyi ng between N ew Yo rk For oth er l atitud es certain modifi catio ns might be and Bo sto n n ecessary ,

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bears is amo ng the mo st widely di strib uted g ro ups of the uadrupeds and is rep resented by a number Th ey occupy the pol ar regio ns o f the no rt h of livi ng speci es and the t emp erate an d to rrid regio ns o f both h emi sph eres S o me are of eno rmo us st rength and fierceness oth ers are di mi nutive Nearly ev ery spec i es has and co mp aratively mild in di spos itio n been h eld in captivity in co nsid erable n umb ers yet o f th ei r ad ap tability to do mesti catio n but littl e of real sci entifi c val ue has been written an d I thi nk I may add but littl e is k no wn for the want o f j udi cio us ex p eri ment and careful ob servatio n Th ey are so meti mes met with in the st reets in vario us co untri es ex hibited by st reet show men who h ave taught th em vario us amusi ng t ri c ks evi nc i ng c o nsiderabl e i ntelligence and do c ili ty H E family

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H I L E we owe to P ro fesso r 0 Bii ts chli the di sc overy o f the mode o f o rigi n an d mo rpholo gy of the t rach ea whi ch as l he has shewn ari se by i nvagi natio ns o f the ectobl ast ;th ere bei ng o rigi nally a si ngl e l ayer o f epiblasti c cells co ncerned in the fo rma ’ tio n o f the trach ea ; we are i nd ebted to Pro fesso r A Weismann ” “ fo r the di scovery of the mode o f o rigi n of the inti ma fro m t he epibl asti c l ayer o f cells fo rmi n g the p ri mitive fo und atio n o f the t rach eal st ruct ure We are al so i ndebted to Wei smann for the di scovery o f the mode o f o rigi n of the termi nal t rach eal cell s Wei smann did not observe the earli est steps in the p ro cess of fo rm atio n o f the sti gma and mai n t runk o f the t rach ea wh i ch Biitschli afterwards cl early described and fig ured Wei smann ho wever th us describes the mode o f d evelop ment .

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I m l n i s m h i t a n u a e x c h é a r e it t d i D e p t n t o f a t h e n m e a r e C , , m w n a e o u rs u c a i g to th i g i lt l p it to h lthy li t O e r a r c u r a u s h e e t g an d the co nse uent density o f pop ul atio n, th ese I ndi ans, as well as so me oth er Maya natio ns , d eveloped a high er c ult ure, mat eri al an d mental , th an many oth er neighbo ri ng pop ul atio ns o f S o uth ern M ex i co , Ho nd uras , etc Many t racts of Guatemal a co ntai n sc ulpt ures and architect ural remai ns o f th ese gi fted t rib es , attest ing no mean d egree of civilizatio n , and thi s th ey must h ave ac ui red by slow p rog ress lo ng b efo re the S pani s h co n uest U nder the S pan i sh do mi natio n several o f the mo re enligh tened I ndi ans appli ed th emselves to gath eri ng and writi ng do wn the l egends and hi stori c t raditio ns o f the people, moved by pat riot is m and by the d es i re of p reservi ng th ei r natio nal anti uiti es One o f th ese mo n ument s is t he Pop ul V uh, wri tt en in K iché ; an o th er is the book n ow b efo re us w o rded in C ak chi uel , a dia l ec t difiering fro m Ki ch e abo ut as much as S pan i sh does fro m Po rt ug uese T he man uscript was call ed by Brasseur de Bo ur ” bo urg , Mé mo ri al de Tecpan A ti tl an but D r Bri nto n has sub ” “ s tit ut ed the mo re app rop ri ate titl e, A nnal s o f the C akchiq uels T he origi nal fo rms a vol ume o f fo rty eight l eaves o r n i nety six pages, i ntended to figure as a do c ument in a l awsuit to reobtai n o r secure l and ed p roperty b elo ngi n g to the an c i ent family o f t ribal rul ers the Xahila Thi s l egal i nst rument i ncl ud ed in its pl ea the full hi sto ry o f the t ribe and the genealogy o f the Kahi l a fa mily, to make th ei r c l ai m mo re v alid , and it had sev eral mem bers of th at family fo r its autho rs Th ey wrote it in A titl an in the o urse of the s i xteenth cent ury , and o nly the hi sto ri c o r fi rst por tio n o f it is p ri nted in the vol ume befo re us T he p rec io us man usc ript be ame the property o f the l ate A bbé Brasseur, and with his coll ectio n fi n ally passed i nto the hands of M r A lpho nse L Pi nart, who loaned it to D r Bri nto n fo r p ubli catio n A ssi sted by natives the l earned A bbé had made a tentative French transla ti o n of the doc ument , and in p erfecti ng it he was materi ally ai ded by the th en ex tant S pan i sh t rans l atio ns of so me sel ect po r tio ns T he do cument is auth enti c and o f h igh eth nog raphi c L et us n ow ex ami ne ho w D r Bri nto n has ac ui tted him val ue sel f o f the tas k o f ed i ti n g, transl ati ng and co mmenti ng it T he mi ssio nary , F de la P arra who di ed in ( 560 i nt rod uced i nto the Cak chi uel alph abet five un S pani sh l etters o r signs to 1 so unds These o cc ur c ut rep resent certai n o f th at di al ect al s o in the X ahila manusc ript ; Bri nto n rep ro duces fo ur o f th em, Th ese bold , bl a k faced haracters no ren d eri ng the fi fth by ts do ubt i mpart to the book an air o f erudi tio n ; but D r S toll in his g rammati c sketch of Cakchi uel repl aced them by apostrophed e A t any c o nso nants, and D r Bri nto n mig ht h av e do ne the sam rat e it is p uzzli ng to see th at th ey do not appear al so in the o f th ese e r nam s h s n p li h t l tio opp o it f e n n n s r s o e o t E r a a e e g p

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h elp to st udents undoubtedly but of wh at help th ey w ill be can be gath ered fro m a remark o f D r Otto S toll who studi ed the to ng ue on the spot H e states (Z ur Eth nograph ie Guatemal as p th at Cak chi uel possesses th ree tenses o nly and th at the th ree o r fo ur oth ers giv en by the S p an i sh mi ssio naries do n ot ex i st but w ere s ueez ed o ut o f the n ativ es by t he appli catio n o f L ati n mo del s T he v erb lok (p 14 6 ) whi ch s uppli ed para dig ms to the unfo rt unate g rammati c attempts o f the P adres to c o nj ugate amare to love does not signify to love at all but to pur T he v erb to priz e to hold dear to esteem is n ot as fal sely chase r O ot d by i to p lok k o toll p u r b t l o n u e B n S j( q ( did the l an g uage ch ange as much as th at withi n the last tw o h un d red years ? I n the I nt rod uctio n p 9 the edito r states th at the th ree M aya s t he ui ch e natio ns mo re clo sely rel ated to the C akchiq uels : the Tz ut uhil s and the A kahals d welt respectivel y to the west the so uth and the east o f the C ak chiq uels H ad he look ed up the matter in S toll s map and in the map o f the Grammar published by himself he w o uld h ave n oti ced th at the K ichés l ived and s till live upo n a muc h l arg er t errito ri al ex t ent no rth west an d partly so uth o f the C akchiq uels and that t he Tz ut uhil s are en c losed o n all ex cept the western side by Cak c hi uel settl emen ts I n the lo ng li st above the mi stak es and sho rt co mi ngs w ere uoted fro m a few p ages o f the book o nly an d read ers may decid e fo r th emselv es ho w nu mero us the erro rs may be for the oth er ni neteen t wenti eth s o f the vol ume It was edited o n fal se p ri ncipl es an d h ere as el sew h ere the edito r was too much in a h urry to appear b efo re the p ubli c Book s like th ese re ui re the p rolo nged d i scri mi nati ng and ploddi ng wo rk o f a mi nd co ncen t rated upo n it sel f To ren der thi s t ex t o f use to sci ence M r Pi nart p rop ri eto r of the o rigi nal and hi msel f a li ng ui sti c sc h o l ar ed ucated at German un iversi t i es sho ul d rep ubli sh the ch ro ni cl e and the still w anti n g family r ecor d after sci entifi c p ri ncipl es add ing a co rrect an d full t ranslatio n an d a co mpl ete glo ssary togeth er w ith a v ari ety of g rammati c and eth n ologi c n otes fo rmi n g a corn mentarius perpetuus Thi s is the o nly way to do j ust i ce t o thi s ” impo rtant do c ument n ow so pi teo usly do cto red up by the rud est ki n d o f malp racti ce — A S G R EPOR T on T H E N ew Y OR K A G R I C U L T UR A L Exp enmas r S T A ’— I t do es no t S peak well fo r the ki n d of wo rk g enerally do ne T I ON upo n the ag ri c ult ural ex p eri ment statio ns of t hi s co untry th at readers o f sc i en tifi c j o urnal s do n o t ex pect to find in th emrevi ews o f the ann ually p ubli sh ed repo rt s A g ri cult ure has been c urs ed by a g reat er amo unt o f very poo r wo rk under the name o f ex per ,

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Fou rth A n n ual R e ort o t h e B oar d o n t r o C l t h e h Y or o e w N A g r i cultu r al f p of f E xper imen t S tation for they ear 1 885 With the reports o f the directo r an d o fli oers T ransmitted to the L egi slature J an uary, 1886 R ochester, N Y , E R A ndrews, r n t n d r i e a bookbin der, 1886 p .

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imentatio n th an any oth er o f the g reat i nd ust ri es D eali ng as it does with the soil the at mo sph ere, pl ants and ani mal s, o ne wo ul d s uppo se th at careful an d exp ensive ex peri m en ts wo uld i nvari ably be co n fided to men t rai ned in o ne o r mo re o f the g reat mod ern ch emi st ry , phy s i cs , botany zo é lo g y , g eology , meteo r sc i ences ology That such as, ho wever, no t been the case, is show n by an exami natio n o f t e repo rts whi ch h av e app eared with mo re o r less reg ul arity ever si nce the ag ri c ul tural coll eges and ag ricult u ral d epart ments o f the S tat e un iv ers i t i es were o rgan iz ed With h ere and th ere an exceptio n, such repo rt s h ave co ntai ned n othi ng w h i ch were o f any val ue to a s i entifi c i nv estigato r in any fi el d w h at so ever T he repo rt o f the N ew Yo rk A g ri cult ural Ex peri ment S tatio n for the year 1885 is notewo rthy in several ways, not the l east i mpo rtant of whi ch 13 its early appearance, the copy under revi ew h avi ng reach ed us early 1n Feb ruary I ts co ntents are full o f val re 1n its uab le m atter overi ng nearly the w hol e fi eld o f ag ri cult u w id est sense W e can tak e t i me h ere fo r but a h asty gl ance at a few of the mo re i mpo rtant tOpics T he results o f d upli cat e pl anti ngs (p 3 7 ) are suggestive I n the case o f I n di an co rn di fferences in yi eld s e uival en t to fro m two to fo urt een and fi fteen b us h el s per acre were obtai ned fro m si mil ar pl at s t reated in t he sam e way Of si milar sig nifi can e are many o f the d upli at e germi nat i o ns of seed s (p I n the germi natio n o f seed s to d etermi ne the i nfl uence o f age p 3 s n 1 c u a h m u h g t u titi s e t k e n th a to r y t e c r e a r a n e e r a m e w , ( usual number h ere b ei n g so me h und red s, o ften reachi ng several tho usands R esults obtai ned in thi s way are much mo re sati s fact o ry T he same p recautio ns ent er into the temperat ure ex per iments upo n g ermi natio ns of I ndi an co rn (p and in the l att er as e so m e v ery useful res ults h ave al ready b een reach ed Of a very di fferent nat ure, but still of hig h sci entifi c i nterest, are the follo wi ng , viz a st udy o f maiz e, b ei ng an attempt at fo rmi ng a new vari ety (p vari atio ns [o f I ndi an o rn] fro m seed (p b ei ng the ch aracteri sti s o f wh eat vari eti es (p a s ystemati cl ass ifi catio n an d arrangem ent o f many v ari eti es ; i mprovement in sel ecti ng (p a bit o f wo rk su h as D arwi n del ighted in ; a d escriptio n o f the p ri n ipal vari eti es of l ett u e m m a s n d e n p y t ti l s ifi tio g t ob v tio s a c a n a r e s e r n s e a a r n a a s , ( o n g ro wth , h aracter and depth of roots p ’ T he botani st s repo rt (pp 24 1 26 5 ) d eal s wi th pear bligh t, the spotti ng o f ui nce fruit , the rotti ng o f to matoes, l ett uce rust, l ett uce mild ew, the rotti ng o f h erri es and pl ums , the di sease of the c lov er l eaf weevil , weed s and th ei r fun go us parasites It is needl ess to say th at thi s w o rk has b een well and carefully do ne ’ I n the h emi st s repo rt amo ng many oth er i nteresti ng topi s may be parti cularly ment1oned a st udy o f the fat glob ul es o f mil k, the lysi meter ob servatio ns, the reco rd s of sunshi ne, and the .

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Tums p ubl i catio n of thi s book was not a speci al st udent o f the mammal s he was the autho r o f a useful wo rk o n co mparative anato my and w ell fitt ed by his general st udi es fo r p repari n g the p resent i nteresti ng sk etc h T he book is mai nly of i nteres t to the A meri can st udent fo r its d i sc ussio n o f the fo ssil mammal s o f the old w o rld I t is very much behi nd the ti mes as regards o ur k nowledge of A meri can ex ti nct mammal s as muc h light has withi n two o r th ree years past been th ro wn o n the subj ect by the p ubli catio n s o f Cope and o f M arsh parti cul arly the recent generalizatio ns o f the former autho r whi ch appeared in thi s jo urnal duri ng 1884 and 85 T he ex t ract fro m S c h midt s book whi ch appeared in o ur d epart ment o f geology an d pala o nto lo gy s ho ws his mod e o f t reatment of the s ubj ect E ually i n teresti n g is his acco unt o f the evol utio n o f the pig s the d eer and esp eci ally the o x en T he di sc uss io n as to the ancest ry o f the wh al es is an i nteresti ng o ne S ch midt favo ri ng Flo wer s vi ew th at th ey are an o fl shoo t fro m t he un g u l ate mammal s A s to the o rigi n of the mo n k eys and apes S ch midt s ugges ts th at the A meri can gro up may h ave descended fro m the I nsect iv o ra and t he old wo rld fo rms w i th the apes fro m the Pachyder mata certai n ly a novel vi ew A s to the o ri g i n o f man fro m s uch a so urce he thi nk s we are j ustifi ed in postpo ni n g any s uc h dis c ussio n as the st udy o f anth ropolo gy can in n o way bo ast o f ” h avi ng made any defi nite p rog ress d uri ng the last ten years S cn mn r s M am man a m m am R emr l ou T O a —A l tho ugh D r S ch mi dt who has di ed si nce the ’

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T H E PL A GI A C L A C I D I E OF T H E PuE R co Ep ocn Th ree speci es o f thi s m arsupi al family h ave b een th us far d etected in t he b ed s ’ o f the P uerco Th ese are Ptilodus media vus Co pe Vol 111, R epo rt U S Geol S urv Terrs , p 17 3 , P1 xxmd Fig 1 ; P trovessartianus Cope l c p 7 3 7 , A M ER I C A N N A T U R A L I S T , 1885, 4 9 3 ; N eoplag iaulax am N A T UR A L I S T , erican us Cope, A M E R 1885 , p 4 9 3 Of th ese the last named speci es is the l argest , t he lower j aws rep resenti n g an an i mal o f the p robabl e s ize o f I am no w abl e to add a fo urth sp ec i es to thi s the N o rway rat li st in a second speci es o f NeOplag iaulax , much l arger than the I V ameri canus, and h ence the l argest S peci es o f the family k n ow n It is estab li sh ed o n an enti re i n ferio r fo urth p remol ar T he l ength o f the b ase of thi s tooth is one thi rd g reater th an t h at o f t he c o rrespo n d i ng tooth o f the N americanus, an d th ere are fi fteen k eel c rests o n the sid e of the crow n, wh il e th ere ericanus T he o utli ne o f the cro wn a re but seven in the N am is of the elo n gate and mod erately co n vex ch aracter o f th at o f the N americanus, and th us no t so el evated as in o ur sp eci es T he i rreg ul arity in the o utli ne o f the b ase o f t he o f Ptilo dus et er o f c ro w n is l ess th an in t he oth er sp eci es an d the d i am the root s is sube ual T he anterio r b ase o f the ro wn is not ex cavated fo r the fo urth p remol ar as i n the sp e i es o f Ptilo dus W “ m m i L ength o f base o f cro wn 16 el evatio n at middl e, S T he di s covery of speci es o f thi s family o f i ncreased size was to h ave been anti cipated , in vi ew of the di mensio ns o f the Thy lacoleo c arnifex whi ch was no do ubt d escend ed fro m the Plag iaulacida I call the an i mal N eoplag iaulax molestus —E D Cope .

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tly exami ned a ro ck fro m the l eft b ank o f the J amma a t rib utary o f the Bl ue N il e Thi s ro ck co nsi sts o f the remai ns o f o rtho cl ase o f the fi rst generatio n in a g ro und mass o f seco ndary uartz w ith littl e c rystal s o f neph eli n e o rtho cl ase and amp hibol e It is acco rdi ng to L é vy a type o f ro ck b et ween the t eph rites an d 2 the pho nolit es I n the same j o urnal L acroi x has a n ote o n the basalti c ro c k s o f Co unty A nt ri m I rel and Th ese are l ab ra do r basalts wi th a typi cal ophi ti c struct ure Th ey co ntai n the follo wi n g mi neral s in the o rd er o f th ei r c rystal lizatio n : apati te magneti te oli vi ne l ab rado rite and py ro x ene in l at he sh aped cry s tal s pal ago nite hematite chlo ri te and z eolites T he zeolites are in t he cavi ti es o f the ro ck A searc h was mad e for the nati ve i ro n mentio ned by A ndrews as o cc urri ng in th ese ro ck s bu t n o ne was fo und Fo ur additio nal p arts o f t he Erlauter ungen ”3 z ur geologi sc h en S pec ialkarte des K O nig reichs S ach sen have j ust been p ubli sh ed T he sectio ns describ ed are Oschatz M ugel n by Th S i egert Falk enstei n by S chrOder W urz en by S chalch and A uerbach L engenfeld by D al mer Th ese autho rs descri be the E ib ensto ck to urmali ne g ranite the Ki rchb erg g ran itite and the sl ates an d sand sto nes metamo rpho sed by t h em M I S C EL L A NE OUS T he D eni so n U niversi ty o f Granvill e Ohi o has j ust i ssued in its Bull eti n o f the L abo rato ri es o f D eni so n U niversi ty a co mpendi um o f pet rographi cal manip ul atio n by C L H erri ck T he fi rst p art is a co nd ensatio n o f the th eo reti cal part o f H ussak s book in whi ch many o f the erro rs o f the o rig i nal h av e b een recti fied T he methods in use fo r the p reparatio n and ex ami natio n o f ro ck sectio n are d esc rib ed as c l early as migh t be ex p ected in a t reati se o f s uch small siz e U nfo rtunately a few mi stakes still remai n to co nfuse the st udent who attempts to make use o f thi s littl e wo rk w itho ut the aid o f an i nst ructo r to ex pl ai n away his di ffi c ulti es M o st o f th ese errors ho wever seem to be due to too much h urry o n the part o f the co mpo ser On page I 3 2 fo r i nstance the axes of el asti city are S pok en of as Opti cal ax es T he seco nd part is a t rans l atio n o f H ussak s tabl es It is safe to say th at in the h and s o f a co nsciencio us teach er thi s littl e pam f u n s w h hl e t o f M r H e rr i k ill p r ov e o r e a t l u e to s t d e t c s w v a o p g desi re merely to gai n so me i nsig ht i nto the method s so gen erally made use Of at present in the st udy o f rock s 1

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— P u s a C A R BONA C EOUS R F M L n Errera poi nts o ut in the Co mptes R end us o f the F rench A cad emy o f S c i ences a lo se analogy in thi s respect b etw een fun gi I n the seed s, t ub ers, &c , o f Ph anerogams and flo weri n g pl ants OOD

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to red up either in the fo rm of starc h i n uli n &c on the o ne h an d o r in th at o f oil o n the oth er h and E x actly the same di fference is ob servabl e in fungi s ubsti t uti ng o n ly glycogen fo r starc h o r i n uli n T he g reat reservoi rs o f food materi al in fungi are the scl eroti a T he scl ero ti a o f Clawceps o rin us ni t/ ens l sa scler o a u r u r e i s P e e z o t oil tho n n e c a o f C p p p t iorum &c gl ycogen w hil e in oth er cases the food materi al 13 a c c umul ated as i n s o me seeds in the fo rm of thi ck en i ngs of the c ell ulo se wall s Wh en scl eroti a whi c h co ntai n glycogen germi nate the glycogen u i n g fung us r r w d lly e hil it l t g o i a a d c e a s e s m u e s n t h e u r w e a c a c g i n the stipes pil eus and l amell a i nto whi ch it appears to pass d i rectly fro m the scl eroti um I n the germi natio n o f the scl eroti a o f ergot the o il rapidly di sappears and is repl ac ed by gly cogen w hi ch is ho wev er o nly o f a t empo rary pers i stence soo n dis a ppeari ng and ag ai n maki ng its appearance in the part wh en the Thi s resembl es clo sely the fructificatio n is sub se uently fo rmed m h n s lik e tho se e o e n hi h tt d g m i tio oily s ee d a w c a e e e r n a n f n t h o p Transi to ry glycogen is al so fo rmed o f R i c i n us an d C ucurbita 7 — A 1 4 Ben nett i n the g ermi natio n o f the spo res o f many fun gi

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H ENS L ow S S T U D I ES or EV A POR A T I ON or W A T E R FR OM P L A NT S I n D ecemb er, 1885 the R ev Geo rge H enslow read a paper “ b efo re the L i n nean S o i ety en ti tl ed, A co nt rib utio n to the st udy o f the rel ative ef fects of di fferent parts of the sol ar spect rum o n ” t he t ranspi ratio n o f pl ant s, w hi ch is o f s uch i nt erest th at we r ep ro duce its mo re essenti al p art s A fter revi ewi n g the wo rk o f o th er ob servers the autho r d esc ribes his m ethod o f w o rk , whi h c o nsi st ed in us i ng gl asses o f di f feren t c olo rs ’

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pl an I fi nally adopted was to g ro w s mall pl ants in mi ni a t ure pot s two i nch es hig h and nearly t wo i n ch es in di amet er T h ese can be enti rely w rapped up in g utta perch a sh eeti ng whi ch i s carefully bo und ro und the stem o f the p lant w ith co tto n wool w ithi n an d aro und the stem Thi s effect ually p reven ts any ev ap o ratio n fro m the s urf ace o f the earth o r pot ; and all lo ss o f w eight is due to the transpi ratio n fro m the ex po sed s urface o f the l n t a lo a n e p My ex peri ments were made upo n l ett uce box Ec h everi a s mall seedli n g pal m s ferns cact us and many o th er ki n d s o f s h rub s and h erb s ; h avi ng sel ected th em wi th very v ario us d eg rees o f d en sity in the epid ermi s as well as Of diflerent fami T he results w o uld seem to enti rely co rrobo rate the co ncl u li es s i o n o f Wei sner th at t ranspi ratio n is m ai nly effect ed by the red b l ue and viol et ray s whil e the (opti cally ) b rightest rays o f yellow d o n o t an d g reen are generally l ess abl e to effect it even if the y hi nder it I emphasize thi s sentence as th ere appear to me to be g ro un ds fo r co mi ng to such a co ncl usio n as w ill be seen h ere ” a fter T he

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d etaili n g his ex p eri ments the follo wi ng is given as th e co ncl usio n : T he ab ove ex peri ments sel ect ed fro m a l arg e seri es seem to m e to ab undantly p ro ve th at Weisner s results are c o rrect ; and while recognizi n g the fact that ob scure heat ray s cause a certai n amo unt Of the lo ss o f water by ev apo ratio n th at t ran spi ratio n per se (th eo reti cally di sti nct fro m the p urely phys i cal p ro cess Of evapo ratio n whi ch tak es pl ace fro m all moi st s ur faces and bodi es dead o r ali ve) is especi ally if n ot sol ely refera ble to those p arti c ul ar b and s o f light w hi c h are ab so rbed by c hlo rophyll and t hat s uch light b ei n g arrested is co n verted i nt o h eat whi ch th en rai ses the t emperat ure wit hi n the ti ssues and T he o nly additio nal fact w hi ch I h ave causes the lo ss o f water h ere ad vanced so mewh at tentatively is th at yello w light has a uence upo n t ranspi ratio n fo r the reaso ns giv en retarding infl Th at li fe has a retardi ng i nfl uence upo n evapo ratio n as abov e di sti nct fro m t ranspi ratio n I thi nk my ex peri ments (whi ch I hope ” to co n ti nue hereafter) h ave di sti nctly p roved It will p uzzl e any one to make o ut a good reaso n for usi ng two terms fo r the p ro cess o f wat er loss in pl ants W e have it sai d ” th at evapo ratio n is the p urely physi cal p ro cess while the t ran spi rat io n is after all ex peri ments S ho w th at wh at is call ed and wh en we are told as in the l ast sen a phy si cal p ro cess al so ” t ence above that li fe has a retardi ng effect o n evapo ratio n the ewh at emb arrassi ng Why not co nfus io n o f ideas b eco mes so m — n d h m r r n use b ut o e t erm an th at t e o e gene al o e evapo rati on T he fact o f mo dificatio n o r co nt rol o f evapo ratio n is so co mmo n a ph eno meno n in nat ure th at we can not regard it as o f g reat Co mmo n salt o r sugar added to water retards evap s ig n ifi cance o ratio n T he mut ual att ractio n o f the mol ec ul es o f cell ulo se an d wate? retard s evapo ratio n ; so do es the mut ual att ractio n o f the mol e H eat i ncreases the rate o f evap c ul es Of p rotopl asm and water o ratio n w hil e a red uctio n o f t emperat ure (oth er thi ngs b ei ng e ual ) retard s it etc etc Why not call the loss o f water in the — pl ant wh at it is evapo ratio n and th en disc uss the several modi fy in g i nfl uences ? C ertai n ly s uch a co urse wo ul d co nt rib ute to c l earness and accuracy and wo uld reli eve the b egi nner o f o n e of — i culties in v egetabl e phy siology the difl Charles E Bessey EL L I S A N D EVE R R A R T S N OR T H A M ER I C A N F UNGI T he six teenth and seven teenth cent uri es o f thi s v al uabl e di strib utio n of d ri ed speci mens o f the fungi were sent o ut early in March With the fi fteenth cent ury the fi rst seri es o f cent uri es clo sed and in o rder to mark its termi natio n M r Everh art p repared an al phabet i cal i nd ex to all the speci es T he fi rst fi fteen cent uri es were pub lished by M r Elli s b ut n ow with the b egi nni n g Of the new seri es the name o f M r Everh art appears upo n the titl e page and the l ab el s A s S eri es I i ncl uded fi fteen cent uri es we may co nfidently hope th at S eri es 11 will carry the wo rk up to thi rty cent uri es l A fter

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tio ns o f the I nstit ut e of Nat ural S ci ence o f N ova S co t i a we h ave a pap er o n the Canadi an sp ec i es o f t he genus Melilot us by Pro fesso r Geo rge L awso n T he el eventh annual repo rt of the A meri can Po st al M i cro S C O ical Cl ub c o ntai ns a co upl e o f p ages o f sugg estiv e bo tan i cal p ” “ n ot es fro m the note book s o f the cl ub S uperpo sed b ud s are d i sc ussed by A ug F Foerste in a l at e n umb er o f t he Bull e T he paper is aeco m tin o f l abo rato ri es o f D eni so n U n iv ersity n i d F a r l s e r o n a D w e by pl a t o p B iologi l t a hi g a a a e r c e c n p p in coll eges p ubli sh ed in the March n umb er o f the Popular S ci ence M onthly w ill be read with i nterest by every t each er o f the “ T he M arch ?our nal of My labo rato ry method in botany colog y c o ntai ns d esc riptio ns of the speci es o f Phyllo sti cta Cl avi ceps and Co rdyceps and al so a sketc h of the li fe and l abo rs of the botan i st S ch wei nitz the l att er acco mpani ed w ith a po rt rait p an i ed by pp 113 to T he March n umb er o f Gremllea is acco m 12 8 o f the new editio n o f Cook s H and book of Briti sh F ungi Th us far the d escriptio ns i ncl ude 4 56 speci es all o f the gen us A gari cus L ate n umbers o f Flor a con tai n an i mpo rt ant paper ll o f D armstadt T he Z ur S ystematik der To rfmoo se by D r R O ” coll ecti ve speci es with th ei r n umero us varieti es and fo rms are fai rly b ewilderi ng and st ro ngly s ugg est the i nad e uacy o f the L in na an no m T he Bull eti n o f the To rrey Botani cal Cl ub encl at ure has been much i mp rov ed the p resent y ear I ts I nd ex to recent A meri can botan i cal literat ure is n o w o ne o f its mo st val uabl e feat ures I n the Feb ruary n umber L H Pammel p ubli sh es a paper o n the st ruct ure o f the testa o f several l eg umi no us seeds acco mpani ed by t wo pl at es I n the M arc h Botanical Gaz ette D H Campbell describes the dev elop ment of the root in Bo try chium ter natum and J N R o se co nt rib ut es an arti c l e o n the mildews (Erysiphei) of I ndi ana T he J une n umb er o f thi s invalua ble j o urnal is to be devo ted to fi eld and h erbari um wo rk and h ence will be o f parti cul ar i nterest to coll ecto rs H enry Holt 8 1 C o o f N ew Yo rk anno unce fo r early p ubli cati o n a H and book of p lant di ssectio n by J C A rthur C R Barnes and J M Co ulter BOT A N I C A L

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D EV EL OPM ENT OF T H E M OL E C R I C K ET K o rotneflhas pub lished in the Zeit sch ri ft fiir wi ssen Zoologi e X L I 4 5 7 0 a well ill ust rated essay o n the emb ryology o f the mol e cri ck et whi c h has been al so noti ced by C Emery in t he Biologi sch es C entral bl att fo r Jan 15 in co nnectio n w ith Grassi s ob servatio ns o n the d ev elop ment o f the ho ney bee T he eg g o f the mol e cri ck et has an ab undant yolk whil e th at o f the bee has littl e yolk and is sm all and t ransparen t Y et both observers h ave i nd epen den tly I t is n ot e a rriv ed at t he same res ults in fo ur i mpo rtant poi n ts wo rthy th at in both fo rms b efo re the fo rmatio n o f t he bl asto derm a st age was observed in whi c h the amoeboid emb ryo n al c ell s Wi th thi s res ult might be seemed to po ssess n o c l ear n uc l ei S o mmer in the case c o n nected the rel atio n b ri efly describ ed by A o f a Po duri d wh en the rip e eg g was enti rely w itho ut a n uc l eus W h eth er th ere was in all th ese cases a genui ne absence o f the use n ucl eus fo rm s uch as Graber di scovered in n ucl eus o r a difl the P rotozo a is still to be determmed and wo uld no t be with o ut i nterest in co nnectio n w ith th e l ate refl ectio ns of Wei smann an d o th ers on h eredity I n Gry llot alp a t he emb ryo ni c cell s are at fi rst scattered o ver t he surface o f the eg g ; s o me mig rati ng i nto the d eeper parts o f the yolk and fo rmi ng the yolk cell s regarded by K oro tneflas the p ri mary mesod erm Fro m the ectoderm ex cl usively separates t he endo derm Th ere fi rst o rigi nate und er the ectod erm cell s w hi ch K o ro tnefl d en ot es as mesenchy m and n ot till l ater does t he sep aratio n o f the myobl ast s follo w alo n g the v ent ral medi an li ne L ater still ari se fro m the ecto derm near the t rach ea oth er g ro ups o f cell s w hi c h are al so to be co nsid ered as mesenchy m a n d w hi c h were al so observ ed in Bo mbyx by T icho miro fl i T he emb ryo nal memb ranes sero sa and amnio n ari se as ect o dermal fold s A fter the li mb s are i ndi cated the seg ments are K o rotnefl enumerates eight een seg ments i c fo ur in fo rmed the h ead th ree in the t h o rax ten abdo mi nal and o ne t ail seg ment T m i r s d s u m i n B m x h e n r i ob v b o by T c h o o fl e r e t h e a m e n e r e ( vo us sy st em p ri marily s ho ws a co rrespo ndi n g o rgan izatio n in sevent een pai rs of g angli a whi ch are reduced to thi rt een by the co nsoli datio n o f the th ree hi nd er h ead gangli a (in the t ex t th ey are erro neo us ly call ed tho rac i c gangli a) and the th ree l as t abd o m i nal gangli a T he cereb ral gangli a are fi rst separated fro m each o th er and o nly j oi ned t o the v ent ral ch ai n by s l end er co mmi s ” s ures T he st ruct ure call ed by N usbaum is a med ian cho rda ec tod ermal o ne whi ch g ro ws in b et ween the two seri es o f gan gli a and has n othi n g at all to do with the fo rmatio n o f the co nnective ti ssue o f t he nervo us system Thi s l ast ti ssue must ari se fro m t he i mmig rati ng blood cell s Especi ally i nteresti n g are the ob serv atio ns on the st ruct ure of .

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m and digestive canal T he c ell s o f the p ri mary ento d erm (the yolk cell s) undergo a radi al divi s io n of the yolk the yolk py ramid s th us ari si ng mel ti ng i nto eac h oth er cent rally S o me o f the cell s g ro w an d fo rm und er the sero us memb rane

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ovoid as it were i sol ated in the muc us and fo rmed of gland ular cell s si milar to tho se whi ch enter i nto the st ru ct ure Of the epid ermi s the oth er fusi fo rm and wi th fil aments at t h ei r ex t remity T he papill a are j oi ned to the body by lo ng and sl ender ped uncl es F E Beddard (A nn and M ag N at H ist Feb 1886 ) d esc rib es th ree speci es o f Pericha ta and o ne o f M o nilig as ter fro m C eylo n and the Philip pi nes T he l att er gen us is remark abl e fo r the apparent ab sence o f a clitell um and the p resence of five di sti nct gizzard s in the (E sop hag us — Protoz oa A C S tokes (A nn and M ag N at H ist ) d escrib es sev eral N ew I nfusori a fro m A m H J C ar eri can fresh waters ter d escrib es in the J anuary and Feb ruary n umb ers Of the A n n e and M ag o m s f r t h i s S c s f s n e thi ty e i po g o N a t r v e O H t fi e f p n eighbo rhood o f Po rt Phillip h ead s S o uth A ustralia

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S Y M M ET R Y OP T H E F1R S T S EGMENT A T I ON F U R R OW S OF T H E BL A S T OD I S K OP E L A S MOE R A Nc n 11 —T he n early sy mmet ri al subdivi sio n Of the bl astodi sk o f Tel eo sts by t he fi rst fo ur seg mentatio n furro ws has lo ng been k no wn T he d etail s Of the early d evelop ment o f the bl astodi sk o f Tel eo sts h ave b een very carefully el abo rated by A gass iz an d Whitman, who se co n cl u sio ns are I beli eve, generally accep ted by em b ryologi sts Of the develop ment Of the bl astodi sk o f El as mob ranc h s we k no w co m d n a r i l s 1 n s a n a t v littl p i lly r e l tio to l a tiv e po i t io e e e e c a a e r e n t h , p y di rectio n of the fi rst seg mentatio n furro ws T he Obj ect o f the p resen t note will th erefo re be to desc ribe the early seg mentatio n o f the bl astodi sk Of o ne Of t he l atter, viz , R aia erin acea, as dis pl ayed by an egg removed fro m the ovid uct and cloaca o f a femal e of th at species, J uly 11, 1885 at Wood s Holl Mass Upo n Openi ng the to ug h ho rny memb rano us envelope in whi ch the ov um p roper o f R ai a is enclosed 1t is fo un d th at the eg g is so m ewh at pi nki sh in colo r, and is 1mbedded in a l ayer o f v ery e a u m e w n e r l i y w hit r lb e n w hi c h fill h p a b t e t h s e o a s u e c e t g p egg and the ho rny case T he pi n ki sh eg g p roper is s o mewh at fl attened and oval in sh ape, and is i mmedi ately i nvested by a very thi n and d eli cate vitelli ne memb rane A t o ne side Of t he flattened vitell us, whi ch measures nearly on e and a uarter i nch es th ro ugh its lo ngest di ameter a small ci rcul ar w hiti sh area abo ut two mil limeters in di ameter is noti ceabl e Thi s is the bl astodi sk o r ger mi nal area Of autho rs and is the poi nt wh ere d evelop ment fi rst b egi ns to man i fest itsel f I f t he egg case is carefully opened the white removed an d th en l aid i nto a o ne per cent sol utio n Of ch ro mi c acid, the bl asto T HE

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may be h ard ened in situ witho ut di sto rtio n and afterwards s eparated fro m and carefully li fted Ofl o f the und erlyi ng vi tell us t o g eth er w ith a thi n h ard ened fl ak e o f the l atter to suppo rt it S uch was the t reat ment to w hi ch the bl astodi sk h ere fig ured and d escrib ed was s ubj ect ed T he surface vi ew Fig 1 was d raw n w i th t he camera l ucid a after hard en i n g and the sectio n sho wn in F ig 2 was d rawn fro m o ne taken at abo ut the po si tio n o f the li ne a in Fig 1 Cl eavage had al ready advanced so far as to s ubdi v i d e the area o f the bl asto di sk i nto fi fteen sh arply defi ned cell s s o th at it may be ass umed t hat t hi s bl as todi sk has nearly c o m d s i x teen cell ed s tag e o f dev elop men t o r th at t he fo urth i l e t e t s p pl eted c l eavage is abo ut co m A co mpari so n o f the fi rst fo ur cl eavage pl anes Of thi s bl asto d i sk sho ws th at th ey are fo rmed in v ery nearly the same o rd er Fo r an d rel atio n t o eac h o th er in E l as mob ranch s as in Tel eo sts ex ampl e the fi rst pl ane 1 in Fig 1 has cut thro ugh t he o rigi nally c i rcul ar bl astodi sk an d caused it to b eco me elo ngated at right an l es t o the di rectio n o f the fi rst seg mentatio n furro w ex act ly g as i n t he egg s o f tel eos t ean fi sh es T he seco n d furro w 11 c uts t he fi rst at right angl es s o as to further s ub divide the fi rst two c ell s i nto fo ur T he nex t cl eavage is caused by two nearly par whi ch appear s i multaneo usly and furt her a ll el furro w s s ub divi de the cell s Of the bl as T he fo urth t o disk i nto eigh t c l eavage is caused by tw o par c utti ng the al l el furro ws IV b l astodi sk app rox i mately at r i ght an gl es to the two furro ws It th us o f the t hi rd c l eav ag e result s t hat s i x een c ell s w ill t b e d eveloped and it w ill be apparent al so th at the met hod o f seg mentatio n th us i n di cated is exactly c o mparabl e w ith th at c h aracteri sti c Of the developi n g o va Of t el eo st ean s W e h ave i n fact the same elo ngatio n Of t he bl astodi sk in o ne direc t io n as is p rod uced by t he fi rst s eg ment atio n furro w in the l atter T he same oblo ng s uari sh o utli ne o f the bl astodi sk as en t o b serv ed in the si x teen cell ed stage o f tel eo stean d ev elop m is al so Obvio us and it is al so evid ent th at s uch a s uari s h c o nfig uratio n Of the bl astodi s k do es n o t di sappear until the mo rul a co ndi tio n is reach ed o r at l east app ro x i mated j ust as i n Tel eo sts These data serve to sho w th at the feat ures Of s eg m en tati o n as ob serv ed by sev eral i n vestigato rs in the egg s o f Tel eo sts are repeat ed wi th n o essenti al v ari atio n in the de

