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interest regarding the hearts of sheep, cat, man, monkey, panther, 
raccoon, hyena, dog, deer, calf, horse, donkey and rabbit. 
November, 1891.—Language and Max Miiller: S. V. Clevenger, 
M. D. A criticism of Miiller’s attitude with regard to the evolu- 
tion of language. The writer says: ‘Throughout Max Miiller’s 
writings he is handicapped by his exaggeration of the importance 
of his particular line of research, carried on as an isolated study. 
Could he but have a fair knowledge of associated sciences, such as 
that of anthropology, anatomy, physiology and zoology, the value 
of his work would be greatly increased, and his inferences would 
undergo radical changes.’’ On the Quantity and Dynamics of An- 
imal Tissues: J. Lawton Williams. Recent Progress in the Dis- 
covery of the Phylogeny of Man: Editorial. The discovery of 
skulls verifying the supposition that a race of people inhabited 
Europe with skulls similar to that of the Neanderthal man, is noted. 
Also, of two nearly complete skeletons, of which they say:- “ Tak- 
ing it altogether, the Canstatter race answers the expectations 
founded on theory as to what an ancestral type of man ought to 
be.” Professor Cope also finds confirmation for his theory that the 
anthropoid apes and man were descended from the anthropoid 
_ lemur Anaptomorphus, without passing the intervention of the old 
world monkeys. CoA. Be: 
_ The Ibis, for January, 1892, contains among articles of general 
ornithological interest, a list of the birds of Heligoland as recorded 
by Herr Gatke, by Henry Seebohm; Some further Notes on the 
Periods occupied by Birds in the Incubation of their Eggs, by 
William Evans, F. R. S. E.; and the fourth part of the Rev. James 
Sibree, Jr.’s, paper, On the Birds of Madagascar and their Connec- 
tion with Native Folk-lore, Proverbs and Superstitions. c. A. K. 
HARALD Scuortt, of the University of Upsala, Sweden, has 
published: Beztrége zur Kenntniss Kalifornischer Collembola, mit 
4 tafeln in Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd. 17, Afd. 
iv, No. 8. 
Collembola are minute Thysanuree, or wingless insects, which live 
under leaves and stones, and propel themselves by jumping. The 
work is a very interesting one, as very little is known about these 
small animals in any part of the world. The material was collected 
in California by Dr. Gustav Eisen, and forwarded to the author for 
