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Hough, Walter. Proceedings of the 

 Anthropological Society of Washing- 

 ton. Meetings from November 15, 

 1907, to May 26, 1908. 



Am. Anthropologist (n. s.) x, 

 Nos. 1 and 2, Jan.-Mar., 1908, 

 and May-June, 1908, pp. 117- 

 121, and 285-295, respect- 

 ively. 

 Abstracts and resumes of papers 

 read before the society. Some of 

 these papers are based upon the col- 

 lections of the National Museum. 



Anthropology in education for 



the foreign service. 



Am. Anthropologist (n. s. ) ix. 

 No. 4, Oct.-Dec, 1907, pp. 

 768-770. 

 This paper embodies a suggestion 

 that consuls, on appointment, should 

 be instructed in the work of 

 the various governmental institu- 

 tions in Washington, acquiring in- 

 formation, useful to them in the pur- 

 suit of their duties in foreign coun- 

 tries. The paper asserts that the 

 basis of such education is anthropo- 

 logical and recommends that the 

 Smithsonian Institution and its bu- 

 reaus be utilized to furnish practical 

 instruction as to racial traits and 

 arts. 



The pulque of Mexico. 



Proc. U. S. A'at. Mus., xxxiii. 

 No. 1579, Feb. 18, 1908, pp. 

 577-592, figs. 1-19. 

 This paper is the result of the 

 study of the collections in, the Na- 

 tional Museum relating to tlie pulque 

 industry, mostly procured by Dr. 

 Edward Talmer, supplemented by 

 the author's personal examination 

 of the industry in the field. The 

 origin of the use of pulque is dis- 

 cussed and a brief statement of the 



Hough, Walter — Continued. 



great importance of the plant in the 

 civilization of Mexico is set forth. 



Hrdlicka, AleS. Slfeletal remains 

 suggesting or attributed to early 

 man in North ^iinerica. 



Bull. XXXIII, Bur. Am. Eth., 

 1907, pp. 1-113, pis. i-xxi, 

 figs. 1-lG. 

 A review and critical examination 

 of all such osteological specimens in 

 North America as have been claimed, 

 or seemed, to represent a geologic- 

 ally ancient man on this continent. 

 The finds dealt with are the New 

 Orleans skeleton ; the Quebec skele- 

 ton ; the Natchez pelvic bone ; the 

 Lake Monroe, Fla., bones ; the Soda 

 Creek skeleton ; tlie Charleston, S. 

 C, bones ; the Calaveras skull ; the 

 Rock Bluff, 111., cranium ; the man 

 of Penon, Mexico ; the crania of 

 Trenton ; the Trenton femur ; the 

 Lansing skeleton ; the fossils of 

 western Florida ; and the Nebraska 

 " Loess man." The conclusions 

 reached are that thus far there are 

 no solid foundations lor considering 

 any of the specimens of geological 

 antiquity. The paper is supple- 

 mented by a description of a num- 

 ber of modern low-forehead skulls 

 from the National Museum collec- 

 tions. 



Mason, Otis T. Basketry bolo case 

 from Basilan Island. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxiii. 

 No. 1566, Oct. 25, 1907, pp. 

 193-196, figs. 1-5. 

 Structurally, this object illus- 

 trates the technical processes util- 

 ized by the primitive peoples of Ma- 

 laysia in bamboo and rattan. 

 Functionally, it takes the place of 

 the traveling bag of the more civ- 

 ilized peoples. 



MAMMALS. 



Allen, J. A. Notes on Solenodon para- 

 doxus Brandt. 



BuU.Amcr. Mus.Nat.Hist., xxis, 

 June S, 1908, pp. 505-517, pis. 

 xxviii-xxxiii, figs. 1-9. 

 Describes (not as new) the Hai- 

 tian Holenodon paradoxus and makes 

 comparisons between it and the 

 Cuban iS'. cubanus, three specimens 

 of the latter being lent to Doctor 

 Allen for that purpose. Skull of 

 Cat. No. 37983 U. S. National Mu- 

 seum is figured on pis. xxix, xxx, 

 and XXXI. 



Cary, Merritt. a Colorado record for 

 Callospermophilus wortmani, with 

 notes on the recent capture of Au- 

 trozous pallidus. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 XX, Dec. 11, 1907, pp. 85, 86. 



Records Callospermophilus wort- 

 mani as new for Colorado from 

 specimens in the Biological Survey 

 collection ; and makes remarks on 

 the occurrence of Antrozous pal- 

 lidus in Colorado, 



