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harmless and poisonous groups is particularly emphasised. A figure 

 of the skull, with all the bones lettered, accompanies the definition of 

 each family, and there are twenty-eight plates devoted to external 

 form. 



Au BoRD DE LA Mer. By E. Trouessart. [Bibliotheque Scientifique Contem- 

 poraine.] i6mo. Pp. 344, figs. 149. Paris : J. B. Bailliere et Fils, 1893. 

 Price 3fr. 50c. 



This is a handbook to the Geology, Fauna, and Flora of the coast of 

 France from Dunkerque to Biarritz, and will be of considerable 

 service to those who wander along these shores. The volume begins 

 with a sketch of the geology, special reference being made to the 

 cliffs, and, after touching on the littoral zones, proceeds to discuss in 

 order, from the Algae onwards, the life to be met with in the waters. 

 It should form part of the outfit not only of naturalists, but also of 

 those who desire a casual acquaintance of the animals and plants they 

 meet with during a seaside holiday. 



An Analytical Index to the Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. With a 

 Biographical Memoir and Portrait. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. 4to. 

 Pp. xlviii., 375. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1893. Price £1 i6s. net. 



This is a valuable index containing nearly seventeen thousand care- 

 fully verified references to the genera and species of birds and 

 mammals described in the works and memoirs of Mr. Gould. Both 

 the scientific and the English names are quoted, and a number of 

 extra synonyms are added from the more recent monographs of other 

 authors, which in a few years will have familiarised naturalists with 

 a certain set of names not occurring in Gould's works, though the 

 species may be duly figured therein. The Biographical Memoir is 

 accompanied by an excellent photographic portrait, while the Index 

 is prefaced by a detailed list of Mr. Gould's 18 folio works and 300 

 small papers. We congratulate Dr. Sharpe on the successful com- 

 pletion of his laborious task, for which ornithologists owe him a debt 

 of gratitude. The volume is beautifully printed, and a large-paper 

 edition has also been prepared. 



■Curtice's Index and Register of Periodical Literature. Weekly. No. i, 

 vol. i., April 3 to April 8, 1893. Price 6d. 



This interesting new Index, which proposes to contain references to 

 important subjects in daily newspapers, weekly, monthly, and 

 quarterly publications, will be an invaluable help to all who are 

 anxious to keep posted up in special subjects. It will largely 

 depend on its fulness for its success, and the request of the promoters 

 in asking for two copies of a journal in exchange cannot be considered 

 unreasonable. 



A French translation of the Right Hon. Professor Huxley's "Science 

 and Religion " has been added to Messrs. Bailliere's " Bibliotheque 

 Scientifique Contemporaine." 



