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ZOOLOGY. — Notes sur les crino'ides actuels du museum d'histoire natur- 



elle de Paris. Austin H. Clark. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire 



Naturelle de Paris, No. 4, 1911 : 243-260. 1911. 



A complete list of the crinoids in the collection of the Paris museum, 



with redescriptions of the types of Lamarck and of Miiller, detailed 



descriptions of the more interesting specimens other than types, and a 



detailed historical introduction. 



The work upon these specimens was done in Paris. A. H. C. 



ZOOLOGY. — Die Fauna Sildwest-Austr aliens: Crinoidea. Austin 

 HoBART Clark. Ergebnisse der Hamburger slidwest-australischen 

 Forschungsreise 1905, Bd. 3, Lief. 13, S. 435-467. 1911. 

 This paper is based upon the collection of Western Australian crin- 

 oids, principally from Shark Bay, made by Drs. Michaelsen and Hart- 

 meyer while on the Hamburg West Australian Expedition. It is a 

 monographic account of the crinoids of the western portion of Australia, 

 including an historical introduction and a detailed discussion of the dis- 

 tribution. A. H. C. 



ZOOLOGY. — The recent crinoids of Australia. Austin Hobart Clark. 



Memoir IV, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales. 



Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis 



off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898. 



Part 15, pp. 705-804. 1911. 

 This is a monographic account of the recent crinoids of Australia, 

 based primarily upon the collections in the Australian museum at Syd- 

 ney. It is prefaced by an historical introduction, and concluded by a 

 complete bibliography. In its preparation the author visited all of the 

 museums of Europe in which Australian crinoids are known to be pre- 

 served, and examined all the types of Australian species. 



A. H. C. 



ZOOLOGY. — The crinoids of the Indian Ocean. Austin Hobart 



Clark, B.A., F.R.G.S. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum, 



Part VII, Crinoidea, pp. i-iii, 1-325, 61 figures in the text, 4to. 



1912. 



A monographic account of the crinoids of India and the East Indies. 



In the introduction is given an historical sketch of the development of 



the study of the Indian crinoids, ^dth a discussion of their distribution, 



ecology, etc. , a complete bibliography is appended. 



The synonymy and habitat of over 400 species are included, many of 



which are new. A. H. C. 



