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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 Borp pE LA Mer. By E. Trouessart. [Bibliotheque Scientifique Contem- 
poraine.] 16mo. Pp. 344, figs. 149. Paris: J. B. Bailliére et Fils, 1893. 
Price 3fr. 50c. 
Tuis 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 Alga 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. Witha 
Biographical Memoir and Portrait. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. 4to. 
Pp. xlviii., 375. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1893. Price £1 16s. net. 
Tuis 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.1, 
vol. i., April 3 to April 8, 1893. Price 6d. 
Tuis 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 FReENcH translation of the Right Hon. Professor Huxley’s ‘‘ Science 
-and Religion” has been added to Messrs. Bailliére’s ‘‘ Bibliothéque 
Scientifique Contemporaine.”’ 