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ment Of the eggs o f the El asmob ranch s T he s ubdivi sio n o f the bl astodi sk i nto cell s in bo t h typ es Of I chthyes is es sent i ally by the fi rst cl eavage pl ane a sy mmet ri cal o ne d et ermi ned Wh eth er o r n ot the fi rst c l eavage pl ane of the ov um of elasmo b ranch s coi ncides w ith the medi an pl ane Of the fut ure emb ryo as s uppo sed by Whi tman R o ux Pfl ii ger and E V an Beneden it is i mpo ssibl e to decide at p resent but it wo uld seem no t at all i mprobabl e th at such might be the case A seri es Of sectio ns o f thi s bl astodi s k Of R ai a p repared by the aid o f a Camb ridg e ro cki ng mi cro to me whi c h was p resent ed to the U S Fi s h Co mmi ssio n by P ro fesso r A dam S edg wi ck h ave ena bl ed me to reach so me i nteresti ng co ncl usio ns in referen ce to the struct ure Of the bl astod erm o f the El asmob ranchii d uri n g its o ne l ay ered co nditio n A t thi s stage the fo ur medi an o r cent ral cell s are not co mpletely sundered fro m the underlyi ng peribl ast P Fig 2 s i nce t he cl eavage furro ws are fo und to termi n at e ab r uptly befo re th ey h a te uite cut th ro ugh t he fi nely g ranul ar pl asma o f the blastodi sk p roper as sho wn in Fig 2 I n thi s resp ect the cl eavage o f the bl asto di sk o f El as mob ranc h s d ifl ers very decidedly fro m th at Of tel eo sts as d escribed by A gas siz an d W hit man in the paper al ready c it ed T he germi nal pl as ma of the di sk is c o mpo sed o f a cl ear s ub st ance in whi ch v ery fine g ran ul es are i m b edded Th ese gran ul es are p robably Of the same nat ure as the cry stalloid s o r tab u lar crystal like rigid bodi es whi ch l argely enter i nto the co mpo s i tio n o f t he yolk Y I n fact a careful exami natio n reveal s the fact th at the very fi nely g ran ul ar pl asma o f the segmenti ng bl astodi s k passes by i nsens ibl e g radatio ns i nto th at o f the yolk c harged wi th very c oarse g ranul es o r tabl ets A n exceedi ngly thi n envelope o f fi nely g ran ular pl asma whi ch is c o nti nuo us w ith the m arg i n Thi s is repre of the bl as to di sk covers the en ti re vitelli ne mas s sen ted by the i rreg ul ar o utli ne Of the area P in Fig I b elo w I n Fig whi ch li es a di scoi dal mass of c oarsely g ranul ar yolk Y 2 the rel atio n s o f the co rti cal l ay er P o r peribl ast to the V itell us are s till mo re di sti nctly sho wn an d it is very evi den t t h at the t m h t h l a s a O f t e bl todi s k i o i n o s i n f e r io ly w i h i e l a s s c n t u u r e v t p li ne mass and th at a cl eavage cavi ty must be developed at a co n siderably l ater st age T he lower li mits o f the seg mentatio n furrows were very sh arply defi ned as sho wn in Fi g 2 and the n ucl ei of the co nst i tuent cell s o f the bl astodi sk were Ob served as cl ear ro und o r ov al areas in the pl asma o f t he cell s and near the center o f each o ne co ul d be seen a v ery well mark ed nearly glob ul ar ch ro mati n body whi ch o ccasio nally was ob served to be p rovi ded wi th i rreg ul ar p ro cesses whi ch ext en ded o utward i nto the nucl ear space N o karyoki neti c ph eno mena were ob served Fro m wh at has p reced ed it does not seem at all p robabl e th at ” “ free n ucl ei whi ch are fi nally d eveloped und er the bl as t o the velo p

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in yo ur g en eral notes o n Phy siology in n umb er of the A M ER 1C A N N A T UR A L I S T , p 3 9 7 , an abstract is given o f P ro fesso r S eegen s research es o n the glycogeni c fun ctio n Of the liv er One Of his most i mpo rtant co ncl usio ns is th at pepton es are d est royed in t he liver by b ei n g split i nto li ver s ugar an d a n it rogeno us res i due N ow thi s is ex actly the co ncl usi o n at w hi ch I arrived in my p aper, On the gly cogeni c fun ctio n of the liver, p ubli sh ed “ 2 eight years a o e refo re n th t p p e I s p Th I a a r a g y ( and thi s is a very i mpo rtant poi nt—album in oids are decomposed in the liver into g lycog en and some nitrog enous matter w hi ch is excret ed partly in the bil e b ut p rob ably mo stly resto red to t he blood to be ex creted as urea by the kidney I n thi s way ex cess Of alb umi noid ov er an d abo ve wh at is n eces sary fo r b uild

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D E POR M ED C R A N tA o nly call ed d efo rmed C arib sk ull s, rs itsel f o f a seri es o fcrani a o mm ent agai ns t th is i dentifi atio n, fo r it is well k no wn th at an arg um th ere never were eith er Caribs o r p racti es o f d efo rmatio n 1n C uba M le Do cteur M o ntaneread b efo re thi s so ci ety , at a fo rmer meet ” in g , an essay entitl ed, A C ub an Carib an epithet as oppo sed to the Opi n io ns o f the autho r o f the p resent paper as , fo r exampl e, a J amai an A ztec, a Venez uel an ui ch ua, a Po rt ug uese Bas ue o r an a M agyar En gli sh m L et us establi sh who are the C aribs and und er w h at c i r um s tances were the ran i a fo und P T he Caribs, acco rdi n g to P Casas and other 1 chro niclers o f A meri ca, were the i nh abitants o f Guadelo upe and Do mi n i ca, the fi rst i sl and s th at Oppo sed the C astili ans C h ri stoph er Col umb us f s O m e h m e w e a v th o o di n g th ith Ch lyb a e e t h e a m e n t n u c f n , g A s ia, warlik e peopl e, neighbo rs to the A mazons, d welt upo n by t he geog raphers an d hi sto ri ans Of anti uity Th ese Caribs belon ged to the same race as the oth er inhabi tants of the archi pel ago , with no other di fferen e ex ept weari ng Thi s l as t accusatio n, un t he h ai r lo ng and eati n g h uman fl esh p roved , extended later to oth er peopl es o f the co nti nent b elo ng i n g to di fferent races T he wo rd C arib b e ame the syno ny mo f an th ropoph agy , and th ere were C arib s th ro ugho ut A meri ca, in M ex i co , the A ntill es Brazil , &c T he fi rst to bear thi s name d i sappeared a few years after, ui ck er th an th ei r rel atives in oth er isl ands War, sl avery , and th ei r o wn agg ressive wars mo re p ro mptly resulted 1n th ei r extermi natio n I n fact h al f a cent ury after the di scovery o f A meri ca, Guad elo up e, D o m1n ica and adj a A new ra e o f I ndi ans establi sh ed cen t i sl ands were deserted its el f th ere and the l and was occupi ed by France and oth er S O C A L L ED -

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difl erence ei th er in the fo rm o r the m anners o f the inhabi A ll h ave the fa e and fo reh ead tants, no r in th ei r l ang uag e lo ng , the h ead ro und , w ith the same di stan e between the templ es ” as fro m the fo reh ead to t he o ccip ut ‘ W e may aflirm th en in vi rt ue o f thi s testi mo ny, th at the p ri m i t ive Carib s had no habits of defo rmatio n, and th at th ei r h eads, in stead o f bei ng elongated and fl attened as was suppo sed , were ro und and el evated 1 Ovi edo was the fi rst to start the repo rt o f the ex i sten e of vol I n his editio n o f 15 3 5 he says u ntary d efo rmatio n in A meri a t hat the i nh abitants o f S t Do mi ngo had the fo rehead very wid e For at the mo ment of o n acco unt Of certai n man ip ul atio ns, ” b irth th ey p ress the fo reh ead and the occip ut o f child ren S uch treat ment wo uld not effect a permanent change in the 2 fo rm o f the h ead 3 Go mara ex p resses hi msel f in parall el terms in rel atio n to S ai nt D o mi ngo o n ly he specifi es th at it was the wi se wo men to who m H e add s, re w as d ue the s h ape o f the h ead in th ese I ndians n h n u m a a t h e ressure made at the di g I di C n th p f a t s r t e a n o a g mo ment o f acco uchment was eflected by two b undl es o f otto n Go mara was never o n A meri can soil ‘ L as Casas says th at in Peru it was a g reat p rivil ege g ranted to c ertai n chi efs w ho m th ey w i s h ed to ho n o r to give to the h ead s Of th ei r i nfants the fo rm of tho se o f the ki ng and p ri nces of the ro yal f amily Fro m thi s we co ncl ud e that the p racti ce was neither obli gato ry n o r general , no r p racti ed upo n the h ead s Of the royal family M o reover Casas was never in Peru On the o ntrary he k new S ai nt Do mi ngo b ett er th an did Ovi edo, but says not o ne wo rd H e k new c o ncerni n g the h ead s o f the i nh abitants of t h at i sland C ent ral A meri ca better th an did Ovi edo , and tho ugh he mentio ns p racti ces attrib uted to moth ers o r wi se wo men, defo rmatio ns o f t he sk ull h av e no pl ace ‘5 It is Ci eza de L eo n who co mmences to speak vag uely o f w ooden apparat us appli ed to the h ead s o f I ndi ans H e says th at amo n g the Ch anco s, i n the p rovi nce o f ui mbaya, an d in oth er regio ns th ey co mp ress the h ead s o f new bo rn b ab es w ith tabl ets whi ch are repl aced later o n by ligat ures It is asto n i shi ng that with respect to the C ara ues, near M anta, by uito , the operation is reversed , fi rst the bandages and then t he tabl et s w hi ch in his opi nio n remai n fo ur o r five y ears in pl ace But he k no ws o nly indiflerently the o unt ri es Of whi ch is

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tubi ng , upo n w hi ch is

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T H E A U D UEON S OC 1ET Y T he A ud ubo n S o ci ety (named a fter the g reat nat ural i st , fo und ed l ast Feb ruary , is rapidly ia ) c reas i n g its mem bership in all parts o f the co untry T he p urpose o f the so c i ety is to rev ent 1) T he killi ng of any w ild bi rd n o t used fo r food T he taki ng o r d estroyi ng o f the eggs o r n ests Of any wild bi rd s w T e e rs o f i g th ild h w r n e f e e a f t h o a 3) b i rds T he o ffi ce is at 4 0 Park R o w N ew o rk T he soci ety wi sh es a lo al sec retary in every to wn and vill age t o secure s igners o f its pl edges and w ill upo n appli atio n furn i sh c i rc ul ars o f i n fo rm Upo n the return o f atio n and pl edg e fo rms t h e signed pl edges ertifi cat es o f membersh1p will be i ssued Beyo nd the p ro mi se o ntai ned in the pl edge no obligatio n nor r espo nsibility is i ncurred Th ere are no fees, no d ues, no r any ex penses o f any ki nd Th ere are no co nditio ns as to age T he p ro moters Of the movement are san g ui ne of effe tin g a r e a c a n e f s f n t h O e ti t l tiv to d s t o n o o u r s o g i n m n e e t h e r e r a e t u g g s t ers an d i n sect d est royi n g bi rd s fo r hat d eco ratio n .

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T he geologi c ag e o f the 1 :3u T he C owles electri cal furnace

By G K Gilbert By T S terry H unt Batrachia ByE D Co pe

fauna

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l a a m li c m a n t a l M a e p By H A N ewto n

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man cy of ebonite and obsidian

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On On the determination of

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M ayer

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n ot re uire cali bration o f vessels,

weighings ,

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On measures o f absolute radiation By A lfred M M ayer On the geology o f the region near Zacualtipan, H idalgo M exico By E D Cope On an cient and modern methods of arrow release By Edward S Morse .

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By T heo Gill the absolute and relative wave length of the lines o f the solar spect rum A R o wlan d

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mpound as additive molecules W Wolcott Gibbs By I ra R emsen I n fluence o f magnetism on chemical action U pon the deaf an d dumb o f Martha s Vi neyard (continuation of research By A lexander Graham Bell to the ance s try o f the deaf) Platinous

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Pa le on tology T he lo ng spina l T he R epo rt o f T heromo rpha of the Permian ep oc h - Fus t A ppearance o f t he t h e C o ng res s of Geo log ists G ra sses Geolog ical N ews

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A n th r opolog y C orem T he R elation of A n t hro t o t he S cience o f M in d olo je\vis h A bili t y bleau i es Bac bs anguc l ua e T e g n l ar c lut s m 3 08 x A “ W W“ 3 i gg mg l he A zt ec L an g u ag e

ects proj valley ; A s iat ic ourney t o L ake N ya sa s

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A frica : M r Kerr s N c ra A meri ca T h e Berbera ; T he C o ng o Euro pe : Euro pean N ews N ew s .

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T he D evelopment of Patella a ment of D entalium —3 T he D evelo p ment o f C hito rs or Po lyplaco phora 4 T he Develo pment o f t he Gill in Fasciolari a

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I N T HE MA NUFA CT UR E or P S N T S L P E I R Y S A S N C N E E J ’

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fo und wo rthy to be imitated !

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manufacturi ng not resist the tem t i ! t a o n p

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w ith blood

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stitutio ns.

lies i n

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wri ti ng for

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world !

the w ealthiest

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N A T UR E

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the blood, and

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the road to

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impro vement in precipitati ng fro m this tion he used w as solutio n all o f the earth s l a n a t r d a i n m e e t , y ’

recent

leaving

only

all o f the

the azo t ized constituent, contain ing

t i c e pp

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surpasses also

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in keeping

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less the most prescribed I ts purity an d so lu i n short intervals, bil ity, combi ned W i th its g reat digestive po wer failed .

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former pepsi ns, is o wing to its scaly an d brittle texture, it being the o n ly org an ic medicine in t he

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ow m any not ev en period o f many millio ns y — o the w o rld o f v ert eb rat e li fe co nti nued nj ect ure can dec id e c i ng d ev iat io ns th erefrom b ei ng rath er appa uad rupedal the seem Fo r a peri od rent th an real S udd enly a t rue bip ed appeared o f e ual d uratio n the mentality o f ani mal s d evelo ped with ex ecs s iv e s lo w ness S udd enly a highly i nt ell ect ual ani mal appeared T he c o mi ng o f man i ndi cated both phys i cally and mentally an ext rao rdi nary d evi atio n fro m the establi s h ed co urse of o rgan i c d evelop ment Bot h physi cally and mentally evo lutio n seems to hav e tak en an en o rmo us l eap i nstead o f p ro ceedi ng by its usual mi n ute steps ; and in the advent of the h uman spec i es we h ave a rem ark abl e p robl em who se sol utio n is as difl i cult as it is im n r t a t o p I t migh t be solved in a mo ment were we abl e to accept the ents o f t ho se who hold th at man is t he o utco me o f a dis arg um ti nct act o f creatio n and is i nvested with po wers and ualiti es and p repared fo r a d esti ny in whi ch fro m the b egi nni ng he has s to o d apart fro m all oth er livi ng bei ng s Y et th ese argument s no biologi st o f o ur day can accept It has beco me clearly apparent t h at t he poi nts of di sti nctio n bet ween man and the lo wer ani mal s are simply o f d eg ree n ot at all o f ki nd and th at both phy si cal ly and mentally man c o m es i nto c lo se c o ntac t with the lo wer fo rms o f li fe Th ey do not o nly to uc h th ey are i nti mately i nterwoven T h ere is an i nt ri cate net wo rk o f st ruct ural rel atio ns whi c h bi nds man i next ri cably to the real m o f lower li fe Thi s real m is not alo ne the basi s o n w hi c h he res ts It is the soil from whi ch he

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i nto whi c h he is so d eeply rooted that not the han d o f a god co uld tear him l oo se It is not o ur p urpose h ere to give any o f the arguments in Th ey may be fo un d fully presen ted favo r o f th is co ncl usio n We design rath er to endeavo r to t race the l ine o f el sewh ere an fro m the lower an i mal wo rld an d to seek to dis ascent o f m c over to wh at co mbi natio n o f highly favorable ci rcumstances his develop ment is due Physically man does no t d evi ate very greatly fro m the mam mals nex t b elow him H is method o f loc o motio n is essenti ally changed but structurally he is very c losely related to the hi g her Y et so muc h are all livi ng bei ng s the creat ures o f circ um apes stance th at it seems po ssibl e and even p robabl e th at the remark abl e mental difl erentiat ion o f man may be a necessary res ult o f ly sli g h t physi cal d i fferenti atio n H is erect atti thi s c o mparative t ud e with certai n vari atio ns in his li fe habi ts w hi ch di rect ly ari se fro m it b ri ng him i nto new rel atio ns w ith surro un di ng n at ure a nd th ese new relatio ns h ave certai n ly very muc h to do w ith the ay new c o n ditions whi c h h ave ari sen wi th i n him A s i ng l e st ep m st t rain o f unex pected co nse uences and l ead at ti mes to a va suc h se m s to h av e b een the case w ith th is new step in evol ution e made by man Man is the on ly true bi ped H e has but two poi nts o f suppo rt w hil e all oth er an i mal s are s uppo rted at fo ur o r mo re speci ali zed poi nt s o r el se rest o n the general surfac e o f the body I n bi rds for i nstance w hi c h are usually co nsidered bipeds the wi ngs are o rgans for aeri al suppo rt and have no oth er functio n T he near est app roach to man in thi s respect amo ng ex i sti ng ani mal s may be fo un d in t he fo rms w hi c h p rogress by j umpi ng such as the kangaroo Y et in th ese the st ruct ure and funct io n o f the fo re li mbs is di sti nctly loc o motive A nd s uch was probab ly the case with the di no sauri an reptil es o f a past geologi cal era des pite the fac t th at th ey seem to h ave been abl e to walk to so me ex tent on th ei r hi nd li mbs alo ne It is certai nly remarkabl e th at in the wh ole exten ded periodof an i mal li fe no si ngl e verteb rate fo rmap peared so far as we can di sco ver befo re the advent o f man in whi c h the fo re l imbs were co m plet ely freed fro m d ut y as o rgans of suppo rt and b ecame st ruc t urally un fit fo r th is d uty A parti al freedo m in th i s respect wo uld be o f minor val ue si nc e the fo rmatio n necessary to loc o has

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develop ment of any new functio nal po wer wo uld be ch ec k ed Th us in thi s respect man is an ano m aly in the ki ng do m of li fe A nd to thi s ano m alo us fea t ure is uite probably due in very c o nsiderabl e measure the pecu l iar c haracter o f his d evelo p ment It is very evident i ndeed th at the full adoptio n of the erect att it ude gave man an i mmense moto r s up remacy ov er the lo wer an i mals ; fo r it co mpl etely rel eased his fo re li mbs fro m duty as — for the fi rst ti me in the k nown hi sto ry o f ver o rgans of suppo rt tebrate l ife Th ey were set free to be employed in new methods and to d evelop new func tio nal powers to whi ch the g raspi n g functio n whi ch man i nh erits fro mthe ape t rib e was an in val uabl e It is to the po ssessio n of two li mb s whi c h are freed fro m aid any o rganic d uty oth er than attac k and d efen se and whi c h are ad ap ted to g rasp weapo ns and tool s that man o wes his eno rmo us It opens to himpossibiliti es advantage over the lo wer an i mal s w hic h do not ex i st beneat h him A ll the fo rc es o f nat ure are at his co mman d as soo n as he can l earn to c o nt rol th em T he fi rst c l ub o r sp ear he g rasped the fi rst mi ss il e he th rew i naug urat ed a new era in the hi sto ry of li fe and opened the way to man s c om pl ete mastery A nd so far as we can perceive thi s i mpo rtant s t ruct ural advantag e p reced ed the d evelop ment o f his mental s uperio rity and gav e the c ue to it I n the vertebrate c l ass belo w man th ere ex ist s but a s i ngl e ani mal form that possesses a li mb w hi ch is free fro m d uty as an Thi s is the el ep hant w ho se no se and upper o rgan o f s uppo rt lip have developed i nto an enormo us an d h i g hly flex ibl e t runk w ith d eli cate graspi ng po wers T he po ssess io n of s uch an o rgan has undo ubtedly had its sh are in the marked i nt ell ec t ual d evelop ment of the el eph ant Y et th is o rgan is far i nferio r in its po wers t o the h and and arm o f man whil e the fo rm the si ze and the habits of thi s an i mal stan d in the way o f its gai ni ng the ful l r es ults whi c h m ig ht ari se fro m the possess io n o f such an o rg an i n c o nnectio n w it h a better adapt ed bo dily st ruc t ure A s to the evol ut io nary p rocesses th ro ugh whi c h man gai ned the c li a r feat ures o fhis struct ure we h ave interesti ng evid ence in the u e p I n o ne type o f li fe and o ne al o ne can we ex i sti ng fo rms o f li fe u d a rceive i ndi c atio ns o f a grad ual vari atio n fro m the ruped al e p t o wards the biped al struc t ure Thi s is the ape type o r rat her t hat of t he l emurs and ap es in c onj unc tio n I n all ot her mammali an types be retai ned ,

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d ex cept by a speci es whi ch d welt wholly o n the g ro und A nd li fe in t rees ab sol ut ely re ui res the use o f the arms as lo co motive o rgans and p rohibits th at freei ng o f them fro m thi s d uty w hi c h ex i sts in man W hen man ascend s t rees he is obliged to r et urn to the h abit o f his ancest o rs and use his arm s as o rgan s o f r s f r e s n m e i e og io It s vid e t t h e e o r th a t f m a n d s c d d e e s e n r e n e p fro mthe apes his ancestral species must have been a fo rm whi ch had fully given up its li fe in t rees and had b eco me almo st as awk ward in c li mbi ng as man now is ere it fai rly began to c hange fro m ape i nto man T he adoptio n o f a s urface res idenc e by any ape wo uld necessi tat e certai n ch anges in st ruct ure T ree d welli n g apes wh en th ey descend to the g ro und p resent us fre uently with an awk ward c o mp ro mi se b et ween the ho rizo ntal and the v erti cal mod es o f motio n Nei ther o f th ese modes is nat ural to th em and to be co m e p rop erly ad apted to eith er so me ch ang e o f st ruc t ure is n ecessary Many o f th em p rog ress in the t rue uad ruped al man n er and in o ne g ro und livi n g t rib e the b aboo ns the st ructure of t he bo dy has suffered an acco rdant ch ange They h ave beco me t r ue uad ruped s I n oth er cases th ere is an i ncli natio n toward s an erec t mode o f motion Even amo ng the l emurs thi s is occasio nally di spl ay ed S o me speci es o f th ese p rogress o n the g ro und by j umps the body bei ng semi erec t and the arms h eld above the h ead T he anth ro ssio n o n the g ro un d s l u s r r id p h v io m od p og a a l e c r e f e o e a a o u p i ntermedi ate between the erect and the ho rizo n tal methods T he o rang the chi mpanzee and the go ril la alike use th ei r fo ur li mbs in rog ress io n but in a m u r v ery unlik e th at o f o rdi nary a n n e d a p r upeds They swi ng the body in a c urio us fashio n b etween the arms I t is a so rt o f h al fj umpi ng h al f walki ng motio n R est ing the body o n the h and s the ani mal s wi ngs itself bet ween the arms an d moves fo rward by a ui c k s uccessio n o f s uch li fts and s w i ngs I n thi s mo vement t he o rang and the c hi mpanzee b ri ng t h ei r clo sed k n uck les to the g ro und but the go rill a is said to k eep the h and open and apply the pal m to the gro und T he o uter edge rath er th an the sol e o f the foot to uch es the g ro un d T he whol e movement is as awk ward as is th at o f man wh en he att empts to c li mb t rees and seems to i ndi cate th at th ere can be n o sati sfacto ry co mpro mi se b et ween the two li fe h abits A s ur face d welli ng ani m al must t end to b ecom e either a quad ruped or a biped

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l t in all these cases seems to depend larg ely on A ll the th ree spe the c o mparat ive l en gth o f the arms and l egs c i es nam ed h ave sho rter legs and lo nger arms th an man an d can th us read ily li ft th eir bodi es upo n th ei r arms whil e in a semi erect Y et they all are obli g ed to inc li ne the body forw ard in attit ud e movement Th i s is less the case with the gibbo ns the ex treme leng th o f whose arms enabl es them to reac h the g round w it h the hand s wit ho ut ben di ng the bo dy Th us t he g ibbo ns can wal k on the fo ur li mb s with the bo dy erec t C ertai n speci es o f the gibbo n can readily walk erect o n thei r They o ften legs alo ne by balancin g th emselves with th ei r arms do so and can even move tol erably fast the body rocki ng fro m But if urged to speed th ey d rop th ei r long arms to s i de to sid e Of the oth er t he g ro und and p rogress in the swi ngi ng fas hio n fo rms th ere is no sati sfacto ry ev id ence t h at the o ran g ever walks e the erect attit ud e w h en erect tho ug h it may be abl e to ass um M r S avage says th at the chi mpanz ees are so meti mes attack ed seen wal ki ng erect the body b ent fo rward w ith the h ands c las ped over the o ccip ut to bal ance But on the appearance o f danger th ey i mmedi at ely tak e to all fo urs to fly T he go rill a seems mo re i nc li ned to walk erect or rather in an inc li ned po si tio n ;the body bendi n g fo rward with the h ead h ung do wn A nd it stoops l ess wh en o n all fo urs th an the c hi mpanzee s are lo n ger s i nce its arm Wh en wal ki ng it balances its h uge I ts gait is a rolli ng o ne fro m body by fl ex i n g its arms up ward s s id e to sid e When attack ed it seems to al ways assume the erect u s re I s ruct ural fo rm a n i s o t n t tio it b e tt e r fitt e d t o t h e c t e r e p attit ud e th an is t he gibbo n T he subj ec t h ere co ns id ered is o f c o nsi derabl e impo rtance in its relatio n to the evol ut io n of m an W e observ e vario u s phases iv o f t end ency to ward s the biped habit and can read ily e r e c e p that the walki ng gibbo ns o r the go rill a might in ti me bec o me t rue bipeds if th ey s ho uld c o mpl etely gi ve up th eir arbo real T he l ength o f the arms is an i mpo rtant el ement in res id ence thi s p robl em I n all the spec i es mentio ned the l eng th o f the arms di ffers but in all it is lo nger as c o mpared wit h the body an T he speci es fro m w hi ch man descend ed and l egs than in m wi th its lo nger l egs and sho rter arms th an in the ex i sti ng anth ro s c o uld n o t witho ut t he g reatest difl e oid p h v pt a i c u l t d a e e a d o p y e r s w n n h i i i m od e o f otio c o d n N r u i o a a eo usl have a d t v l m t n t g g g y T he a tual

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d p d l h abit as in the baboo n whose fo ur limbs are nearly e ual in length It was fo rced to ward s the bipedal h abit by sh eer necessi ty On taki ng the gro und surface fo r its pl ac e of residence it was p rob ably obli ged to wal k erect as t he o nly movem ent to whi c h its st ruc t ure was well adapted N eit her the q uadruped al nor the semi uad rupedal movement wo uld h ave been s uited to the propo rtio ns o f its li mb s and its anc estral movement in t rees may h ave been mo re verti cal than is co mm o n with apes I ts biped al develop ment may have beg un wh il e it was sti ll arbo real Th is erect post ure o nce fully assumed and the arms th us com l e t e f e f l r e m d r o d u ty a s o r n f s u ppo r t t h e a i m a l a a n e t n s o y p y g ape wo uld h ave had an advantage o f t he g reat est val ue over its fello w apes and over all other memb ers o f the ani mal ki ngdo m N early all uad ruped s use th ei r li mb s to so me ext ent in attack and defense Y et the necessity o f resti ng o n th ese li mb s inter feres to a certai n ex t ent with thi s duty I n the ani mal in ues tion the d uty o f lo c o mo tio n bei ng c o n fi ned to the hi nd li mb s the fo re o nes were c o mpl etely set free to be used as weapo ns A nd to thi s po wer was added that very i mpo rtant o ne o f th ei r pecu li ar adaptatio n to g raspi ng wh ich enabled the creat ure to add greatly to its nat ural strength by the use o f mi ssi le and oth er weapons Thi s advantage has not b een co nfined to man and his progen i to rs T he po wer of the g raspi ng func tio n in thi s di rec tio n is o f servi ce to m any o f the ap es T he sto ry o f the co co an ut fling ing mo nkeys does not need to be repeated A nd it is e ually wel l k nown th at the orang wh en attack ed w ill b reak o ff fragments o f b ranch es and sho wer them to the g ro und in a rage But in all suc h cases t here is nothi ng to i ndi cate any p reci s io n o f aim T he th rowi ng seems to be do ne at rando m I t is p robabl e t hat the arm has to be ed ucated to the p roper use o f mi ssil es and th at to n s f r e e f r m e r u e s i thi c tio i t o oth d ti s u n u n m e a f t d b g Th ere is no po sitive evid ence th at any apes use weapons ex cept in thi s manner T he sto ry is told th at the c hi mpanzee w ill wrest the spear fro m the h unter and use it agai ns t him But thi s sto ry needs to be verifi ed A l so the co mmo n pi c t ure o f the o ran g walki ng erec t an d suppo rt i ng itsel f w i th a staff is enti rely i mage inative N othi n g o f the ki nd was ever seen in nat ure T he t eeth seem the m ai n depend ence of these c reat ures for purposes of ass u

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th ese descri ptio ns J ames H all has p ubli sh ed a l arge number of papers so me o f w hi ch h ave appeared in li mi ted editio n s in p revio us y ears b u t H e p ubli sh e s a t h ey h ave n ot yet b een noti ced in th ese revi ews N ot e o n the i nti mate rel at io ns o f t he Ch emung gro up a n d Waverly sandsto ne in N o rth western Pennsylvani a and S o u t h ” west ern N ew Yo rk and a N ote on the E urypteride o f t he D e vo n ian and Carbo ni fero us fo rmatio ns o f Pennsyl vania w i th a ” s upplem entary note o n the S ty lonurus excelsior in t he P ro c A I n the 2d Ge o l A A S Vol xxxm Part 11 pp 4 16 and 4 20 S urv Pennsyl vani a R ep o f p rog ress PPP p 2 3 he has a N o t e o n the Eury pteride o f t he D evo ni an an d C arbo n i fero us fo rma ” I n the R ep S tate Geologi st fo r 1881 p tio ns o f Pennsyl vani a ” I n t he Classifi cat io n o f the L amellib ranchi ata 8 th ere is a 2 p 5 th ere is a Di sc ussio n up o n R ep S tate Geologi st fo r 188 t he manner o f g ro wth v ari atio n o f fo rm and ch aracters o f t h e genus Fenestell a and its rel atio ns to H emit rypa Po lypora R ete ” po ra C ryptopo ra etc T hi s arti cle is co nti nued in the R ep S tat e S i xty o ne photo li thograph ed pl at es Geologi st fo r 1884 p 3 5 acco mpany the R ep S tate Geologi st fo r 1882 Th ey are p ubl i sh ed in ad vance w ith th ei r ex planatio ns under the follo wi ng h ead s Fo ssil co ral s and Bryozo ans of the L o wer H elderberg g ro u p p p 17 and fo ssil Bryo zoans o f the Upper H el derb erg g ro u pl ates 1 xxxm in ad vance o f Vol v1 Pal e o ntolo gy of Ne w ” Y o rk ; Brachiopod a pl ates and ex pl anatio ns pls xxxrv L x r i n I n t he ad vance o f Vol xv Part 11 Pal e o ntology o f New Yo rk R ep S tate Geologi st for 1883 p 5 he gives a D escript io n o f t h e T he Bryozo ans o f the H amilto n g ro up (Fenestellide ex cepted ) w s N e t M u t s s Yo r k a t a Hi t c o n t i n e ollo t h wi t h R e S e N a f n 3s p g papers : N oti ce o f the machi nery and met hods o f c utti ng s pec i ” mens o f ro cks and fossil s at the New Yo rk S tate M us Nat Hi st p 12 1 Preli mi nary no ti ce of the l amellib ranchi ate sh ell s o f the Upper H el derberg H amil to n and C hemung g ro ups preparato ry fo r t he Pal e o ntolo g y o f New Yo rk Part 1 p 2 15 ; D escrip tio n o f fossi l co ral s fro m the N iagara and Upper H el derberg “ u s 0 s n s m r d o f h o p p Ill t r a tio i o opi t t n u t e c r s c a s r u u c c r e ; 4 7 g ” o f Brachiopod a pl xx" T he 36 th R ep N ew Yo rk S tate M us “ N at Hi st c o ntai ns the follo wi ng papers : Bryozoa (Fenestel ” lid e ) of t he H amilto n g ro up p 57 ; On t he st ruct ure o f the .

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D esc riptio n of a new spec i es genus Ort hi s p 7 3 ” o f S tylo nurus fro mthe C at skill c r n 6 a n e s o p p D iptio r d u 7 g o f a new genus fro m Greenfi eld S aratoga c o unty N pl V 1 T he R ep S tate Geologi st fo r 1884 co ntai ns the fo llo wi ng pape ” On the mod e of g ro wth and relati o ns of the Fenestellide p 8 1 8 2 c s f o r n n u e r m f e G e o ti d o p t t ologi t f 1 t a o h e R e S ; 4 35 p On the relatio ns o f the genera S tictopo ra Ptilodietya A crog enia ” and alli ed fo rms in the Pal e ozoi c ro ck s o f New Yo rk p 46 ; an d Note (o n so me Paleozoi c pecteno id p 47 To wn Geol A ngelo H eilprin has p ub li sh ed a book enti tl ed ogy : the l esso n of the Phil ad elphi a ro ck s S t udi es of nat ure al o n g the high ways and amo ng the by ways o f a met ropolitan town ; pl ates I V and v co ntai n fig ures o f the C retaceo us i nverte b rate fauna I n S cience Vol v p 4 7 5 and Vol v1 p 83 he has two notes o n T he cl assifi catio n and pal e o ntolo gy o f the U S Tert iary deposits th ese are c riti ci s ms of D r Otto Meyer s vi ews E W H ilgard has two p apers o ne in S cience Vol v1 p entitl ed T he cl assifi catio n and pal e o ntology o f the U S T er er Your S ci 3 d ser tiary d epo s its ; and the oth er in the A m Vol xxx p 266 entitl ed T he old T erti ary of the S o uth west both are c riti ci sms o f D r Ott o Meyer s vi ews G J Hi nde has a Descriptio n of a new spec i es o f C ri n oids ” wit h arti c ul ati ng spi nes in the A nnals and Mag az ine of N atural H istory sth ser V o l xv p 157 A lph eus Hyatt in the P roc A A A S V ol xxxm Part 11 pp 4 90 an d 4 9 2 p ubli sh es two notes o ne o n the S t ruc t ure of ” the sipho n in the Endoceratide and the ot her o n the S t ruct ure ” and affi ni ties o f Beatricea H e has a l etter (relative to the Fter opo ds o f the S t Jo hn g ro up ) in the Bull Nat H i st S o c N ew Brunswi ck N o w p 102 I n the P ro c Bo sto n S oc Nat Hi st V ol xxm p 4 5 he has p ubli sh ed an el abo rate di scuss io n of the L arval th eo ry o f the o rigi n of cell ul ar ti ssues a m e i h u r n N s 1 1 J s t e Jo Ci n i n ti c a Hi t o l p t F n c a S o V v J ” 15 1 has an art i cl e o n the F uco ids o f the Ci nci nnati g ro up I n the A uaarcan NA ruaau sr Vol X I X p 16 5 he has a note enti H e has al so R emark s on tied A re th ere any fo ssil A lge a suppo sed fossil fun g us fro m the coal meas ures R emark s o n so me marki ngs o f the ro cks o n the Ci nc i nnati g ro up d escribed under the names of Orm m and e arks athicuus and Walco ttia R ; s

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genera L epidolites A no malo ides I schadites and R ec epta ” r Ci nc i nnati S oc e c ulites fro m t he Ci nci n nati o p Jo u i h u r n t g N at H i st V o l V 111 pp 157 160 and 16 3 A A J uli en has A st udy o f Eoz oan canadense; fil ed obser ” in the P ro c A A A S V o l xxxm Part 11 p 4 15 vatio ns G F K unz has an art i cl e On the agatized woods and the ” Mal achite A z urite etc fro m A rizo na in the Trans N Y A cad S ci V o l v p 9 Co nt rib utio ns to the fossil flo ra o f the L eo L esq uereux s W est ern Terri to ri es Part 111 T he C retaceo us and Tertiary flo ras R ep U S Geo l S urv T err F V H ayd en U S g eo lo ” gi st in ch arge 4 to V ol V 111 Was not p ubli sh ed till Feb ruary 1885 altho ugh it b ears the i mp ri nt 1883 A H Mackay p ubli sh es an arti c l e o n the Organi c s ili ceo us remai ns in the l ak e d epo sits o f N o va S c oti a in the Canadian R ec S ci V o l 1 p 2 3 6 J ul es Marco u writes o n T he Tac o ni c system and its positio n ” in the P roc A mer A cad o f A rts and in st ratig raphi c geolog y S ci ences new seri es V ol x i 1 p 174 s r e B M c u r r r r e ss f N m n e o c o d P og o th i i v t b t a o r e c n e e A r a r r a J pal e o ntology fo r 1884 in the A u s mcnn N ar uaau sr V ol xxx p 3 5 3 Thi s is a b ri ef sketch of the p al e o ntologi c wo rk do ne in the year ;a mo re ex tend ed revi ew o f it is p ubli sh ed in the S mi th so n i an repo rt fo r 1884 N o 6 10 pp 1 20 Was hi ngto n I n the P ro c U S N atio nal M useum Vol V 111 p 29 0 he 1885 nozoi c types in the coll ectio ns has A li st o f the Mesozoi c and C e o f the U S N at Museum and the Id entifi catio n o f certain ” fossil s and st rata o f the Great S io ux R eservatio n (in T he L ig n it es o f the Great S io ux R eservatio n a repo rt o n the regio n be ” t ween the Gran d and Mo reau ri vers D ako ta by Bail ey Will i s Bull U S Geol S ur N o 2 1 p G F M atth ew has R ecent di sc overi es in the S t Joh n g ro up ” “ in the Ca nadi a n A new g en us of Camb ri an Pteropod s and I n the Bull Nat H i st S o c R ec S ci V ol 1 pp 136 and 15 2 New Brunswi ck N o xv p 9 7 he has A n o utli ne o f recent dis Joh n g ro up Wi th a l etter of Pro fesso r coveries in t he S t I n the A mer 9 01m A lph eus Hyatt rel ative to the P teropod s On the prob ab l e S ci 3 d ser V o l xxx p 7 2 he has a n ote occ urrence o f the g reat Wel sh Parado x i des P daviazs in A m er ” I n the same vol ume p 29 3 he has a No ti ce of a n ew ica the

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m ri an u o C b I a n g p ( ) t h is H e has a N ote o n the h a w o s s e n u s e n o t e c a i n h e M n e e r i e D e c a d 1 t t e 1 1 V l S e G l o g g 11 p 4 25 I n t he T ran s R oy S oc C anad a V o l 11 S ec w p “ a r h i s u s r n e u n f t h n r a pp e I ll t a tio t h f o e t Joh g o u p s o f a a S 99 c o ntin ued ; and a pap er o n the C o noco ryphea w i th furth er re ” marks o n Paradox id es Ch arl es Mo rri s in the P ro c A cad N at S ci Philada for 1885 “ 8 h s w c m d a ti l e s n itl e d T h e p i a y o di e r a n o a r t r c n t 3 5 pp 97 t io ns o f fo ssilizatio n and A ttack and d efense as agents in ani ” mal evol utio n Otto Meyer in the A mer your S ci 3d ser V ol xx1x p 4 57 and V o l xxx pp 60 and 4 2 1 has an arti cl e in th ree parts ent i t led T he genealogy and t he ag e o f the speci es in t he so uth ern ” o ld Tert i ary T he author assumes the ex t rao rdi nary positio n t h at the s uccess io n is j ust the co nt rary fro m wh at it has hith erto been co nsid ered to be t he V i cksb urg acco rdi n g to him b ei ng the atio n I n Part 1 o ldest and t he Cl aibo rne the mo st recent fo rm ” T he geologi cal rel ati o ns o f the speci es he parti ally desc rib es a n um ber of speci es and vari eti es witho ut any ill ustrat io n s ; th ese he co nsiders to be new Part 11 is on T he age o f the Vi ck sb urg ” Part 111 R eply to cri ti c isms and the J ack so n b eds T he autho r d efen ds his vi ews agai nst the cri ti ci sms o f E W Hilgard E A S mi th and T H A ld ri ch in t he October numb er o f t he I n S cience V o l v p 5 16 and Vol v1 p 14 3 A mer your S ci he has two not es o n A ngelo H eilprin s c riti ci sm o f his wo rk i h A n N n t b y n Y c d Vol p e w e r e A a C I r N 1 1 1 1 S S 2 J 7 has a D esc ri ptio n o f so me pec uli ar screw like fo ssil s fro m the ” Ch emung ro cks Th ey are al so d escribed in the Trans N Y A cad S c i Vol 111 p 3 3 H A N i chol so n and R ob ert Eth eridge Jr in the Geol M ag h ave an arti cl e On the n ew seri es D ecad e 111 V o l 11 p 5 29 y st ruct ure and geologi cal di strib utio n o f S olenopter a sy no ny m ” a cta Bi lli ng s s com p p H A N i chol so n and A H Foo rd in the A nn and M ag N at H ist sth ser Vol xV 1 p 4 96 h ave an arti cl e On the gen us F istulipo ra McC oy wi th d escriptio ns o f several speci es A S Pack ard in the A ME R I C A N N ar uaau sr Vol x1x pp 29 1 w h n g arti c l es : 8 f 8 a s e s o f C arbo n t ollo i Typ n h e a d 0 0 0 0 79 7 i fero us Xiphosura new to No rth A meri ca T he S y n carida, a Pteropods fro m the S t Joh n he d escrib es t he g enus D iplo theca

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gro up of Carbo ni fero us C rust acea On the Gampso ny ch id e ” On t h e an un desc ribed family o f fo ssil schizopod C rustacea ; A nthracaride a family o f macruro us d ecapod C arbo n ifer o u s ” C rustacea alli ed to the Ery o nide “ A nc i en t a i r B N Peac h in N ature V o l xxxr p 29 5 has a general revi ew o f Pal eozoi c sc o rpio ns breath ers x A o u r x m I i H P y h m e r d s e r Vol r i e r n t c e S 57 f 3 p J has a N ote o n a fossil coal pl ant fo und at the graphite depo s it in mi ca schi st at W o rcester Mass J uli us Po hl man and R P Whitfi eld in S cience V ol v1 p 183 h ave a note o n A n A meri can S il uri an sco rpio n A rep ri nt of geologi cal repo rts and oth er papers o n t he g eo l by the l ate William Barto n R og ers has ogy o f the Vi rgi n i as been i ssued S H S cudd er p ublis h es T he geologi cal hi sto ry of Myri o po d s and A rach n id s Eighth ann ual add ress of the reti ri ng p res id en t ” in Psy che V ol 1v Jan o f the C amb ridge E nto mologi cal C l ub — I n the M em N at A cad S ci V o l uary March 1885 p 24 5 D escriptio n of an arti cul at e o f doubt ful r ela 111 p 1 he has a t ionship fro m the T erti ary b ed s of Flo ri ssant Colo rado I n t he P ro c A cad N at S ci Philada fo r 1885 pp 34 and 10 5 he h as N ew genera and speci es o f fo ssil c o ck roach es fro m the o l d er ” N otes o n Mesozoi c c o c k ro ach es and A meri can ro ck s In the A n sw er» : N A T UR A L I S T V ol x1x p 87 6 is an ab stract o f h is ” paper o n the R elations o f the Pal eozoi c i nsects H M S eel ey in the A mer Your S ci 3 d ser V ol xxx p 3 5 5 describ es A new genus of ch azy spo nges S trephochet us E A S mith in the A mer Your S ci 3 d ser V o l xxx p 2 7 0 has R emark s o n a pap er o f D r Otto M eyer o n S peci es in t h e s o uth ern old Terti ary C Wach smuth and W H Barri s h ave D escriptio ns o f n ew C ri noids and Bl as toid s fro m the H amilton g ro up of Io wa an d ” M i c higan C Wach smuth and Frank S p ri nger i ssue a R evi sio n of th e Pale ocrino idea Part 111 Di scuss io n o f the c l assifi catio n an d relatio ns o f the b rachi ate C ri noids and co ncl us io n of t he generic d escriptio ns in the P ro c A cad N at S ci Philada fo r 1885 p ,

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h L a r o f r a t i h e r a e F po n t e I v e t b t r n h t a s h a s a e o W e v e R t J amie and C retaceo us ro ck s o f the vi ci nity o f the Bo w and Belly in the riv ers and adj acent l oc aliti es in the N o rth west T errito ry Geol and N at Hi st S urv Canada A R C S el wy n di rec to r ; C o nt rib utio n to Canadi an p al e o ntology Vol 1 Part 1 I n the A mer your S ci 3 d ser V ol xx1x p 44 4 he has Not es o n the possibl e age o f so me o f the Mesozoi c ro cks o f the ueen Ch ar ” I n the Trans R oy S o c lot te i sland s and Briti sh Co lumbi a D esc riptio n o f a new Canad a Vol 11 pp 2 3 7 and 2 39 he has spec i es o f A mmo n ite fro mthe C ret aceo us ro ck s of Fo rt S t Joh n .

