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The Annual Report and Proceedings of the Belfast NaturaUsts' 

 Field Club has reached us ; in addition to the Report, we find Notes on the 

 Irish Coleoptera, a paper on the Cromlechs of Antrim and Down, and on 

 Pre-historic Monuments at Carrowmore ; this last is by our valued member, 

 Mr. Charles Elcock. We are glad to notice that the Club boasts a goodly 

 array of Members. 



Histology. — We are very pleased to have received two instal- 

 ments of Vol. III. of Mr. A. C. Cole's valuable studies. These are divided into 

 four sections, as follow : — Sec. I — Animal Histology, which is accompanied by 

 plate?, of Mesocarpus in conjugation, and Vaucheria racemosa ; Sec. 2 — Animal 

 Histology, by plates of Cornea of Cat and Ovary of Kitten ; Sec. 3 — Pathological 

 Histology, by plates showing Alveolar Pneumonia, in its first and second 

 stages ; and Sec. 4 — Popular Microscopical Studies, with plates, one showing 

 the Spinneret of Garden Spider, and the other the Foot of Garden Spider, 

 Epeira diadema. The slides by which they are accompanied are some of 

 Mr. A. C. Cole's best mounts. 



Collectors of Land and Freshwater Shells will do well to 

 procure a copy of The Collector's Manual of British Land and 

 Freshwater Shells, by Lionel E. Adams, B.A., published by George 

 Bell and Son, London. 



Two Numbers of the Journal of the New York Microscopical 

 Society, edited by Benjamin Braman, have been received. The Journal 

 contains papers read to the Society, Reports of Meetings, &c. We notice in 

 this Journal that the editor has struck out a somewhat new course in the form 

 of a Bibliographical list of articles of interest relating to Microscopy which 

 have appeared in recent journals, the date, volume, and page being given. 

 The Journal, which will be published during nine months in each year, 

 promises v/ell. 



We have pleasure in directing the notice of our readers to the 



Practical Naturalists' Society ; a copy of the Rides is now before us. Like 

 our own, this Society is essentially a Postal Society, the members being very 

 widely scattered. We observe the names of several of our own members 

 amongst the number. The fees are merely nominal, and we wish the Society 

 every success. 



A Book of Plant Descriptions, or Record of Plant 



Analyses, prepared for the use of Teachers and Students, by George G. Groff, 

 A.M., ALD. (vScience and Art Publishing Company, Lewisburgh, Pennsylvania. 

 1883). 



We have here first a list of Botanical Terms, followed by a few pages of 

 instructions for laboratory work ; the greater part of the book is filled with 

 printed forms in which blanks are left for the student to fill in his descriptions. 

 These forms may be bought separately of the publishers. 



