Ol. IX. 4L^ RIGHTS RESEftVED . NO. 55. 



Ratu^al 



- SeiERGE: 



K JVIoiithly ]^evieW of Scientific Progress. 



jjlO// SEPTEMBER, 1896. 



CONTENTS. 



Notes and Comments 145 



" Skal to the Norseman ! Skal ! "—The Bibliography of Zoology 

 ^Pitfalls in Botany— Plant Evolution — Hydrocyanic Acid in 

 Plants— Botanical Drawings— Anthropology— North American 

 Mammals— The 'West Prussian Museum at Dantzig—" Light ! 

 Light ! more Light !" — The Disposal of Sewage— The Courtship 

 of Grasshoppers — A Registry Office for Snails. 



I. On English Amber and Amber generally. Part II. By Professor 



H. Conwentz, Ph.D. (Illustrated) 161 



II. What shall we do with our Local Societies? By Professor G. S. 



Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S 168 



III. A Zoologist in Tierra del Fuego : some Account of the Swedish 

 Expedition, 1895-6. By Axel Ohlin, Ph.D. (IKith 2 maps, 

 Plates III. and IV.) 172 



lY. Casual Thoughts on Museums. Part Y.— Anthropology. By Sir 



Henry Howorth, K.C.I.E., M.P., F.R.S 182 



Y. The Structure of the Graptolites. Part I. By Dr. Carl Wiman. 



(Illustrated) 186 



YI. Zoology since Darwin. Part I. By Professor Ludwig von Graff, 



Ph.D 193 



Some New Books 199 



Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist : by W. C. William- 

 son, edited by his wife.— Essai de Paleontologie Philosophique: 

 by Albert Gaudry.— Die Saturniiden (Nachtpfauenaugen) : by 

 A. R. Grote (Geo. H. Carpenter).— A Concise Handbook of 

 British Birds: by H. Kirke Swann ; The Evolution of Bird- 

 Song: by C. A. Witchell ; British Birds, their Nests and Eggs, 

 Parti.; Four Common Birds of the Farm and Garden: by S. 

 D. Judd ; The Meadow Lark and Baltimore Oriole : by F. hi. L. 

 Beal (H. A. M.). — Serial and other Publications. 



Obituary 209 



T. Hick— H. E. Beyrich— J. G. Bornemann — O. Lilienthal— J. 

 Lloyd— F. V. Herder— Dr. Kanitz— B. Schmacker— E. Harrach 

 — A. Gobanz — A. v. Sommerfeld — A. Salle. 



Nevffs of Universities, Museums, and Societies .. 211 



Correspondence .. .. 216 



C. Davies Sherborn — A. H. Keane. 



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