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Peace ri ver and N ote o n a d ecapod C rustacean fro m ” the Upper C retaceo us o f H ig hwood ri ver A l berta N W T “ A n R P Whi t field c o nt rib utes to S cience V o l v1 p 87 ” I n the Bull A mer M us N at A meri can S il uri an sco rpio n H i st Octob er 10 1885 Vol 1 N o 6 pp 181 19 1 and 19 3 he On a fo ssil sco rpio n fro m the S il u has the followi ng art i cl es : eri ca N oti ce o f a new C eph alopod fro m the ri an ro cks o f A m N oti ce o f a very l arge spec i es o f N i agara ro cks o f I ndi ana Ho malo not us fro m the Ori sk any sand sto ne fo rmatio n H S Willi ams in the P ro c A A A S Vol xxxxxt Part 11 r n d s n c e c p bli h ti l G og r a phi a l ph i l c o di s e s a a e o n a c a n 2 2 u y p 4 tio ns as mo di fyi ng fo ss il faunas I n the A mer f our S ci 3 d ser V ol xxx p 4 5 he has a N o ti ce o f a new li muloid C rustacean fro m the D evo ni an A W i nch ell in the A mer four S ci 3 d ser V o l xxx pp 3 16 N o ti ces o f N H Wi nch ell o n L i ng ul a and Para and 3 17 has ” do x ides fro m the red uartzites o f M i nnesota and On C e nos tro ma and I diostro ma and the c o mp rehens ive charac ter o f S tro ” matopo ro ids Fo ssil s fro m the red uartzi tes at N H Wi nch ell describes ” Pipesto ne in the Geol and Nat H ist S urv M i nneso ta 13 th A nn R ep p 6 5 H H Wi nwood in the Geol M ag new seri es D ecade 111 Vol 11 p 24 0 remark s o n the Geologi cal ag e o f the R ocky mo untai ns ; in it he reports fi ndi ng a Menevi an fauna between the 116 th and 1 17 th parall el s o f lo ngit ud e o n the Canadi an Pacifi c rail way B H W right in the 3 sth R ep N Y S tate M us N at Hi st p N otes o n the geology of Yat es co unty N Y 19 5 c o nt rib utes on

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p i mental philo sophy all p ropositio ns collect ed by in d uction fro m ph en o mena are to be h eld ei th er ex actly o r app ro x i mately t rue until oth er ph eno mena are fo und by whi ch tho se p ropo s i tio ns can be mad e ei th er mo re acc urate o r s ubj ec t ” to ex ceptio ns (Newto n s Pri ncipi a Book T he soari ng bi rds seem to be ex c used fro m ob edi ence to the l aws determi ni ng the actions o f o th er i nert bodies h eavi er th an N

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Weighi ng mo re t h an the air t hey di spl ace and us i ng no musc ul ar ex ertio n to s u s t ai n th em selves th ey still in the sense of g etti ng nearer to the ea rt h do not fall Wh en we seek fo r a motive po wer whi ch is c o mpet en t to res i st t he weight o f t he bi rd s b ody and neut raliz e Bi rd t h e resi stanc e o f the air to its t ransl atio n we seem baffl ed a n d air fo rm a materi al sy stem in whi c h no oth er obj ect is in c l u d ed so th at it is i m po ssibl e to obtai n power fro m the wi nd W i n d is motio n o f the enti re system as a whol e c o mpared to a fi x ed obj ect as an observer and s uch motio n does not affect t he motio n o f t he p arts Wi nd fro many di rectio n o r at any veloci ty o r enti re calm are di ff erences o f air c o nditio ns to an ob server but n o t to a bi rd We are th erefo re li mited to the g ravi tati ng fo rce o f the bi rd s body to fin d the po wer p rod uc i n g the ph eno mena as it is n o wh ere el se di scoverabl e But h ere we are co nfi ned to c ertai n n otio ns d erived fro m st i c k s and sto nes and in fact all alli ng thi ng s and they do no t seem to h elp us in ex pl ai n o th er f i n g a thi ng whi ch do es no t fall We are lik ewi se taught th at the d irectio n o f the g ravitati ng fo rce is verti cally do wnwards i e in a st raigh t li ne fro m t he bo dy mani festi ng it to the center o f the eart h What we und erstand by thi s di rectio n is that wh en g ravity does wo rk wh en it is in the act o f maki ng anythi n g dif ferent fro m wh at it was b efo re when it moves a thi n g at rest or s t ops it wh en in mo t io n or accel erates it o r is in the act o f man ” i festing energy in the way whi ch we call wo rk th at the direc tio n in whi ch it do es it is verti call y downward s H ow th en can th is fo rce d ri ve a body up wards o r t ransl ate it ho rizo ntally S till furth er A l tho ugh we ad mit when o ur attentio n is call ed to it th at weight is the result of g ravity acti ng o n a uantity o f matter we are apt to co nfo und mass and weight and g ravity i nto Thi s is i nad mi ssible si nce the doct ri ne o f o ne id enti cal thi ng t he co rrel atio n o f fo rces is establi sh ed as it is enti rely po ss ibl e to an i fests c h ange every ato m of g ravitat i n g fo rce whi c h a body m i n to so me o th er form o f fo rce in whi ch case eith er the fo rmer is uantity o f m atter o r the l atter is created s eparate fro m the We t hus fin d o urselves in a so rt o f dil emma We are obliged to co n s i der g ravity as s o methi n g apart fro m body an d stil l we h ave n o dge o f it excepti ng what we are enabl ed to i nfer abo ut it k nowl e Were it no t fo r th ese i n ferences we wo uld be shut up to the uantity of m atter was acti ng and th at g rav c o ncl us io n th at the t h e air, whi h are ab ando ned to its

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was simply non existent for it never man ifests its po wer but in co nnecti on w ith body and the act i on o f the body is o ur rul e to d et ermine the acti o n o f the fo rce It wo uld be expected that in d eali ng with agencies o f thi s kind the greatest care sho uld be exercised l est we fall i nt o erro rs and it is apparent th at many o f o ur notio ns in regard to grav itating bodi es h ave been b ro ught up fro m generali zatio ns w hi ch do not To includ e all the facts T he soari ng bi rds h ave been o mitted the extent of th ei r excl usio n o ur id eas are subj ec t to erro r It is imperative th at th ey be b ro ugh t under the d o min io n o f gravity o r e u e c d e a and th at the ph eno m a p t d by t s h ll h v e m h e n r e s e n e a g nitio n i n d etermini ng the ch arac teri sti cs of th at fo rce ity ,

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I h ave shown in the pages o f thi s magazi ne th at th ese bird s A pl ane resti ng in air and acted can be red uced to lo wer terms o n by a fo rce ex hibits all t h ei r ac tiviti es and up to thi s ti me s o far as my k nowl edge extend s the mec h ani cal wo rld has fai led t o rec ogn ize the fact s ex hibited by such a b o dy when s ubj ected t o wo rk o n elasti c air To acco mpli sh my purpose mo st di rectly it w ill be best t o to uch upo n g ro und al ready covered and I will do so in the fo llow Unles s ing p ropo sitio ns whi c h are sel fevid ent o n statement otherw i se noted acceleratio n will be suppo sed to have terminated and un i fo rm motio n p rog ressi n g .

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i a n e n c n x c e n n h a d r Fo o di tio pti g e pl n r c e s f r m r e o t a n e 4 y mal to it are resolved by the pl ane i nto those two di rect i o ns u s e n n h m b o f f o r c e n o i n t pl a n e or o r m a l to it A n n e r t 5 y o perate upo n it in the res ultant o f o ne fo rce fro m o ne di rectio n ; and thi s resultant if no t al ready in the pl ane or no rmal to it is res olved th erei n by the pl ane 6 It follows that the pl ane can be subj ect to wo rk o nly (1) in its own pl ane (2) in a di rectio n at right angl es to its surfaces 3 ) in b oth of th ese di rec tio ns h f ce ac ti ng no rm r h w n t r l t o k do by o T h n a u o f e e e a t e e r 7 to the pl ane is co mp ressin g air and as the res i stance o f the atmosph ere to motio n in thi s di rec tio n is very g reat the veloc ity w ill be co rrespo ndi ngly slo w 8 T he nat ure o f the wo rk do ne by the fo rce in the pl ane is overco mi ng atmosph eri c fric tio n o n the two surfaces whi ch bei ng very litt le motio n in thi s di rectio n will be co rrespo ndi ngly .

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p lane i nto those fo rces in the same rati o that the di rectio n o f the fo rce bears to tho se di rect io ns To i ll ust rate t hese p ropo si tio ns we will sup pose a fo rc e e f;ia ° clined 18 fro m c d to operate o n the pl ane A B with a val ue o f si xty fo ot po und s per sec o nd T he pl ane wo uld i nstantl y res o lve thi s fo rce i nto t welve foot po unds in its own pl ane in the di rect i o n 2 and fo rty eight foo t po und s in the di rectio n c d at righ t angl es to it wh en it wo uld be reaso nabl e to s uppo se th at the twelve po und s wo uld d rive the plane ag ai nst fri cti on o f air wi t h far g reater velo ci ty th an fo rty ei g ht po unds wo uld agai nst ai r co m p ressio n I f motio n in the di rectio n 2 were resi sted to the poi nt o f pre ventio n all t he fo rce ef wo uld do wo rk in t he di rec tio n c d wh en the enti re si x ty po und s wo uld be sett i ng up air p ress ure A and the p lane wo uld be in e uilib ri um in the di rec t io n 1 2 v ery small fo rce say o ne o r two po unds wo uld no w d rive the plane in any di rectio n say towards 1 wi th co nsid erabl e veloc ity It is ob vio us that the s i xty po und s o f air p ress ure wo uld be eno ugh to s upply t he t welve po und s n eeded to b al ance the fo rce act i ng toward s 2 and the o ne o r two po und s additio nal needed to d rive the pl ane to wards 1 w it h a velo ci ty we will sup pose o f 1 50 I f we s uppo se the motio n o f the pl ane in t he feet per seco nd di rectio n ef to be at the rate o f thi rty feet per sec o nd it w ill mo ve in Oppo si tio n to the di rectio n o f the fo rce as fast as it d o es with its di rectio n and we will h ave the ano in alo us case o f a fo rc e developi ng eno ugh fo rce in mo vi ng a body to move several s uch bodi es th ro ugh the same space in the same ti me diamet rically oppo site to its o wn di rectio n 1 Thi s seems ab surd and needs rectifi catio n to make it tol erable We h ave enti rely o verlooked the fact that the mo ment ef began t he t ask o f wo rki ng it ab ando ned the di rectio n in whi ch it re ° to c d and o ne fift h sid ed and fo ur fift hs o f it went over 18 ° went o ver 108 to A B T he di rectio n ef is vacated it is w it ho ut Fo r all the i nfl uence it has o n t he plane it might as si g nifi can c e Th ere is now no mo vement o f the pl ane agai ns t wel l n ot ex i st N ow t he fo rces wo rki ng o n the di rectio n o f the fo rce wh atever air and d rivi ng the pl ane to ward s 1 are at right angl es to each T he p robl em is the abili ty o th er and do no t resi st each o th er atway s t h ro ug h o f a fo rce to d ri ve a pl ne faster edgeways t han fl .

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goi ng over the one fifth th at t ravel ed 108 was wasted i c it neutralizes an e ual amo unt o f the o th er so th at o nly fo rty eight po und s i nst ead o f si x ty po unds are avail abl e to d rive the a n w e e a s r m c e a n e l d y b thi o ld b o p t t to p od u t e e n u e s w u c ; p g eno rmo us velo c ity H ad the fo rce been o rigi nally in c d the enti re s i x ty po und s w o uld h ave b een avail abl e But wh en we recti fy the di ag ram s o as to make ef vert i cal and add two po unds weight to t he plane so th at the fo rce em e w e b r a s s loy d ill g vity l h gho s t hi c w s u ppo d l a id e a l t e w h e a t p o nce reappear in vast ly mag nified p ropo rtio ns T he o utcry no w is th at the law o f falli ng bodi es is viol ated for a body in falli ng can do no mo re wo rk th an s ufl i cient to li ft it th ro ug h the same n

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p di cul ar heigh t It seems that here is a good place to establi sh an exc epti on and we will exami ne into the way in whi ch it may be do ne Whil e the pl ane A B is l evel the g ravitati ng fo rce is no t re so lved by it but acts at righ t an gles to the s urfac es w h en l at eral moti on will be resisted by n o thi ng but at mosph eri c fri ctio n and t hi s t he o ne o r two po und s is c o mpetent to overc o me d rivi ng the l to w hil e it i s falli ng the thi rty feet in whi ch the s i x ty D a n e p erefo re pass to H the res ultant o f d It w ill th i s developed u n s o p It will si mply h ave a lateral motio n o f 150 feet t he two motio ns To its edg eways th ro ugh the air add ed to its fal l of thi rty feet w o rk of air co mp ressio n there wil l be joi ned an addi tio nal item ing 150 feet of atmospheri c fri c ti on T he o f work in overc o m n e r e p

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d evelo ped in the fall will be eno ugh to supply the lateral fo rce and still leave fifty eight o r fifty n i ne po und s to go to waste by falli ng to the tensio n of the surro undi ng air ” But th is wo uld not be soarxng as the pl ane will soo n reach the gro und I f we no w th ro w the pl ane over o n an i ncli ne o f one in five or we h av e an additio nal twel ve po unds o f l ateral res i stance to overco me whi ch the si xty po unds is enti rely co mpetent to effect tog ether with the one o r two need ed to carry the pl ane to c and still h ave fo rty six or fo rty s even po und s m o re than is wanted l eft over W e no w have the pl ane el evat ed as fast as it fall s so that its resultant passag e to D is the ho rizo ntal t ransl atio n o f flight and a body in falli ng do es wo rk en o ugh to no t o nly li ft it to the s am e h eight fro m whi ch it fell but to mov e it agai n st air res i st ance and h ave a l arge surpl us l eft over ! Thi s seems i mpo ssibl e But the reaso n o f such appearance as al ready sho wn is th at we are entertai ni ng a fall acy We are s uppo si n g the di rectio n o f the g ravitati n g fo rce to still be v erti cal after it has go ne over eighteen and a h und red and eight d eg rees We h ave as a matter o f fact c hang ed the di rectio n o f g ravity mo re th an we h ave sl anted the pl ane One fifth o f its total amo unt has go ne over T he pl ane has tak en the same lib erty with the g reat co smi cal fo rce o f g ravi tatio n th at it w o uld with any oth er fo rce It refuses to be operat ed upon by any en ergy wh atever o f a mech an i cal ki n d whil e doi ng wo rk on el asti c fl uid s ex cepti ng in the two di rec tio ns mentio ned and any fo rce wh atever no t in eith er o f th ese is i nstantly put there by the plane T o say th at the gravitati ng fo rce is st ill verti cal and i culties o f the case has not go ne over is to i ncrease the difl I n s uch ev ent the law o f fl uid p ress ures and not to ab at e th em is viol ated whi c h d emand s th at th ey be at right angl es to the co m p ressi ng surface T he pl ane wo uld al so fall verti cally with po ssibl e S ome fo rce is o ut l atéral motio n all o f whi ch is i m ' B in its o wn plane and no rmal to it Fro m whence act uat i ng A Th ere is b ut one so urce of s upply T he plane has co mes it ? s i mply res ol ved g ravi ty until its p erpendi c ul ar li ne has been vacated and t e located at right angl es to the lateral fo rce acti ng in the pl ane whi ch li fts no weigh t and res i sts n othi n g wh atev er T he pl ane in its t ransl atio n to ward s c is movi ng b ut fr ictio n ' to wards e but not to wards e It is goi ng co ntrary to the abstrac t fo rce

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gravity but not co nt rary to the di rec tion in whi ch th at fo rce is now wo rki ng whi ch alo ne c o ncerns us T he whol e matter hi ng es on the ability o f a plane to resolve I n doi ng so it the g ravitati n g fo rce as it resolves oth er fo rces d oes a very wo nderful thi ng It makes o f g ravity a c ontin uo us motive po wer It i nt rod uces a new idea i nto o ur co nceptio ns of things and makes it i mperative that we recti fy o ur notions of the s whi c h we h av e not f vit ti g f o ce so as to ad m it th e c t r a n s e a r g a hitherto rec og nized It dignifies the so ari ng bi rd s i nto the positio n o f favo red crea Th ey i nhabit a universe o f th ei r own T he t ures o f nat ure h o rizo n o f thei r wo rld is not the l evel o f the sea but the i ncli ne Th ei r gravi o f th ei r o wn w i ng s whi c h th ey can c h ang e at will tati ng fo rce is eith er in a straight li ne fro m th ei r bodi es to wards the center o f the earth o r the moo n o r the sun or any of the s tars o f h eaven indifl erently as it s uits th em to sl eep o n the b reeze to play at gymnasti cs high in air to enact the rol e of the high way robber o r to serenely flo at fro m zo ne to zo ne I have now p resented the case o f the soari n g bi rds to the ex tent o f my ability T he task co uld have been bett er do ne by a s peci ali st in analyti c mec h an i cs as it is in thi s sph ere th at its sig T he whol e matter is ex t remely pec uli ar n ificance li es I n con s e uence o f the th ro ng o f prec o nceiv ed id eas whi c h t end to c ast the ob sc urity o f n ight ov er the w hol e case the evid ence upo n w hi ch it res ts altho ugh ax io mati c th ro ugho ut is difl i cult to see T he mech ani sm al so seems d evoid o f o rgan izatio n a si mpl e pl ane is all th ere is o f it and still it has the po wer to c h ange the ho ri z o n o f the wo rld to s uit its o wn p urpo ses It wo uld be unwi se t o suppo se th at a devi c e cap abl e o f doi n g thi s was not co mpetent t o give to man wh at he has lo ng covet ed the po wer to navigate

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D l S S ECT I ON wo rk has at l as t appeared , and we h ave no do ubt th at it wi ll be wel o med by l abo rato ry wo rkers th ro ugho ut the c o unt ry It is apparen tly an enti rely o rig inal wo rk , n o statemen ts bei ng mad e at seco nd h and , and no di rectio ns fo r wo rk bei ng giv en whi ch h av e no t been actually w orked out by t he autho rs t hem sel ves One fi nds evidence o f thi s o rigi nal wo rk o n al mo st every page and t hi s fact alo ne w i ll c o mmend t he book to all teach ers and t o every p up il who wi sh es to b eco me an i nv esti gato r in st ruct ural .

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ZOOL OGI C A L R EC OR D FOR p ro mptly o ur noti ce o f it h avi ng been d elayed It fo rms the twenty first vol ume o f the seri es and lik e its p redecesso rs it is i ndi spensabl e to all wo rk ers in systemati c zoOlogy and it is to be hoped th at its fut ure p ubli catio n w ill be mai ntai ned even tho ugh h eavy sacrifi ces be made Whil e memb ers o f the Z oOlog ical R ec o rd A ssoci atio n and sub scribers receive the vol ume for £ 1 T he und ertaki ng the vol ume is i ssued to the p ubli c at £ 1 103 is partly suppo rted by a g ran t o f o ne h un d red and fi fty po unds fro m the Government Grant Co mmittee of the R oyal S o c i ety and o f o ne h und red po und s fro m the Briti s h A ss oc i atio n but T he R eco rd is no w edited by sti ll mo re s ub scribers are need ed P ro fesso r F jeffrey Bell and th ere has been a numb er o f changes We regret to noti ce that Profes in the li st o f assi stant edito rs so r E vo n Martens fro m t he fi rs t t he rec o rd er o f M oll usca and C rustacea has been obliged to resig n H is p lace is taken by T HE

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— M r H olt P jects in the S lum Country H all ett states that the mo st practi cabl e l i ne fo r a rail way in I ndo C hi na to co nnect I ndi a w i th th at co untry is up the valleys o f the M eh Pi ng and Meh W ung t rib utari es o f the Meh N am to Ki ang H sen o n the M eh Ko ng A t R ah eng t hi s li ne wo uld be joined by an o th er fro m M aulmein at t he mo uth o f the S al ween in N o rth o f Ki ang H sen the rail way w o uld be Bri ti sh Burmah p ro duced alo ng the M eh Ko ng vall ey to Ki ang H ung fi fty mil es fro m the C hi nese to wn o f S s umao By taki ng thi s ro ute the mass o f mo untai ns lyi ng east o f the I rawadi is avoided T he Bur mese S han S tates east o f the I rawadi are b eli eved to i llio n an d a hal f o f i nh abi tant s the S ia c o ntai n a millio n to a m mese S h an S tat es abo ut two and a h al f million s whil e the M eh Nam vall ey so uth o f the l atter has abo ut th ree and a h al f millio ns T he S hans are d escrib ed as a c ul tivat ed peo pl e free fro mcaste industrio us and energeti c ho spi tab le and frank to ward s trangers eager fo r free t rad e and o f g reat capac i ty as petty t rad ers T he h ill t rib es are a h ard wo rki n g manly peopl e good ag ri cult uri st s en g reat g ro wers o f c ot to n tob acco i n digo and and handi c rafts m t ea and ex ten s ive b reed ers o f catt l e There are two races o f L ua o r L awa one o f whi ch the Baw ” L ua is ack no wl edged to be the abo rigi nal race Th ey are fo und c hi efly in the M ai ng L o o n e v ll y h b bo e e a n d e e n m r a r u e u a t gy n i ne tho usand — I T re H eri rud Valley D r A it chi so n nat urali st to the A fgh an D eli mitatio n Co mmi ss io n states th at the vall ey o f the H eri rud is ex t remely fertil e p rod uc i n g mag nifi cen t c rops o f wh eat b arl ey c otto n g rapes m elo ns and t he mulb erry t ree A mo ng the t rees g ro wn are Pinus I ra/epemzs an as h and two elms T he co unt ry app ears b arren and ari d in w i n ter but in sp ri n g is covered wit h 1 T his de a tm t i s e t d b il d e l h i n e e d i h a a W N L oc x m c r o n P y p p '

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li t sp ri ng flo wers are three Merenderas follo wed by a many c olo red tuli p and several Eremuri (liliaceo us) T he gold en flo wers o f a D elphi ni um are c oll ected for dyei ng sil k yello w M o re o rdi nary plants are tw o low A rtemi si as two spec i es o f Ephe d ra and n umero us A st ragali A n A scl epi as w hi ch sen ds up an n ual stems fro m an und er g ro und root s to c k yi eld s a go o d fiber whi ch is mad e i nto cloth — A siatic N otes T he Calcutta Eng lzsltman states th at M r N eed ham and Captai n M ol eswo rth follo wed the co urse o f the Brah ma p utra fro m S adiya to R i ma and are abl e to st ate autho ri tatively t h at t he Z ay al C hu fall s i nto it T he ex ped i tio n di spat c h ed t o the Fly riv er by the Geog raphi cal S o c i ety o f A ust ral as i a i n N ovember l ast has ret urned R epo rts o f the massacre of the party were c i rc ulated by two nativ es who b ec ame pani c s t ri ck en at a ti me w h en t he st eam er was s urro unded by h o stil e n atives who th rew sp ears and shot arro ws fro m the b ank s Petrol eum appears to abo und in A si a It o c curs in Burmah al so n ear uett a (Hi nd ustan ) and the whol e c o unt ry fro m t he n o rth eastern c o rner o f the Black sea th ro ugh the C aucas us to Bak u o n the C a5 pi an abo und s w ith it There is much di sp ute abo ut the titl e o f M o unt Everest undo ubtedly the high est k n o wn peak in the w o rld M r D F reshfield mai ntai ns the acc uracy o f the S chlag intweit s observatio ns and i ns i sts o n Gaurisankar b ri g ht o r white b ride o f S iva as the native n ame fo r the peak is th at o f the g ro up while D evadun ga the abod e o f D ei ty General j T W alker deni es t h at Mo unt Ev eres t is id ent i cal wi th Gaurisankar T he fi rst name was given by S ir A Waugh be cause n o native nam H erman S chlag int e co uld be di sc overed weit id entifi ed it wi th the Gaurisankar o f the N epal ese b ut fro m t he d esc riptio n he gives it is obvio us th at he mi stook M akal u hi w i s nearer to his poi nt o f vi ew and tho ug h 1200 feet lo wer c h ( app ears high er because o f the earth s c urvat ure) fo r Ev eres t whi c h he call s S ihsur T he

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bows ax and two o r th ree assegai s T he wo men sh ave the h ead Th ey are a per s ec uted race d welli ng in to wns amo ng the f as t nesses o f the ig neo us mo untai ns T he nex t peopl e vi sited the Mo ko rik ori r es em bl e the Masho na A mo ng the S enga the wo men p erfo rate t h e upper lip pl aci ng th erei n a ri n g o f 1vo ry o r wood call ed the a a s B n r 1 c o t a tly e n l a gi g thi th y s d n m ki g t h n n s u c c e a n e e e jg y ec t t wo and a h al f i nc h es l i p proj Tete a flo uri shi ng Po rt ug uese to wn in L ivi ngstone s ti me is n o w h al f rui ned for the el eph ant has ret reated to the far i nterio r an d the ivo ry t rad e is sm all A fter l eavi ng Tete M r K err w as d eserted by his follo wers an d l eft alo ne amo ng a tribe o f ki dnappers o f mi x ed Z ul u and T he ki n g has ab sol ute po wer ; ex ec utio ns are C h0 petta o ri g i n fre uent and namel ess cruelti es g eneral It might h ave fared ill w ith the t ravel er had it n o t been fo r a Po rt ug uese h unter A t l ength L ak e Nyassa was reach ed at the mi ssio n stati on o f L i vi ngsto ni a T he statio n was d eserted and the A j awas who r emai ned wi th t he t rav el er wo uld no t ri sk th ei r boats o n the A fter si x teen d ay s in a d eserted hut he was resc ued by M S hiré G i raud th en o n his way to the c oast L ak e Nyassa is many feet lower than in 1859 and the S hiré is d i mi n i shi n g in vol ume — e r B e r h e s b M Fo ncin (R ev ue de Geog raphi c Fev ri er 1886) T s t at es th at the Berb ers are the p redo mi nati n g rac e in A lgeri a Ph eni ci ans Carth agi nians and R o mans have di sappeared and cc casio nally the blo nd e type o cc urs in K abyli a an d recal ls t he s o ldi ers o f Genseri c ; the A rab to n g ue p repo nd erates e e t v e n y t he A rab is merged in the anci ent Berber race Th ere are in fact — o n ly two chi ef races in A lgeri a A rabized Berbers abo ut 2 s t ro n g M oo rs 000 st ro ng and Berberized A rab s abo ut T urks and negroes are few and are beco mi ng fewer but Jews 1n r z T he Berbers are o ften no m tse ad s and were so in the ti me o f ,

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T he sed entary t ribes are the Kabyl es of the mo untai ns east of A lgi ers, the natives o f the D ah ra the T raras and L ittl e K abyli a, t he A urasians o f the A ure s, the high est mo untai n mass o f A lgeri a and the Kso urians o r nati ves of the oases o f the A lgeri an S ah ara, i ncl udi n g the peopl e o f M zab T he T uareg are no mad Berbers Tire Cong a —M de Brazza th us s ummarizes the res ults o f his last expedi t io n, w hi ch covered a space o f tw o years and ni ne mo nths T he survey o f t he Ogo we has been co mp let ed ; the A li ma and the Co ngo (fro m the N k andj a to Brazzavill e) has been t h o ro ughly s urveyed ; important topog raphi al and hyd rograph i al wo rk has been ex ecuted o n the co ast o f L oang o ; numero us as t ro no mi cal observ atio ns h av e b een tak en at di f feren t poi n ts ; nat ural hi sto ry S p e imens o f interest h ave been ex tensively co l ,

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photog raph s sk etch es and ethno g raphi cal no tes have been b ro ught ho me A l most all the tribes alo ng an d b etween the Ogo weand Co ng o h ave been bro ug ht under t he i nfl uence o f F rance i ncl udi ng t o so m e ex tent the cann ibal Fahuins M r Grenfell has mad e anoth er ex plo ri ng voyag e d evoted to the L ulo n go and the Bo ruki the o n ly rivers o f i mpo rtance that re mai ned unexplo red bet ween the Kasai and the L o mame T he ° ’ ’ L ulo ngo fall s i n to the Co ngo in 18 4 2 E lo ng and 0 4 1 N ’ M r Grenfell ascend ed it to 22 3 2 E lo ng and 10 N lat ; lat it th erefo re runs nearly parall el to the mai n st ream T he Bo ruk i is fo rmed by the unio n o f t hree rivers one o f whi c h the juapa ° was ascend ed as far as 2 3 14 E lo ng and 1 1 5 lat wh ere it was still an open wa ter way o ne h undred y ard s wid e an d twel ve feet deep — — A merican N e ws Ex plo ratio ns co nd ucted in the A u s s i es Gran C haco by M de Brett es h ave res ulted in t he di sco very o f a ° ’ ’ " l arge sal t l ake sit uated bet ween lat 2 5 57 06 S and lat 2 7 30 ” Th ree rivers flow i ng no rth and so uth p robably t rib utari es 18 5 o were d i scov ered T he nati ves C hun upis V elo las o f t he V ermej T he co unt ry and M atacos are deg rad ed c ruel and hypo c ri ti cal at covered w ith t ho rny t rees mars h es and tall sharp p rai ri e is fl g rass D r T en Kate has ex plo red the canal co nnec t i n g the S uri nam and S aramacca rivers ascend ed the Wayo mbo the banks o f w hi c h are i nh abited by t he A rro wak s proceeded fo r five days up t he N ikerie whi c h flo ws th ro ug h a well woo ded but un i n h abited reg io n and ret urned down the N ikerie and up the Co renti n to Oneala M T ho uar acco rdi ng to the Br azil and R iver Plate M ail has returned s uccessfully fro m his seco n d jo ur ayo and has p roved t he river to be navigable ney up the Pil co m — — u r o E e a n N e w s u h m e t ti ti l EUR OPE T e r a s B r e a u a n c a G S p gives the pop ul atio n o f Berli n in 1885 as I n 1880 Germany had o nly eigh t to wns o f mo re th an 100 000 i n h abitants T he D ob ruj a has an area o f abo ut 57 66 n o w it has fo urteen s uare mil es abo ut two t hi rd s o f w hi ch is p rod uctive the rest marshes an d sand W 1th l akes T he o ffici al esti mates pl ace the pop ulatio n at and a

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G E OL OG Y

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— I T T OF T H E Penman Emm a h ave at vario us ti mes described t he extrao rdi nary develop ment o f neural spi nes o f the do rsal v ert eb ra: in the gen us Di metrodo n whi ch belo ngs to t he C lepsy dro pidae o ne o f t he carn ivo ro us famili es o f the sauri an o rder Th ero mo rp h a T he d entition o fth ese an i mal s is o f the mo st fo rmi d able ch aracter c o n s i sti ng o f co m p ressed fi nely serrate teeth o n the max ill ary and d entary bo nes mi ngl ed wi th h uge co ni c t usk s o n the mi ddl e o f the max ill ary ue L ONG S PI NE D -

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io r end o f the dentary and occ upyi ng the enti re alveol ar face o f the p remax ill ary T he h uge neural spi nes fo rmed an ele v at ed fin o n the b ack I n a medi um sized s eci men o f D imetrodon p m m i nci sions wh ere the verteb ral body i s 3 5 1n l eng th the el evatio n m m o f t he spi nes is 9 00 es as g reat T he o r t wenty and a h al f t im apex o f the s pi ne in thi s speci es is s l end er and apparently w as flex ible T he utili ty is di ffi cult to i magi ne U nl ess the an i mal h ad a uati c h abits and swam o n its back the c rest o r fin must h ave been in the way o f active movements A cco rdi ngly the s p i nes are o ccas io nally fo und di sto rted at the un io n o f surfaces o f frac tures T he li mbs are no t lo ng eno ugh no r the c l aws acute as in the ex i sti n g en o ugh to demo nst rat e arbo real h abits ry pec uli ar s re a si mil ar crest ex i sts n u s B a s ili s w h e A v e u e c g s pec i es has b een d es cribed und er the name o f N aosanms clavig er C o pe Th ere the spi nes are not uite so elevated as in the D incisions but th ey are mo re rob ust and h ave t ransverse pro bl e the yard arms o f a s hip s mast c esses or b ranch es w hi c h resem I n a full sized i ndivid ual the lo n gest cro ss arms whi ch are t he m m o r ten and lo west in po s ition h ave an ex panse of 260 whil e the spi ne has abo ut the h eight o f uarter i nch es a m mm m n m c s h e lo g T h a i i h body b i g 6 n e t e n n e a l 0 00 ) 5 mus t h ave p resented an ex t rao rdi nary appearance Perh aps its d o rsal armat ure resembl ed the b ranc h es o f s h rub s th en as th ey do now and served to co nceal th em in a b rushy o r wooded region Or mo re p robably the yard arms were co nnected by membrane w ith the neural spi ne o r mast th us servi ng the an i mal as a sai l A w ith whi ch he navig ated the waters o f the Permi an l ak es very s i ng ul ar ch aract er o f the spi nes in all the spec i es is that t hey are hollow as in C oel acanth fi sh es and that the central c avity is not clo sed at the apex Th ere is a well p reserved crani um of the D clavig er but the muzzle is unfo rt unately wanti ng T he medi an li ne ri ses forward s o t hat the co nvex ity o f the top o f the muzzl e 13 high er t han the po sterio r parts o f the sk ull who se pr ofile descends rapidly Thi s th rows the o rbit far back and giv es the ani mal a peculi ar appear an t er

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C ONGR ES S or Gnomo i s rs t io n i nc l udes a repo rt o f the p ro ceedi ng s o f the c o n g ress and repo rt s o f the sev eral c o mmi tt ees appoi nted to p resent sy st ems o f n o mencl at ure and cartog raphy by the Co n gress o f Bolog na Th ese repo rts are highly i nteresti n g and di splay in an i nst ruct ive manner the poi nts o f agreement and divergence b etw een the s r e s o f h d e n d ologi t e i e t o n t r i e f u op d ig r t f f c u s o E r T h e e s t e e e g s ult will co nsti t ute wh en co mpl eted the mo st val uabl e syn ops is o f the s ubj ect y et writt en U nfo reseen ci rcumstances prevented the co mpl etio n o f the repo rts of so me o f the A meri can c o mmi t t ees and the U n it ed S tates Geolo g i cal S urv ey w as not ade l u t e r r s a e e e t e a u M i t e p d ltho gh d i s s t w i h n M r c e e d h b e t h G y q means at his d i sposal T he colo r system adopted is as it sho uld be fo un ded o n th at w hi ch has lo n g been c urrent in all co unt ri es T he new system p roposed by the U 8 Geologi cal S urvey was not adopted b ut a l etter fro m Majo r Powell reco mmen di ng it was read S o me o f the d etail s for rep resent i ng d etail s p ropo sed by Maj o r Powell might we thi nk he i ntro duced w i th advantage T he i mpo rtant A meri can fo rmatio ns o f the L arami e and P uerco must al so be rep resent ed by app ropri ate colo rs W e hope that the Co ng ress o f L o ndo n w il l mak e up fo r th ese d efi c i enc i es and add to the good wo rk do ne by the Co ng ress o f Berli n whatev er may be necessary fro m oth er po rtio ns o f t he earth T he repo rt is wel l p ri nted and is in all respec ts wh at was to have been ex pected o f the di sti ng ui sh ed secretary o f the A meri can Co mmi tt ee — F I R S T A PPEA R A NC E o r T H E Gam es A t a meeti ng o f h eld at L o n d on A p ril 2d J the Geologi sts A sso ci atio n S tarki e Gard ner di scussed the poi nts beari ng o n the geologi cal peri o d at whi ch g rasses fi rst co mmenced to ass ume a p repo nder ati n g po s itio n in v egetatio n Th ei r val ue and i mpo rtance at the p resent day were fi rst sketched and it was remark ed th at th ey o ccupy under c ulti vatio n o ne th u d o f the enti re area o f E urope i ncl usive o f l akes and mo untai ns whil e ex cl usive o f malt and spi ri t uo us d ri n k s di still ed fro m th em thei r p rod ucts to t he v al ue po rted annually o f n early o ne h undred millio ns st erli ng are i m i nto thi s co unt ry alo ne Th ere are over 3000 spec i es fit ted to o ccupy mo st di verse statio ns and to overc o me nearly every ki nd o f co m petitio n under no matter wh at c o nditio ns w ith the res ult th at abo ut ni nety five per cent o fthepl an t s g ro wi ng in o rdi nary meado w land are g rasses T he c o ncl us io n arrived at was th at th ere was n o g reat d ev elop ment o f g rasses until to ward s the c lo se o f the Eo cene no defi nite remai ns b ei ng asso ci at ed w ith any o f the older Eocene flo ras of t emperate l atit udes A n umber o f facts T HE R

