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KEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



Waxcott, Chables D. The Cambrian 

 and its problems in the Cordilleran 



region. 



Problems of American 

 Geology, Yale Uni- 

 Tersity Press, New 

 Haven, 1915, pp. 

 162-233, pis. 1, 2, 

 figs. 1-8. 

 Based on a lecture delivered 

 by Dr. Walcott at Tale Univer- 

 sity in 1913. Reviews the 

 stratigraphic and faunal condi- 

 tions of western North America 

 preceding and during Cambrian 

 time, discusses source of Cam- 

 brian Cordilleran faunas, gives 



Walcott, Chaeles D. — Continued. 



comparative lists of faunas of 

 the three Cambrian periods, 

 and suggests ten problems not 

 yet wholly solved. 



Discovery of Algonkian bacte- 



ria. 



Proc. Nat. Acad. 8ci., 

 1, Apr., 1915, pp. 

 256-257, figs. 1-3. 

 Records announcement of dis- 

 covery of pre-Paleozoic bacteria 

 in connection with algal depos- 

 its in Newland limestone. Com- 

 pares by illustration ancient 

 and modern forms of bacteria. 



EXPLORATIONS AND FIELD WORK. 



BiGELOW, Henky B. Oceanography and 

 plankton of Massachusetts Bay and 

 adjacent waters, November, 1912- 



May, 1913. 



Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 ZoiJl., 58, No. 10, 

 Nov., 1914, pp. 385- 

 419, 1 pi. 

 Describes the results of phys- 

 ical observations of the waters 

 of Massachusetts Bay, with a 

 brief reference to the plankton 

 collected. This work was car- 

 ried on with the steamer " Blue 

 Wing " of the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries and in cooperation with 

 that bureau. 



ScHMiTT, Waldo L., E. C. Johnston, 



E. P. Rankin and Edward Dkiscoll. 



Survey of the fishing grounds on the 



coasts of Washington and Oregon 



in 1914. 



Report, V. S. Com- 

 missioner of Fish- 

 eries, 1914, pp. 1- 

 30, 1 pi., 2 maps. 

 Accounts of explorations 

 mainly by the steamer "Alba- 

 tross " of the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries in 1913 and 1914. 



Explorations and field-work of tlve 

 Smitlisonian Institution in 1913. 



8m it h son i a n Misc. 

 Colls., 63, No. 8, Nov. 

 27, 1914, frontis- 

 piece, pp. 1-88, figs. 

 1-87. 

 This paper contains notes on 

 the following expeditions, the 

 most of which resulted in the 

 acquisition of material for the 



Explorations and field-work — Contd. 



Museum collections : Geological 

 explorations in the Canadian 

 Rockies ; Geologic history of the 

 Appalachian Valley in Mary- 

 land ; Collecting fossil echino- 

 derms in Illinois ; Further ex- 

 ploration of the Cumberland 

 Pleistocene cave deposit ; A fos- 

 sil hunting expedition in Mon- 

 tana ; Life zones in the Alps ; 

 Dr. Abbott's expedition in 

 Dutch East Borneo and Cash- 

 mir ; Marine invei-tebrates 

 from the " Eastern Shore," Va. ; 

 Experiments with Cerions in 

 the Florida Keys ; Bird studies 

 in Illinois ; Fishes from the re- 

 gion of Quaternary Lake La- 

 hontan ; Cactuses and desert 

 plants from the West Indies 

 and southwestern United 

 States ; Plants from southwest- 

 ern United States ; The flora of 

 western North Carolina ; An- 

 cient mica mines of North 

 Carolina ; Anthropological ex- 

 ploration in Peru ; Archeologi- 

 cal explorations in western 

 New Mexico ; Antiquities of the 

 West Indies ; Among the East 

 Cherokee Indians of North 

 Carolina ; Ceremonial dances of 

 the Creeks in Oklahoma : Cere- 

 monies and rituals of the 

 Osage ; A study of Sioux music ; 

 Strange rites of the Tewa In- 

 dians ; Notes on the Alsea and 

 Kalapuyan Indians ; Field-work 

 among the Catawba, Fox, 

 Sutaio, and Sauk Indians ; Ex- 

 pedition of the Astrophysical 

 Observatory. 



