960 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Concernmg the life history of the Saccharomycetes, A. Beklese (Rir. pat. Veg., 

 f, (JSnC), Xo. r>-S, pp. ^11-237, fujs. S). 



On the origin of the Saccharomycetes, A. Klucker and H. Schionning {Med- 

 del Citrhbenj Lnh., ISPn, pp. 85-144; French renume, pp. 36-68). 



Studies on Amylomyces rouxii and other mold ferments of starch, J. San- 

 t;i:iNKTi (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 11 {1S97), Xo. 3, pp. 264-276). 



Physiological studies with a new mold, Eurotiopsis gayoni, J. Laborde {Ann. 

 Inst. Pasteur, 11 {1S'J7), Xo. 1, pp. 1-43). 



On the soluble oxidizing ferment of muddy wine (casse des vins), P. Caze- 

 nkuve {Compt. Rend., 124 (1897), Xo. 4, pp. 781, 782; Bui. Soc. Chim. Paris, 17-18 

 (1897), Xo. 10, pp. 529-535). 



ZOOLOGY. 



Biennial Report of the Biological Experiment Station, 1895-'96, 



S. A. Forbes ( Univ. Ill, Bioloij. E.rpt. Sta. Bpt. 189.5-'96, pp. 35, ;>/«. 

 30).— A fles(;riptioii of the station, its object and methods, and a very 

 brief summary of the results of its work are given. The essential 

 objects of the station are described as follows : 



"It is the general object, of onr biological station to study the forms of life, both 

 animal and vegetable, in all of their stages, of a great river system, as represented 

 in carcfally selected typical localities. This study must iudude their distinguishing 

 chnracters; their classification and variations; their local and general distribution 

 and abundance; their behavior, characteristics, and life histories; their mutual rela- 

 tioiishi[)s and interactions as living associates; and the interactions likewise between 

 them and the inanimate forms of matter and of energy in the midst of which tbey live. 

 We are, in short, to do what is possible to us to unravel and to elucidate in general 

 and in detail the system of acjuatic life in a considerable district of interior North 

 America. . . . The principal metliods of the bi(dogical station are those of fiebl and 

 laboratory observation and record, collection, preservation, qualitative and quanti- 

 tative dt'termination, description, illustration, generalization, experiment, induction, 

 and report." 



The figures consist of maps and half-tone reproductions of photo- 

 graphs, illustrating the laboratory and some of the localities where the 

 work is done. 



Revision of the shrew^s of the American genera Blarina and Notiosorex, C. 

 H. Meuiuam ( r S. Dept. Agr., Division of Ornitholofin and Mammalof/i), Xorth Ameri- 

 can Fauna, Xo. 10, pp. 5-34, pis. 2, fig. 1). — This consists of technical descriptions and 

 syno})tical keys to the species of these two genera, with remarks upon their rela- 

 tioiisiiips and geographical distribution. Twenty species and subspecies of Blarina 

 and 2 of Notiosorex are recognized. Thirteen forms are described as new. 



The long-tailed shrews of the eastern United States, G. S. Miller ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Division of Ornithology and Mammalogij, Xorth American Fauna, Xo. 10, pp. 

 35-56). — This consists of critical notes and technical descriptions of 7 species of 

 Sorex. 



Synopsis of the American shrew^s of the genus Sorex, C. H. Merrlwi ( U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Dirision of Ornitltologtj and Mammalogy, Xorth A7nerican Fauna. Xo. 10, pp. 

 57-98, pis. 10). — This paper furnishes descriptions on a common p.an of the principal 

 types of American shrews. Brief descriptions and notes on the distribution of 41 

 species and subspecies are given, 34 from that part of the continent north of Mexico, 

 and 7 from Mexico and Guatemala. Twenty forms are described as new. 



Synopsis of the weasels of North America, C. H. Merriam ( F. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Xorth American Fauna, No. 11, pp. 44, pis. 



