BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



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GILT., Theodore. Origin of the Ha- 

 waiian fauna. 



OKj)reii, TV, No. 5, .Tan., 1900, p. 7S. 

 An editorial comment on the charaeti'r of 

 the vertebrate fanna of the Hawaiian Islands 

 in correlation with the ornithology. 



E.sthetic birds: the hut and the 



garden of the Gardener bird of New 

 Guinea. After Odordo Beccari. 



Osprey, iv, No. 6, Feb., 1900, pp. 83-85. 

 A description is given of " the bird," "the 

 hut," and "the garden" of the Gardener 

 bird, AmhUjornis inornatus. In an introduc- 

 tory editorial note additional information is 

 given. 



The origin of the Hawaiian fauna 



(editorial. ) 



Osprey, iv, No. G, Feb., 1900, pp. 90-91. 

 A continuation of a former editorial article 

 on the same subject, in which the land shell- 

 bearing Gasteropoda are considered. The 

 conclusion is reached that "the extent of 

 differentiation and segregation of the pre- 

 dominant Achatinellines almost compels us 

 to believe that their progenitors came upon 

 the islands very early. With the present fee- 

 ble light to guide us, it seems to be more 

 likely that these progenitors came from the 

 westof the islands." This is in contrast with 

 the indications furnished by the birds as at 

 present understood. We are thus left in an 

 unsettled condition, and must await future 

 more detailed studies. 



Mercantile value of eggs. 



Osprey, iv, No. 7, Mar., 1900, pp. 109-110. 

 In response to an inquiry why a great auk's 

 egg should be considered more valuable than 

 that of an Aepyornis, the circumstances regu- 

 lating value in the nature of demand and 

 supply are indicated. 



Love of nature. 



Osprey, iv, No. 9, May, 1900, pp. 141-142. 

 An editorial on the cause and manifestation 

 of love for nature. 



On the zoo-geographical relations 



of Africa. 



Science (new series), xi, June 8, 1900, pp. 

 900-901. 

 An abstract of "a communication to the 

 National Academy of Sciences made April 18, 

 1900." It is contended that the African fauna 

 " has two sides, facing in opposite directions, 

 and it can not be understood without taking 

 both into consideration." The association of 

 Africa with Asia or Europe is "illogical and 

 falsifies the record." "Whatever facts a 

 classification may be intended to embody, 

 the African fauna must be isolated. If we 

 wish to express, in our terminology, a former 

 condition of affairs, Eogsea is a term adapted 

 to do so." 



GILL, Theodore. Eogsea and Antarctica. 



Science (new series), June 8, 1900, p. 913. 

 A list of articles by the writer on the geo- 

 graphical areas in question. 



The African tiger fish. 



Forest and Stream, lv, Jinie 23, 1900, p. 4X8. 

 The African fresh-water "tiger fish," re- 

 garded as a superior game fish, Is a "member 

 of a genus peculiar to Africa (Hydroeyon)," 

 belonging to "the family of Characinids." 



Significance and etymology of the 



word mammal. 



Osprey, iv, No. 10, June, 1900, pp. 157-159. 

 The etymology imagined in the Century 

 Dictionary and others is shown to be errone- 

 ous. The name mammalia is declared to have 

 been formed by Linnaeus in analogy with 

 Animalia, from the word mamma with the 

 suffix alia. The singular, con.sequently, 

 should be mammal and not mammale. The 

 history of the anglicized form mammal and 

 Mammifer is also indicated. 



Edward Drinker Cope. — Herpeto- 



logical and ichthyological contril)u- 

 tions. 



Proc. Am. Philosoph. Soc, Memorial Wil- 

 nme, I, 1900, pp. 274-296 (Printed Aug. 3, 

 1900). 

 An address delivered at a meeting in mem- 

 ory of Edward Drinker Cope, in the hall of 

 the American Philosophical Society, held at 

 Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1897, under the aus- 

 pices of eight institutions ^vith which Cope 

 had been intimately connected. 



The nature of the contributions and the in- 

 fluence which they exerted on the sciences 

 under consideration are set forth. 



Correspondence of and al:)out Au- 

 dubon and Swainson. 



Osprey, V, No. 2, Nov. and Dec., 1900, pp. 

 23-35. 

 A summary is given of the letters from 

 Audubon to Swainson, written between 1829 

 and 1838, and preserved in the collections of 

 the Linnsean Society of London; comments 

 are given on the relations of the natural- 

 ists of that period. In an editorial in the 

 same volume (pp. 29-30) further comments 

 are added. 



Titles of magazines and collec- 



tions. 



Osprey, V, No. 4, Mar. and Apr., 1901, p. ()2. 

 Comments are made on the titles on various 

 magazines and collections. 



Names of magazines. 



Osjirey, v. No. 5, May, 1901, pp. 77-78. 

 The discussion of the .subject commenced 

 in the preceding number of the .Osprey is 

 continued and suggestions for improvement 

 offered. 



