Publications of Scientific Societies. 77 



Interior; by B. F. Shumard. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci., 

 Vol. 1, 1858, pp. 120-125. 



These fossils were obtained from Port Orford, Willamette Valley, 

 Coos Bay, and Vancouver's Island. The following are described but 

 not figured: Lucina fibrosa, nsT^.; Corbula Evansana,n.STp.; Leda Wil- 

 lamettensis, n.sp.; L. Oregona, n.sp.; Pecten Coosensis, n.sp.; Venus 

 securis, n.sp. From the Cretaceous of A'^ancouver's Island : Inocera- 

 mus Vancouverensis, n.sp.; Pinna calamitoides, n.sp.; and Pyrula 

 glabra, n.sp. 



SCIENCE. 



Sierra structure ; by G. K. Gilbert. Science, March 23, 1883, 

 p. 195. 



Coal in the Chico group of California; by J. S. Diller. Science, 

 Vol. 5, 1885, p. 43. 



This announcement shows that the Chico group, like its equivalent, 

 the Nanaimo group, is a coal-bearing bed. 



The author states that a number of fossils were collected from the 

 coal-bearing strata in Northern California, eight miles northeast of 

 Yreka, on the road to Linkville, Oregon. He does not give a list, 

 which is given in Dr. White's report on the Chico group. 



The latest volcanic eruption in the United States ; by C. E. 

 Dutton. Science, Vol, 6, 1885, p. 46. 



Agriculture and late Quaternary geology ; by E. W. Hilgard. 

 Science, Vol. 11, 1888, pp. 241-242. 



Descriptions of evidence of an ancient drainage system in the 

 Upper San Joaquin Valley, California. 



North American Mesozoic ; by Charles A. White. Science, Vol. 

 14, 1889, pp. 160-166. 



Correlations of Tejon deposits with Atlantic stages of the Gulf 

 slope ; by G. D. Harris. Science, Vol. 22, 1893, p. 97. 



Petroleum in Southern California ; by S. F. Peckham. Science, 

 Vol. 23, 1894, pp. 74-78. 



