336 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



The genera here noticed are distinguished by the size of 

 the cliamber (long or short), the character of the margin of 

 the aperture, sculpture, and umbilicus. 



BIRD COLLECTIONS IN LONDON. 



A large number of the best private collections of birds in 

 London have been concentrated at No. 6 Tenterden Street, 

 Hanover Square, which will probably become hereafter the 

 head-quarters of the active London ornithologists. Among 

 these collections is a very valuable one of the birds of the Old 

 World and of North America, belonging to Mr. Henry E. 

 Dresser; also the American collection of Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman, and the Old World series of Lord Lilford and Cap- 

 tain Shelley. This location is also in close proximity to the 

 offices of the Zoological Society, where the secretary, Mr. 

 Sclater, keeps his unrivaled collection of New World species. 



BRIGHTON AQUARIUM. 



The sea-water aquarium at Brighton, England, has been a 

 great success from a commercial point of view, a result no 

 doubt due in part to the extraneous attractions, in the form 

 of concerts, etc., introduced by the directors. The geolog- 

 ical department, however, has not been neglected under the 

 able management of Mr. Henry Lee, and the supply of new 

 animals, many of them of wonderful form and habit, has been 

 a perpetual source of attraction to the visitors. They have 

 now several porpoises, and the octopus has bred freely in con- 

 finement. 



HUMAN FOSSILS FROM THE LA PLATA. 



Gervais reports that among some collections made in the 

 Argentine Republic by M. Seguin there are some human bones 

 in association with the bones of extinct mammalia. He prom- 

 ises soon to give a detailed account of them. \5A^ August, 

 1873,245. 



. NEW SCAPHIRHYNCHUS IN TURKESTAN. 



Among recent discoveries in Turkestan is that of a new 

 species of the sturgeon family, belonging to the genus Scaphi- 

 rhynchus, and has been named by Professor Kessler S.fedt- 

 chenkoi. This genus is best represented by an American 