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b ro ught fo rward to show th at g rasses c o uld by no po ssibil ity h ave fail ed to b eco me asso ci ated with the remai ns o f oth er i s d epo sit ed un d er s uch c o ndi t io ns as t ho se o f the e l a n t s n b d p E o cene had t hey ex i sted in any pro fus io n th en whil e furth er to s u ppo rt thi s arg u m ent it w as stated th at t he v ery si milar Oligo c ene and M io cene b ed s all o ver Europe are c ro w d ed w it h th em Furth er it was sho wn th at the d entitio n o f all t he early Eo cene herbivo ro us Mammali a was adopted for crunchi ng fruits snappi ng t w igs and g rubbi ng o f roots rath er th an fo r b ro wsi ng o n s uch food as g rass s o th at the evol utio n o f t rue Graminivo ra as w ell as the s p ec i alized C arnivo ra t hat p rey o n th em must be p ost d ated to T he geologi cal hi sto ry o f t he appearance o f the g rass itsel f t h e w hol e cl ass o f i nsect s was revi ewed wi th t he obj ect o f s uppo rt in g the co ncl usio n arrived at as to the post mid Eo cene d ate o f h s m m c u r i a ld i g ho v n l t r a s s r r e a n s o f a s a w e e r o c t e O e r s g y seri es o f Terti ary d epo sit s in S pitzbergen b ut as yet th ei r age has Fi nally it was sho wn that the n ot b een acc urately co rrel ated i n t rod uctio n o f an aggressi ve ty pe in vast n umb ers and o f differ e nt h abit s to p re ex i sti n g vegetatio n ex ert ed an i n fl uence o n ter e ren r estrial li fe al to geth er wi tho ut p arall el and fo r the fi rst ti m d ered po ssibl e the d evelop ment o f a meado w and p rai ri e v egetatio n as di sti nct fro m th at o f marsh sc rub and fo rest with all the at t endant fo rms o f ani mal and vegetabl e li fe to whi ch s uc h vegeta t i o n is i ndi spensabl e A n o rog raphi cal and geologi cal GEOL OGI C A L N Ews —General map o f T urkestan the wo rk o f M Mo uchketofl has b een pre i e des S ci ences de Pari s acco mpani ed by s ented to the A cadé m a g eologi cal d escriptio n o f the A ralo Caspi an st eppes — r a o r o n e u s t h i a b lt r m th t e e p r od c tiv M u B n a fl i r R e a u e C s f b od i es o f C al amod end ro ns are g rai ns o f poll en whi c h o c cur in ro ups o f t h s u w f s a r e f e r t r a c t ithi o i d by il b r n u a r e t f c r s c o e h g Th ese p lants must t he fruit whi ch recall s th at o f A nnul ari a t herefo re acco rdi ng to M: R enault be regard ed as gy mnOS per mo us phanerogams — o r e c n da y S R F To mes (Geol Mag March 1886 ) d escrib es t w o speci es o f Mad repo rari a o f the genera T hecocyathus and T rococyath us fro m the Upper L i as of Glo ucestershi re Tertiary R L y dekker has d escribed the pal atal half o f t he c rani um o f a l arge E ri naceus fro m the Up per M io cene o f ( E ni ngen I t is clo sely alli ed to E eur opa ns but the d esc rib er es it a ning ensis n am T he same pal e o ntolog ist has d escribed t h e anterio r po rtio n o f the crani al ro st rum o f M elitosanms elrarnpsoides a c ro codili an fro m the M io cene o f Mal ta A l fred Bell revi ews the s uccess io n o f the l ater terti ari es in G reat Britai n in the Geolog ical M ag az ine fo r Feb ruary 1886 H e c o ncl ud es th at Bri tai n was never oth erwi se th an co nti nental fro m t he clo se o f the M iddl e R ed C rag to t h at o f the mi no r gl aci at ion a ls o t h at man came i n to Britai n after the gl aci al epoch w ere

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m and Of a maple b ranch T he st udents w ere given no furt h er i nst ructio n They are never told what to l oo k fo r F ro mmy pil e Of sk etch es and descrip tio ns I uote the whol e Of the fi rst o ne w itho ut maki n g any sel ect io n I D raw i ng o f mapl e b ranc h w i th termi nal and oppo sit e lat eral b uds S tem thi c k and Of a red c olo r covered w ith smal l speck s Woo d not so to ugh as elm Buds mo re tender 2 D rawi ng Of elm t wig w i th a termi nal b ud and alternate lateral b uds Wood c o mpact and to ugh Buds appear to be better pro tected fro m weath er th an mapl e T he d rawi ng if no t the d e scI iptio n wo ul d i ndi cate th at the mapl e is A eer dasy ear m n p Fo r the next fiel d wo rk each member Of the class w as re uested to mak e a study Of the l ast year s gro wth Of a b ranch Of eac h o f two ki n d s Of A cer Wh at is A cer ? was o ne Of the fi rst ues tio ns each member answered fo r h i msel f Thi s l esso n b ro ug ht o ut the spec ifi c pec uli ariti es o f members Of t he same gen us peculi ariti es not easily fo un d in books withi n the reach o f st u d ents One Of the fi rst d uti es Of a t each er in nat ural sci ence is to keep st udents away fro m p ri nted descriptio ns Th ey must g o to the Obj ects and make th ei r o wn descriptio ns I uote again fro mt he fi rst paper T he bark Of N O I is o f a lighti sh c olo r and it is di ffi cult t o tell a year s gro wth whil e th at o f N O 2 is of a red colo r and it is very eas t o recog n ize a year s g ro wth as th ere is a marked y di fference I n the colo r T he c ov eri n gs o f the b ud s o f N O I are muc h mo re scaly than those o f N O 2 and th ey are al so mo re c losely attach ed to thei r b uds than those Of NO 2 are attach ed to th ei r b uds T he i nternodes Of the fi rst are much sho rter th an t ho se Of the sec o nd T he year s g ro wth Of t he fi rst is s ho rter th an t hat Of the seco nd as it g rows mo re slo wly M uch b ett er wo rk t han thi s is fo und o n several papers T he c h ance sel ectio n is no t far b elo w the average T he [pilowing uestio ns were given the c l as s at its n ex t meeti ng and writt en answers h an d ed in s r e I H a v e u ob r v e d a n b a n c hi n g o o n () y y t he l ast year s g ro wth ? (2 ) Wh at are t he d i fferences in t he buds Of t he t wo mapl es P 3 ) Give numb er Of b uds o n year s g ro wth Of each R e a s d s t h f h w n d s l tiv iz fl ibili y t g ki e e x n r n t e t o t e a e O (4 ) Of twigs d h f u Wh e r a r t h e r b u s P T e o u r th e s tio n e e e fl o w (5 ) Opened the eyes to many i mpo rtant s ubj ects and the fi ft h set th em in search o f t he p ro mi ses Of blo sso ms on the twigs A t thi s meeti ng two mi cro scopes were so pl aced th at each student o f the l arg e c l ass co uld look in as he fil ed o ut Of the l ect ure roo m at the clo se Of t he ex erci se U nder the fi rst i nst rument was sho wn a lo ngit udi nal sectio n Of a fres h l eaf b ud and under t he seco nd a lik e vi ew Of a fl I t may be o wer b ud bot h Of the lil ac st at ed h ere in p ass i n g t h at eac h m emb er Of t he c l ass gets ei t h er o ne o r two mi cro scopi c vi ews in t he above way at eac h meet i n g Wi tho ut h ere fully follo wi ng o ut the co urse it may be sai d th at the

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k no wn to be carni vo ro us by exceptio n an d no t a few are so as a rul e Th es e are chi efl y fo und amo n g Pyrali ds and it is not n ec essary fo r m s en t p urpo se to refer to t he cases in d etail p r e y Fo r so me years no w I h ave b een st udyi ng the remarkab le li fe h abits o f t he A phidi dae and especi ally Of so me Of the g all maki n g and l eaf c urli ng speci es Of Pemphig inze I n the c oll ecti n g Of materi al and maki ng Of Ob servatio ns I have been assi sted by M r Th Perg and e who has o n a n umb er o f o c cas io ns s i nce 1880 fo und t he larva Of t hi s Fenes ica asso ci ated w i th vario us pl ant li ce A mo n g the speci es with whi ch it has b een th us fo und asso ci ated are Pemphig us fr axi ngfoln R il ey whi ch c u rl s the l eav es o f F rax i n us ; S elt zlsonenr a tessellata Fit ch w hi ch h a o c ro wd s upo n the b ranc hes o f A l n us ; an d Pem u t r i i m r s b i e p g Fitch whi ch co ng regates in l arge masses o n Fag us A ll th ese s peci es p ro d uce much fl oc culent and sacch ari ne m att er T he fre uency with whi ch thi s l arva was fo und amo n g th ese pl ant l ice j ustifi ed the suspi cio n th at it feed s upo n t h emo r derives b enefit fro m th em; y et U p to 1885 the p resumptio n was th at it b en efited fro m the secreti ons o f the pl ant li ce rather th an fro mthe i nsect s themselves L ast fall ho wever M r Pergand e Obtai ned ab un dant evid ence th at the Fenesica l arv a act ually feed s upo n the A phidids and I tho ugh t it wo rt h whil e to call attentio n to th is po si ti ve p roo f Of the carnivo ro us h abits o f the S peci es Th at the d i fferen t spec i es o f pl an t li ce are the n o rmal foo d Of thi s l arva is ren d ered m o re than p robabl e fo r the follo wi ng reaso ns pts to feed the l arva upo n the l eaves upo n w hi ch it was 1 A ttem fo u nd h ave p roved futil e the l arva peri shi ng rath er t han feed upo n t hem 2 T he food pl ants given by the autho rit ies are s uc h as are wel l k n o wn to h arbo r pl an t li ce s s r s f w d u r c u dd e r a u tho iti e h e i n o r m s m r pi c k e M S e e e a 3 p h ere and th ere and o ne Of th em fo r al der whi ch he recall s viz : “ a M r Emery fo und it mo re co mmo nly o n a li mb amo ng pl an t ” l ic e r n M r r h s e u e a u t o u g e a r n tly b v d t l v a o O t L f O s e r e h e a r d 4 g { or o n beech but never dis t a m m n k Balti mo re amo ng Pemphzz o g udg e L awrence j oh nso n also fo und ass o c i ated fro m the li ce and j it in co n nectio n wit h the same speci es aro und S h revepo rt L a l as t fall and s urmi sed th at it mig ht feed upo n the Pemphig us but nei th er Of t hese Ob servers were abl e to g et positive p roo f Of the are

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— E NT OMOL OGI C A L N EWS A t a recent meeti n g Of the L on do n Eu t o mo lo g ical S o ci ety t he venerabl e P ro fesso r West woo d remark ed t h at an i nsect (M ae/za rota ensgfer a Burm in C eylo n alli ed to the fr o g hopper (A ph ropho ra) i nstead Of bei n g en clo sed in a liquI d e n h u s h e d h a d n o f c koo s pit l f m by t r a pi r i g t e c d a c a e r t e e o ( ) l i u i d secreted D r Geo Marx arti st Of the A g ri cul t ural D e r ic ana fo r May a des cri ntonzolog za A m e p bli h m a r e n u s e n E s t t i p p t i o n Of t he mal e o f Gaster acant/za r uf ospznosa fro m Flo rida with A l t ho ug h 17 0 spec i es Of t hi s ex c ell en t fig ures o f the two sex es m l s s f n w e s e n i u a r k n o w n e a l e s o o y t o p c i e h a v e b e e n e h t g T he mal e di ffers much in sh ape b es id es h i t h erto di scovered I n Bull eti n b ei n g l ess th an o ne uart er as l arg e as the femal e N O 5 Of the C al A cad S ci ences T L C asey revi ses t he C alifor n ia sp ec i es o f L ithocharis and alli ed g enera o f S taphy lin ida T he Transactio ns Of t he A merican Ento molo g i cal S o ci ety x11 N o s 3 4 co mpl ete an ex cell ent vol ume Th ey co ntai n a tho ro ugh mo nog raph Of No rt h A meri can C hry sidida by S Frank A aro n i ll ust rat ed by five pl ates a mo nog raph o f t he earli er stages o f the Odo nata s ub famili es Go mphina and C o rdulegastrina by D r H A H ag en ; an d a useful bibliog raphical an d sy no ny mi cal cata l o g ue Of the N o rt h A meri can C y n ipida by Mr W H A sh mead w i t h des criptio n of new speci es A ppended is a li st Of speci es peculi ar to desig nated t rees and pl ants the g reater numb er as is well k n o wn livi ng o n the o aks .

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B alli nger s ann ual D I V I S I ON I N S E PT I C add ress befo re t he R oy al M i c ro scopi cal S o c i ety Feb 10 be de tail ed t he result s whi c h are p ubli sh ed in ful l in t he jo urnal Of t he Fo ur fo rms were sel ected fo r st udy I n each so ci ety fo r A p ril o f the fo u r o rgani s ms the facts were di scov erabl e in the d evelo p ment of the nucl eus t he o rigi n o f the fl agell a and the g ro wt h Of Th ey were best seen in Tetr amrtns r ostratus and Poly the body tonra avella ; not ui te so well in D allrng erza ary sdali an d l east perfectly I n H eter omzta r ostrata but in all th ey were seen w i th Each o f th ese septi c o r fic i ent c learness to l eave no do ub t s uf t i sm rmi nates a lo ng seri es o f fiss io ns w i th wh at I s pract i n s e a g T he l ast two Of a lo ng ch ai n o f cally a generat ive act o f fus io n d forms fuse i nto one beco me uite still and at l ength sel f divid e

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b ursts and a co untl ess ho st Of germs is po ured T he g ro wth Of th ese g erms i n to fo rms l ik e t he paren t w as fo rth c o nti n uo us ly watch ed s ho wi n g g rad ual en l argement an d ul ti mate but as to ti me so mewh at uncertai n appearance Of the n u cleus an d the so mewh at s udd en appearance Of the fl agell a o r th read like moto r o rgans the l atter bei n g fo und in each i nsta n ce to ari se in the nucl eus Very soon after the ad ult stag e is reached the act Of sel f divi sio n co mmences and is k ept up for ho urs in T he d eli cate pl ex us lik e struct ure b eco mes ag g re s uccessio n t d h n u c l eus l eavi n g the rest perfectly c lear t n e e n d O f e a o t e a g ex cept that a fai nt beadi n g is seen in the middl e li ne wit h tw o o r three fine th reads fro m it to the pl ex us Th en o ccurs the co m mencement o f part i tio n o f the nucl eus followed by a sli ght i nd i ui ckly afterwards t he catio n Of di vi sio n Of the body sub stan ce es co mpl etely cl eft and the body s ub stance follo w s n ucl eus b eco m Th en the pl ex us like co nditio n is agai n di ffused e ually s uit over the whol e n ucl eus Wh en the generative co nditio n is ap roached by t he l ast g eneratio n Of a lo n g seri es Of dividi n g fo rms p it is remarkabl e th at the Organ i sm beco mes ama bo id s ho wi n g ho w far reachi ng is the ama bo id state I n thi s co n ditio n wh en tw o such fo rm s to uc h o ne ano th er th ey co al esce and fuse i n to each other al most as tho ugh two glob ul es o f mercury had to uch ed unt il n uc l eus reach es n ucl eus and two melt i nto o ne and the bl en d ed bodi es b eco me a glob ul ar sac whic h ulti mately emit s an en o r mo us number Of germs P revio us to the blendi ng it is no w made o ut th at all t races Of pl ex us like st ruct ure are lo st in the n uc l eus whi ch beco mes g reat ly en l arged and ass umes a milky aspect an d sho ws n o t race Of st ruct u re th ro ug ho ut the p ro cess Of fus io n A fterward s it begi ns to di ffuse itsel f radi ally th ro ug h the body sarco de unt il every t race o f the n ucl eus is go ne and the sti ll glob ul e Of livi ng matter bec o mes t ight and glo ssy but no t race o f st ruct ure can be any w h ere fo und in it I n t hi s c o nditio n it remai n s fo r s ix ho urs w hen it emit s the multit ud e Of germs A fter givi ng s i mil ar detail s abo ut several oth er o rgan i sms D r “ B alli nger s ummed up th us : One thi ng appears c l ear the n u cleus is the center Of all the high er activiti es in th ese o rgani sms T he g erm i tsel f appears to be but an und evelo ped n ucl eus and wh en th at n ucl eus has attai ned its full di mens io ns th ere is a pause in growth in o rder t hat its i nt ernal d evelopment may be It beco mes p racti cally i ndi s p utabl e t hat the body acco mpli s hed sarc o de is so to speak a secretio n a vital p rod uct Of the n ucl eus Fro m it the fl agell a o rigi nally ari se ; by it t he act Of fissio n is i niti ated and in all p rob ability carri ed to the end ;the same is the case w ith fertilizatio n and t he p rod uctio n o f germs We are th us b ro ught i nto close rel atio n w i th the behavio r Of the n ucl eus in the s i mpl est c o n di t io n N O do ubt far p ro fo und er and s ubtler e s a r n c u r e e n r h a n g o r tly o e d i g o r e a r e n o e n c W e f u s c c O c p nearer to the solutI on Of what li f d i s t n c e is u n c a e t to o m B ea y the i nvesti ng

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k n owl edge o f how the mo st livi ng part of the min u t est o rgani s ms act s in d etail has for me and fo r mo st biologi st s ” an i ncreasi n g fasci natio n — BL U E C OL OR OF A NI MA L S P ro fesso r F L eydig says th at a bl ue ranul ar pig m rely fo und in ani m s h e s f o r n t i s a l n c r a yfi h r a i e t ; g T he bl ue colo r is mo re Often ex ampl e th ere are bl ue c ry stal s d ue to i nterference o wi ng to the p resence o f l amell a o r to the fib ril s Of co nnective t i ssue as in the tapet um fibro sum Of t he eye Of ru mi nants ; the c o ri um Of t he livi ng l arva Of Pelobates fuseas is s i mil arly bl ue A d ull materi al overlyi ng bl ack pig ment pro d uces bl ue as in the case Of bl ue eyes whi ch are due to the urea e frogs D ark s hi n i n g th ro ugh the no n pig mented i ri s and in so m c h ro matopho res h av e a lik e ef fect as has too the swelli n g Of t he I n co ncl u co ri um co nse uent o n the filli ng Of the ly mph sp aces s io n t he autho r di scusses the teg umen tary secret io ns whi ch are Of vario us colo rs and whi ch can be washed away ; an ex ampl e is to be seen in t he cel esti al bl ue colo r o f the ab do men Of L ibellula de f bloo m the p upa Of the A pollo but O and p erh ap s the , m t h m t r b i n e s o f o h h a d e c olo i n g a t e a c ll e n t e t r n r e terfl h O y y t he epid ermis as is the cas e wi th the ro sy c ol o r o f Tetrao uro u l s an d can th en Of co urse o nly be removed aft er the de a l g ’ — structio n Of the ti ss ue w hi ch co ntai ns it jour n R oy M icr S oc

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PE R C EPT I ON o r BR I GH T NES S A ND COL OR nv M A R I N E A N I MA L S P ro fesso r V Graber has made so me furth er ex peri ments o n mari ne H e fi nd s an i mal s w i th t he divi ded bo x al ready used by him t h at the c o mmo n star fish is an emi nently leucophilo us o r light lo vi ng ani mal fo r the b right divi s io n of the bo x al ways co ntai ned as man y i n divid ual s as the dark ; th ey avoi d red o r are ery t hopho bes th ree ti mes as many seeki ng a d ark bl ue co mp art ment T he co mmo n j elly fish (M edusa anrzta) was neith er spe c ially sensitiv e to b right n ess n o r to col o r ; but it is po ssibl e th at [ dotea trieus the res ults might be di fferent wi th l arger a uari a a x i mum di fferences in i v a t a ry sen sitiv e to light at t he m d i s e p b rightness fo r as many i ndivid ual s so ug ht the whi te as the dark co mpart ment ; but they are ui te i nsensitive to l ess marked di fferences Th ey Obj ect to red and like bl ue Gammarus locusta do es not seem to be affected by li g ht o r s h ade R zssoa oetona d i slik es t he d ark and is sensi tive to l ess mark ed di sti nc tio ns ; it ag ai n in the p ropo rtio n Of 10 3 to 2 lik ed bl ue an d avoi ded red Gasterosteus sptnaolzza lik e fresh water fi sh es p refers dark ness in s aeus gave so m ewh at the propo rt io n o f 7 8 to 6 and S y ng nat/ m — o a R o M c 1 8 6 o r A r il 8 i c m S S i mil ar res ul ts y f p — I n a recent p aper read be T H E S A C R UM OF M ENOPOM A fo re the Biologi cal S o ci ety Of Washi n gto n M r F A L ucas d rew attentio n to t he fact th at t he fig ure o f the p el vi s Of Menopo ma in t he arti cl e A mphibi a n i nth edit io n o f the Encyclopa dia Britanni ca .

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must h ave been d rawn fro m an ab no rmal speci men T he fi g u re an d acco mpanyi ng tex t c red it Menopo ma wi t h two sacral v erteb ra b ut an ex ami natio n o f ten sp eci mens failed to S ho w the Occ u rren c e .

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Brising ida a n d S t ichasterid a ; S pecies Of C ribrella an d S o laster ; several Pter a s terida a family al most enti rely co n fined to g reat d ept hs many G o n iasterida , and so me A rchas terida an d Po rcellanasterida A st eriada and A sterinida are al mo st wanti ng L inckiada enti rely so S i x ty fo ur speci es is the tot al , o f w hi ch fi fty are n ew .

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D EV EL OPMENT OF of Bo sto n while wo rki n g in Cl aus s l abo rato ry at T ri este succeeded i n artifi c i ally fertilizi ng the o va o f a speci es o f Patell a the spe um T he o va measured 0 12 e o f whi c h is no t given in cific nam di ameter ; bl ui sh g reen in colo r and opaq ue A ceti c acid and e r w m r n s r e n u f e u n e a e n h r ly c i d to d th t p t o g n e r e s e e e r a o r a g T he i nternal ch an ges st udy Of the g eneral ex t ernal ch aracters T he eggs were mat ured w ere st udi ed by means Of sectio ns fro m the fi rst Of N ovember to the middl e o f J an uary T he o va were co vered by a v ery thi ck t ransparen t cho rio n t raversed by fine po re canals T he mi cropyle was a wi de c rater like openi ng in the cho rio n at o ne po le o f the eg g ; w i thi n t hi s o peni ng were a numb er Of hig hly refractive glob ul es whi ch g reatly i nterfered wit h the Observation o f the fec undatio n and fo rmat io n o f the pol ar glob ul es T en mi nutes after remo vi ng the o va fro m the o vari es t he pol e glob ul es appear as two colo rl ess an d tran s parent p rolo ngatio ns ari si ng fro m t he s urface Of the ov um at the b ottom o f the crater like mi cropyl e T he pol ar cell s are o f great I

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mb raced by the fo ur upper small er cell s o f the ani mal pole By d ivi sio n Of the lo wer cell s t here ari ses a t hi rd l ayer Of fo ur inter med iate cell s an d soo n after th ese fo ur o thers appear whi ch are ap parently deri ved fro mthe fo u r upper o nes T hereupo n s ix mo re sm all er cell s are d ev eloped at the ani mal pol e an d s o mewhat l ater ei g ht mo re such appear at the vegetative pol e so th at the emb ryo is no w c o mpo sed o f thi rty s ix c ell s A t thi s s tage t he gast rul a mo uth b egi ns to d evelo p ; at fi rst as a s light dep ressio n whi c h l ater b eco mes d eep er l eadi n g to t he fo rmatio n o f a sy m metri cal gastrul a co nsi sti ng Of ecto and endo derm T he two ann uli o r c ycl es o f l arge cell s whi ch rep resent the vel um are ferenti ated no w d i f a s r i n s s h u s x w g t l e t o m h t o g t d bl to e a e a l n a d n e r t h a e e a n a e T po re an end od ermal cell is p ushed i nto t he blas to ca l to gi ve ri se T he bl asto po re is s oo n di spl aced so mewhat t o t he mesod erm ventralwards and si multaneo usly certai n ec t odermal cell s are drawn i nward s t o fo rmpart Of the wall o f t he cavity o f the gast rula There are two di sti nct sy mmetrI cally di sposed g ro up s o f meso der mal cell s near t he bl asto po re ; t he l argest o f t hese cell s still fo rm part Of the endod erm and t ake part in li miti ng t he cavity o f the gast rul a T he bl astopo re is g rad ually shoved nearer to the vel um and in co nnectio n wi th it is d evelop ed an a so phag us fo rmed o f T he meso dermal cell s h ave multipli ed but re ec tod ermal cell s tained t hei r bil aterally sy mmet ri cal pos itio n T he (e soph ag us is no w a spacio us sac fro m the posterio r in I mme ferio r wall Of whi ch a rad ul ar sac has b een i nvagi nated diately b ehi nd the mo uth in a medi an li ne th ere is d evelo ped an i nvagi natio n whi ch Ko walevsky call s the pedal gl and T wo oi ned t hi cken i ngs Of t he ectod erm lo ngi t udi nal anterio rly co nj w hi ch enc ro ach upo n the mesod erm fo rm t he rudi ments Of t he pedal and b ranchi al nerves T he fo ur nerve co rd s are grad ually s pli t Off fro m the ectod erm and ass um e th ei r defi nitive po si tio n in the meso derm T he cavi ty in the p ed al gl and b eco mes fill ed A t the apex Of the velar area a pai r o f wit h a s li my secretio n al cell s s up port a t uft o f cili a A t certai n poi nts wh ere ectod erm S pi c ul a appear l at er eac h spi cul e fo rmi ng ectod ermal cell ac ui res T here no w appear seven t ransverse furro ws o n a cl ear vac uol e the do rsal as pect in each Of whi ch the c uti cul a w hi c h n o w covers T he v ent ral aspect is no w mostly t he b ack b eco mes thi ck ened emb raced by t he foo t whi c h c o nsi sts o f a l ayer Of d eep col umnar A nterio rly t he ceph ali c ganglio n is d eveloped as a c ili at ed cell s and po sterio rly the cell ul ar bo dy enc lo s i ng a hollo w cavi ty b ran chial g anglio n appears as the widened end s o f the two b ranc hi al nerves lyi ng c l ose to the ectoderm T he po st erio r ass Of mesodermal sect io n Of t he g ut is s urro und ed by a d ense m cell s w hi ch do ubtl ess furni sh the mat eri al s for t he d evelop men t A t a so me Of the seg men tal o rg ans v essel s an d sex ual o rgans wh at l ater stage fib rils fro m mul tipol ar cell s are d ev eloped in the e

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li ganglio n I n the anterio r part Of the body the meso der ma l cell s fo rm a gel ati no us co nnecti ve ti ss ue bet ween t he o rgans T h e pedal g l and is no w very stro ngly develop ed ; it s S e cretio n is n f r it be u red o ut b et ween the ectod erm c e s e c a O n l ll i l p e i g o a s a o p p i n g ab sent A t the si des o f the bo dy abo ve t he foot a c ili ated b an d is p resent w hi ch marks the si te wh ere the b ranchi a w ill appear A t the l evel Of t he fi rst do rsal fol d the eyes may be reco g nized T h e l arva no w l eaves the eg g envelope and s wi ms abo ut by means o f its vel um T he cal careo us spi c ules are still enclosed by t h ei r moth er cell s but soo n b reak thro ugh A fter the l apse o f s ev eral ho urs to several d ay s t he l arv a fi nally res t o n t he bot t o m lo si ng the v el um w hi ch is repl aced by o th er ectodermal cell s A dI verticulum o f the i ntesti ne at thi s ti me p robably rep resents A n i nvagi natio n at the po sterio r end o f the bo dy t h e liver T he p edal gl and seems s eems to be the rudi ment o f the rect um t o h ave b eco me s mall er th an in the p recedi ng stage ; in yo un g C h ito ns (p rob ably a year Old ) it is still p resent but in t ho se s o mewhat l arg er it is ab sent ; it is th erefo re an Org an p ertai n i n g T he c uti cul ar thi ck en i ngs w hi ch lie in t o t he emb ry o ni c perio d t h e t ransv erse do rs al furro ws are t he rudi ments Of the seg ent ed s hell and in eac h furro w b egi n n i ng at its ant erio r bo rder small T he ey es are heéps o f pig ment in ca l careo us pl ates are fo rmed t he ect od erm with a c l ear n ucl eus in t he center lyi ng close to t he b ranchi al nerves I n a fully developed yo ung Chito n th ey w ere s unken i nto the ski n and the ecto derm b ecame c i rc um s c r ibed s o m T he eig ht seg ments ewh at in the fo rm o f a co rnea o f the sh el l appear s o m eti me after t he met amo rpho si s in Cir polii an d einerens b ut I n olivaeeus so mewhat befo re it c ep ha c

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FA sc I OL A R I A D OR GI L L Os bo rn s ob servatio ns S ho w th at the gill o f thi s gastropod is developed fro m a ridge Of t he ectoderm fo rmed in the medi an l i n e bet ween the bo rd er o f the advanci ng mant l e and t he v el um L ater w i th the g ro wth and fol di ng fo rward Of the mantl e and t he fo rmat io n o f a mantl e cavity t he gill is al so carri ed fo rward an d is b ro ught to o cc upy a po s i t io n o n t he o uter i nstead o f t he i nner wall Of the b ranchi al chamber Thi s change o f posi tio n t he autho r fi nd s is ent i rely due to the manner in whi ch the mant l e cavity is d evelo ped T he speci es i nvestigated by D r Osbo rn was F tulipa L i nn var drstans L am 4

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J EWI S H A who has been co mmun i eating to the A nth ropo logi cal I nstit ut e papers upo n t he J ew i s h rac e rep rod uces in t he February n umber o f t he j o urnal o f th at s o c i ety his pap er read at the A berdeen m eeti ng Of t he Bri t i s h A sso c i atio n A pplyi ng to J ews M r Galto n s method s Wi th reference to h ereditary gen i us in E ngl and he ai ms to find ho w many emi nent men o f certai n rank ex i st in each millio n o f E ngl i sh men S cotcl men and J ews It follo ws th at the 7 2 2 000t h is e ual in abi lity to the 7 39 000th S c o tc h man and t he 7 56 000th Engli s hman recko n i ng fro m the botto m Or in oth er word s if we too k a hun d red men at hazard '





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Bri nto n read b efo re the A meri T H E M A NGUE b er l ast a paper o n the Mangue, can Philo sop hi cal S o c i ety , in N ovem T he hi ef an ext i nct d i al ect fo rmerly spoken in N i carag ua s o urce o f thi s paper was the M S Of D o n J uan E l igio de la R o ha T he Mang ue is the moth er to ng ue fro m whi ch t he Chi apanec i T he M ang ues at o ne ti me o ccupi ed o f Chi ap as b ranch ed Ofl t he whol e coast, fro m the ent rance Of the Gul f Of N i c oya to F Onseca bay S o me ti me in the fo urteenth cent ury a l arge co l o ny Of A ztecs d escend ed t he c o ast and seiz ed the st rip b et ween L ak e N i carag ua and t he Pac ifi c t hus S plitt ing t he M ang ues in t wo and d rivi n g a l arge p art Of th em fro m t h ei r ho mes .

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d lyi ng dermi s and to t he p resence Of a l ayer o f cell s no t p revio usly d escrib ed whi ch may b e Ob served i n the epid ermi s w h en so p repared and whi ch co rrespo nds I t hi nk to t he epit ri c hi umOf bi rd s T he method is al so c o nveni ent fo r the s t udy of the d evelopment o f hai rs I t is w ell k no wn to phys i c i ans th at if the foet us di es and is retai ned it is p reserved fo r a c o ns iderabl e period w itho ut dis inte f i o h e i u u a o n ti ss e n t h m ioti c fl id s p i th s r t e t a n I n m n s u s e c e g p reserved it is o ften fo und th at the epid ermi s is loosened so much t h at st rips can beremo ved witho ut tearing o ff t he und erlyi ng ti ssues N o w as the amnioti c fl uid is littl e mo re than a salt sol utio n the fac ts j ust stated nat urally sug gest t hat a salt sol utio n p reserved fro m septic c h anges is s ufl i cient to loo sen the epidermi s o f the em b ryo My experi ments have sati sfi ed me th at a sojo urn ofseveral sol utio n o f co m r e m w days in a c t o s a lt ith r c e t e n n n e p p t hy mol added to p revent p ut refac tio n is a simpl e and sati sfacto ry way o f liberati ng the emb ryo n i c epi dermi s fro m its co nnectio ns so that bits can be eas ily re ov ed for hi stologi cal exam i natio n for w hi c h th ey are apparently still adapted even the mi nute st ruc t ure o f t he nuc l eus w ill p ersi st th ro ug h thi s t reatment tho ugh imperfectly A p i ece o f epid ermi s o f a h uman emb ryo o fabo ut six mo nth s tak en fro m the scalp by t hi s met hod and stai ned w it h h a ma eac h dot repre to x y line is s ho wn in the acc o mpanyi ng fig ure sents a n uc l eus We disti ng ui sh two ki nds of nuc l ei t hose whi ch are darker stai ned and those whi c h are lighter S o me Of the n uc l ei in the fig ure appear d arker fro man oth er cause to be stated di rectly but w ith the exceptio n Of th ese all the dark nuclei belo ng to cell s whi ch part i c ipate in the fo rmatio n o f the hai rs t he A t fi rs t the dark nucl ei make a li ttl e cl ust er as at 1 and 2 c l usters g row in size ; o ne a litttle l arger is seen j ust to the left o f that numbered 2 o ne a good deal larger is sho wn at 3 S ec tio ns i s and s ho w that s uch c l usters are o n the und er s id e Of t he epid erm fo rm S light p rot uberances o r rudi ment ary p apill a ; t he papill a l engt h en o ut and ac ui re ro unded ends 4 th ey gro w rapidly do wn i nt o the cuti s and by the c o ntractio n Of th ei r upper part bec o me cl ub sh aped 5 and 6 T he next step is the fo rmatio n o f the der mal papill a o f the hai r 7 a littl e notch ari ses at the t hi ck end of al i ng ro wth and the ti ss ue filli ng thi s not c h is the S O the epid erm called dermal papill a T he fig ure presents al so a well d eveloped h air ; h ere t he ax i al po rtio n of the papilla has fo rmed the hai r I t whil e the co rti cal po rt io n has formed the folli c le f the end Of the un er

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BOS T ON S OC I ET Y OF N A T U R A L H I S T OR Y March 17 , C C A bbot described the habits o f the white footed mo use ; P rofesso r W m T release read a paper o n the N o rth A meri an spec i es of Th ali c t rum meado w rue) , P ro fesso r W T S edgwi c k ( .

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b e c o m n l e l n o w t o e r a k n e g y One party used g lue as o t h r f e e a s m n a l l v r w o e t h e o l i s r d P h a n s c i r h p o e y ant for the production of scale peps in ; an t t i n o r sam les w il l receive w r i f t r r t u rn s o m e k a r e t g n e m p t fl oo d h p i s n c e d i n a o w s u e e d c p r t h a g y p has

uses

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already

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my scale

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men

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m ost i n s m e y p p p n ame thus J E NS EN S C rysta l n ow und erlI n e m y Pepsin and no misco nception can excuse sub

W hen

rescribing

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lodged is all

sto

entirely

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free

my

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impro vement in precipitati ng fro m this tion he so lution all of the earthy and sali ne matter,

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all o f the

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blood,

the road to

used

acidulated

for

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help than lik e

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ad

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finally, is further

an

l n m e t h a c i p g convalescence T he so lu

a ration of the

recent

leaving

the

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soon o n

us ed

Of pepsi n as an applica

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char

obtain ing

disso lved, thereby

W hen

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tracheo to

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in which the fermen t is

machs

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my

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acting on the sugges

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stitutio ns .

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fo rmer pepsins, is owing to its scaly and texture, it being the only org an ic medici ne in

materia medica

ro duced p

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also

rfectly e p

l e a sant to the taste, p A lthoug h it

C arl J ensen s Pe sin , p S herry or po rt wi ne, G lycerin puris, A cid T artaric ,

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for the market in

less the most .

bility,

co

luble

an d

S ig f5 .

upo n the tong ue,

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p

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mbined with

its

after

meals

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viss

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iss

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g

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of

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I

severe attacks

of colic

it has

afford ed

few doses have been given when other remedies have

t relief, after a e n r e s p

I ts purity an d solu l i n sho rt in tervals, e r failed i e s t i w o a d ve r e t g p g .

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OM E

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T his is three grains

C A R L L J EN S EN H

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ino doro us

mmands a higher price than in the market it is n evert he ,

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co

other pepsin

any

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scales.

I t is

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m

b ri ttle

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OF F I C E

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ll wo rk o n trap doo r spid ers M r Mogg ridg e says Th ere wo uld do ubtl ess be a j ust feeli ng of p rid e and satisfac t i o n in t he h eart of a nat urali st who co uld say th at he had mad e h i msel f th o ro ugh ly ac uai n ted with all the spec i es o f a part i cul ar al s had l earned t hei r mo st sec ret h abits and mas ro up o f an i m g t ered th ei r several rel atio ns to the obj ects ani mate and i nani mate w hi ch s urro unded th em But perh aps a still k eener pleasure is e p robl em o f the e njoyed by o ne who carries abo ut w ith him so m k ind but part i ally sol ved and who holdi ng in his h and the c l ue w hi ch shall g uid e him o nward s sees in each new pl ace th at he T he l atter is certai nly v is its fresh op po rt un iti es Of di scovery t he co ndition o f tho se who take an i nterest in searching o ut the ”l h abits and charac ter o f the t rap doo r spider Whil e many i nteresti ng facts in the li fe hi sto ry and arch itect ure o f trap doo r spid ers were ob served and coll ated by M r Mo g e stly says th at m i e m r r e h e a n v y od y i g t d m a e b e a r e t n t o h g g y ered in ; that we are o nly o n t he th reshold o f di scoveri es o f t h ese uietly in the earth cent ury after cent ury c reat ures who h av e l ai n h o ld the doo r and th at he w ill be sati sfi ed to h ave been able to s uffi ci ently aj ar to permit t hose who love nat ure and her ways to catc h a gli mpse of the won d ers and beauties o f the un t ro d den ” land that lies beyo nd A favorabl e circumstance afl o rded me an Opport unity for making some observations o n the unseen wonders and beauties N his

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bod e of these i nteresting creatures and it is w ith a sense of pl easure that I note them S o me ti me in the l atter part o f May or earl y part o f J une 1885 M r M erritt of Pittsbo ro ugh N C b ro ught to Ch apel H ill two trap doo r spid ers w ith th ei r nests and pl aced th em in the care o f Pro fesso r Hol mes for the University o f N o rt h Caroli na T he n ests with th ei r occupant s w ere pl aced in the g ro un d fo r the summer On N ov 12 after a careful search P rofessor H ol mes was abl e to find on ly o ne and thi s o ne w ith difl i c ulty as fo r so me reas o n it had dug th ro ugh the l ower en d o f the tube and was hi dden in the earth L ater I sh all o fler wh at seems to me may be an ex pl anatio n o f thi s On the mo rni ng o f the same day the s pid er with its t rap doo r nest was pl aced in m w h n c k pi hi e e g y was the fi rst i nti mation I had o f the p resenc e o f s uch an agree able neighbo r A t PM I pl aced th ree and a hal f i nc h es Of earth in a glass w s r fi n c s i d o f a v e i e n di m t s v i n h s e p thi d r a e e r a n d n e e T o e e c h j t he s urface o f the soil was th en c overed w ith moss I n thi s the and the j S pid er was pl aced ar and its co ntents taken to my roo m th at I might if po ssibl e ob serv e the operatio n o f dig gi ng the t ube and maki ng the t rap doo r T he res ults were most g rati fyi ng J ust b efo re goi n g to s upper rv ed t h at the spid er had no t un dertak en t he wo rk at d usk I obse PM Upo n ret urni ng at I fo und the task undertaken T he m “ m m spid er was resti n g in a hol e abo ut 20 d eep by 2 2 in di ame ter w hi c h she had ex cavated at one sid e o f the j I placed t he ar r a u m u d s u m s po n t y t bl j s t b th light t d e n t l a a e u e n e a e f a t o h j y p so th at whil e readi n g I co uld ob serv e any mov em ents made by my co mpan io n T he spid er was resti ng in the hol e w ith its l egs par t ially folded the anterio r o nes lyi ng upo n the edge of the ex ca vatio n A fter I had been ui et fo r so me ti me the spid er b egan to move cautio ixsly and t urni n g abo ut slo wly went h ead fi rst i nto t he hol e and dug fro m the botto m with her mandibl es a pell et of earth abo ut the size Of a s mal l pea Th en t urn i ng carefully aro und she pl aced it at the edge o f the hol e w h ere she p ush ed it off with the aid o f her palpi at the same ti me w o rki n g her mandibl es up an d do wn A t fi rst the spi der seemed ti mid an d w o uld cease op eratio n s upo n the s lightest movemen t o n t he m s e u r n o f f h u r s o f h r l D i g c o v i th t t e e r e e e e o t h a n n r e t e y p g Of the unt rodd en land

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operatio n of diggi ng o ut the earth T he spider soo n became bold paid no attentio n to movements in the roo m and permitted me to watch her very c losely Occasio nally by usi ng b oth palpi at o nce the di rt was fli rt ed sudden l y fro m the g rasp of t he m an dibles wit h s uch fo rce as to st rik e agai nst the oppo site sid e o f the a r H a d n n o s u s e it b thi ob t o di t t h v b t e e f r s u t i n m a e o r c t h e r e n j th rown th ree o r fo ur feet A lter d epo siti ng each load o n the edge o f the hole the spider wo uld t urn aro un d agai n for anot her l oad but befo re pi cki ng it m m up she wo ul d p roj ect the po st erio r pai r o f spi nnerets abo ut 5 fro m the abdo men and carefully k nead the vi sc id li ui d upo n and aro und the fresh ly pl ac ed p ell et o f earth and over the edg e fo r a m m di stance o f 4 o r 5 for the p urpose of maki ng the soil adhere an d p revent its cavi ng in I n Pl ate xxm Fig 4 the spider is s ho wn in the act o f removi ng a pell et o f earth fro m her mandi bles In Fig 5 is represented the appli cation o f the vi sc id li uid T he ends o f the spi n nerets are appli ed to the surface alternat ely as sho wn in the ill ust ratio n T he l egs took no part in t he appli ca ti on o f the vi scid li uid ; n or did the li ui d fo rma th read w h en the spi nnerets were d rawn fro m the s urface as I h ave si nce seen it wh en the spider was c rawli ng abo ut on the s urface of the 1 earth A t I o cloc k wh en the hol e was abo ut in d epth to my “ s urp ri se an d pl easure the S pid er b egan to make the t rap doo r S tandi ng upon its fo re feet and pl ac i ng the S pi nneret s agai nst the gl ass jar at the l evel o f the edge of the hole the spid er covered the gl ass with the vi scid li uid S everal pell ets o f earth were st uck to thi s each ti me anoth er po rtio n o f the vi scid li uid b ei ng ap m m pli ed A fter a depth o f 5 had been bixilt up in thi s way w hi ch was to answer as the hi nge the spid er cut a sprig o f the mo ss and cement ed it to the hi nge so th at the e nd p roj ec ted above it S mal l sti cks parti c l es of moss and earth were c onstantly placed upo n the edge o f the g rowi ng doo r Each ti me the spid er wo uld e o ut o f the hol e fo r new materi al ret reat b ac kward and t urn co m Pl ac i ng the lo ad hal f way aro und so as to apply it to the doo r .

