OF THE SERGIPE-ALAGUAS BASIN OF BUAZIL. 425 



MoDCHEz, Capt. Ernest.— Les Cdtes du BriSsil, Descriptions et Instructions Nautiques, par M. Ernest Mouchez, Cap- 

 tain de Vaisscau. Preniifiro Section. Du Cap San Roque a Baliia, Paris, 1874. 



Although this work has nothing directly upon geology, it contains many facts of 

 great value in studying the geology of the northeastern coast, and especially the terti- 

 ary of Brazil, which is so intimately connected with the present aspect of the coast in 

 many places. On p. 16 are observations upon the continental shelf; on pp. 20-21, 

 the currents of the coast and tides and reefs are discussed, while the elevations of a 

 great many points along the coast are given. On p. 145, he says that gold and dia- 

 monds are found in Itabaiana, and speaks of a great quantity of "toMrfte combustible" 

 and the probability of coal being fountl, and adds that *' Cette province est egale- 

 ment celebre par les richesses fossiles qu'on y rencontre, principalement sur les bords 

 du Sao Francisco." 



WuiTE, CiiAULES A. — Contribui(;oes a Palcontologia do Brazil (com o original cm inglcz), iwr Charles A. Wliitc, 

 M.D. Archives do Museu Naclonal, Vol. VII, Rio de Janeiro, 1887. 



An extract from the Archivos was made of this paper and issued with an an- 

 nouncement and "errata," by Dr. White, from Washington, D.C., dated January 2, 

 1888, under the title, "Contributions to the Paleontology of Brazil ; Comprising De- 

 scriptions of Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils, Mainly from the Provinces of Sergipe, 

 Pernambuco, Parii and Bahia." 



This work is by far the most important one ever published upon the paleontology 

 of Brazil. The bibliography of the invertebrate mesozoic paleontology of South 

 America is given, followed by a brief but comprehensive sketch of the mesozoic geol- 

 ogy of Brazil, by Mr. Derby. 



315 species of mesozoic fossils are described, 170 of which are new. These in- 

 clude the lauK'Uibranchs, gasteropods, cei>haIo])ods and cchinoderms, collected by the 

 Imperial Geological Survey in the provinces of Sergipe, Bahia, Pernambuco and Para. 

 All are accompanied by excellent plates of 445 figures, drawn by McConnell and litho- 

 graphed by Sinclair, of Philadelphia. In a discussion of the geologic age of the Ser- 

 gipe beds. Dr. White concludes that, in spite of the Jurassic facies of sev'cral of the 

 fossil forms, the burden of testimony favors the reference of these beds to the cieta- 

 ccous. 



Bibliojraphy of the Cretaceous and T'.rtiari/ Qeolorpj of Brazil hearing upon that of the 



Sei-(/ipe-Alaf/oas Basin, 



The mesozoic and tertiary geology of Brazil is so intimately connected with that 

 of the other portions of South America that the bibliography of one portion must of 

 necessity include much of that of the other. For thi.s reason some titles are given 



A. p. a. — VOL. xvr. ^m. 



