I'HE OOLOGIST 



jjold fish, paradise fish, etc. Publish- 

 ed by the author Des Moines, la. 62 

 p., 16 mo., cl., 50c ; pap 15c. 



How to Kqow the Ferns. Frances Theo- 

 dora Parsons. A guide to the names, 

 haunts and habits of our common 

 terns, il. by Marion Satterlee and Alice 

 Josephine Smith. C. Scribner's Sons., 

 N. Y. 14—215 p., 12 mo., cl., $1.50. 



Ichthyologia Ohioensis; or, Natural His- 

 tory of the Fishes Inhabiting the River 

 Ohio and its Tributary Streams. Con- 

 stantine S. Rafinesque. A verbatim 

 et literatim reprint of the original, 

 ■with a sketch of the life, the ichthyo- 

 logic work, and the ichthyologic bi- 

 bliography of Rafinesque, by R. Ells- 

 worth Call, M. D. The. Burrows Bros. 

 Co . Cleveland, O. 8—175 p., por., 

 11., 8vo., cl., $4. 



The Silva of North America. C . S prague 

 Sargent. A description of the trees 

 which grow naturally in North Amer- 

 ica, exclusive of Mexico, il. with fig- 

 ures and analyses drawn from nature 

 by C. E. Faxon. V. 12, Coniferse. 

 Houghton. Mifflin & Co., Bost. 1899 

 pi , 4 to. cl., $25. 



Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan 

 Peoples. O. Schraeder A manual 

 of comparative philology and the 

 earliest culture, tr. by F. V. Jevons 

 from the 2d rev. and enl. German ed., 

 with the sanction and co-operation of 

 the author. Imported by C. Scrib- 

 ner's Sons, N. Y. 486— p., 8 vo., cl., 

 $6.75. 



Everyday Butterflies. S. Hubbard Scud- 

 der. A group of biographies. Hough- 

 ton, Mifflin & Co., Bost. 7—39 p., il., 

 12 mo., cl., $2. 



American Indians. F. Starr. D. C. 

 Heath & Co., Bost. 10—227 p., map, 

 il., 12 mo., cl., 45c, 



Outlines of Zoology. J. Arthur Thomas. 

 3d rev. and enl. ed. Appleton, N. Y, 

 il., 12 mo., cl., $3.50. 



The Dawn of Reason; or. Mental Traits 

 in the Lower Animals. Ja. Weir, jr., 

 M. D. The Macmillan Co., N. Y. 

 13-234 p., 16 mo., cl., $1.25. 



The Adhesive Postage Stamps of Eu- 

 rope. W. A. S. Westoby. A practi- 

 cal guide to the collection, identifica- 

 tion and classification, especially de- 

 signed for those commencing the 

 study. V. 1, Alsace to Ionian Islands. 

 Imported by C. Scribner's Sons, N.Y. 

 399 p., il., 8 vo., cl., $3. 



The Microscopy of Drinking water. G. 



Chandler Whipple. J. Wiley & Sons., 

 N. Y. 10—338 p., 8 vo., cl., $3.50. 



Zoological Results. Arthur Willey. 

 Based on material from New Britain, 

 New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and else- 

 where, collected during the years 

 1895, 1896, and 1897. Pt. 2. The Mac- 

 millan Co., N. Y. 121—206 p., 4 vo., 

 cl., $3.50. 



Nature Study in Elementary Schools. 

 Wilson. Mrs. Lucy Langdon Wil- 

 liams. First reader. The Macmillan 

 Co., N. Y. 12—253 p., 16 mo., cl., 

 35c. 



Animate Creation. Rev. J. G. Wood. 

 Popular ed. of ''Our Living World," 

 a natural history, rev. and adapted to 

 American zoology, by Jos. B. Holder, 

 M. D. New cheaper ed. Selmar 

 Hess, N. Y. 6 v., 1904 p., 8 vo., subs., 

 cl., $27 50. 



The Colorado Ornithological Society. 



The Colorado Ornithological Society 

 has been organized with twelve charter 

 members. The thiid meeting was held 

 Saturday, February 4th, in Denver, and 

 the following officers were elected for 

 1899: 



President, Dr. W. B. Bergtold; vice- 

 president, E. J. Oslar; treasurer, Fred- 

 erick H. Fowler; recording secretary, 

 Howard S. Reed ; corresponding secre- 

 tary, Walton I. Mitchell; executive com- 

 mittee. Dr. Bergtold, W. I. Mitchell, F. 

 M. Dille, A M Collett, L. E. Cannon. 



Miss Jean Bell of Ripley Park,? Penn. 

 has recently made important additions 

 to her museum by the purchase of the 

 oological collections of Mr. Josiah 

 Hooper, Westchester, Pa., Mr. J. W. 

 Preston of Baxter, Iowa, Mr. Isaac S. 

 Reiff of Philadephia, Mr. H. K. Jami- 

 son (deceased) Manayunk, Pa. and a 

 collection of 1000 selected sets from the 

 cabinets of Mr. Samuel B. Ladd, West- 

 chester, Pa. 



Charles D. Walcott, Director of the 

 United States Geological Survey, will 

 contribute an article on the United 

 States National Museum to the August 

 number of Appleton's Popular Science 

 Monthly. 