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th ese li nes o f growth in a door mad e by an ad ult spid er Th ere is n o such reg ul arity I ndeed this last doo r was mad e o f abo ut a doz en v ery l arge pel lets o f c l ay whi ch bei n g very pl as ti c t h e s pi der was abl e to p ress eac h p ell et i nto a sh eet o f c o ns i derabl e di mensions It is to be regretted th at Mr Mo gg ridge did not h ave th e Oppo rt u nity o f ob servi n g the manner o f en l argement o f t rap doo rs made by the spid ers whi ch he st udi ed o r th at he did no t o ffer so me th eo ry as an ex pl anatio n I f the part i cl es are cemented to the edge it wo uld be uite nat ural th at the speci es of spider in my po ssessio n o nce made its doo r by fi rst S pi nn i ng a web across the mo uth of the t ub e and th en weavi n g i nto it o th er materi al as in the case o f N men dzonalzlr and th at t he h abit follo wed th ro ug h li fe and s uccessive g eneratio ns o f maki n g additi o ns to the doo r by cementi n g parti cl es to the edge fi nally became so fi xed that th i s mod e o f maki ng additio ns to it b ecame the perman ent h ab it and type o f co n st ructio n o f the t rap doo r fro m t he fo undatio n ! T he rapidi ty ease and i ntel ligence mani fested in thi s met hod o f b uil di ng up the doo r pi ece by pi ece certai nly i ndi cates a high er dev elopment o f i nsti nctive po wer A perfect and neatly fitti ng and swi ng i ng doo r made in 1% ho urs ! Wh en I took the spider fro m her nest it was necessary t o remove nearly all o f the soil fro m the j ar and take her fro m t he lo wer end o f the t ub e as all efio rts to att ract her fro m the nest fail ed A s the soi l was very loo se and the nest n ot lo ng made the wall s o f the t ube coll ap sed I n ten d ays the spi der w as ret urned to the nest Tho ugh t he t rap doo r was capabl e of bei n g used and seemed to sati sfy the S pid er s i dea o f the fitness o f ” thi n gs it was in a very dil apidated c o nditio n Thi s ag rees w ith what M r M o gg ridge says of the rel uctance man i fested by spiders to abando n an old nest T he ex amples c ited by him are that if a do o r he pi nned b ack d uri ng the n ight a seco nd doo r will be made ; t hat if the nest be covered wi th earth the t ube will be prolo nged to the s urface o f the superi mposed earth and a new t rap doo r w i ll be made ; and th at in so me cases nests b ec o me in v erted w h en a doo r bei ng mad e at t he no w upper end o f the 1 t ube the nest wil l h ave a doo r at eac h end T he co nd uct o f my S pid er und er an oth er c o nditio n farth er ill ust rates thi s feat ure Wi shi ng to ob serve the h abit o f the spider if possibl e whil e the .

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i nk in his T ales and Traditio ns o f the Eski mo has al read y call ed att entio n to the fact t hat amo ng t he rare cases th at we h ave o f any Eski mo t raditio n fro m t he western regio ns i n what is no w the territo ry o f A l ask a th ere is o ne l eg end th at o f the s un an d t he moo n wh i ch is id enti cal w ith a well k nown and fro m thi s d r aws additio nal evi G reenl and t raditio n (p d ence of the id enti ty of the Eski mo race over t hi s ex tensive r egio n T he fol lowi n g frag ments of sto ri es were c oll ected by the writer R

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other members of the U nited S tates I nternatio nal Polar E x m f n B rro w A lask a whi c h is t he i i f r a o ki o oi t d n m h e E s s o P e o t t p ex t reme no rth western poi nt of the co nti nent o f N o rt h A mer ica T he fact t hat d uri ng a stay of two years (fro m 1881 to sev eral o f th em sho w feat ures i ndi cati ng a rel atio nship w ith well k now n Greenlandi c sto ri es seems to the w riter to render t h em scanty as th ey are wo rt hy o f p ubli catio n T wo o r th ree o f th em h ave al ready been p ubli sh ed by L i eut R ay t he c o mmander o f the ex peditio n but as th ey appeared in l perhaps no t access ibl e to all readers a govern ment p ubli catio n it will no t be o ut o f pl ace to repeat th em h ere Occupi ed as o ur party was w ith the mani fold ro uti ne scien tifi c wo rk o f the stati on it was ex ceedi n gly difi cult to g et ho ld o f any o f t he t raditio ns o f the natives tho ugh th ey sho wed n o u n willi ng ness fro m s uperstitio us o r oth er reaso ns to talk freely I n the fi rst place th ere were so many (to the Es ki abo ut th em mo s) mo re i nteresti ng thi ngs to talk abo ut with us that it w as di fficult to bri ng the co nversatio n ro und to the s ubj ect in ues tio n Then o ur l ack of familiarity with the l ang uage was a g reat h i nd ranc e to obtai ni ng a c onnected and accurate versio n o f an y T he j argo n o r ki nd of I ing ua franea mad e up o f Es ki mo sto ry pigeo n Engli sh g rammar whi c h served well eno ug h roots and fo r every day i nterco urse w ith t he natives enabl ed us w ith the help o f ex p ress ive gest ures to g et the general sense o f t he s to ry but rend ered it i mposs ibl e to write do wn an Eski mo tex t o f t he tal e whi ch co uld afterwards be translated Mo reover the c o nfa sio n an d di fficul ty was still furth er i nc reased by the fac t th at tw o o r th ree p eopl e generally un d ertoo k to tell the sto ry at o nce I n writi ng o ut the follow i n g sto ri es I hav e end eavo red to avo id int rod uci ng ideas and exp ress io ns o f my o wn and to adh ere as clo sely as po ss ibl e to the s i m pl e sense of the b ri ef di sco nnected sentences o f the narrato rs — w H o 1 peopl e were mad e L o ng ago A selu a dog wh ere he came fro m I did no t h ear —was ti ed t o a sti c k H e bit the sti ck [i e set hi msel f free] an d went i nto the ho use w h ere he had intercourse with a wo man who gave bi rt h to men and dogs T he b eli ef t hat a dog was one o f th ei r remote p rogenito rs is a very co mmo n o ne amo ng savages A cco rdi ng to Eg ed e (Green and

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p 19 5) the Green landers believed th at white men were the fsp ri n g o f a si mil ar un io n b et ween a wo man and a dog T o f h e ( ” erred to in R i n k s Tal es &c p s ame sto ry is al s o ref an bei ngs I n t he 2 A noth er ac co unt of the o rigi n o f h um T he narrato r to ill ust rate thi s eaS t a t all t ub e [ like a reed shing rod s] s t uck u o f o ur b am f i t d to boo o e o e r m t o n n fi h e p p m n r e h u B e d o d b ok e t b hol y r u n A t e m n m e n n a d a a g ” w o men l f 1ndeer and fi sh es r r e B r T o igi oth i d fi h h e n o e n e r n s e s e a d 3 w ere mad e by a mythi cal perso n o f who m we got o n ly a vag ue H e was sai d to be a ten mentio ned ac co unt tho ugh he was o f l i t tl e man with lo n g t usk s lik e a wal rus and many o f the littl e E ski mo fig uri nes and mask s o f ivo ry soapsto ne o r wood whi c h w e b ro ught ho me fro m Poi nt Barro w rep resent s uch a bei ng and ages o f th i s p erso n a re perh aps meant fo r i m Wh en the deer was not thi s man mad e o ne o ut of earth T he — th ey d eer all had l arge t eeth in the upper j aw an d wer e bad ” m e e r n d h e l a wh en t h ey b it peopl e S o he said to th em: Co ” N o w th ey are good c ame he p ull ed o ut th ese teeth T he rei n deer o f co urse lik e the sh eep and ot her rumi nants aw and thi s myth is c ertai n ly h as no i nci so r t eeth in the up per j an 1ngen1o us way o f acco unti n g fo r thi s fac t w hi c h must h ave s eem ed very st ran ge s i nce all the oth er an i mal s k no wn to the E ski mo s are well suppli ed wi th teeth in both j aws W hen the fish were not thi s man h ewed a pi ece o f wood by T he chip s fell i nto the water and t he river s id e with his adz e w ere fishes Th ere seems to h ave been a si mil ar myth in Greenland A c Th ey say fish es were p rod uced by a Green co rdi ng to C rantz : lander s taki ng the sh avi ngs o f a t ree d rawi ng th em b et ween his legs an d casti ng th em i nto the sea (H i sto ry o f Green land V ol and Eged e t ells a si mil ar sto ry (Greenl and p 1 p u n r e Th d e a n d light n i g It r r ly th u d r s Poi t o e n a n t n B a a r r w 4 b ut the nati ves k no w wh at th ese p hen o mena are and acco un t for t hemas follo ws : L o n g ag o a g ro wn p erso n and a c hild went up in to the sky carry ing a d ri ed seal s ki n and to rc h es o f tar With th ese th ey make the th under and lightn i ng apparently by wavi ng the to rch es and rattli ng t he seal ski n D r joh n S i mpso n the s urgeo n o f the Plover the Engl ish dis covery ship th at wi n tered at Poi n t Barro w t hi rty years b efo re us l an d



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gives a versio n S li ghtly difiierent but agreei ng in the mai n w ith thi s Evid ently related to thi s is the Greenland t raditio n referred to by C rantz (Vol 1 p 2 3 3) th at the th under is caused by tw o ” Eg ede (p 20 7 ) w o men st retchi ng and fl appi n g a d ri ed seal ski n gives the sto ry in greater detail T he th under an d light n i n g are mad e by two old wo men w ho live in a ho use in the air They no w and th en uarrel abo ut a d ri ed seal ski n an d w hil e they ar e fighti ng do wn co mes the ho use and b reaks the lamp so that th e fire fli es abo ut re five w e r e n e T h e to y o f o g a th u s s r t h e K o k a m a o L 5 g p very st ro ng b roth ers K okpausina K ok kaun I naluoktuo N imna u a r to i mp ress it to p ti l r r c e and Pii kan igarua T h e n rr a s w e r a a ( upo n us th at th ese men were no t especi ally tall b ut very sto ut an d T he streng th o f K o kpaus ina especi ally seems to h ave st ro n g beco me p roverbi al fo r an Eski mo o nce co mpared the great pow erful h an d o f an old wh al eman o ne o f o ur p arty to th at o f K ok the elbo w the pansi na ) K okpausina lived at Pernye [i e summer cam pgro und in the bend o f El so n bay b etween Poi nt: Barrow and the statio n] K o kkaun east of Poi nt Barro w o n the seasho re I naluo ktuo i nl and in the so uth N i mua at D ease i nl et and Pirkan ig arua at Cap e S myth K okpausina fo und two little o rph ans asl eep and th rust excrement up th ei r noses [apparently fro m sh eer mal evol ence tho ugh we n ever succeeded in maki n g the natives und erstand th at we wanted to k n o w the reas o n o f thi s actio n ] S o th ey went ho me and mad e a littl e bow an d arro ws sho rt eno ugh to hid e und er the j ack et b ut st ro n g eno ugh to shoot th ro ugh a wal rus hid e d ri ed b efo re the fire [an d t here Then th ey went to Pernye and saw fo re nearly as hard as i ro n] So K o kpausina with his b ack to wards th em stoopi ng over e o ut at his col th ey shot him in the b utto cks a nd the arro w cam lar bo ne and he di ed H is g reat sho ulder bl ad e and so me o f his oth er bo nes are stil l w N a s h m m e n B a r r tiv w do o Poi t o vil o c f t h w at Pernye e a e n r [ l age to the statio n o nce or t wi ce told the writer th at th ey had seen K o kpausina s bo nes at Pernye o n th ei r way do wn One aw bo ne wen t so far as to b ri ng us do wn a rath er l arge h uman j fro m the old cemetery near Pernye sayi n g th at it was Kok s in a s ) u a p Thi s sto ry whi ch we h eard fro m several narrato rs witho ut any .

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i tio n of names o r i ncidents and witho ut bei ng abl e t o get mo re detail s is the sk el eto n o f o ne o f the semi mythi cal t raditio ns so c o mmo n in Greenl and whi ch may really refer to so m e act ual occurrenc es in anc i ent ti mes but whi ch h ave b een lo calized and adapt ed to suit the regio n in whi c h the n arrato r liv es T he d eath of K o kpausina bears a st ro n g resembl ance to the fi nal catast rophe o f the Greenl and sto ry o f Kagsuk (see R i nk s Tales &c p whi ch is said to have tak en pl ace in Green l and in the di st ri cts o f Hol st ei nbo rg and of S ukk ertoppen and acco rding to D r R i nk is erha s a vari ant o f an old er tal e o nly p p localized in thi s way I n thi s sto ry the w i ck ed Kagsuk after co mmi tti ng vario us deeds of viol ence at l ast murders the so ns o f ” “ two o ld men To rev enge themselves c l ev er in m agi c S pell s th ey p repare bows o f an arms leng th and whil e oth ers engage Kagsuk s attentio n in fro nt th ey creep up behi nd escapi ng o bser vatio n by magi c and shoot him d ead It seems h ardly too bold a statement to say that if Kagsuk and K okpausina were real perso ns at all th ey were o ne and the same man who lived neith er at S ukk ertoppen no r at Pernye but so me w here i n the co mmo n ho me of the p rehi sto ri c Eski mo s befo re the Greenl and ers start ed o n th ei r weary jo urney to ward s t he eas t and the men o f Poi nt Barro w o n th ei r perh aps lo ng er jo urn ey t o ward s the s etti n g sun It is i nteresti n g to not e that the five very st ro ng and (appa rently ) w i cked b roth ers who appear in thi s sto ry are evid ently t he same as the band o f five b roth ers generally call ed a lot o f b roth ers or men who acco rdi ng to D r R i nk figure in so many o f the Greenl an d tal es as the perso n ifi catio n of h aughti ness o r b rutality a s t h n e e d m e o c iv 6 A murd er at Cape S myth l i u w a s a n U g e o f o ne o f K okpausina s fo ur b roth ers but the narrato r n am sel f and said as did oth er n ativ es al s o afterwards co rrect ed hi m t h at Udlimau was a bad man who lo n g ago li ved at U tkliavw ing m a p yth a n d w m u rd ered K u mnero as he lay asl eep be e S h o C ( ) T he ho use wh ere s i d e his wi fe by c utti ng him ac ro ss the bo wel s t h i s murd er was co mmitted was poi nt ed o ut to us in the vill ag e Thi s is p robably an acco un t of an act ual o cc urrence as is the fol lo w i ng n there w e n o e s L a e opl t k li dog o g h T h e w h o l d e e k a 7 g p

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i nteresti ng to n ot e in thi s co nnectio n th at o ne o f the littl e i v o ry i mag es b ro ught ho me by o ur party fro m Poi nt Barro w rep r es ents a b ear w it h ten l eg s sai d to h ave been seen o nc e at Poi nt B arro w and evi den tly a bi oo d rel atio n o f the many l egged kitin fak o f the Greenl and st ori es There are no ne now A n oth er fab ulo us beast was the ug rn n a It has go ne away only the bo nes Thi s o n t he l and n ame appears to be appli ed to an ex ti nct sp eci es o f o x o r b uffalo w ho se bo nes they so meti mes see in the i nterio r p rob ably alo n g t he b an k s o f the rivers We p ro cured several t eeth o f the n g r n na w hi c h had b een wo rn as amul ets A s in L ab rado r thi s n ame is al so appli ed sati ri cally to the s m all est mammal k no wn to th e Eski mo s a littl e sh rewmo use A s els ewh ere o n the A meri can c onti nent the R ed I ndi an who i n Greenl an d like the wol f has beco me a fab ulo us bei ng d well i n g in the mysterio us i nland co unt ry is cal led by the contemptu ”— I tk i1dling the I ngalik o r so n o f a nit I ngaleet o us name o f N o rto n so und whi ch is pl ai n ly the same wo rd as the eréilek o f the Green l and t raditio ns Outsi de of the st ri ct fi el d of l egendary hi sto ry o r tradition the religio us i deas and sup erstitio us Ob servances o f th ese peop le as far as we had the good fo rt une to ob serve t hem S ho w a g reat blance to tho se o f the Greenl and ers befo re t hei r co nversio n r esem t o Ch ri sti an ity S O st ro ng is the resemblance in thi s and in oth er r espect s th at I feel co nfident th at an i ntelligent ob server w ho s ho uld d evote hi msel f to the coll ectio n o f the t raditio ns o f the E ski mo s O f Poi nt Barro w as D r R i nk has so ably do ne for the Green landers w o uld find h ere the g reater part o f the old er tra ditio ns o f the Greenl and ers in a recog nizabl e S hap e I t is

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F we co nsider cultivatio n as emb raci ng o n ly the removal o f a pl ant to ferti l e soil and its p rot ection fro m i nj ury fro m cro wd ing the o nly marked effect o f the c o nti nuance upo n a plant th ro ugh itsel f and its o ffsp ri ng seems to be emb raced in the o ne I f we en l arge the mean w o rd ex pans io n i e i ncrease of s ize in g o f cul ti vatio n so as to emb race sel ectio n and the c ro ss fertili ec t zation o f t he flo wers whi ch yi eld seed fo r fut ure use the subj ,

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becomes more co mpli cated and we find it diflicult in all cases to c o n nect the se uence o f cause an d effec t One fact ho wever thro ugh c areful observatio ns seems undo ubtedly t rue th at by sel ectio n alo ne witho ut the ass i stance O f the break caus ed by a c ross fertili zatio n changes in o ur plant are ext remely slow and many generatio ns are re ui red to obtai n and fix any ch ang e other t han i ncrease whi ch is suffic i ent to be noted by the cas ual ey e I n suppo rt of thi s vi ew we can di rect att entio n to the litt l e c h an g e that has been p rod uced by c ent uri es o f cult ure in thos e pl an ts whi ch rep resent but i mp roved farms o f a wild speci es s uc h as the parsnip sco rzo nera sal s i fy etc among roo ts ; and we may al s o cal l attentio n to the stability o f type fo rm d uri n g cent ur i es o f c ult ure in the eggpl ant p epper and I m ay even add the p ump k in Perh ap s o ne o f the most i nteresti ng i nstances o f i nc rease elo n o f size w itho ut ch ang e o f type can be seen in the waterm T he old h erbali sts fig ure thi s fruit o f small S ize but as is very likely o nly small vari eti es were co mmo nly g ro wn in Euro pe Joh n Bauhi n who se hi sto ry o f pl an ts was p ubli shed in 16 50 stat es the many years after it was written (he di ed in watermelo n to be so l arge th at o ne co ul d scarcely emb race it wit h ” Marg uo s fere ambabus man ib us ambi as the two h ands g ravi s whose hi sto ry o f nat ural p rod uc tio ns o f Brazil was pub lished in 16 4 8 d escribes the wat ermelo n as b ei ng as l arg e as ”l mag nit udi ne c apiti s humani o ne s h ead T hat o ur p resent types of fruit were th en k no wn is evidenced in many way s b ut ent in his can be given s ucci nctly by C asp ar Bauhi n s st atem Pi nax edition o f 16 2 3 th at so me h ave a g reen ski n oth ers a s ki n spott ed w ith di ngy w hit e ; the fl es h o f s o me red o f o thers white ; the seeds bl ack red and tawny in vari eti es R ay de I n mo d scrib es the fruit as ro und o r globo se o r ev en ellipti cal b race ern ti mes we h ave fruit so l arg e th at my arms cann ot em the oval and a weight o f n i nety six po un ds has been c laimed p robably w ith j usti ce I n seeki ng fo r a good ill ust ratio n o f the s tability o f type j oi ned w ith a ch ange p rod uced by c ultivatio n and sel ectio n I h ave taken the cel ery as thi s vegetabl e seems to be o f mo dern '

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t di ng over a period o f eig ht to ten years it appears t h at the waters o f t he Bl ack sea are s ubj ect to s light vari atio ns of l evel dependent upo n the amo unt o f water b ro ugh t do wn by the T he maximum n i ne to seventeen cen ti meters D an ub e D o n etc a bove mean water l ev el is attai n ed in M ay and J une and is high e st in tho se years in w hi ch t he rai n fall in C ent ral and S o uth ern New an d mo re p reci se l eveli ngs to ascer R ussi a is g reatest t ai n t he heigh ts above the sea o f L ak es L adoga Onega and Il men ssi a) pl ace t h emat 16 15 and 59 feet resp ectiv ely ; i nstead u 1 R ( T he pop ul atio n o f o f as b efo re b eli ev ed 59 2 3 7 an d 15 7 feet P russi a (not the German Empi re) acco rdi ng to the cens us o f D e I n 1880 it was c ember 1 1885 was T he hi g h est peak in D en mark is a hill in t he fo rest o f Ky 16 3 meters in h eight — — A merican N ews A S wi ss named R odt has A ME R I C A fo und ed a flo uri shi n g colo ny in J uan F ernand ez whi c h he l eases fr o m C hili N o t o n ly ag ri cult ure but man ufacturi n g i n d ust ri es are T i racti ced h e colo ni sts c omm se memb ers o f mo s t c iviliz ed p I n the Jan n atio nali ti es ex cept P r uss i an s who are ex c l ud ed ex en

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y i ssue o f the R evue Geog rapldqae M H C on dreau gives an M o st of the t rib es o f the acc o un t o f the man ners o f t he Uapes r iv er bo rder h av e no garmen t w h at ev er b ut in so me t ribes t he “ men wear a cal embe o f b ark and in the vill ages lower dow n t he riv er the men do n pan taloo ns an d the w o men a ch emi se w h en th ey are fulL dressed S o me t ribes still i nter th ei r dead in the malo ca o r hut whi ch the T ucanas i mmedi ately abando n in o rder to b uild an oth er M T ho nar repo rts as the res ul t o f his last jo urney to the rapids o f the Pil co mayo t h at it is po ss ibl e at any seaso n of t he year to go fro m the mo uth o f t hat river at L ambo ueto the mi ssio n o f S an F ran ci sco de S olan o in Bolivia T he di ffi c ulti es caused by ac at the v ery foot o f the A nd es c umul atio n s o f trees and t he c o nse uent fo rmat ion o f sh allo ws can he beli ev es be ov erco me uar

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— r ican N ews T he mi ssio nari es sent o ut by the A Basel M i ss io nary S oc i ety to t he Gol d c o ast h ave si nce 1882 ex retty tho ro ughly d a l l r e d t h e Volt b i n p a n t h g o p h i s a e e r a c o a p g res ults obtai ned h av e b een co n s id erabl e A map o f the ro utes is p ubli sh ed in the A pril n umber o f the P roc R oy Geog S o ci ety L i eutenan ts K und an d Tappenb eck s truck so ut hward fro m S tan ley pool in A ug ust l ast return i ng to L eopoldvill e o n J an u They crossed t he uango al so the Bolo mbo or ary 27 th e to K wa l uents an d descended the L ukenj S ank uru and its afl mo uth It is stated th at they h ave di scovered a new river the Ikata whi ch M Wauters beli ev es to be the upper co urse of the T he Bull eti n o f the S oc R oy de Geog d A nvers co n M hui tai ns an i n teresti ng acco unt of an ex plo ratio n upo n the S enegal fro m F uta Dj allon to Bambo uc und ertaken by M E N o irot w ho et w i t h a g ood receptio n and w ho is s every wh ere to h av e m s eem enth usi asti c respecti n g the p rod uc tio ns and fut ure c o mmerce o f t he S enegal b asi n T he murder o f the yo un g and en terp ri s i n g F rench traveler Palat at two days di stance fro m I nsalah is all eged t o be due to t he S eno nsian fratern ity On the oth er h and F rench j o urnal s are di spo sed to lay much o f the bl ame upon t he F rench co mmand ant w hose t reat ment o f the advent uro us yo ung li eutenant was s uch as to make the A rabs b eli eve him to be in T he memb ers o f an ex pedi tio n di sfavor with his o wn peopl e sen t o ut by the Geo g raphi cal S o ci ety o f M il an h ave been massa Co unt Po rro t he l eader P ro fess o r c red by t he E mi r o f H arrar M Barral and his w i fe S i cat a an d seven oth ers w ere kill ed who set o ut fro m Obo ck to ex plo re A by ssi ni a w i t h the obj ect o f establi shi n g co mmerci al rel atio ns were murdered by the D anakil s M r R Baro n co mmun i cat es to N a o n the bo rders o f S ho a ture so me v al uabl e n otes upo n the vol c an i c p hen o mena o f C en t ral h s car rt th ere are m I n d a g t i p a y i vol i o a s a n x t n c t n a e c a c c s n e M especi ally in tw o lo caliti es s it uat ed the o n e fi fty to s i x ty mil es w est s so uth west o f A ntan anarivo the oth er seventy to ei h ty m il e g ,

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T H E Fossn MA N PENON , M ax1c0 Ou my ret urn to thi s ity after a lo ng ab sen e, I read the observatio ns p ubli sh ed in the N ew York Tribune o n ern i ng my acco un t o f the fossil man o f t he Peit o u It will give me g reat pl easure to cl ear up the do ubt ex pressed by Pro fesso r N ewberry wit h regard to the i mportan e o f the dis cov ery o f the man o f the Peiio n P ro fessor N ewberry does no t beli eve in the i mpo rtance o f the d i scovery, and argues in thi s manner : T he cal areo us bed in w hi ch the fo ssil remai ns were foun d must h ave b een mod ern t ra vertin ; it co uld no t h ave b een d epo sited b elo w the waters o f a lak e, b ut p robably b elo ngs to an aeri al o r superfi ci al fo rmatio n , s i nce oth erwi se it wo uld be o f e ual thi ck ness and uni fo rm o n t he bo tto m an d o n the bo rd ers o f the l ake ; if the li mesto ne is 01?

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ilite and lacust ri ne sh ell s I t is in thi s bed th at h uman remai ns , T he thi ck ness o f thi s bed is and n o ot hers h ave b een fo un d n o t y et k no wn as it has o nly been op ened to a d epth o f T he bed is covered by a thi n l ayer o f a li mesto ne ri ch er in uartz a t rue ribbo n , dividi n g the adj acent fo rmatio ns N ot a s i ngl e mo dern obj ect has b een fo und in t hi s bed, no r in f the mo untai n, mo re anot her s i mil ar o n e sit uated to t he so uth p than a meter thi ck , and resti ng on a l acustri ne and t urfy fo rmatio n T wo mil es no rth west of Petio n th ere is an oth er bed o f s ili esto ne at the foot o f the mo un tai n ch ai n o f Guad al upe, ceo us li m Thi s l i mesto ne is in co mpo and stretchi ng ov er a great l ength sitio n, appearance and po sition id en ti cal with th at o f Pefi o n c o n tai n i ng roots t ransfo rmed i nto menillite, and in its upper part Wh at is mo st i mpo rtant in thi s fo r frag ments o f o ld pottery matio n is the existence of elephant bones sealed in the hardest bed, Th ese bo nes h ave b een taken o ut o n man y like that of Pefi on occasio ns I have do ne it mysel f in the p resence o f the pro fessors o f the N atio nal M useum T he di stance fro m thi s bed to th at o f Peho n is so in co nsider abl e, an d the ci rcumstan ces and phy si cal c haracter are so s i mil ar, t h at thi s bed an d t h at o f Peii o n can be co n s id ered as belo ngi n g to the same geologi cal ho rizo n so lo ng as no obj ect i n di cat i n g a di fferent ho rizo n is fo un d in the l att er M eanwhil e all o ur o b servat io ns i nd uce us to b eli eve in the co nt empo raneity o f t he man o f Peii on and o f the mammoth in the vall ey o f Mex i co I must no w sho w why , acco rdi ng to my beli ef the li mesto ne o f Peii o n was o nce eng ul fed b elo w the waters o f the l ake I n the fi rst pl ace, it is evi dent that the bed has been rai sed and tilted, s o as to o cc upy a po sitio n di f feren t fro m its p ri mitive o ne, and, the Peiio n havi ng fo r an en o rmo us number o f years b een s urro und ed by water, we must beli eve th at the cal careo us bed w hi ch is no w t hree meters above the l evel o f the l ake was co vered w ith wat er d uri ng the same i nterval Besides, it co ntai ns the s h ell s o f Pal u di na and o ther a uati c speci es, and thi s di ssipates all remai n i ng do ubt o f its fo rmer positio n beneath the waters o f the l ake P ro fesso r N ewberry is co rrect in remarki ng th at it is very rarely th at li me, whi ch in the fi rst i nstance is di ssolved in water in the s tat e o f carbo nate, is n ot p recipi tated s o as to fo rm a un i fo rm bed over the botto m o f the l ake T hi s is the o rdi nary case, and w h at might be ex pected ; but t he d epo sit has o n ly b een ob served i n i sol ated masses , and the p eculi arity can be ex pl ai ned by sup posi n g th at the bed has been b uri ed deeply belo w its act ual su r any face and co vered by the mod ern d eposit s of the l ake in pl aces t ho ugh thi s can not yet be stated as a pro ved fact T he hy drothermal o rigi n, whi ch I h ave attri buted to the li mesto ne in the arti cl e in the N A T U R A L I S T has b een p roved by l ater ob servatio ns fo r in many fi ss ures o fthe Pefi o n ro ck th i n vei ns are fo und c o mpo sed o f al careo us matt er in so m ee ases, o f sili eo us in others Bes ides , .

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FOSS I L FL OR A OF T H E L A R A M I E S ER I ES OF W ES T ER N ‘— C A NA D A T he L arami eseri es fo rmerly k no wn as the L ig nite T er t iary o r L ign i t i c g ro up o ccurs in Canad a p ri ncipally in t wo l arge areas west o f the t oo th meridi an and east Of the R o cky mo un t ai ns and s tretchi ng n o rt hward fro m the U nited S tat es bo und ary T h ese areas are separat ed fro meach oth er by a lo w anti cli nal Of C retaceo us b ed s over whi ch the L arami e may h ave ex tended regio n e u f h e o vio s ly to h l t r d e n u d tio n t r t e e a a p These areas may be des1g nated 1) T he Eastern o r S o uri s the West ern area ex tendi n g R iver and W ood Mo untai n area alo n g the eas tern s id e o f the R o cky mo untai ns and ac ro ss the u pper wat ers o f the Bow R ed D eer Bat tl e and N o rth S askatche w an rivers I n the so uthem p art Of the di st ri ct of A lb ert a it has b een fo und po ssibl e to divid e the L arami e i nto t hree parts whi ch h ave b een named respectively 1n the R epo rts Of t he Geologi cal S urvey o f C anad a (1) the lo wer o r S t Mary R i ver divi sio n (2) the middl e o r W illow C reek divi s io n and (3) the upper o r Po rc upi ne T HE .

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H ill divi sio n Of th ese the lower and upper c o ntai n fo ssil plan ts mo re especi ally the l atter an d co rrespo ndi ng ho rizo ns can be r ecog nized by th ese t n bo tho f the g reat areas above referred t o T he flo ra of the lo wer divi sio n has a c lo se alli an ce w i th t h at Of the Belly R iver gro up o f the und erlyi ng C retaceo us w hil e t hat o f the upp er divi sio n is in the mai n iden ti cal with th at Of t he Fo rt U nio n gro up Of the U nited S tates g eologi st s as describ ed by N ewb erry and L esq uereux I n the Eastern area the lo wer bed s Of the L arami e rest o n the Fo x Hill gro up of the C retaceo us and are in t urn unco nfo rmably overl aid in the Cyp ress h 1ll s by bed s referred by Pro fess o r Cope o n the evid ence of mammali an remai ns to the White R iver divi s io n Of t he M io cene Terti ary Th us the geologi cal ho rizo n of t he L arami e is fi x ed by its st rati g raphi cal relatio n s as between T he evi t he Upp er C retac eo us and L o wer M io cene fo rmat io ns dence Of fo ssil remai ns acco rd s w it h thi s po sitio n T he L o wer L arami e has affo rd ed reptili an remai ns Of Mesozoi c aspect as s o c iated with fi shes and moll us ks so me Of whic h are Of Eo cene types acco rdi ng to Cope and W hiteaves and its flo ra is aki n to T he Upper L arami e has affo rded t h at Of the Upper C retaceo us a flo ra so mod ern in asp ec t th at it has even been regard ed as M io cene tho ugh in reality nOt l ater in age th an the Eo cene T he Willow C reek or M iddl e L arami e divi sio n may th erefo re (as sug gested by the autho r in his memoi r Of l ast year o n the Western C retaceo us) be regarded as the t rans i tio n fro m the C retaceo us to t he E o cene T he uestio n Of the co rrel atio n Of the L arami e with oth er fo r matio ns has been much co mpli cated by the reference in t he U nited S tates and el sewh ere of b eds hol d i ng its flo ra to t he M iocene period and th ese di ffi c ult i es cannot as yet be w hol ly overco me tho ugh th ey are g rad ually bei ng removed I n Canada s i nce the pl ants began to be coll ected and st udi ed th ere has been littl e do ubt o n the s ubj ect and the autho r n o w as h ereto fo re hol ds to the co rrel atio n with the L arami e flo ra Of the so call ed M io cene Of Macken zi e river A l aska Greenl and and S p itzbergen and beli eves th at th ey s ho uld be regard ed as n ot n ewer th an Eo cene T he g reat er part Of the p ap er is occupi ed with the desc riptio n o f the fo ss il plants o f the fo rmatio n i ncl udi ng those coll ected i n the East ern area by D r S el wyn and D r G M D aw so n an d those Obtai ned fro m the Western area by the l atter M r Weston M r Tyrrell and the autho r Th ese i ncl ude a l arge number Of ex ogeno us t rees all b elo ng i n g to mod ern g enera as Pl atan us Co ryl us Pop ul us, S ali x Vi burnum Carya J uglans etc Th ere are al so so me c uri o us pl an ts alli ed to t he mod ern t rapa o r water c h est n ut and c o ni fero us t rees Of t he g enera T ax odi um S e uoi a and S ali sb uri a as well as s o me ferns and e ui setaceo us p lan ts o f .

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by c rystal pl anes Th ey enclo se gl ass areas whi ch are deri ved fro m o rigi nal i nc l usio ns and co ntai n al so fl uid i ncl usio n s w it h movabl e b ubbl es Tri dy mite is much mo re rare under th ese co n d itions th an uartz It is usually fo und li ni ng caviti es aro un d the perip hery o f gl ass p art i c l es o r v ei ns and is g enerally free T he g raniti c feld spar is lik ewi se in man y cases fro m i ncl usio ns neog eno us s urro und ed by a rim o f feld spar w hi ch fre uently b uilds aro und the o rigi nal i rreg ul ar frag ment a co mpletely devel Oped cry stal T he newly fo rmed fel dspar is much l ess Opa ue th an that fro m wh ic h it was derived and co ntai ns fewer inclu s io n s A mo ng tho se th at o ccur are littl e fluid cavi ti es c o n tai n ing movabl e b ubbl es A mo st i nst ructiv e po rtio n Of t he paper is that w hi ch t reats Of the ex peri ments w hi ch were und ertaken by the autho r to ex pl ai n the o rigi n Of the seco ndary fl uid i ncl usio ns an d to fin d the co ndi tio ns under whi c h the sili ca separated o ut in l Pcihlman has recent ly d escribed biot ite gnei ss c ry stal fo rm uartzi te Olivi ne k ersantit e and n eph eli ne basalt fro m the n o rth ern p art o f Parag uay T he Olivi ne k ersantite co ntains in a dark g ray g ro und mass l arge c rystal s o f biot ite (mero xan) p erfectly Th ese fresh aug ite and flesh colo red p seudo mo rph s Of Olivi ne pseudo mo rph s co nsi st Of serp enti ne v ery pl eo ch roi c b unc hes o f A c co rdi n g a mi caceo us mi neral carbo nates and i ro n o x id es 2 t o C arl Ochsen ius the bl ue colo r Of much Of the S tras sfurt sal t is n ot due t o s ulph ur but is merely an Opti cal efl ect M I N E R A L OGI C A L N Ews Emmon site a new mi neral fro m n ear ’ To mbsto ne A rizo na has been d esc ribed by W F Hill eb rand I t is Of a y ello wi sh g reen colo r t ransl ucent and occurs in crys talline scal es and p atch es in a b ro wni sh gan g ue co mpo sed Of l ead uartz and a b ro w n s ub stance co n tai n i ng i ro n t ell u carbo nate T he mi neral is p rob ably mo no cli ni c w ith a rium and water good cl eavage parall el to t he cli no— pi nacoid Cl eavage pi eces sho w two ot her di rectio ns o f i mp erfec t cl eavage n early at right angl es to each o th er A gai nst o ne Of t hese the ex ti nctio n is Pleoch roi sm v ery slight S pecific g ravi ty abo ut 5 8 A fter allowi ng fo r i mp uriti es the mean of fo ur analyses was as follo ws : .

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ho rt di stance behi nd the tip T he end in thi s case was not fo und T he t wi sti ng i ncreases the c hances of a si ngl e t ub e n ot holdi ng tog eth er w h en s ubj ected to the razo r o r needl es Of the i nv estigato r A ll Of the p arts o f the ill ust ratio n were d rawn with a camera — lticida a Grun ow w hi ch th us far has p roved itsel f amo ng the b est T he tubes c d and f hold the same positions to each oth er as th ey did in the c o nd uctive ti ssue o f the styl e Thi s was an unusually ri ch spo t in Odd fo rms T he co nd uctive ti ssue ed loo se and th ere was no apparen t cause fo r any ch ange Of seem di rectio n o r the fo rmatio n o f enl arged end N O nucl eus was ob served in any o f the t uber like tip s I hope to cultivate the pol — len free fro m any ti ssue and Observe the res ults B D H alsted Botanical L o t} A g ricul Coll A mes I owa — K BOO S ON F U NGI T he A meri can st udent Of fungi is Often so rely p uzzl ed fo r want o f a system ati c man ual to aid him in his st udy and C l ass ifi catio n Of t he multit ud e Of S peci es w hi ch he ig ht collect if he co uld hOpe to do anythi ng w i t h coll ects o r m th em T he book whi ch has been Of most servi ce is p robably Cook s H and book Of Briti sh F ungi p ubli sh ed abo ut fi fteen years ago but its desc ri ptio ns are so i mp erfect an d the syst emo f C l as si ficatio n so an ti uated th at fro m the fi rst it has b een an exasper ati ng book to use o r to put i nto the h an d s o f st ud ents Of A meri can books th ere are no ne We h ave so me lo cal li sts and a goo d many scatt ered papers D r Farlo w has given us ex cell ent mo nog raph s Of several genera M r Pec k has likewi se p ubli sh ed many desc rip tio ns and a n umber Of mo nograph s M r Mo rgan has helped us by givi ng us his My colog i c Flo ra o f the M i ami vall ey Ohio Elli s and Everh art h ave p ubli shed mo n og raphs Of a number Of genera By securi ng co mpl ete sets o f Grewllea the Torr ey Bulletin Bo to nical Gaz ette yourual of M ycology A MER I CA N N A T U R A L I S T and the p ro ceedi ngs o f several sc i entifi c s o ci eti es an d in additio n t he repo rts an d b ull eti n s i ss ued by vario us S tates and c oll eges o ne any as id e fro m the sp ec i ali sts can can do so methi ng but ho w m o rd to supply t hem afl selves w ith all th ese T wo books now p ubli shi ng will do much to h elp the o rdi nary botani st and botani cal st udent S everal y ears ago D r Geo rge Wi n ter began the p ubli catio n o f a new editio n Of the volume n gi ) Of R abenho rst s K rypto gam ra vo n D ie Pilze f e n Flo u ( Deutschland Oesterrei c h und der S ch weiz T he fi rst book Of I t i ncl ud es the S chizomy thi s wo rk was c o mpl eted in 1884 Thi s l atter C l ass in cet es S ac charo my cetes and Bas i dio my cet es ac c o rdance with W i nter s vi ews is mad e to i ncl ude the Ento moph tho rez Ustilagi neae and U redi neae in additio n to the T remel l inear Hymeno mycetes and Gastero mycet es T he seco nd book has prog ressed as far as p 59 2 an d is t h us far d evot ed to the A sc o mycetes Fro m p resent i n di catio ns thi s book at l east will be re ui red fo r the A sc o my cetes and a thi rd book will be acces probably o nly

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y for the th ree remai ni ng cl asses vi z Myx omycetes Z ygo my mycetes T he g reat val ue Of t hi s w o rk l ies in the cet es and OO fact t hat t he d escriptio ns are very full an d i ncl ud e acc urate meas urements I n the y ear 1882 P A S accardo began the p ubli catio n in Pad ua Italy Of wh at is d esti ned to be one Of the g reat books o f t he cent ury the S y llog e F ungo rum d esig ned to co ntai n all t he k no wn fun gi o f the wo rld T he fi rst and seco nd vol umes are devoted to the Py renomy cetes of w hi ch g reat g ro up abo ut 6 000 s ec i es are d es crib ed o the S pha T h thi rd vol um d vo e d e e t t e p e appeared in 1884 It co ntai ns d e ropsideas and M elancon iea scriptio ns o f over 4 000 s pec i es Vol ume I v appeared in A p ril Of t he p resent year I t is devoted to the Hypho mycetes an d d e scribes over 3 500 speci es T he desc riptio ns in Wi nter s wo rk are in German tho se in Both are full al tho ugh the t reat S accardo s S ylloge in L ati n ment is much mo re sati sfacto ry in the fo rmer S accardo merely c o mpil es and th us o ften ad mits t he same p lant und er mo re t han T he l atter is o ne name whil e Wi nt er is ex ceedi ngly criti cal therefo re the better g uide whil e the fo rmer by his li berality in admitti n g S O many d escriptio ns mak es th ese avail abl e fo r the critical st udy Of st ud ents everywhere—Charles E Bessey A POC K ET M A NUA L OF BOT A NY —I t wo uld p uzzl e any o ne to make o ut j ust wh at the p ubli sh ers of the o rdi nary botani cal man n als had in mi n d wh en t h ey d ecid ed upo n th ei r type paper an d bi ndi ng A manual o ught to be a fi eld bo o k It sho uld be po rt abl e w it h a s ize and weight allo wi ng it to be carri ed as t he co m panio n Of the c oll ecto r wh erever he goes Every begi nner in system ati c botany o ugh t to carry his man ual w i t h him b ut it is too much to ask him to carry a two po und bOOk in addi tio n t o his o th er b urd ens especi ally wh en the book is to o big to go i nt o N early five years ago t he wri ter b ro ugh t any Of his po cket s thi s matt er to the attentio n Of p ubli shers (A M N A T Vol xv p But 896 ) and so me favo rabl e co rrespo ndenc e resul ted fro m it we still h ave the Old fi shio ned co arse p ri nt thi ck pap er b ro ad margi ned cl umsily bo und manual s for use in the schools an d c olleges ”1 I n t he To uri sts editio n o f Co ulter s Botany we h ave the neares t A meri can app ro ach to t he styl e o f book with whi ch co l l ecto rs and st udents sho ul d be s uppli ed By the use Of th i n paper the t hi ck ness Of the book is red uced to co nsiderably l ess t h an an i nch w hi c h wi th the fl ex ibl e l eath er bi ndi ng makes a book w hic h can be carri ed muc h mo re c o mfo rtably t han c ou l d H ad the bi nd er b een i nst r ucted to tr i m t he o rdi nary editio n the pages so as to l eave a muc h narrower margi n all aro un d t he book wo uld h ave been much i mproved I n o rder to tes t the sar

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to a bi nder and had the margi ns p robably the handi est botani cal c ut do wn resul ting in man ual in the co unt ry Thi s i mp roved copy is now exactly seven and th ree eighth s i nch es lo n g and fo ur and seven eighth s wid e an d weig hs b ut thi rteen o unc es It slips i nto an o rdi nary pock et w it h the g reatest case and can be carri ed by the coll ecto r wh et ev er he go es N o w it must be rememb ered th at thi s red uced C opy of the To uri sts edition is p ri nted fro m the identi cal pl ates used for the larg e book and th at app arently no attempt was mad e by the p rinter to red uce the siz e Of page by p ri nti ng C lo ser to the inner margi n where at l east a uarter o f an i nch might easily h ave been saved It is probabl e that with co ns i derabl e care the width o f t he book might be reduced to fo ur and a hal f i nch es U ntil we can h ave so methi ng better let us h ave thi n paper edi ti o ns o f Gray s Co ulter s and C hap man s man ual s p rinted and bo und wit h narro w margi ns all around and with fl ex ibl e co vers w hi c h proj ect but littl e if at all b eyo nd the pages Th en let o ur s e r r n l s e u s s e r r m f b i h io ly c o id t h p obl e O g i vi n g u l thi s e u s a l a t s p a mo derat e co st W h en new editio ns of th ese man ual s are made the p ubli shers c an save much space by the use Of t hi n n er lead s so as to cro wd I n thi s way no t far fro m sev the matter clo ser upo n the pages enty five pages might be saved w hil e by the use o f sm all er type h ere and there the savi ng might be easily carri ed to a hund red — pages A littl e book Of 3 9 2 pages the To uri sts Guid e to the — Flo ra Of the A lps l ately i ssued by an Engli sh firm might well be tak en as a mo del Of it a recent revi ewer say s P ri nted in clear ty pe on thi n paper and bo und in red l eat her in po cket book fo rm it weigh s l ess than five o unces and is th us really s uited fo r the A nd yet thi s book is sold fo r five shilli ngs t hat is for po ck et ” abo ut t wo fift hs wh at is ch arged for Co ult er s To uri st l ,

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— A C H EA P H A N D BOOK OF M oss rs One Of the neatest litt l e bo tani cal book s whi ch has appeared fo r many a day is the H and boo k Of Mosses by J E Bag nall and publi sh ed by the well k no wn L o ndon firm of S wan S o n nenschei n 81 C O It is a thi n duodeci mo book of abo ut o ne h und red pages contai ns thi rty ni ne ill ustrations is bo und in cloth w it h t astefully o rnamented cover and sells fo r o ne Engli sh shilli ng T he C hapters t reat Of t he follo wi n g topi cs viz : A ppli ances and materi al re ui red for the st udy ;dev elop ment ;mo ss h abitats ; cl ass ifi cat io n ; geo g raphi cal di strib utio n ; c ul t ivatio n ; uses ; re p pari ng S peci mens fo r the cabi net and h erbari um T he C h apter o n classifi catio n t reats the s ubj ect in a general wa ly givi g n n o y no mo re th an the c h aract ers Of the t ribes We wi sh it were possibl e fo r A meri can p ubli shers to put a book Of the uality size and p ri ce of thi s one upo n the market -

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Professo r S ey mo ur s l ect ure befo re the M i nnesota Ho rt i c ult ural S o ci ety in J anuary l ast is a model Of It deal s plai n ly w i th a few c o m w h at suc h a l ect ure s ho ul d be mon but i mperfectly understood fungi o f the frui t garden viz t he rusts o f the raspb erry an d bl ackb erry (Gd oma n iten s and do ubl e b losso m o f t he bl ack Phrag midium ru bi the ” “ b erry (Fusi rpori um rubi) ; the raspb erry cane rust (p robably S phaceloma ampelinum) and the c urrant di sease (S ep T he l ec t ure now p ubli sh ed in pamphl et fo rm c lo ses w ith a few well cho sen remark s abo ut the i nvestigat io n Of the parasi ti c Pro fesso r Tracy has j ust p ubli sh ed in the eig hteenth fung i ann ual repo rt Of t he S tat e Board o f A g ri cul t ure a catalog ue Of It i ncl ud es phanerogams and pterido the flo ra Of M i sso uri s c e s m t A d h o n ly n d e th r r e e n u e r a e d 1 p e i s t y t s a t e e a u e 74 9 y p y o f the li st sho ws the S tate to co ntai n fo ur w ell d efi ned botan i cal river bott ms M ss u regio ns 1 T e i s i ippi i o i 2 h e r h M s s s a n d t () () o r o z a s o i n k e i s r n o sw am e f u e t t e u h o h h r O e s t o f t h t a O ; 3) g p g t he M i sso uri river ; (4 ) the prair i e reg ion Of the n o rt h ern an d T he Botan i cal Cl ub Of t he western po rtio ns Of the S tate A meri can A sso ci atio n fo r the A dvancement Of S c i ence w ill ho ld meeti ngs in A ug ust at Buffalo and w ill meet w ith a warm recep tio n fro m the botani st s and c itizens of Buflalo A ltho u gh t he uit e co nfi dent ly be arrangements are n o t y et co mpl et ed it can anno unced th at t he cl ub w ill be t end ered a h al f day ex c urs io n t o so m e one o f t he sev eral i nteresti ng coll ecti ng g ro und s Of t h at vi ci ni ty T he long ex cursio n o n S aturday w ill al so be arrang ed to enabl e t he botan ists to h ave a po rtio n Of t he ti me fo r co ll ec t ing T he lo cali t i es near the C i ty whi ch h ave been described b y M r D ay in his catal og ue o f Buffalo pl ants w ill p rove as i nteres t in g to vi s iti ng botani sts as tho se Of any ci ty yet vi sited by t he Th ere w ill also be tendered to the cl ub wi tho ut do ubt an C l ub eveni ng receptio n Th ere w ill be no l ack of Opport un iti es fo r beco mi ng ac uai nted w i th one anoth er T he fi rst meeti ng o f t he cl ub w ill be h eld in the roo m ass ig ned to biolo gy on T hursday mo rni ng at 9 O clo ck whi ch is the seco nd day o f the ass oc i ati o n S ubse uent meeti ngs will be ann o un ced o n the d aily prog ramme o f the ass oci atio n It is hoped th at the bo tani sts will be o ut in still l arg er n umbers thi s y ear th an th ey were last or t he year befo re L et every teach er o f bot any arrange n o w to b e p resent at the meet i ngs T he secretary of the cl ub is J C A rth ur Of Geneva N Y BOT A NI C A L N EWS



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H S ento molo gist fo r 1884 co ntai ned an arti cl e o n the subj e t o f the S o uth ern b uffalo g nat (S i muli um sp o r spp ) w hi ch di s ussed the g reat damag e do ne to sto c k each y ear alo ng the L ower M i ss i ss ippi an d t he h abit s o f the alli ed speci es in thi s co unt ry and in E urope A t t hat ti me the part i c ul ar speci es co ncerned had no t been d e T he h abi ts termined no r had the l arva and p up ae b een fo und i sed to be similar to o f the i nsect in its earli er stag es were surm tho se o f alli ed S peci es, b ut as the sp eci es th at had been st udied, b reed as a rul e, in st reams t hat are cl ear, rapi d and ro ky it was uan titi es in t he a uestio n ho w the i nse t s b red in suc h g reat Co nsi deri ng the g reat damage lo w all uvi al M i ssi ssippi co untry do ne by th ese g nat s it was al so a uestio n o f co ns id erabl e i m po rtan e, as its sol utio n might affo rd a means o f ch ecki ng t he in c rease o f the p est T he p resen t sp ri ng D r R il ey has therefo re, w i th the aid o f two o f his assi stants , M r F M Web ster and Mr Otto L ugger, endeavo red to cl ear up the myst ery surro undi ng thi s s ucceeded M r L u g er, wh ose o est , and has al read st has p g y p i s t o av on T H E

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J une i mpo rt s i nto the mechanics o f soari ng a mo men T here is no t ary fo rce whi ch I do no t thi nk i mp ro ves 1t mentary fo rce co ncerned with any part o f the ac ti vity th at I am aware o f T he bi rds are in the air uit e early in t he mo rni ng an d co nti n ue th ere unti l n ight fall all t he fo rces co ncerned in th ei r movements bei ng active every i nstant o f the ti me T he air p ress ures beneath the s urface p rod uced by the no rmal mo tio n are co nstant and t he expansio n o f th ese p ress ures agai nst t he rear curv e is co nstant and t hi s ex pansio n gives the lateral motio n They are bo th d eri ved fro m the g ravitati ng fo rc e of the mass o f the bi rd T here is no o th er fo rce op erati ve upo n the bi rd in the act of soari ng M r H end ri ck s answers my c ruci al uestio n in the negati ve ; “ fo r th ere is an unb al anced fo rce whi ch acts do wnward s and par ” all el w it h the face o f t he pl ane and th erefo re to wards the res t B ut wh en an e ual fo rce acti n g in the oppo site di rectio n is o p sed to it th ere is no lo nger an f e a f o r o b l d o c c ti n g u a a n c e r n p Whil e t he fo rce is th en b al anced and the pl ane in e uilib ri um t he pl ane is th us in eq uillbrium a fo rce will mo ve it wi th e ual facili ty in ei th er di rect io n fo r to s uppo se o th erwi se is to suppose a fo rce active in o ne di rectio n whi c h is not active in the oth er u S r fo r '

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Wh ether th ere are any n oti ces of or references to the white b ear in the reco rd s and sagas of the N o rsemen who vi sited the c oas t of N ewfo undl and and N ova S c oti a we are unabl e to say W hite bears were ho wever seen by the fi rst Engli sh navigato r w ho di scovered o ur sho res the i n t repid V eneti an Joh n Cabot T he followi ng referenc e to ag t h en saili ng und er an Engli sh fl w hite bears ap pears in an ext ract fro m an i nsc ri ptio n o n the map o f S eb ast i an C abot in H akluyt s Voyages (111 27 ) I n the yeere o f o ur L o rd 14 9 7 I o hn Cabot a V eneti an and h is so nne S eb asti an (with an Engli sh fl eet set o ut fro m Bri stol !) d isco uered th at whi ch no man b efo re th at ti me had att empted o n t he 24 th o f l une abo ut five Of the clocke early in the mo rn i ng .

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Thi s l and he call ed P ri ma vi sta that is to say First scene because as I suppo se it was that poi nt wh ereo f th ey had the fi rst sight fro m sea T hat I sl and whi ch li eth o ut b efo re the l and he call ed the I sl and o f S Ioh n vpo n thi s occas io n as I thinke because it was disco uered vpo n t he day o f I ohn the Bap ti st T he inhabitants o f t hi s I slan d vse to weare b east ski nnes and h ave th em in as g reat esti matio n as we h ave o ur fi nest garmen ts I n th ei r warres th ey vse bo wes arrowes p ikes darts wo odden C l ubs and sli ngs T he soil is barren in so me pl aces and yi eld et h li tl e fruit but it is full o f white beares and stagges far g reater than o urs This acco unt shows uite concl usively that John C abot s P ri ma vi sta was so me poi nt Of l and in east ern o r n o rt hern N ewfo und l and T he emi nent geograph er D r J G Kohl in his H i sto ry o f the Di sco very o f Mai ne seems full y pers uaded th at t he l and fal l o f Joh n C abot was L ab rado r But if the i nscriptio n an d map are genui ne the d es cri ptio n o f the i nhabi tants o f the i sl and both men and beast s wo uld b etter apply to tho se o f the east ern o r s o uth ern c o ast o f N ewfo undl and T he h uman bei ngs were mo re p robably red I ndians than Eski mo On the L ab rado r c oast t he “ soil is barren in all places whil e the stag g es far g reater than o urs may have been the moose whi ch do es not i nhabit t he L ab rado r coast Wheth er the whi te beares were t he po l ar b ears o r a pale vari ety o f the barren g ro und b ear o f S ir Joh n R i c h ard so n is so mewhat uncertai n We sho uld h ave unhesita t ing ly referred the creat ure to t he pol ar b ear were it n ot t h at in Parmenius acco unt o f N ewfo un dl and p ubli sh ed in 15 83 it is s ai d : Bears al so appear abo ut the fis hers stages o f the eo un trey and are so meti mes kill ed but t h ey seeme to be white as I co n iectured by thei r ski nnes and so mewh at l esse th en o urs H a ( k luy t) T he nex t explo rer Of thi s coast was C o rtereal who in 1500 l anded on the Newfo undland co ast at o r p robably near Cape R ace I n an Old Po rtug uese map of abo ut the year 1520 is a lo n g L ati n i nscriptio n th us t rans lated by Kohl a part o f whi c h we copy : Thi s co unt ry was fi rst di sco vered by Gaspar C o rtereal a Po rt ug uese and he b ro ught fro m th ere w ild and b arb aro us men There are to be in it plenty o f ani mal s bi rd s an d white b ears and fish T he l and fro m whi ch C o rtereal b ro ugh t the w h i t e bears was evidently the same as t hat in whi ch he kid napped fifty seven o f the abo rigi nes These were I ndi ans and not Esk i mo and must have been the i nh abitants eith er of N ew fo un dl an d o r o f N ova S coti a for a p erso n who saw them in the st reets o f L is “ bo n describ ed th em as tall well b uilt and ad mi rably fit fo r ” l abo r Th at ho wever th ey were t he abo rigi nes o f Newfo und l and perh aps Bethuks seems p ro ved by the fact th at a n umb er o f white b ears were al so c apt ured and sent to S pai n wi th t h em F ro m th ese facts it seems reaso nabl e to i nfer th at the w hite o r pol ar bear was a resid ent o n t he eas tern c oast o f N ewfo und land ,

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T he next navigato r to ex plo re th ese seas was J a ues Carti er, w ho arrived May 10th, 15 34 , o n the eastern o ast o f N ewfo und To thi s Ob servi ng seaman we owe o ur fi rst acco unt s Of land peng ui n o n the I sland o f Bi rd s, t he ho me o f the g reat auk o r n o w F un k o r Fogo i s l and , o n t he n o rth east ern c oast o f New fo undland ; al so o f the Bi rd ro cks Of the Gul f of S t L awrence Whil e harbo ri ng at what is no w F unk i sl and Carti er after d escribi ng the great auks , tell s us t hat he saw a white bear In “ h is own l an guage, do ne i nto uai nt En gli sh by H akl uyt : A nd albeit the sayd I sland be 14 l eag ues fro m the maineland no t w i th standi ng b eares o me swi mmi n g thi th er to eat o f the sayd b i rd s : and o ur men fo und o ne th ere as g reat as any co w, and as w hite as any swan, who 1n th ei r p resence l eapt i nto the sea and u po n Whit sun monday (follo wi n g o ur voyage to ward s the l and) w e met her by the way , swi mmi n g to ward l and as swi ftly as we S O soo ne as we saw her, we p ursued her with o ur c o uld sail e b oats , and by mai ne stren gth took e her, w ho se fl esh was as good e ” t o be eat en as the fl esh Of a cal fe two yeres olde Fro m thi s g raphi and i rcumstanti al acco unt we feel s ure th at t hi s was the great white o r pol ar b ear (Ursa: man tirn us) ; th at it ai nl an d (Joh n reached its full s ize was no t unco mmo n o n t he m C abo t says the l and was full o f th em) and that it b red th ere as t ho se mentio ned by Parmen ius in 1583 were p robably yo un g o nes T he w hit e b ear is still o casio nally seen o n thi s oast , as R ev T he seal h unters o asio nal ly enco unter M r H arvey states es t he w hite o r pol ar b ear o n the ice o ff the oast, and s o meti m it has been k no wn to l and N ow, if in th ese early ti mes o f Cabot and C arti er the eastern c o ast Of N ewfo undl and was the habi tat and b reedi n g pl ace o f the ol r bear, it is not unlikely t h at it o c as io nally might h ave a p vi s ited , as we k no w the wal rus did the co ast Of N ova S coti a and o f M ai ne Our suppositio n is based o n the follo wi ng fa ts : I n an anci ent map o f N ew France, by the Itali an Jaco mo di Gastaldi , in abo ut the year 1550, rep ubli sh ed by Kohl , and whi h we h ere p resent o f red u ed s ize, w h at we sho uld co nsid er as veritabl e w hite bears are d epi cted as swi mmi ng in t he o ean far fro m the co ast o f wh at must h ave been N o va S coti a, and near to but west o f S abl e “ I n the map the bears are placed to is land o r I sol a d ell a rena ” t he so uth ward Of Terra de e vmbega, whi h evidently co m n d is an en bl i l ri sed N o va S coti a and Eastern M ai ne a e s a S p larged po rtio n Of a broad b and , i ntended to rep resen t the bank s o f N ewfo undl and and L a H ave Th at the an i mals rep resented are b ears ad mits Of littl e do ubt ; ost o ne is a seal ; it is d raw n wi th o f the fo ur fig ures the lo werm o ut ears, whil e the th ree oth er fig ures have l arge, d roopi ng cars , A t any rate, if the lo cality was put in at lik e t hose o f a b ear

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haph azard by the map d rawer why sho ul d white bears be al so f I sol a de D emo n i rep resented as th ey seem to be in t he o cean Of T he fi g ures o f the bl ack bear as well as o f the rabbit an d Of t he abo rigi nes are well drawn and it seems no t unreas o nab le to i nfer that white bears were act ually seen and repo rted to the so ut h an d west o f N ewfo undland Th at the white bear may h ave vi sit ed the co ast of Mai ne near Po rtl and is further p roved by the p rob abl e di scovery by M r E a s a sc b f a o e e e s i n t h o hit b tooth h ll h p C o e a s e r a w rs O f M e S y o n e a s e l n i a a u n p ki g bo f h b e r f o d h l h p s e o e t o f h n n e t a e S m f a n s r r e s e e a e t h oo i l C o a i n l t P o o Wy a M s d c b a e a s s n G y 1 57 5 J an uary 186 8: ark ed in the A M ER I C A N N A T UR A L I S I rem T he bo nes of the bear t ho ugh much l ess n umero us were -

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mentio ned spec i es as it does al so in the shape o f the — c ro w n but it must be unsafe fro m a s i ngl e S peci men o f the m o lar in uestio n to attempt to id enti fy th em T he fo rmer ex i st e n c e o f the pol ar b ear o n t he co ast o f Mai ne is rendered uit e r o b a e t e f a c h u s f w s h bl by h t th a t e t k u lly b t a l r o a a s a c t u a e n e p ” fo u n d at Gardi ner T hat the w hite b ear fo rmerly was an i n h abitant o f N ew fo un d la n d seems p robabl e fro m the facts we h ave b ro ug ht togeth er and i t i s to be hoped th at the anti uari ans and nat urali sts Of N ew fo u n dland w il l i nvestigate the S h ell h eap s sho uld such he fo un d o f t hat i sl and fo r furt her fac ts b eari ng o n thi s s ubj ec t W e will now t urn o ur at tentio n to the fo rmer p resence Of the w h i t e bear on the L ab rado r coast w h ere the sett l ers still call it ” wat er bear W e find o n ly in C artwrigh t s Jo urnal refer t he en c e to t hi s c reat ure but thi s is suffi c i ent to S ho w th at it b red o n an d p ermanently i nh abited thi s co ast fro m Bell e i s l e o r Ch ateau b ay no rt h ward A white b ear was kill ed in 17 6 9 at Pi tt s h arbo r There is a White Bear S o und o n Cart wright s C hateau bay map j ust no rth o f Cape Charl es near Batt l e i sl and Cart wright s h o use was to the n o rt h ward o f Cape C harl es in an arm Of S an d w i c h bay I n 17 7 0 Cart wright saw the t rack o f two l arg e wh it e b ears and the Es ki mo kill ed one the same year near his ho use I n A pril 17 7 2 the t rack s Of th ree whi te b ears were seen In A p ril 17 7 6 a white bear and cubs were seen n ear H unti ngto n i s l and and in the follow i ng May ano th er was ob serv ed White bears were al so seen up the rivers l eadi ng i nto S and wi ch bay and o n pp 4 10 11 Cartwrigh t describes the h abit s o f the w hi te b ear in L ab rado r stati ng th at the y o ung are bo rn in March the parent b ri ngi ng fo rth us ually one at a ti me so meti mes two W hil e o n the coast of L abrado r in the summers Of 1860 and 64 we gath ered w h at facts we co ul d as to the occ urrence o f 18 thi s ani mal p ub li shi ng th em in the P roceedi ngs of the Boston S oci ety of Nat ural H i sto ry (Vol x 186 6 fro m whi c h we take the followi ng ex tract : “ A t S uare i sl and a locality sit uated between Bell e i sl e and D omi n o h arbo r two cub s were capt ured and tak en to S t Joh ns Newfo undl and A t Do mi no h arbo r the ski n o f a b ear kil led duri ng the p recedi ng S p ri ng (186 3 ) was obtai ned by o ne Of o ur a n e r n n r A e u e m h ty i t llig n t h t told e th a t w hit b r w a s e e e a t p not unfre uently seen at S tag ba i og h bo hi h n e a r R e r s w c s r r a y sit uated a lit tl e mo re th an fi fty mil es so ut h o f H op edal e One was kill ed th ere d uri ng the p recedi n g w i nt er and in the autumn th ei r t rack s were ab un d ant T hey were very s hy and could n o t be seen in the d ayti m F urth er so uth th ey are much e rarer T he l ast pol ar bear said to h ave b een seen in the S trai t of Bell e i sl e was S hot fi ft een y ears ag o at the settl ement o f S al mon bay —A S Packard — — ZOOL OGI C A L N Ews A paper by D r H ans G General adow

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T he eg gs of D EVE L OPMENT OF J UL US T ER R ES T R 1S terrestri s are oval w hit e and co vered by a t hi ck c hi t i no us c ho rio n t he n ucl eus is emb edd ed in a mass o f p ro t opl as m in t he c enter o f the egg Thi s cent ral mass o f p rotopl asm is i rreg ular in sh ape but its lo ng ax i s co rrespo n d s w ith th at o f t he eg g Fro m it anasto mos i ng p ro cesses radi at e in all di rectio ns fo rmi ng a n et w o rk th ro ugho ut the eg g in the mesh es o f whi c h t he yolk sph erul es are c o ntai ned T he n ucl eus is no t a di sti nct vesi c l e but its po sitio n is mark ed by c hro mati n g ran ul es an d th ere is n o n ucleol us On the seco nd day the n ucl eus and cent ral mass divid e i n to two parts b ut thi s divi sio n is no t co mpl ete the t wo resul ti n g masses with th ei r n ucl ei remai n i ng co nnected by a net wo rk o f p rotopl asm T he t wo seg ments then again divide in the same inco mpl ete man ner so th at there are now fo ur seg ments co nnected togeth er On the thi rd day the fo rmatio n o fthe blastod erm b egi ns entatio n masses maki ng th ei r app earance o n t he so me o f the seg m o uts id e Of the ov um at di fferent poi nts so t hat t he develo pmen t o f J ul us resembl es th at o f Geo phil us as w o rked o ut by S o g raf T he cel ls in the i nterio r o f the yolk are the di rect descend an ts o f t he fi rst seg mentatio n masses and co nstit ut e the hypobl as t T he fate o f the hypobl as t cell s is vario us so me are employ ed in t he fo rmatio n of the mesobl as ti c k eel th at is in the fo rmati o n o f t he spl anch ni c and s o mati c mesobl ast A no t h er part gi ves ri se to t he hyp o bl as t o f t he mesentero n and a th ird po rtio n and g i ves remai n s in t he yolk after the mesentero n is fo rmed ri se t o m esobl ast cell s whi ch are employed in the fo rmati o n o f vario us muscl es and the ci rculato ry system T HE

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With regard to the retentio n Of the p ri mi tive union Of t he cell s o f t he o vu m until thi s st ag e no thi ng o f t he so rt has been d escribed T he mo st i mpo rtant befo re ex cep t by S edg wi ck in P eri pat us part it seems t o me is not the co nnectio n o f c ell to cell but o f layer to l ayer by means o f p ro cesses o f the cell s A bo ut the middl e o f the fo urth day several o f the hypobl ast cel l s app ro ach the epib las t in t he m i ddl e li ne o f w hat will even t ually be the v entral s urface Of the embryo Thi s is the begi n n i n g o f a mesobl asti c k eel s uch as Bal fo ur desc ri bed fo r A gal ena T he epibl ast cell s in the ventral middl e li ne after alteri ng th ei r s h a e i nc rease by divi sio n and tak e a c o ns iderabl e sh are in t he p fo r matio n Of the keel T he hypobl ast cell s belo w th em al so inc rease and on the fi fth day the mesobl asti c keel is co mplet e in t he fo rm at io n of whi ch bo th epibl as t and hypobl as t h ave tak en part T he keel is still present o n the s i x th day but the cell s c o mpo si n g it are b eco mi n g elo ngated in a pl ane parall el to its s urfac e Th ey then sp read o ut to fo rm two d efi ni te splanchn i c and s o m ati c l ay ers o f the mesobl ast belo w the epibl ast Th ese tyro l ayers are co n nected T he keel di sappears o n the sevent h and eigh th d ays and o n the v ent ral s urface t he epibl as t cell s ass ume a c ol umnar fo rm th us givi ng ri se to the vent ral pl ate T he mesobl ast now b eco mes thi cker o n each s ide o f the medi an li n e bo th l ayers b ei n g co ncerned in thi s t hi cken i ng wh ere th ey b eco me i ndi sti ng ui shabl e Outsid e the thi ckeni ngs that is farth er away fro m t he mi ddl e hne the two l ayers are closely appli ed to each o th er and to the epibl ast as befo re It th us res ul ts that the m esobl ast is mai nly arranged in t wo p aral lel lo ngi t udinal b and s alo n g the v ent ral sid e these band s bei ng co nnected acro ss the middl e li ne by a t hi n po rtio n co nsi sti ng o f a s i ngl e ,

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i nvesti gatio n o f the develop ment o f Geophil us by S o graf s h o ws th af the e arly c l eavage o f the eg g o f C hilopod s is very sim ilar not o nl y that but even the fo rmatio n Of the mesoblasti c bands and ca lo mic cavity is si m il ar Great n umbers o f cell s also remai n in the yolk in thi s fo rm until a l ate period an d apparently mi g rate o utwards and may possibly tak e a sh are in fo rmi ng cer tai n mesob last ic struct ures Th ere is ho wever no evid ence to S ho w th at the yolk li es i mm ediately w ithi n t he body cavi ty in either Geophil us o r L ithobi us but rath er with in the mesentero n so th at in thi s respect t he Chilopod s di ffer p retty wid ely in t hei r develop ment fro m the Diplopods as d escri bed by H eath cote I t may be th at the S pl anc h n ic mesobl ast may i ndi rectly ac ui re ac ces sio ns of cell ul ar el ements fro m the und erlyi ng wall s o f the mesentero n even in the C hilopod s b ut Of thi s there is no very c l ear evid ence ex cep t in the case o f o ne of S o grat s fig ures T he Malpigh ian t ubes d evelop in the same man ner in Geo phil us as in J ul us and whil e th ere is n o c l early d efined anal seg ment d eveloped as in the l att er the so mites are fo rmed fro mb ehi nd fo rwards bet ween the first fo rmed seg ments and the termi nal sec tio n o f the bo dy wh ere the procto da um is i nvagi nated T he wall o f the mesentero n is the l ast struct ure fro m whi c h the yo lle spherules di sappear in the Chilopo ds and fi nally the l umen o fthe mesenteron appears s urro unded by a seco nd nearly ho mogeneo us i nvest m ent o f yolk whi ch li es wi t hi n t he hy pobl asti c wall o f the mesentero n and in whi ch free multi polar cell s are em bedded Th ere o cc urs a d ehi scence o f cell s i nto the ca lo m fro m t he spl anc h ni c m esobl ast i n vesti ng t he mesentero n Th ese free cell s rep resent blood cell s T he p rocess is so mewhat analogo us to th at observ ed in emb ryo fi sh es in whi ch blood cells are freed fro m the peribl ast of t he yolk the peribl ast t ho ugh undo ubt edly o cc upyi ng the po sitio n o f the hypobl ast has o n acco unt o f t he p ec uli ar way in whi ch t he ol k is fi nal ly ex cl ud ed y fro mt he ventral sid e of the intestine taken up the po sitio n Of a spl anch nopl eure in rel atio n to t he so m atopl eure whi ch c overs n ot o nly t he vi scera but al so the yolk so that t he l att er in fi sh es may be co nsid ered to be i nt raabdo mi nal s i nce the periblast o r w hat rep resen ts the spl anc h no l eure at l east in part is in m a n a s e s y c p a t ransito ry structure l eavi ng n o t race o f itsel f in l ater embryo n ic li fe W ere the l umen of t he i ntesti ne ho wev er to o rigi nate in A

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C A BU L A R Y o r A VO numb er o f the N A T U R A L I S T M r Joh n M urdo ch ki ndly furn i sh ed us w ith a vocab ul ary o f the h arpoo n We g ive belo w a vo cab ul ary of arch ery hOping t hat all who are in sy mpathy w ith us in establi shi n g acc urat e n om encl at ure fo r the vario us b ranch es of anth ropology will aid i n adopti ng th ese terms o r at l eas t wi ll state th ei r obj ecti ons if t h ey h ave any N o c l ai m wh atever is mad e to o rigi nality in most o f the terms D r Joh n Evans the Encyclope di a Britan n i ca P ro fesso r M o rse M r M urdo ch H ansard an d oth ers h ave b een freely co n sult ed T he li st o f wo rd s gi ven b elow i ncl ud es t he ho w the arro w and the arrow mak er s o utfit N o discrimi n atio n is made between anc i ent and mo dern arch ery as it is de an s igned to incl ud e the whol e li fe hi sto ry o f thi s speci es o f h um activity in the same manner th at a zo ologi st wo uld mo nog raph al s : s pec i es o f an i m '

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Fren ch ar e/l ief , L ati n w ear in s, fro m ar ms , a ho w , , w ith a bo w ; w hen ce archery, shootin g with the bo w o ld

R C H ER

RI

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GU A R D

wo rn

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on

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one

shoots

w ho

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T he apanese, in releasing , revolve the bo w in the left han d ; a guard is the o uter side o f the forearm to catch the blow o f the string .

OW , a missile shot from a ho w

T he possible parts are the head, barb piece, foreshaft, shaft or stele, feathering , n ock, an d seizings A few A R R OW CEMENT , substance used in fastening the arrow head to the shaft trt bes use glue o r cement in maki ng the sinew backed bo w

A

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desig ned to pro duce a w ound T he parts o f the d v w h a r a ex , faces, sides, base, shank or tan , i t i s t a re the ti m r i e o n a rro e o e g p p p an d facets

R R OW -H EA D , the

a ro w f a n r t o r a p

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A

R ao

w

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ST R

as a

wrench in

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side

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the part of the bow aw ay fr om the archer

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bo w is backed w hen along the outside are fastened strips cord to i ncrease the elasticity

BA C K ED , or

o f bone, wood or ivory w ith i e c e p straighten in g arrow shafts , barbs, etc

M GH T EN ER

a

q

of

w ood,

sinew

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being w orn over one shoulder, across the breast and un der the opposite arm; general ly much orn amented BA R B PI EC E, the piece of ivory, &c , on some arrow s attached to the true head an d havi ng barbs on the sides T his sho uld be carefully discriminated fro m the foreshaft , w hich has another function altogether BA L D R

I C , the strap suppo rt ing a

uiver or sheath,

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BA S E

of an arro w - head, the

BEL L Y

i nside , the part ) (

which fits into the shaft

o t i n or p

of a

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bow toward the archer,

Bow, an elastic weapon for cas ting an bow, back ed ho w, g rafted bow )

arrow

usually rounded.

from a string

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l f b w e e s e o S , ( -

mpound

co

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BOW

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CA S E , a long

bag

of

wood, leather

or cloth,

in which the bow is k ept when

not

in use .

Bow

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BOW

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Bow staves w ere an important item of use of gun pow der

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distan ce to which

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in dischargi ng a ho w T he substances used , the method o rtant to n otice o f treatment and o f nocking are i m p

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antler,

bone an d

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E L EA S E,

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Primary release, thumb and first 0 00k 0

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o in t o f

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Morse

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strin

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middle

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oin t of

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mb ring) ( E L F now sim le ( p ) made of a single piece of E FI N

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b ut strictly the po rtio n b ehi n d the head, an d i n shafted arro w the li hter h f o reshaft i d o r t o n b h i n t e e g p

a fore

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OOV ES , furro w cuts alon g an arro w shaft fro m the head backward ; they have been called blood groo ves an d lightning g roo ves, but these n ames are oh jectio nable as in vo lving theories

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H A N K, the art of an arro w- head corres o ndin to the tan of the sword p g p g

n arro w on

which the feathering is laid

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MENT , the part

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OWS , those which fall short

of

I D ES , o f an arrow- head the shar ened , p

the

mark

r t i n s o o p

called the ed es g

blade

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between the apex

and the bas e, also

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I NEw- BA C K ED now , on e

o n h e s e s i t f t i s i n d b t h e u n e w a l o t s l a s i i cr e a s e c h o e e w y g y back, either in a cable o f twin e, as amo ng the Eskimos , or laid on soli d by means of glue, as with many tribes in Western United S tates .

S L EI GH S T BL E TA



the faci lit

h i w i t w h c h y



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stale, shaft

(

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used

T H UMB

disk

in

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the wooden

,

his bo wstring

an archer releases

rt of an arro w, an arro w a p

without feather

with canvas, o n w hich are painted mark in lieu o f the ancient butt

of straw co vered

archery as a

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R I N G , a r ing

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concentric rings,

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mb

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head

or

worn

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WEI GH T



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of a

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WH I PPI NG (seizing reg ularl

l a id y

WI DE-A R R OWS

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)

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wrapping

any part of a

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cord or sin ew

o n.

those sho t to the rig ht or the left of the

M I C R OS C OPY

mark

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Th ere is some hOpe o f h avi ng a Divi s io n o f Orn ithology a n d Mammalogy created in the D epart men t o f A gric ult ure Pro fes so r R il ey and D r M erri am recen tly appeared befo re the S en at e s ub co mmitt ee on app rop ri atio ns h avi n g in ch arge the ag ric ul t u ral app ropri ati o n bill and urg ed an amend ment to the H o use t h erefo r b i l l c reati ng such a divi sio n and app rop ri ati n g O ur read ers are aware th at o rnithologi cal wo rk was b eg un last w s ad ded to R il ey s It r und er the Divi sio n o f Ento mology a e a y o t hers d uti es agai n st his wi sh and he d eserves t he th ank s o f o rn ithologi sts fo r carry i n g o ut the wi sh es of the Ornit hologi cal U n io n in appoi nt ments mad e und er him H e realiz es th at th ere i s much in ec o n o mi c o rn ithology whi ch has no b eari n g on ent o mo logy and if the new divi sio n is created Pro fesso r R il ey and D r M erri am h ave arran ged that the fo rmer w ill tak e ch arge of t hat part o f the wo rk b eari ng on the food h abits o f bi rd s in rel a tio n to i nsects T he seemi ng ano maly is p resented by the ex cess ive de man d fo r furs o f the ex termi natio n of l arge speci es and the i n c rease o f small er o nes Thi s is obvio usly due to the fact th at l arge an i mal s re ui re g reat space to roam o ver whil e the small er o n es need but li ttl e t errito ry and p ropagat e w i t h rapidity follow i mmig ratio n and i ncrease w ith the po p ulatio n in farm di st ri cts Furth er the i ncrease o f pop ul atio n di mi n i sh es the territory o f large S pec i es mak ing th em mo re accessibl e and i ncreases the T he annual ex ter do mai n and s uppo rt o f the small er an i mal s an i mal s o f the muskrat mi natio n o f the beaver is abo ut and y et th ere is no perceptibl e di mi n utio n in abo ut t h ei r n umb ers T he g rizzly and pol ar bears an d S h etl and seal are Of the l ast named o nly 200 ski ns were n early ex termi nated ad e fro m th em ad sec ured l as t y ear and the p ri ce o f clo ak s m vanced to $ 1200 T he A meri can causeway or basalti c col umns at Oran ge T he col umns are com N ew J ersey is the l argest yet ex po sed f n ssed i nto a mass r e e e t lo n g a d f high ov i n g 0 1 t 0 0 e e c e r p 75 T he generality s tand vert i cally but so me lie in fo urteen ac res In a ho rizo ntal pl ane and oth ers radi ate fro m a co mmo n center t eriorly th ey are a dark bl ue c olo r covered wi th an inc rustatio n Th ey range i n sh ape fro m p ri sms to o ctago ns o f d ust particl es U nderneath is an eno rmo us de the pen tago ns p redo mi nati ng posit o f red san dsto ne T he col umns are bei ng uarri ed for b uildi ng block s and micodons Candi dates for app renticeships in the U nited S tat es Navy must co me withi n the foll ow i ng meas urements .

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PR OC EE D I N GS OF S C I ENTIFIC S OCI ETI ES — BI OL OGI C A L S OC I ET Y OF WA S H I NGT ON May 15 Co mmu n i catio n : D r C H art M erri am h abi ts Of the short tailed s hrew a r l i B a n ( ) — May 29 Co mmun i cation s : M r Joh n B S mi th A nt s nests and th ei r i nh abitant s ; D r T H Bean T he t ro ut o f N o rt h A mer ica wi th ex hibitio n o f S p ec i mens ; M r L 0 Howard On so me new Ch al ci did a e ; M r L F W ard Ex hi bi t io n Of a S pecimen o f the Palo la C ruz o r Woo d o f the C ro ss — Y F I N w A A D E M e Y O K O E a N C C ES M y 10 R SC A h isto ry o f t he so c i ety fro m it s begi nn i n g to t he p resent t i m e prepared by t he sec retary was p resented I t co mp ri sed the follo wing sect io n s : Origi n ; membership ; biog raphi cal sketch es of p ro mi nent mem bers ; changes o f lo catio n ; t he old L yceum b uil di n g ; c o ll ee tio ns ; lib rary ; p ubli catio n s ; change Of name etc etc S o me were ex hibited o f the old do c uments book s etc — May t y T he follo wi ng paper was p resented T en years pr o g ress in ast ro no my Pro fesso r C A Yo ung o f Pri nceto n C o l l ege — May 24 T he s ubj ec t Of the sanitary i nfl uence o f vegetat i o n in ci t i es and the i mpo rtan ce Of tree pl an ti ng to the h ealth beauty and s ummer t emperat ure o f N ew Yo rk with p racti cal s ug g es tio ns in rel atio n th ereto was p resented by D r S teph en S mi t h an d P ro fesso r D S M arti n — M ay 3 1 On rock cry stal its c utti ng in J apan Germany an d the U ni ted S tates w i t h ex hibi tio n Of c rys tal s ph eres an d o t h er obj ects Of transparent uartz i ncl udi ng so me Of the l argest pi ec es in thi s co unt ry by M r Geo rge F K unz — Mr F W BOS T ON S OC I ET Y OF N A T U R A L H I S T OR Y M ay 19 P utnam s ho wed a collectio n Of i mpl ements and o rnaments fro m C ent ral A meri ca and remarked o n t he evidence th ey presen t o f an early mig rat io n fro m A si a to A meri ca ; D r C S M in ot dis c ussed the o rigi n Of t he m esod erm .

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N A T U R E OF T H E I M I T A T I ON S

H E champio n pepsin o f the world ! T he o nly pepsin fo und worthy to be imitated ! Even t he

man ufacturing

wealthiest

mists

che

co uld

have inspired physicians o f a suggts ti ve mind to try it also as a so lven t fo r d iphtherit i c

memb ranes and coagulated

n ot

T he success

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One party

fo r the prod uctio n o f scale e sin ; ano ther arty p p p has now succeeded in flooding the market w ith

mitatio ns of my scale pepsin extreme cheapness T his party n o w their i

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i nteresti ng are the k no wn facts in regard to the di s t rib ut io n and a n ia t sp read in A meri ca o f the s h ell w e are c o ns id eri n t h a g ui ry i nto the nat ure o f th es e facts an d a s earc h fo r a n ex plana tio n fo r them beco mes a matt er o f mo re than spec ia l i mp o rtance T he val ue of the sett l ement of the uestio n as to w het h er L itte r ina litor ea has b een i n t rod uced in recent ti mes o r is a n at i ve of I t has A meri ca is n ot li mited to the settl ement o f thi s fact o n l y a b road er val ue as well i nasmuch as it has a beari n g u po n the sci enc e o f the di st rib utio n of an i m al s I t must be remembered th at no speci es of an i mal o r p lant can in the st ri ct sense o f the wo rd be i ndigeno us to bo t h E uro pe and A meri ca I f s uch were the case it wo uld be neces s ary to sun po se th at the two i ndependent li nes of d es cent eit h er from a c o mmo n near o r remote an cestor c ul mi nati n g in the S pec ies had follo wed p reci sely identi cal co urses of develop men t T h e latter — r s wo uld re ui re p ec i sely id en ti cal co nditio n o f envi ro n men t and s uch we k no w w o uld n ot ex i st upo n two separate c o n ti nents H ence a sh ell whi ch is co mmo n to t wo conti nents mu s t in some way h ave b een i ntrod uced fro m o ne to anoth er It may b e i ntro duced by the agenc y o f man o r by p urely natural an d p hysi cal Fo r want o f a b ett er term causes s uch as o c ean currents etc t he w o rd i ndigenous has b een used in the p resent pap er t o apply to a speci es i nt rod uced in past ti me by natural agen c i es an d now tho ro ughly establi sh ed as a resid ent nat ive periwi nkl e L itton sa S uch a spec i es is o ur so call ed a i a t 8 co m t rop e Green l an d an d A meri c a l a 1 m l It o n a o E u S ( y) p an d has ex i sted for a lo n g ti me in all t hree co unt ri es bei n g fo und foss i l in the Po st plio cene o f all o f th em It w ill be p res ently s ho w n th at thi s s h ell was p rob ably i n t rod uced fro m t he c o n ti n ent in whi ch it orig i nated to the oth er by way o f Green l and an d I ce l and an d by st ri ctly nat ural agenci es We th erefo re s p eak o f it as i ndigeno us to A meri ca tho ugh w h eth er its descent fro m its parent S peci es took pl ace h ere o r in E urope we are unab l e t o say But we hope to be abl e to sho w th at L ittorina litorea did no t ex i st in A meri ca un til i n t ro duced fro m E urope by man and th at s i nce the b egi nni ng o f the p resent cent ury M r Joh n Willi s who was the fi rst to an no unce its di sco very in A meri ca (Trans N ova S coti a I nst N at S ci V o l I ) fo und it at H ali fax in 1857 H e co nsi dered it to be i ndigeno us to N ova S coti a chi efly for the reason th at so me o f t he old est i n h ab itants

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in the greatest pro fusio n , " 18 C atalogue of the S hells of Mass ( 4 5)

6rosa R

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of the shells of

list



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R ussell s

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mentions the same three but not litor ea T uft s L ist o f S hells co llect ed at S wampscott L ynn an d vici nity the same three as abundant but n ot litor ea S timpso n s L ist of the marin e I n vertebrates of Grand M anan

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o t o f Mai ne abo ut 186 8; D r D awso n ho wever states th at h e coll ect ed it o n the sho res o f N o va S coti a at a much earli er date I w i sh at p resent merely to put o n reco rd s o me addi t io nal d ata as to its recent p rog ress alo ng the coast I n 187 3 it was c oll ect ed in abundance at S ac o M ai ne by the U S Fi s h C o m mi ssio n and was fo und sparing ly at Peake s i sl and Casco bay I n 187 2 it was v ery rare at P rovi ncetown M ass but in 187 5 it w as co mmon th ere I n 187 5 it was coll ected by the w riter at Barnstabl e Mass o n the s ho res o f Cape C od bay in l arge uan ti t i es I a 187 9 it had beco me ex ceedi ngly ab und ant at Pro vi nce to wn I n 187 5 o ur parti es fo und two speci mens o n ly o n the s o uth ern s ho res o f C ape Cod at W ood s Holl b ut in 187 6 it was fo und to be c o mmo n th ere and is now very ab und ant T he fi rst s peci men fo und so far west ward as N ew H av en was obtai ned by P ro fesso r S I S mi th d uri ng the past wi nter Oth er so l itary S pec i mens h ave si nce b een obtai ned h ere by E A A nd rews an d by J H E merto n It is at p resent ex ceedi ngly ab und an t at ” N ewpo rt R I It is S p readi n g i nto the Gul f o f S t L awrence too fi ndi ng p rob ably a co ngen i al h abi tat in t he w armer water o f N o rt humb erl and v s t rai ts w hi ch co ntai n s o many so uth ern fo rm s hi a e F s e t W J fo un d it at S o uri s and Ch arlotteto wn P E I in D o n ot th ese facts affo rd an ex ceedi ngly st ro ng arg ument th at t he sh ell has b een i nt rod uced I ts rapid i n crease so uthward — S ho ws th at a favo rabl e h abi tat was th ere waiti n g fo r it a much mo re favo rabl e o ne th an the No va S coti a co ast T he co nditio ns w hi ch d etermi ne its sp read were h ere at wo rk a cent ury ag o but i t was not fo und any wh ere in N ew Engl and A S has al ready b een poi n ted o ut no speci es o f ani mal o r plant c an be t ruly i n digeno us to the t wo c o nti nent s It must eith er h ave o rigi nated in o ne an d S p read to the oth er o r it must h ave o rigi nat ed at so me other poi nt and sp read to both A sh ell such as we are co ns i deri ng whi c h is at p resent co mmo n to both co n t i n ents must eith er h ave b een i nt rod uced fro m o ne to t he oth er by man s agency o r by p urely nat ural means I f it can be s ho wn t hat the nat ural means did no t operat e in thi s case it w o uld p rove th at man must h ave i nt ro duced it ; and the st ro nger the p rob a b ility of the fo rmer the st ro nger wi ll be that of the l atter Wi nds o r t he agency of bi rds so active in t he di strib utio n of pl ants co uld h ardly operate upo n a sh ell o r its yo ung Ocean But by no ethod o f co nveyanc e c urrents seem t o be the o nly m means co uld eith er L litorea o r L palliata di rectly cross the A t

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— lantic in suc h a way th ey must have co me

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l means at all by way o f I cel and Green land and L ab rado r Thi s we find act ually was the case w i th L palliata Wh ere it o rigi nated the w riter do es not k no w no r does it matter in the p resent co n nectio n but certai n it is th at it is now co mmo n to ‘l ‘ ’ Engl and Greenl and L abrado r A cadi a and New E n g land A nd not o nly does it ex i st in th ese pl aces now but it has for a lo ng ti me past fo r it is fo und fossil in Po st pli ocene dep osits in ’ L palluzza) Engl an d in S o uth ern Greenl and (L g ronlandica Daw so n reports and in Canad a tho ugh no t act ually in A cadi a ‘ ‘ it from the Po st pliocene o f Gaspe and L yell fro m Beauport W e may h ence co ncl ud e th at L palliata is in the sense in whi c h we h ave used the w o rd i n digen o us to A meri ca But as to L litorea not on ly do es the l atest and bes t li st of 2 Greenl and shell s make n o mentio n of its o cc urrenc e t h ere nor ' does Packard in a li st o f the s h ell s o f L abrado g (tho ug h he men tio ns L palliata and L rudis as ab und ant and n o t unco m mo n but no trace o f it has as yet been repo rted fro m an y Post pliocene deposits o f Greenl and L ab rado r Canada o r N ew Eng l and I t is a sh ell much mo re likely to be p reserved in s uc h dc po sits than L palliata bei ng much l arger and sto ut er—tho ugh nei th er from t hei r ro ck lovi ng nat ure stand as muc h chan ce of bei ng preserved as sand o r mud i nhabiti ng speci es A ll o f these facts ten d to S ho w t hat L litorea was no t i nt roduced fro m one e ti me o r by t he sa m e co nti nent to the oth er eith er at the sam means as L palliata and that if by any unk n o wn agen cy w hat s oever L litorea had reach ed A meri ca it must h ave been con fi ned to N ova S coti a alo ne unti l the middl e of the p resent cent ury But we have ano ther so urce o f i nfo rmatio n abo ut th e sh ells whi ch liv ed upo n o ur coast b efo re the advent o f the E u ro peans I n the I ndi an s h ell heaps alo ng the c oast of Mai ne an d New Brunswi ck mo st o f the edibl e moll usk s o f the c oas t ar e fo und ‘ o ng the h eaps o f clam shell s D r Wyman repo rt s t hat in a am sh ell h eap at C ro uch s c ove C asco bay Mai ne L itton n a p al/iate ura

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lo ng with such speci es as Purpur a lapillus N atica ner os Buccinum undatum N assa obsoleta N assa tn uittata etc b ut he makes no mentio n o f L litor ea M r G F Matth ew i n 1 h is acco unt o f i nvestigatio ns i nt o an undi sturb ed sh ell h eap o n t he sho re o f Passama uoddy bay N ew Brunswi c k after men t io n in g t he o ccurrence of several litt o ral speci es say s : T he r o ck peri wi nkl e L i tter inn r udis i o io l y o d u s cc n s f a n a l ) ( b ut the co mmo n European peri w i nkl e (L ittorina litor ea) no w so ” c o mmo n o n thi s coast is enti rely wanti ng I n a p rivate l etter “ t o the w riter the same g entl eman say s : I h ave seen no t race of L litor ea in any s h ell h eap Th at the I ndi ans w o uld h ave col l ected the s mall er native peri wi nkl e and oth er small litto ral S pe c i es and no t the l arger Engli s h o ne were the l atter p resent is ih c o ncei vab le n o m atter wh ether the fo rmer had been coll ect ed for food or o nly accidentally i nt rod uced i nto the sh ell heaps T he s ame causes s ho uld h av e i nt rod uced L litor ea if it had ex i sted at t h ese pl aces A gai n the co n cl usio n is fo rced upo n us th at if the s h ell ex i sted in A m eri ca at the t i me o f the fo rmatio n o f the sh ell h eaps it must h ave been c o nfi ned to N ova S coti a We h ave no u i s s bl h e d li s t s f s h e ll s r o m h N ov c oti a s h e l h e p n or o a l a f t e S p has the writer b een abl e to find by p rivate i n ui ry any satisfac to ry acco unt o f th em A ll o f the facts th at we h ave so far mentio ned in co n nectio n w ith thi s s h ell S ho w th at if it ex i sted at all in A meri ca p revio us to the present cent ury it mus t h ave been co nfi ned to the coast o f N o va S coti a Th ere are other general co ns id eratio ns whi ch sho w th at in all p robability it did not ex i st th ere One o f th ese we — h ave al ready mentio ned the fact that it was no t i nt rod uced in t he same way as L palliata by way o f Greenl and and t herefo re w as probably not nat ural ly i nt ro d uced i nto A meri ca at all Many undo ubtedly European sp eci es o f bot h an i mal s and e n tal m a c n c w h e r c l a t o u ld d i h po th i r ifi i l id b e n a e c u r a t c a o n p i nt rod uctio n i nto thi s co unt ry h ave d riven o ut and well nigh ex termi nat ed clo sely alli ed nativ e spec i es Every wh ere upo n the c o ast o f N ova S coti a as well as th at o f the rest o f A cadi a and N ew E ngl and L litorea is doi ng p reci sely thi s d rivi ng o ut the native L palliata Every wh ere the native fo rm gives way befo re it and b eco mes rare j ust in propo rtio n as the Engli sh fo rm beco mes ab und ant Thi s fact o f itsel f gives us st ro ng a priori grounds a

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to h ave been recently and acc id entally ia tro duced b ut it ac ui res ad di tio nal fo rce taken in c o nnecti on w i t h o th er facts whi ch poi nt to the same co ncl us io n But g ranti ng fo r a mo ment th at the shell did ex i st in N ova — S co ti a p revio us to thi s cent ury w h ere it must h ave b een con — fi ned if it was in A meri ca at all wh at an anomalo us co n d ition of li fe we h ave A t present as we follo w its p rogress so uthward T he w ri ter has we find it g row i ng mo re and mo re ab un d ant very fre uently noti ced its di st rib utio n o n the S o ut h ern New B runswi ck coast but it t here o ccurs in nothi n g like t h e p ro fusi on In in whi c h he has seen it at N ah ant M as s o r N ewpo rt R I th ese two pl aces and th ey are like oth er localiti es in th ese two S tates in thi s respect it literally covers the rock s the n at ive spe W hat is the mean i n g o f the ci es bec o mi ng c o mparativ ely rare fac t th at it b eco mes mo re ab undant s o uth ward P C an it mean any thi ng el se th an th at (withi n certai n li mits) as it g o es s o uth it meets wi th a mo re and mo re co ngeni al habi tat ? I f th is be so litorea and we can see no oth er c o ncl usio n it sho ws th at L th rives better in warmer water th an that o f the coasts o f Nova e S coti a and N ew Brunswi c k and th erefo re th at the nat u ra l hom er o f the speci es o r the pl ace wh ere it o rigi nat ed w as i n w arm Thi s co ncl usio n is stren g thened by water t han t h at o f A cadi a the fact o f its no n o cc urrence in Greenl an d o r L ab rado r to both o f whi ch pl ac es it s ho uld h av e b een carri ed by the same ag encies whi ch too k L palliata t here T he latt er is cert ai n ly a more er and it may be th at t he c o ndi no rth ern spec i es th an the fo rm tio ns of li fe in th ese two pl aces are altogeth er uns uited to the mo re so uth ern L litorea in whi ch case it co uld certai n ly not h ave been carri ed fro m o ne co nti nent the other by way o f G reen l and I f th en L litorea ex i sted upo n the N o va S cot ia c o ast as re usi n g the w o rd an i n digen o us s e i w e a w c n hi h h s s e e n i n t e ( ) p w u s r n u n m s n i it s e x i ti g itho t p e a di g d e r c o i y w r a t l u n s a v a e e c p favo rabl e c o nditio ns o f temperat ure etc whil e favo rab l e c o ndi tio ns were waiti ng fo r it not far to the so uth ward S u rely the n f r m o n e c e g i hi h took it o o n ti t to oth t c n h e e r t s w i f u n e e c a n a ( rally i nt ro duced ) c o uld h av e carri ed it to the N ew Eng lan d c oast I s it no t mo re nat ural to s uppose wh at so many of the fac ts in n w h m t s i r a r e w a e r th t e i c h it th rives the bes t are e a t h w a c t i d lik e tho se o f its ho me and th at its ho me is in the wat ers o f the Engli sh coast whi ch we know to be so muc h warmer t han those of N ov a S coti a ? fo r

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meani ng o f its wo n d erfully rapid s pread and why if it ex i sted in N o va S coti a p revio us to say 1850 did it n o t b egi n to s p read b efo re ? I ts S p readi n g as rapidly as it has s ho ws th at it was o n ly waiti ng fo r the oppo rt un i ty to tak e advan t age o f it b ut why if it is i ndigeno us did it no t begi n to sp read s oo ner ? S urely the same causes whi c h h ave carri ed it s o uth s i nce 1850 were in Op eratio n b efo re I f th ey were nat ural s uch as c urrent s etc th ey certai nly have b een p resen t s ubstan ti ally u n ch anged fo r cent uri es P ro fesso r Verril l s uggests th at it may have ex i sted fo rmerly in N ova S coti a but h ave b eco me mo re ” d i ffused in recen t ti mes by co mmerce But surely t here was c o mmerce b et ween N ov a S coti a and N ew E ngl and b efo re 186 8 i n w m e w c r i s r e f r M a n a n d n u hi h y a fi t o t d o o gh e a t s r e e f r o ( p i ) i t to sati sfy the mo st ex acti ng d emands o f t hi s th eo ry I n all r n e ob a bility h e r a pid d i u s io n o f h e s h ll s i c s i t f f e 1 8 i n a t 5 p 7 meas ure due to bot h o f th ese causes but the fact th at th ey did n o t h ave a lik e effect b efo re seems v ery st ro ngly to sho w t hat t he sh el l was no t in N ova S c oti a fo r th em to sp read T he waters w hi ch bath e the A tl anti c coast o f N ova S c oti a are carri ed by the s t ro ng F un dy tid es acro ss to the N ew Brunsw i ck an d Mai ne c o asts and if c urrents had anythi ng to do with carry i ng L palli a la fro m o ne co nti nent to Green l and an d t hence to the o th er it s ho uld h av e carri ed the free swi mmi ng em b ryo s o f its ally L li torea fro m the N ov a S coti a to the N ew E ngl and c o ast But g ranti ng agai n fo r a mo ment th at L litorea has ex i sted in N ova S coti a fo r an i nd efi nitely lo ng ti me as an i nd igen o us speci es w e h ave it ex i sti n g und er c o n ditio ns very di fferent fro m those in w hi ch it th rives in En gl an d h avi ng as has been sho w n n o co n n ectio n with the l att er and yet retai n i ng its spec ifi c id enti ty It i s po ssibl e fo r a spec i es to k eep its id entity in wid ely separated l ocaliti es wh ere the c o nditio ns o f li fe are no t p rec i sely the S ame o nly by a co nti nuo us i nterco urse b et ween the di fferent lo cali t i es T hi s is in all p rob ability the case with L pallzata fo r we find it l rangi ng freely aro und the N o rt h A tl anti c in Engl and Greenl and L ab rado r A cadi a and N ew E ngl and and the agenci es w hi ch carri ed it fro m o ne l an d to t he oth er h av e in all p rob ability been i n op eratio n ever s i nce But w ith L litor ea the case is di ffer ent ; if it ex i sted in N ova S c oti a it must h ave b een c ut o ff fro m all co mmuni catio n w ith Engl and and th at it sho uld retai n its But

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th of man given by anato mi sts difler in i mpo rtant respects T hus F C uvi er (D ents d es M ammi fers) states th at whil e the crow n o f the fi rst superio r ’ t ru e mol ar c o nsi sts o f fo ur t ub ercl es tho se o f the seco nd and t h i rd superio r t rue mol ars co nsi st o f but th ree t ubercl es I n the “ A merican editio n of S h arpey and Quain s A nato my it is stated that the c ro wns of the superio r t rue mol ars of man c o nsist o f ad e in A llen s l ate fo u r t uberc l es and the same statement is m w o rk o n h uman anato my M y ob servatio ns havi ng sho wn me th at both o f th ese descrip ti o ns apply co rrectly to certai n types of dentitio n I d etermi ned to ex ami ne fo r mysel f to ascertai n it po ssibl e the extent and val ue of the variatio ns th us i ndi cated My i nterest in the subj ect had been especi ally sti mul ated by the research es amo ng the ex ti nct M ammali a and the results w hi c h I had d eri ved fro m them Th ese are in b ri ef as follows : Fi rst the uad ritubercul ar type of mo lar cro wn ill ust rated by the fi rst superio r t rue mol ar of man belo ngs to the pri mitive fo rm fro m whi c h all the crested upper m s m m m s n n o f t h e c e lophodo t ol hoo d pl t l l h v b e a r f e a e n a a a a e ( ) derived ; and sec o nd thi s uad rit ubercul ar type o f molar has itsel f been d erived fro m a still earli er t rit ubercul ar c ro wn by the Thi s tri additio n o f a c usp at the po st erio r i nternal part o f it tubercul ar mol ar in the upper seri es has given o rigi n di rec t ly to the superio r secto ri al teeth o f the C reodo nta and Carn i vo ra In the inferio r series I h ave show n th at in k no wn pl acental Mam mali a at l east the pri mitive mol ar cro wn is ui n uetuberc ul ar or trit ubercul ar with a po sterio r h eel ; th at thi s fo rm g ave o rigi n to the i nferio r secto ri al tooth o f Carn ivo ra by modifica tio n ; and to the uad rit ubercul ar type co rrespo ndi n g to the s uperio r uad ritubercular c ro wn by a lo ss o f the ant erio r in ner angl e and cusp A nd from the ui n ue and uad rit uberc ul ar types o f lo wer molar crown the vario us spec i alized typ es o f the ung ulates h av e b een d erived Co nsiderabl e signifi cance th erefo re attach es to the uestio n as to wheth er the superio r true molars of H mo sapiens are uad ritubercular o r t rit ub erc ul ar T he i nferio r mol ars are al so eith er d rit ubercul ar o r a n u u u u e r u e s s s i t b l a l ig ifi c r u e n c a c e t n b a t q taches to this modifi cation than to th at of the superio r true molars ES C R I PT I ON S

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b uildi ng up or additio n o f the posteri o r i nternal c usp S o me j ustifi catio n for a light esti mate o f its val ue may be fo un d in the embered th at it is n o t always follo wi n g tabl es But it must be rem possible to determi ne exactly the race o f the perso n rep resented by a sk ull even when care in its id entifi cation has been ex ercised Emig ratio n and war h ave c o nstantly rend ered races imp ure and t ranspl antation o n a l arge scal e has in so me parts o f t he earth m a n c rania u u o f d c d hyb d c lt s t dy h r u e r i r a e s h e o f a s e o r s u T p We are sure to be mo re o r l ess viti ated by th ese ci rc umstanc es obtai n averages rath er than exact defi n i tio ns N evert hel ess the ex t remes o f the seri es o f vari atio ns are lik ely to be fo un d to be c h arac teri stic o f establi sh ed fo rm s o f man and w il l th us j ustif y my beli ef in the val ue of the ch aracters p resented To ascertain the rel atio n o f th ese vari atio ns to the races is the obj ec t o f the sent en ui ry r e p T he cause o f the t rit ubercular reversio n belo ngs to the c l ass of agenc i es active in evol utio n o f o rgani c ty pes o f who se real nat ure we k no w li tt le It can not be said to be due to a c o nt ractio n of s the max ill ary arcade fo r the Es ui maux and so me other peo pl e whi ch di spl ay the t rit ubercul ar d entiti o n are not defic i en t in this respect Trit ubercul ar molars do not re ui re l ess l ength t han the e uad rit uberc ular fo r the ex ternal width o f the cro wn is t he sam in both cases Th ey re ui re l ess materi al ho wever than a uad rit uberc ul ar c ro wn si nce a t riangl e is small er th an a s uare d rawn on t he same base li ne ; however in so me men o f the lo wer races who p resen t the t rit uberc ul ar molars th ei r o utli n e is nearly ‘ s uare T he h y poth es i s advanced to acco unt fo r the red uct ion o f the number and uali ty o f h um an teeth obse rved in the hig her races as well as fo r the repl acement o f the p rognath o us w b a y j the o rt hognatho us is th at suc h ch anges are d ue to a t rans feren ce of m ateri al and o f g ro wth energy fro m th ese arts to the s uper ior p part o f the sk ull and its contents T he rel ative superi o ri ty o f the di mensio ns of th ese latter parts in the high er rac es is suppo sed to acco unt fo r the red uc tio n o f siz e o f the j aws I n the followi ng tabl es the t uberc ul ar fo rmul aeare rep resen ted by n umbers On ly the l ast th ree o r the true mol ars in each aw are co n j s idered T uberc l es o f red uced size are rep resented by fractio ns Th us 3 n c a e s d i i t th at eac h s uperio r mol ar is uad rituberc ul ar 52 5; and eac h i nferio r mol ar ui n uet uberc ul ar Thi s rep resen ts t he ex treme o f the seri es rep resented by the lowest rac es T he .

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detail s w hi h can be th ere st udi ed to the b es t advantag e M uc h t hat is th ere reveal ed has al ready th ro wn ne w lig ht upo n t he o rigin an d li fe hi sto ry o f metalli fero us d epo s i ts , b ut I cann ot n ow 1 t o uch upo n th ese topi cs T he gi ganti c geyser mo unds are in t hemsel ves o f marked i nterest , no t o nly fro th ei r g reat size and ex ternal c o nfig uratio ns, but al so o n acco unt o f th ei r i ntern al s t ruct ure as p roven by the ex cavat io ns mad e in so m e o f th em fo r mi n i ng p urposes T he A meri can Bell e, Grand Prize and oth er mi nes were Opened di rectly in mo unds o f thi s nat ure, and (as in many oth er as es wh ere o nly o rdi nary th ermal spri ngs p robably ex i sted ) cav erns were i nvari ably ent ered after passi ng t h ro ugh an o uter sh ell o f co ns id erabl e thi ck ness I n nearly all o f th ese so me c o nnectio n wi t h the surfa e was t rac eabl e by follo wi n g the t rac k s o f wood ch uck s, whi c h had utilized the p assag es as do mi c il es I n the cavern s, Whi ch are so meti mes o f l arge dimen sio ns , there is u sually a depos it o f s ulph urett ed o res , w ith alli ed mi neral s, w i t h a v ery co ns id erabl e amo un t o f y ello w and red mat eri al res ulti ng fro m its o x id atio n and the p rod uctio n of carbo nates No do ub t muc h val uabl e i nfo rmatio n b eari ng di rectly upo n the l i fe hi sto ry o f the geyser may yet be gath ered fro m detail ed s t udi es in this district But littl e real ex plo ratio n und erg ro un d has yet b een acco mpli sh ed , and th at small amo unt is but par t ially k no w n to t ho se who can make the best use o f it fo r scien t ific p urpo ses A ll th at the w riter has yet ob serv ed ag rees in mo st ess enti als with wh at may be seen in t he ex tinct s ubterranean ’ s m a a s a s r e e e a n s m x h g t i iv Wyo i g pt th t t l G a r d e r e r n e c e a t , , p lifero us d epo si ts and the g eyseritic reli cs are pec uli ar to the R ed — M o untai n area D r Theo B Corn stook, Champaig n , I llinois .

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T he wri ter has announced these disco veries and given some o f his own conclu sions in a series of art tcles puplished in the Engin eeri ng and M ini ng Jo urnal, 1882 in a further s er ies in the 84 in clusive, D istributio n of S an J uan co unty same j also ournal, 18 Metallurgy o f S an Juan county Ores 84 — 86 , no w runn ing in the paper previously uoted in T rans A m I nst M E , an d at greater leng th in the same T ransactions , May, 188 6 Geology and V ein S tructure of S W C ol with four maps ) ' Ueber das V erhaltniss der C ope schen C reo don ta zu den itbrigen Fleischfressern Morphologisches J ahrbuch 1886 , p 287 , vo n D r Max S chlosser

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g di ng both as t rue Carnivo ra ; the fo rmer o n ac co unt o f the s uppo sed scaphol unar bo ne repo rt ed by Gervai s t he latt er o n ac co unt oi the s i ngl e fl esh toot h H e restri cts the C reo do n ta t o t hose fo rms whi c h have two fl Fro m the L ep t ictid: esh t eeth if any he ex cl ud es the genera L eptictis Meso dectes an d I cto p s p lacing t hem in the I nsectivo ra H e th erefo re changes the name L eptic n to Pro viverridaz t i de S chlo sser does not agree to t he intro d uctio n to the C reodo nta by Cope o f the trit uberc ular fa milies t he Talpi dae C hry so us ually referred to the I nsectivo ra viz M ytho myidae and T upmidat ; b ut he does chlo ridida e C entetidz no t give his reaso ns fo r thi s vi ew T he follo wi ng remarks may be made o n the above po s i tio ns of o do n p o ss esses a T he s uppos itio n th at H ya m D r S chlo sser scaphol unar bo ne has been sho wn by P ro fesso r S c o tt t o be an error so th at th i s fo rmmust be retai ned in the C reodo irta t o w h i c h it is co n nec ted by Ptero do n S pec i mens o f M iacidae in the Prin ceton M useum sho w t h at t hi s family al so possessed no scap h o lunar bo ne Thi s t oget her wi th the no n tro chl ear astragal us w h i ch I h ave d escribed sho ws t hat the M iacida: must al so be referred to t he C reodo nta Th ese poi nts ad mi tted it bec o mes much eas ier to beli eve th at the Carnivo ra are the descend ents o f C reo d o nta th ro ugh the M iacidm (T he suppo sed connectio n between Oxy az n idman d Felidae I d eni ed in my l as t phylogeny in t he art ic le on T h e ex c l u C reodo nta in the A ME R I C A N N A T UR A L I S I for ed fro m the L eptictid ae (Pro s io n o f the th ree genera above nam viverri dae) has littl e s ignifi cance until the reaso ns fo r separating the C reodo nta fro mthe t rituberc ul ar I nsect ivo ra can be s h o w n D r S chlo sser s representatio n o f my phylogenet i c vi ew s is very i naccurate o wi ng to a mi s understandi ng o f the dates o f p ub l ica t io n o f my respective p ap ers T he old est o f th ese is the V o l 111 R epo rt U S Geol S urvey Terrs sent t o p ress in 187 9 and T he nex t in poi nt o f date are the n ot i ss ued until Feb r uary 1885 ill ust rated papers o n ex ti nct Verteb rata i ss ued at vario us t i mes in My l atest phylogen eti c o pi n io n s the A MER I C A N N A T UR A L I S T d eliv ered fro m full er materi al and mo re mat ure reflecti o n w ere p ubli sh ed in a paper on the Evol utio n o f the Verteb rata Pro ” e ruary M rch an d A p ril ressive and R et rog ress i ve i h F b e n t a g n umbers o f the A M ER I C A N N A T U R A L I S T fo r 1885 I n the las t o f th ese papers the L emuroid ea are separated fro m the Bun o theria an d pl aced in the Tax eopo da near t he Co n dyl arth ra to w h i c h t h ey are alli ed Thi s does no t i ncl ud e t he Meso do nta (Pely c o d us) whi ch bei n g un g ui c ulate remai ns with the Bunotheria In the abov e paper all are d erived fro m carnivo ro us Mars u pi alia in acco rdan ce with the vi ew o f H zeckel s S chopfun gs g e ” schi c h te D r S chlo sser genero usly ack no wl edges in an other pag e t he p rio r i ndi catio n o f the ancestry o f the P henaco d us and H y raco therium o f the ho rse li ne to his o wn by D r J L Wo rtman in t he re ar



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R evue S cientifi que Vol xxx1 p 7 0 5 But th ese rel at io ns had b een p revio usly poi nted o ut by mys el f; th at o f Hy raco th eri um i n the Pal a eo ntology o f the R ep ort o f the S urvey W o f t he 100th meridi an in 187 7 ; and th at o f the Ph enacod us in the P ro ceeds A mer Philo s S oc , 1881, p 17 83— 12 D Cope .

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s D OL L O on Ex r mcr T oar o rsns Belgi an an ato mi s t M L o ui s Dollo has recen tly p ubli s h ed two i mpo rtan t a e rs o n r s m c s p ti t to oi o h o o io e x n t e f r e E e n e f r m n s f t c a t o B e l p m i u T h t e m e e h a h w hi c g v r i s e to h fi t th s e e r f e s e i s h e t o t d e g s c riptio n o f a new gen us and sp eci es o f C hel dridaa Pseudo y tn ony x del/reidi Dollo I n p repari n g to do thi s the autho r re v i ews the c l ass ifi catio n o f t he Test udi nata in an ex tremely abl e man ner H e adopts the system o f Cope in the mai n a n d in givi ng his reaso ns fo r doi n g s o makes an i mpo rtan t H e di ffers in so me d etail s fro m the c o nt rib utio n to the s ubj ect a utho r o f th at sy st em Th us he separates Eurystern um fro m t he C hely dridas as type o f a di sti nct family b ecause it po s ses ses a fo n tanell e o f the pl ast ro n ; a c h aract er whi ch the revi ewer do es n o t regard as o f family v al ue H e al so un it es the Pro plc urida: w i th the C helo n iidaz but as we sh all see he reestabli sh es it as a s ub family in t he s eco nd p aper uo ted witho ut apparen tly b ei ng aware of the fac t M Dollo so meho w suppo ses th at the autho r o f the system he adopts regard s the pl ast ro n o f the Test ud inata as ho mologo us w ith t he stern um o f oth er Verteb rata and al so th at t he n ames he employs fo r the el ements o f the pl astro n are o rigi nal w i th him Thi s is an erro r T he terms po stab do mi nal etc w ere i nt rod uced b y the di sti n g ui sh ed Engli sh anato mi st W K Park er and the nu t ho r criti ci sed by M Dollo has stated in o ne o f his p apers o n w hi ch I cannot at thi s mo ment pl ace my h and that he ado pts t he Vi ews as t o the ho mologi es o f the pl ast ro n held by th at autho ri ty But M Dollo t hi nk s that the names D actylo sterna C lido sterna an d L ysosterna imply the erro neo us ho mology w it h t he st ernu m a nd sho ul d th erefo re be ch arged H e th en n ames thesedivis io ns D actylo plast ra etc N o w names o ught not to be ch anged w itho ut better reas o ns t han those o ffered by M Dollo fo r the well k no wn oppr oo riurn scientia is the mul ti t ude o f nam es Those in questio n sterna w ere no t given un der an erro neo us i dea b ut t he wo rd w as used fig uratively j ust as it is in many g enera o f the o rd er A s w ell might M Dollo ch ange the g eneri c names Eury s t ern um Pleuro stern um etc i nto Euryplastro n Pleur0plastro n et c A nd thi s o ur autho r has not y et do ne T he pl ates call ed i nterg ul ar by me in Baena app ear to me to be ho mologo us wi th the co rrespo ndi ng pl ates in Pl eurodi ra al tho ug h ’

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o nd arti cl e M Doll o separates certain s pec i es re ferred by Pro fesso r Owen to the gen us Ch elo n i a as rep res enta I t is tives o f an ot her g en us w hi ch he names Pachy rhy nc h us ch aract eriz ed by the un derro o fin g o f t he po steri o r nares a n d bv H e reg ar d s this the g reat ex tent o f the mandib ular sy mphy si s s ub fami l y of a o f the charact er as re ui ri ng t he c reat io n Chelo n iid ae the Pachyrhynchinae T he p resent w ri ter has however d escribed t he same ch aracters in tw o g enera the Pro pleuridm (Euclastes a n d L yto referred by him to lo ma) and has referred to o ne o f the E uro pean s peci es (C kelone — nimen tum Owen P chy rhy n chinm Dollo ) as p res en t i n g this l a a p ‘ ch aracter M D ollo s gen us is p robably o ne o f t he A merican M fo rms and his Pachy rhy n chin a: is the PrOpleurida: C Ope Dollo 3 family characters are ho wever better th an tho se given — by C open E D Cope — — M S tei n man recent ly g ave to Gen eral GEOL OGI C A L N ews the S wi ss S oc i ety o f N at ural S ci en ces an acco unt o f his ex p lo ra tio ns in t he S o uth ern Co rdill era T he fo ss il fauna an d flo ra are T h e U pper al mo st i denti cal w i t h t ho se o f E uropean fo rmatio n s Tri as R haeti an L i as J urassi c and C retaceo us are w ell repre M o ntp elli er le Vi eux a ci ty o f eroded roc k s s it u ated ren t ed tw elve ki lo meters fro m M ill au in the d epart men t o f A vey ro n France seems acco rdi ng to a n o te o f M E A Martel to be in so m e respects even mo re w o n derful th an the Garden o f t he Go ds A mass o f ro cks s i x ty to eig hty met ers h i g h o r M o numen t P ark si mul ates an embattl ed do njo n an d is call ed the c i tadel A r o und thi s five dep ressio ns 100 to 124 meters deep s eem in o n e S p o t to fo rm an amphit heater in ano th er a nec ropoli s in ano ther pa rt an Open pl aza and agai n a city w i th narro w st reets obel i s k s g ates T he w h o l e rs s ur etc recalli ng Po mpe11 K arnac o r Persepoli s 100 to 150 meters h igh ; ro unded by a ro cky wall ex terio rly ravi nes passi n g t hro ug h the tal us o f t hi s s i mul ate d i t c hes and o utsi de o f all t hi s many g ro ups o f rui ned ro cks co n s t it u te a h t r n a s r e n i li g c t ly i S e co n r d cei nt u re o f d etac h ed fo rt s t u t e b J t o the L i nnean S o ci ety of N ew S o uth Wal es a paper o n fu rt her T he aut h o r an d evid en ces o f gl aci at io n in t he A ustrali an A l ps D r L endenfeld fo un d erratics perched bloc ks s moo thed s ur faces and old mo rai nes upo n Mo unt Bogo ng the h ig hest mo un ta i n in Vi cto ri a — M H eb e rt who has fo r a c o ns id erabl e perio d been S iluri an occupi ed wi th the st udy o f the mo st an ci ent sedi mentary r o c ks o f t he n o rthwest o f F rance has co me to t he co nc l us io n t h at 111 N o rthern Brittany an d Wes tern N o rmandy t he verti cal s l ates s o f S ai n t L o are at the b ase w hil e upo n t h em lie the p ll a d e h ) ( y T ansactig ns A merican Philos phical S o ciety 1870 pp 14 6 — 8 I

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E NT OMOL OG I C A L N ou t theJunemeeti n g o f theE nto molo g i cal S o ci ety o f Washi ngto n, M r L ugg er ment io ned the fact th at t he seeds o f the h ard mapl e so numero us in the S mi th so ni an s d t r s u e t u n r o d e r thi y i f o m ly t r il e a tt ib hi w e a u n r s e H e s r e g sea n w n m h e r e h o e n o n to l n t w e t h r i n g t e f lo i g t h e i e m a e d u r n c e p s o n w hi c h p revent ed b ees from vi siti n g t he flo wers H e al s o farth er described the mod e o f fertilizatio n o f the co mmo n l ady s s lipper ( Cy n pedinm acaule) by a speci es o f A nd rena M r p j L ugg er al so remark ed th at a few spec i mens of the Euro A 8 8 e l a 1 i z o d n s c u i m i n r fi t o d by a t i s s u h n r e r w e r e f n 7 p p n ear Balti mo re S i nce th at ti me the spec i es has sp read an d is no w so co mmo n th at it has act ually repl aced the fo rmerly co mmo n A plzodius fi metarins M r J B S mi th de s c rib es an d fig ures, in E nto mologi a A m eri cana (N o the scent o rgans o f L eucarctza c ornea and Py rr arctia isaoella w hi c h are t hrust o ut b et ween the 7 th and 8th seg ment s o f t he abdo men o f tho se moth s S i mil ar o rgans h ave been ob served by Mo rri so n in A g rotis plecta and Euplexia lucipara, and D r R il ey has ob served t hem in A leria xy lina .

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lob sters rep resents the c oal esced terga o f all the ceph ali c an d tho raci c seg men ts an d a li ne c ro ss i ng it — h o u s the s ut ure dividi n g the h ead fro m the tho rax t e oi n t e d t a p c ervi cal sut ure Thi s vi ew is wholly erro neo us and has ari sen Dr fro m an attempt to trace ho mologi es wh ere n o ne ex i st — r d H o wa A yers (Bull eti n Essex I nstit ute Vol XVI I pp 4 9 59 pls 11 111 1886 ) has recently rest ated the p robl em an d the evi dence t o s how th at the carapax is in reali ty to be regard ed as the c oal esced terga o f the an tennal and mandib ul ary seg ment s and th at t he cervic al s ut ure merely i ndi cates the li ne between th em H is p resen tatio n of the case sho uld be c o ncl usive H e furt h er s ho ws th at the p art s regard ed by M il ne Ed ward s as epi sterna are in reali ty po rtio ns of the stern umc ut o f f by t he appearance o f fal se sutures D EV EL OPMENT OF P H Y L L OPODS Cl aus in the l ast H eft of the s i x th vol ume o f the A rb eiten zool I nst Wi en giv es an acco unt ill ust rated w ith twelve pl ates o f the st ruct ure an d d evelop ment o f t he Phyllopo d genera Branchip us and A rt emi a whi ch suppl e ments his fo rmer paper p ubli shed in Gotti ngen 187 3 H e dis c usses the seg men tatio n and d evelop ment o f the bo dy d uri ng metamo rphosi s the seg mentatio n o f the mesod ermand the di ffer en tiatio n o f the ectod erm al and mesodermal o rgans the fo rmatio n o f regio ns an d the n um ber of segments i nt eg ument co nnective ti ssue and fat bodi es muscles nervo us sy stem and sense o rgans e n d x cre m m a r n u e n a i c l di n g h e e d i l t l y s e li t y t a n n d e t h a e a e r a a ( ) t o ry o rgans h eart ci rc ul atio n and respi ratio n and the sex ual o r m f e n o a n s e s th u givi g m o og phi t t n t o f t h e d v e lop t n a m e n r a c r e a g t h e g ro up ‘ T n E R I BS or S p n E NODON Cope has shown th at i n so me o f the Pelyco sauri a the capitul um of the two h ead ed rib s is attach ed to the i ntercent rum T he uestio n aro se i mmedi at ely : I s it n ot p robabl e th at the l ivi ng S ph enodo n w ith so many ch aracters co mmo n to the Permi an Pelyc o sauri a sh ows the same co nditio n P T he ribs o f S ph enodo n are d escrib ed by Owen Gii nther and A lb recht N o ne o f t h ese autho rs speak abo ut rib s co nnected w i th t he i nt ercent rum (hypapophysi s) but th ey have observ ed two h ead ed ribs in the cervicals 2 Owen says T he fo urth verteb ra has a S ho rt pleurapophys i s o n eac h S ide w ith a bi furcate p ro x i mal end arti c ul ated by a b ro ad t ubercl e to the di apophysi s and by a s l en d er nec k and h ead to a p

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livi ng S ph enodo n sho ws therefo re in p ri nc ipl e the same c o n ditio n o f the rib art ic ulation as the Permi an Pelyc osaur i a B ut th ere are still oth er S aurops i da w hi c h h ave so me o f the ribs c o nnected w ith the intercentr um I n all C ro codili a and Di n osauri a t he fi rst rib o f the atlas is attach ed to the intercentrum between t he o ccipital co ndyl e and the atl as T he same conditio n can be fo und in bi rds w h ere thi s fi rst rib has beco me ligamento us and p robably in all S auropsida with ribs co nnected wi th the A tlas I do no t do ubt th at the Orni tho sauri a sho w the same co ndi t io n ’ s i n ce L v A i n mo n has sho wn th at the cervi cal ribs o f R h am — a u r h n s B r a l h o u a r lik tho t h c r o o d il D r G Y e c h e e s f e c e e o p y Colleg e M useum N ew H aven Ct S ept 19 1886 — BI R D S K I L L E D Ev EL ECT R I C L I GI I T T OWER S A T D EC A T U R I L L I enc lo se a s lip cut fro m t he D ecat ur R ep ubli can o f last even i n g ; al s o a li st o f bi rd s b ro ught to me yesterday by boy s fro mdi fferent parts of the ci ty as d etermi ned by Pro fesso r J H Coo nradt o f o ur Hi g h sc hool S o me o f th em are sel do m seen in thi s neigh bo rhoo d so far as my observatio n go es I ndeed mo st o f t h em are rarely n oti ced in the c ity thi s ti me o f the y ear I thi n k no ne were fo un d under the l amps thi s mo rn i ng F ro m the numbers I saw and heard o f y es terd ay I sho uld t hi nk it p robabl e t h at a t ho u san d bi rd s were kill ed aro un d the el ectri c ligh t to wers whi ch lig ht o ur t o wn I s uppo se thi s is not an unus ual o cc urrence but as the n umbers were so g reat I tho ught po ss ibly y o u wo uld lik e to mak e 4 a n ote o f it Follow i ng is the l i st o f the bi rds kill ed by the el ect ri c light t o wers : R edstart (S etoplzag a r utialla) red b reast ed gro sb eak (Go n ia /zea ludovician a a n d o n e a a i digo bi d n s z a c a bl c k i a C n r y p ) ) ( y p t o l o d e s a r T e llo w bl D c u l o s ho w r e u w a r e r e d c m a s e n u r a c e y ( g y ( ) a don) Mary lan d y ello w th ro at (Geothlypis triclras ) A cadi an fl y b r a r u n a a cat ch er (Em i d o n a x n r l t t g a r e n a e a c d i e s s c a a r p ) (& g ) cat bi rd (Galeoseoptes carolinenszlr rush (Turdus oliv b k d th e a c e ) — swaiusonz a u 2 1 8 8 E A e c r e t 6 s a t a n D t m G S ) p 9 — ZOOL OGI CA L N Ews General M Z aro ndnoi (Bull Mo se S o c Nat ) en umerates 184 speci es o f bi rds in the T rans C aspi an fauna H e divi des t he di stri ct i nto th ree s ub regio ns (1) the Kara K um desert (2 ) the A kh al Tekk e oasi s 3) the mo unt ai ns T he fi rst di stri ct has a p retty well furni sh ed flo ra spite o f its i mmense T he

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l he same co ndition ex ists in the L acertilia, Pyt ho n omorpha, and Ophidia ’ A mmo n L v Ueber das in der S ammlung des R eg ens burger naturw issenschaft lichen Vereins auf bew ahrte S kelett einer lang schw aen zig en Flugeidechse R hampho r hynchus lo n gicaudatus, C o rrespondenzblatt des n aturwiss enschaltli ch V ereins I n R e b n u r 8 J e s a h r a n 1 1 8 8 , , 4 p 55 g g 3 g g, l

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to absence o f polyps o n the v ent ral si de of the b ranc hes ; (2 ) the very d efi nite o ri entatio n of the polyps ; (3) the di fferent i at io n o f N ot h i n g has the mesent eri es ; (4 ) the di sti nct di mo rphi sm hi th erto been kno wn o f the d evelop ment of the C ubo med usa H aack e p ubli sh es in the Zool A nzeiger (1x p 5 54 ) so me n o tes o n the d ev elop m ent o f an A ust rali an C harybdea i n whi c h h e s h o ws that H aeck el was p robably co rrect i n his suppo si t ion t hat t h ere H e als o g i ves was an al ternatio n o f generatio ns in th ese fo rms n ot es upo n the dev elop ment o f the sense o rgans an d ph ac ell a and T he u mb rell a st at es t hat t he v el ar can al s are at fi rst unb ran ch ed at fi rst is py ramid al muc h lik e th at o f the S cypho sto ma fo rms an d o n ly l ater do es it attai n the cubi cal fo rm c haracter i stic o f t he .

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d ult W L S cl ater describ es (P roc Zool S oc 1886 ) a fi ft h I co m es t h u s S tephan o tro c hus s pec i es o f d ee o l g n s e a c r a o f t e e p fro m the Bri t i sh seas and was d redg ed at a depth o f 570 fatho ms S o me n otes are given of its anato my — 5 2 t M l W B Benham( uart Jo ur M ic S o c ) fi rst gives a cond ensed hi s to ri cal revi ew o f t he v ario us wo rk s o n earth wo rms and a c h ro n olo g i cal reco rd o f t he d i sc overy o f new fact s ; th en b ri efly en umerates and desc ribes all k no w n earthwo rms ; th en t ak es the vario us o rgans in o rder and poi nt s o ut thei r vari atio ns A mo n g th ese is Micr o an d l astly describ es s o me n ew speci es c lueta r a pi fro m S o uth A fri ca a wo rmth ree feet S ix i nch es lo ng p and th erefo re co mparab le w i t h A nta us an d T itan us fro m S o uth A meri ca A n oth er spec i es o f M icrocha ta fro m N atal fol lo ws and an d T rigaster is s ucceeded by U roben us (1 D iacha ta (1 sam h e e s u t s t w g r r W ldo o t ib e to 1 a l l n e e n e M e n c n r a ( p) u n n c e E n i r n o u a s e n a o a l t l n l f o u n d a t P z n i s a n a cco u o f D g g j p w s n n a n s e r l d Th r e e p e c i e f h g n u e p r e vio u ly k o w s o t e e s g D i nophil us is stated o n the o ne h an d to be related to the A rch annelid s whil e o n the other it retai ns many feat ures ch aracteri sti c o f the co mmo n ancesto r o f th ese g ro up s in whi c h M r Weldo n in c l ud es C rustacea M oll usca and R oti fera as well as C ha to po da an d Gephyrea T he rel atio ns of the body cavity ex creto ry sy stem T he tapewo rm an d ph arynx po i nt to a T urb ell ari an o rigi n T a nia fili collts has been k no wn as a p arasite o f t he sti ckl eb ack s m m o f u s r n w s m s c e n s A a t o t idy po t it o p i i G a s e r s e r r r D L e o e f e ( ) fr o mN o rth Caroli na tho ugh th ere is so me do ubt as to whether it w as real ly paras iti c in these fi sh es E A R au repo rt s fo ur cases o f t ri chi no sis at Bethl eh em Pa in the early part o f t he p resen t e ll w r u s e a n e r f hi h s u lt a t lly A e e c a d by ti g f a t w o w c r e e d a o y ” “ fro m t he same infected po rk Kennel in the l ast H eft o f ” S emper s A rbei ten c ompl etes his acco unt o f the d evelop ment H e diflers g reatly o n many poi nts fro m S edgwi c k s o f Peripat us acco unt o f the emb ryo logy o f the s peci es o f t he same g enus fro m t he Cape o f Good Hope — r o A rth poda r u e l h a s n n o u c e d N a t u e J u ly I 8 6 c h a n 2 8 ( 9 JJ ) t hat a Peripat us appare ntly P edwardsii is fo un d in the D em e rara divi s io n o f Bri ti sh Gui ana A n ex ample whi ch wh en not elo ngated is abo ut t hree and a h al f i nc h es lo n g has thi rty o ne u t h u s i rs f f t h l a t t h f hi h it r a r e ly p t s to e g r o n d a o e e t e r e w c e o p e xcep t wh en it goes back ward It fre uently di scharges a vi scid s ec retio n w h en h andl ed M r I mTh urm p revio us ly fo und small s pec i m ens in Esse uibo A cc o rdi ng to ob servat io ns mad e by M G S t R emy upo n the b rai ns o f S colopendra morsitans and so me oth er m y riapods the Myri apod b rai n is s i mpl e and ap ro aches t hat of C rustacea u m s n d u r M r e ss Co pt e e s o a t R T ( p J uly 1866 ) notes the p resence w ithi n the upper part of the sh aft o fthe feath ers o fa c url ew S hot in the wi nter o f sev eral M alloph aga Of the gen us C o lpocephalum T he hol e by whi ch th ese insects a

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t d was placed upo n the lower side ofthe feather in the furrow abo ut two centi met ers fro mthe upp er umbili c us T he i n sec ts w ere dead and were acco mpan i ed by t he empty s h ell s o f the eg g s they had laid w i t h a few ova whi ch still con tai ned emb ryo s A hole abo ut five milli meters fro m the lo wer umbili cus was app arently T he i nterio r o f the s o ft po rti o n o f the the o utl et o f t he larv ae feath er had been d evo ured It is not yet ascertai ned w hat con dition s det ermi ne th ese devo urers o f feath ers to seek refu g e w i thin A cari da: S y ring o philus an d other gen era have before the uill b een fo und withi n the shaft but these seemto enter by th e upper umbili c us Ho ussay has been st udyi ng the art erial sy s t em of t he sco rpio n (Co mp tes R en dus A ug 2 1886 p T h e g reat est i n terest cent ers in his d esc riptio n o f the st ernal art ery w hi ch ensh eathes the nervo us co rd al mo st ex actly as it d o es i n L i mulus t h us affo rdi ng ad ditio nal evi dence in favo r o f the vi ew h eld b y V an Beneden L an k ester an d Ki n gs l ey th at the ki n g c rab i s c lo sely Wi nckl er havi ng recent ly an n o unced rel at ed to the spi ders t h at he had fo un d a h eart in the Gamas id mites an d t h at i t c o ul d be st udi ed thro ugh the t ransparen t i nteg umen t o f t he livi n g ani mal K ramer call s attentio n to the fact that he ann o u n ced the same in the A rchiv fii r N at urgeschi chte fo r 187 6 B rad y g i ves 1886 ) o f all the k no wn E nto mo st raca of a li st (P ro c Zool S o c S o uth A ust rali a an d adds sev eral new speci es to the nu mbe r Beddard in the same jo urnal co mpl etes his p reli mi nary a c co unt F renzel thi nk s the o f the Ckalleng er I sopo da M i ttel darmdruse (t he so call ed liver) o f the C rustacea has th e fu n ct ion o f a d ig estive gl an d whi c h show s in its p hy s iologi cal ac t i o n r e a t g s i mil arity to t he pan creas o f t he V erteb rata A n ot h er fo ssil my ri apo d must go it h avi ng been di scovered that T r ic h i u lus was based upo n a fern — M ollusca M Th Barroi s gives in his th esi s befo re th e F ac ulty o f S ci ences o f Pari s an acco un t o f t he foot gl ands an d a u i fer o us q po res o f the l amellib ran ch s There is g reat vari ety in th e b y s s us fo rmi ng apparat us b ut Cardium adult furn i sh es a go o d ty p i cal T he byssus is a gl an d ul ar p ro d uct and do es n o t c o n ex ampl e s i s t o f d ri ed o r chiti nized muscul ar fibers C adult has a s impl e byss us o f o n e fil ament w hil e L i ma Pi n na and A vic u l a h ave many I n A rea the fil ament s are uni ted i nto a mass and A n e mia has a si mil ar mass w hi c h is encrusted wi th cal careo us s a l ts s o as to app ear as an ossi cl e M Barroi s describes the musc les o f the byss us ; the cavi ty o f the byss us w hi ch receives the s ec ret i o n ; t he g l an ds o f the cavity ; the byssal canal ; the g ro o ve an d t he glands o f t he g roo ve I n so me spec i es every vesti g e o f t he b y s sal m emi t w hil e ot her fo rms apparat us has di sapp eared (5 01 T he muco us gl an ds are so met i mes s ho w a parti al d i sapp earance scattered ov er the foot b ut mo re o ften th ey are lo caliz ed i n t he free anterio r ex t remity ; w hil e in L ima Pecten an d A n o mi a t h ey d i sc harg e i nto a furro w I t has o ften been arg ued that the rapid en ere

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great majo ri ty of speci es Of both fresh and salt water fi sh es w h i c h h ave h eavy s ubs id ent ova co ntai n i ng Oil have th ei r eggs rovid ed w ith thi ck e n h vy m b s w hi h r a dh r t to e a m e r a n e c a e e p eac h oth er o r to foreig n bodi es or to both F urth ermo re th ei r eg g memb ranes are us ually adh esiv e w ith the oil d rop s scattered b en eath the surface o f the vitell us o r aggregated in a fl at ( lis c o idal g ro up beneath o r alo ngs id e o f the germi nal d i s k and not v ery t ransparent T he w hol e eg g is al so us ually mo re o r l ess T he eg g memb ranes o f tho se speci es w hi ch c o l o red o r gran ul ar hav e b uoyant o va are o n the oth er h and ch aracteri sti cally thi n an d d eli cate so th at it is difl i cult if no t i mpo ssibl e to mak e o ut t he p resence o f po re canal s whi l e the whol e eg g is as a rul e re markably transparent Th ese ch aracteri sti cs seem to show th at the b uoyant ov um is a very well defined and speci alized type whi ch has been developed in the co urse o f the st ruggl e fo r ex i stence to serve a v ery useful p urpo se in i nsuri ng the p rotectio n and survival of the emb ryo dur in g the h at chi n g period Th ere are fresh water fo rms al so whi ch h ave b uoyant ova as in the case o f M acropodus ven ustus in whi ch the p ropo rtio nal vol u me Of the oil d rop is g reater th an in any o th er k no wn type T he oil in thi s cas e wh en liberated at o nce flo ats at the s urface as do es t he eg g w h en enti re whil e the pl asma of the germ and vitell us at o nce s i nk s Thi s fact it seems to me fi nally and co ncl usively p roves th at the pel agi c o r b uoyant h abit o f many fish o va is due to the p resence o f oil agg regated as a rule at the vegetative pol e T he o th er co nditio ns Of the vitell us in t he fo rm o f a s i ngl e d rop are (1) t hat the eg g be free and not adh esive w i t h a thi n mem b rane and (2) that it be i mmersed in water havi ng a g reater density th an T he o ne not abl e ex ceptio n to the l ast part o f thi s ‘ general statement viz Macropodus it seems to me serves to s how th at t he p resen ce o f oil is very i m po rtant and may excep — 1 0 m A tionally be t he s ol e cause o f the b uoy ancy o f the eg g . [ T he

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H very usefu l memo ir OF T H A L A S S E M A d eal s with a type t he ph y l eti c hi sto ry o f whi c h is v ery o b sc ure T he autho r co nc l udes th at T halassema is an A n nel i d i n w hich entary can al there si mul taneo us ly w i th the l ength en i n g o f t he ali m has b een a suppressio n o f metameri c seg mentatio n T he o va are d eveloped fro m free plastids whi ch beco me d etach ed fro m the perito neum and float abo ut in the peri vi sceral fl ui d in w hic h they gro w to maturity T he eggs wh en di sch arged are b uo yan t ; un derg o a total and eq ual seg mentatio n acco mpan i ed by th e ex pul s io n Of tw o pol ar glob ul es ; t he fi rst o n e Of th ese fi nal ly u n d erg o ing s ubdivi sio n i nto tw o A n i nvagi nat e g ast rula is fo rmed w hi ch elo n gates as t he sto mach is fo rmed ; the l atter is th en s ub d ivided by th ree co nst ri ct io ns b ends upo n itsel f and fi nally u n it es w ith the body wall and the an us b reaks th ro ugh at a poi nt c o rre s po nd in g to one end o f the bl astopo re whi ch has in the mean ti me be c ome elongated T he emb ryo at fi rst covered by c ili a fi nally d evelopes p reo ral po sto ral and peri an al c ili ary girdles an d th us b eco mes a t ro chosph ere T he ectoderm oppo s i te the g as trula mo ut h becomes thi ck ened to form the beg i n n i ng o f th e n ervo us sy st em t he seco n d p art o f w hi ch is d ev eloped l ater as a v en t ral ectod erm al thi ckeni ng o cc upyi n g t he po si t io n o f the c l o s ed lips T he musc ul ar system a ri s es fro m o f t he l eng thened bl astopo re two mes o dermal b ands near t he an us w hi c h g ro w fo rw ar d and beco me segment ed I n t he co urse o f furt h er g ro wth th e s eg men tatio n di sapp ears the p reo ral lobe b eco mes fill ed w i th mu s c u lar ti ss ue the sets: appear as mesod ermal o rg ans t he anal p o u c h es ari se as ecto dermal i nvagi nat io ns an d fi nally admit t hro u g h t heir i nternal openi ng s a l arge uanti ty o f water i nto the bo d y cavity whi ch causes the an i mal to i nc rease much in size T he larva finally fi nds its permanent ho me in so me c av ity i n a H ere by means o f its p reo ral lobe w h i c h has san d doll ar s h ell n o w b eco m e lo ng fl ex ibl e and musc ul ar and by t he aid o f s ec re tio ns from dermal gl and s 1t arranges fo r itsel f ro ug h chambe rs in I n thi s ch amber it t e the san d with whi c h the sh ell is fill ed mai ns a pri so ner H ere it g ro ws to mat urity co mpl etely s ec u re I ts o nly means o f co mmun i cat io n w i t h t he fro m ex ternal attack ex terio r is thro ugh the s mall o ral open i ng o f t he san d d o ll ar s h ell an d th ro ugh t hi s it must Obtai n all its foo d and cas t its sex ual p ro ducts wh en mat ure T he spec ul atio n s o f the autho r as to the o rigi n o f i rreg u l ar seg L



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t t to whi ch h uman develo pment d epends upo n the p roper utilizatio n o f food is s uc h t hat any fact b eari n g upo n the s uc cess o f thi s p ro cess b ec o mes o f paramo unt i mpo rtance L ivi ng in a sectio n o f co unt ry wh ere di et and d ri nk are un us u ally d efi ci ent ln calcific el ements my attentio n was many y ears ag o call ed to the analogo us c o nditio n o f the teeth o f chil dren in t h at regio n w hi ch as a rul e are ch aracteriz ed by a co rrespo nd i ng defi ci ency in calc ific el ement s R apid and remarkabl e ch anges al so o cc ur in the co nditio n o f — al mo st in di rect ratio to t hei r ch ang es o f en t he teeth o f ad ult s T he bak er s b read an d oth er food viro n ment in thi s respect p ro ducts in most general use by the i nh abitants o f the regio n near t he Gul f Of M ex i co an d mo re esp eci ally by the i nh abitants o f c iti es are l argely dtvested o f calc ific el em ent s whil e t he wat er u sed for potabl e p urpo ses is al mo st ex cl usively rai n water w hi c h t h o ugh a good solvent co ntai ns no mi neral el ements T he wo nderful po wer o f adaptatio n po ssessed by o ur race is s uch th at peopl e l ivi ng in thi s regio n fo r a num ber o fgeneratio ns ac ui re the po wer o f app ropri ati n g fro m the meager s upp ly th us fu rni sh ed the necessary el ements to p rod uce fai rly goo d teet h ;but t he very l arge n umb er o f res i dents no t natives o f t hi s s ect io n w ho se early li fe and the li fe o f th ei r ancesto rs has b een s pent in ents were mo re ab undant an d who se r egio ns wh ere calcific el em c o nstit utio nal h abit was acc usto m ed to th at ab undan ce are n o t a bl e to assi mil ate o ut o f thi s meager s upp ly the re ui s i te p ropo r t io n o f limesalts — s T he functio n o f n ut ritio n b ei n g d ual in it ch aract er remo v ing efl ete and wo rn o ut materi al o n t he o ne h and whil e s u pply in g t he el ements to mai ntai n t he i nt eg rity o f the ti ss ues o n the o t her —the calcific el ements whi ch fo rm the i no rgani c b asi s o f too th s ub stan ce an d whi ch ren dered t he t eeth h ard and firm are car uanti ty r i ed away whil e the supply to reb uild b ei n g d efi ci ent in t he c o rrespo ndi ng amo unt is n o t resto red the teeth in co use m i n d f i ed and s o f n r n c e u e c e s oo b e c o e l c t d f li g a s y p e y e a e n a l n a e q t o unfavo rabl e co n ditio ns ex en

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whi ch has for its Obj ect the s tu dy o f i in difl erentiated o r ano nymo us h umanity fro m an epoc h w h i ch may be co nsi dered its i nfancy do wn to o ur o wn day (A n t o n io h s w T i hol t Mach ado y A lvarez Folk l J 111 1 e e s s a m u s [ y be read One can not affo rd to o mit a sentence ! “ Folk lo re is k no wl edge o f folk li fe o r the li fe o f the u n c ul tured cl asses as di sti ng ui s h ed fro m c ul t ure lo re k no w l edg e o f individ ualiz ed li fe the li fe o f the c ult ured cl asses ; and t h e g en eralizat io ns ari s i ng fro m th ese two k no wl edges o r t he scien ces o f folk li fe and o f c ult ure li fe are co mpl ementary and mut ual l y c o r rective divi sio ns o f the same mental and mo ral sci en ces t he h is to rical sc i ences namely o r mental d evelo pment an d of c i vi l p r o g r n l v ress T t u l e n i e Folk r a G S t S ( J We co me no w to the seco n d seri es o f uestio ns the subj ec t o f ” classific co n cepts the st udy o f Wh at sho ul d go wh ere as M i ss Charlotte S Burne h appily p uts it M r E S id ney H artl and divid es folk lo re i nto two d epart men ts o w o u e lk o n c r o l k r s r t i till b tt I lik l o l k t l z a c e o r e / a n d t e f t o k f f f p g wo nt bett er for the reaso n th at folk lo re do es not so much in cl ude

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lo re, ac o rdi ng to his o wn d efi nitio n S everal of the gentl emen h av e w i sely started th ei r study with the two i n ui ri es who are “ t he folk , and wh at is lo re S efi o r A lvarez remark s, T he w o rd o l a l k m k e u G r a w l l u ti a r It li p i h n v o o v l v n s L a n a a n a o S , f , g , g , g s ig n ifi es not the whol e o f h uman ity , b ut a po rtio n o f t he h uman ra e, who po ssess a seri es o f co mmo n sig ns an d are really ano ny mo us in co nt radi sti nctio n fro m th at oth er seri es of men who pos H e wo uld i ncl ude p racti ally all sav s ess a notabl e perso nality ag es and the unt uto red h erd of iviliz ed so ci ety It is very certai n th at what co nstit utes the k nowi ngs, the say i n gs and the way s o r w o nts o f the unt uto red , the unthi nki n g and It is the unp rog ress ive amo ng us remi nd us much of savagery als o very certai n th at each age o f the w o rld eac h g rad us o f so c iety resembl es the geologi cal ages ; th at is, each o ne, in addi t io n to all th at it has add ed o f new emb races i ncl ud es much o f all T he folk lo rists are th ere t he ant eced ent ages, g rad es o r epo ch s fo re, altogeth er sci entifi c in coll ecti n g the lo re o f savages en masse, the lore o f barb ari and civilized peopl es, so far as th ey are sur vival: o f ti mes n ot t h ei r o wn P racti cally , th erefo re, w h at do the fol k lo rists wi sh us to ol and how sh all we name and cl as si fy o ur mat eri al after it is ' gath ered i J ust at thi s w riti ng we are i ncli ned to use M i ss Burne s ’ modifi atio n o f M r Go mme s scheme Fo r the fili n g of tal es the folk lo re so i ety has adapted a s h eme, with printed h eadi ngs, as follo ws :

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in di sch argi n g the arro w fro m a bo w To thi s topi c P ro fesso r E S Mo rse has given mo re attentio n than any o ne el se an d has p ubl ished th ereo n a mo nograph in the Bull eti n o f the Essex I n stitute (xvu 188 o n s r u s p po to th t i l e e c f u r e u r r m e r a e a fo r a 5) more ex tended memoi r o n the s ubj e t T he readers of t hi s j o ur nal who h av e noted the method s o f arro w rel ease in an p t a f r o y thc wo rld sho uld send thei r i nfo rmatio n to P ro fesso r M o rse in , sa em A s an exampl e of diversity in th ese matters, P ro fesso r M o rse says : I n the En li sh r a ti e t t p d fi ly h e b o w m u s r m s e b e r a g ; p g .

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in the J apanese, loo sely I n both cases it is held verti cally but i n the Engli s h metho d the arro w rests o n the l eft o f t he bow T he E ngli sh w hil e in the J apanese it is pl aced o n the right w ristg uard is wo rn o n the i n ner and l o wer part o f the arm ; the J ap anese need no ne as th ey fli ng the bo w h al f ro und at t he mo ment o f release T he Engli sh archer grasps his bo w in t he mid dle ; the J apanese n ear its lo wer thi rd I n the Eng l ish method the st ri n g is d raw n w ith the tips o f the fi rst t h ree fi ng er s ; in the J apanese the stri ng is d rawn back by the b ent th umb .

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o i tio n fo r the A dvancement ofS ci enceheld its sessio n thi s y ear at N ancy Thi rty two savans co ntnb uted p apers upo n engi neering and math emati cs fo rty fo ur upo n physics and ch emi st ry fifty eight upo n the nat ural sci ences an d fifty ni ne o n eco n o mi cs so m T he R evue e co nt rib uti n g several papers S cientifiq ue (A ug I 4 ) pri nts in full the add ress o f the p resident M Fri edel upo n the prog ress o f c h emi stry and mi neral ogy ;that o f M E Collig no n sec retary upo n the hi sto ry o f the ass oci ati on d uri ng the year ; th at o f M A V ollan d mayo r o f N an c y and that o f M E Ga l an te t reas urer upo n the fi nances o f the asso ci ation Fro m the fi rst of these di sco urses it appears that sp in el corun d um and rubi es have been manufact ured artifi ci ally an d that the fal se r ubi es are n ot i nfre uen t in the mark et T he l ast meeti ng hel d at Gren obl e received a total o f 3 4 2 co mmun i cat io ns 166 of whi c h were upo n the nat ural sci ences Fo urteen members were lo st by d eath d uri ng the year i ncl ud in g M M Bo uquet Bouley J ami n R obi n and D echambre T he number o f associates is kept up to th ree t ho usand eight h und red A mo n g the p apers read in the nat ural hi sto ry sectio n were tho se o f M C artailhac o n sep ul ch res o f the sto ne ag e etc of M Ch ati n o n the flo ra of Paris and Dauphi ne; of F L ataste o n the d entary system o f Hy rax ; of Mano uvrier o n the del imi tati on of anth ropology ; o f M o rt illet and of o n cri mi nal anth ropo lo g y mi crocé phal es T est ut o n A n umb er o f di stin g ui shed for eig ners were p resent at the meeting M Cartailhac d rew atten tio n to the p reval ence o f b uri al after deco mpos i tio n o f the soil parts I n the rei nd eer ag e thi s was usual I n S pai n the body of until the d eath o f h is s uccessor t he l ate ki ng li es in el p utri do A n i nt eresti ng di sc ussio n o n wh eat p ro ductio n too k pl ace in the T he wh eat g rowers o f Europe reg ard wi th ag ri cult ural sec tion n anx i ety the i nc rease o f the w h eat p rod uctio n o f H indo sm S ome i nteresti ng ex cursio ns were tak en o ne to a spo t upo n German an soil was frust rated by the ig no ran t fussi ness o f the lo cal Germ T he next meeti ng o f t he associ atio n will be h el d at autho riti es To ulo use th at o f 1888 at Oran A lgeria T he F rench A

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T he new Gogebi c I ro n range is located parall el w i th the sho re o f L ak e S uperio r and abo ut fo rt y mil es di stan t , eq ui ex po sed in M i ch igan and Wi sco ns i n Th ere are two vei ns runn ing very near to ea h oth er th at average 2 5 t o 160 feet in width and T he o re is all withi n the Bessemer li mi t are o f unk no wn depth varyi ng abo ut five per cent at the surface but assumi ng an e uality belo w T he vei ns head nearly so uth at an angl e o f t hi rty degrees fro mthe perpendi cul ar T he uali ty averages s i x ty seven per cent p ure h ematite and is so ft and rumbli ng T he opening o fthe range -

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settl ers h avi n g p d t d mig ratio n lo cated th ere d uri ng fi fteen mo nth s T he range has been ex po sed fo r nearly si x ty mil es c ro pp ing o ut o n the s urface o f the mo u n t ai ns and di sappeari ng to 2 50 feet b elo w in the vall ey s T he d epth o f the o re in the vall eys is ex pl ai ned by its soft t ex t ure t he water h avi ng s wept it away after whi ch soil fill ed in and co v ered it M essrs J B L ippi ncott Co mpany h ave in press a M an ual ” eri can Bi rd s o f N o rth A m by the emi nent o rn ith olog ist Profes s o r R ob ert R idgway c urato r D epart ment o f Bi rd s S mith so ni an I n sti tutio n Washi ng to n D C T he wo rk is to co ntai n so me 4 3 5 i ll ust rati ons s uitab ly ex ecuted and will co nfo rmto the geog raph i cal li mits cl assifi catio n numerati on and no mencl at ure adopted by t he A meri can Orn i thologi cal U nio n W e do ubt n o t it w ill be o ne o f the mo st i mpo rtant tho ro ugh an d o rigi nal co n t rib utio n s to the l i terature o f the s ubj ect whi ch has ever appeared and presume that nat urali sts and spo rtsmen alike will find in it an i nval uabl e aid T he o ut put o f the i ro n o re mi nes o f the L ak e S uperio r re gio n w ill be abo ut 000 to ns fo r the seaso n o f 1886 o r o ne thi rd larger th an in any oth er past y ear

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Witho ut a g ui ng thi s poi nt fu th I d si to p s nt h e s o m fa t s whi h s m to i ndi at th at t u Pal e ozoi st ata h av i n o ne g io n (S W C olo a do ) b o m i n volv d in th zo n of m ta mo rphi sm; th at is to say super metamorphi sm has o c cu d A ll alo ng th Ro ky M o untai n hai n to th n o th w a d th o g nizabl altho ug h I hav s n S il u ia n b d s are t h m v y mu h bak d in po tio ns o f N o rth w ste n W yo mi ng T he sa m su ssio n o f st ata f o m top to botto m o f th Pal a o zoi is di sc n ibl so uth wa d as a ul at until we st ik th g l o op o f th o nti n ntal divid in th S an J uan mi ni ng gio n w h e th s di m nta ry fo matio ns ski t th bas o f th Qua tz it mo untai ns o f H ayd n s su v y H the C a bo ni f o us and t h e und lyi ng D vo ni an a p s nt d and i nsi g ni fi ant w ll r emna nt s of s uppo s d S il u ia n st ata o u in situ I n so m as s t h s la st m ntio n d o k s sh ad down g ad ually f o m th un modi fied s di ments to th o mpl t ly m tamo phos d lay rs and D vo nia n l i m sto n is so i nti mat ly o nn t d o c as io nally th w ith th subja nt g ra nit as to fo m a o nti n uo us blo k of the i nto o ne mass B n ath th g a nit s t w o o k s welded to g th is a vas t fo matio n o f ua tzit an d th w hol s tio n st udi d by it s l f and in o nn tio n w ith th s u ss io n o f st a ta in th o unt ry s ms to m wholly i nexpli abl upo n any adjoi ni ng th o y tha n that o f s up m ta mo phi sm i nvolvi ng a con o th a ly Pal aeozoi b ds in l udi ng n a ly s iderable thi k n ss of th a ll o f th S il u ia n fo matio n Thi s id a altho ug h wo k d o ut i nd p nd ntly by mys l f was I fin d nt tai n d so m y a s ag o by D Endli h who pass d m e n i f io n 1 8 Th i po a n o th a pa t o f the r apidly ov t 74 g m ta mo phi sm app a s v ry evi fa t if su h it b of thi s s up d nt wh n we o m to st udy th hi sto ry o f v ul a ni sm in C olo F o m obs vatio ns by th w it in th lat r ado and W yo mi ng ms no do ubt that v y si mila o ndi s t a a in 187 3 th at fo us o f uptio n altho ug h th t io ns hav x i st d in that g mu h obs u d by th lava flo ws and l ss b n th r sult s hav o sio n d i s lo s d by s ub s u nt R f i ng to th p di ng ma ks o n s up m ta mo ph i sm ssiv ust o fl si stan ering x w e may und stand ho w w ith a th ign o us fusio n may b lo ng o nti nu d tha n in the as of a tho s o f th a ly T tia ry in th W st o uptio n lik v ol an i th H a wa i i a n i n itial o utflo ws all o f th a nd siti ty p V on Ri htho f n s s i s as x mpli fi d in th o d o f su ssio n o f ,

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io ns w h ld in th I nstit ut Of T h nology On W d n sd ay v n i ng N ov mb t oth th a ad my was nt tained at th ho us o f G n al F a n i s W alk p s id nt of th i n stit ut — BI OL OGI C A L S OC I ET Y OF W A S H I NGT ON O t 30 1886 C om mun icatio ns : M r W m H S aman N ot s o n M arsilia quadnfolia ; D Th o Gill Th ha a t i sti s o f ta nio somo us fish s — N ov I 3 C o mmun i atio n s : D Filip T rybo m o f S to khol m R nt p o g ss in zo Olo gy in S w d n ; M r J W C hi k i n g Jr T av l s in A laska ; M r W m H D all H i sto i al not s o n th d a m e m n a r t t O f n M u s u th atio l N U S p N EW YOR K A C A D E MY OF S C I ENC ES O t I 8 I 886 —Th follo w ing pap was r ad : Ea th uak s : what is k n o wn and b li v d abo ut th m by g ologi sts by P of sso Joh n S N wb y — Oct 2 5 Th follo wi ng pap was a d : N ot s o n th g olo gy Of Blo k i sla n d an d N ant u k t by M r F J H M il l — N ov I Th s ubj t o f a th uak s and vol ani a tio n fo m d th bas i s o f a di s ussio n s uppl m nta y to th pap r o f O t I8 N o v 8— Th follow i ng pap was p s nt d : A li mit to the h i g ht o f atmo sph by D H n ry A M ott — o N v I 5 Th follo wi ng pap was p s nt d : R nt i nv sti i n s n t w a s t o o h m iti a tio p tho i a t ia ith ill u t a e o a n B n f g ( g g t io nS by th la nt n an d mi o s ope) by M r C E Pellew N o v 29 —P o f sso A lb t R L ds o f th S t v ns I n stit ut o fT h nolo gy ad his pap o n th p u i fi atio n o f w at s uppli s a nno un d fo r th 2 2d and unavoidably postpo n d — BOS T ON S OC I ET Y OF N A T U R A L H I S T OR Y O t 6 1886 A t th fi st m ti n g aft th su mm va atio n P o f sso W O C osby ” no wn as s n d s ib d th g olo gy o f th io k Pa adi a n g N wpo t R I It had p vio usly b n st udi d by s v al geolo s u s s o u i t th l t t b i D l Th hi poi t b o ht s a n M r a f t n g g g w s n w n t fi that th mi ddl idg s o f th io t ati d o g o ks as th y had usually b n g a d d but i nt usio n v i ns Thi s fa t n ssa ily ha ng d th v i ns o f th ax s o f th st ati fi d slat s fo mi n g th o ut id g s P o f sso Wm T S d gw i k xhibit d so m appa at us ec ntly d vi s d at th I n stit ut o f T h nology fo r l m nta y t achi ng T he

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