Vol. X. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . NO. 62. 



Ratui^al 



M„.„„SeiEReE: 



A jVIonthly I^evieW of Scientific Progress. 



/l.Q// APRIL, 1897. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes and Coniments . . 217 



The Modern Scientific (?) Explorer — A " Dunciad " of Zoology — 

 Menelik's Library — The Shell-ornaments of the Mas d' Azil 

 Scholars — The Royal Botanic Gardens — The Registration of 

 Plants — The Dispersal of Seeds — The Horniman Museum 

 (Illustrated) — A Species-monger on New Zealand Midges — 

 Insect Enemies of Domestic Animals — The Scientific Publica- 

 tions of the American Government — The U.S. Department of 

 Agriculture — Funafuti — Artesian "Water — Differentiation in 

 Rock-magmas — Modern Crystal-gazing — North American 

 Oligochaetes — The Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



I. On the Discovery of Chipped Flint-fiakes in the Pliocene of 

 Burma. By Fritz Noetling, Ph.D., of the Geological Survey 

 of India. (Illustrated) 233 



II. Human Evolution. III.— Mr. Wells Replies. By H. G. Wells, B.Sc. 



With a Note by F. H. Perry Coste, B.Sc, F.L.S 242 



III. The Migration of British Birds. By Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., 



M.B.O.U 245 



IV. The Horn Expedition to Central Australia 254 



y. Are the Arthropoda a Natural Group ? By Professor E. Ray 



Lankester, M.A., L.L1.D.. Y.-P.R.S 264 



Some New Books 269 



Farthest North : by Fridtjof Nansen. — Catalogue of W^elwitsch's 

 African Plants : by W^. P. Hiern. — Manual and Dictionary of 

 Flowfering Plants and Ferns: by J. C. Willis.— Kirkes' Hand- 

 book of Physiology: edited by W. D. Halliburton. — Scraps from 

 Serials. — New Serials.— To our French and German Colleagues ! 



Obituary 280 



C. E. Bendire — Constantin, Baron Ettingshausen — W. Wilson — 

 C. T. Thomassen— F. I. W^arner— C. Contejean — E. Saubinet — 

 C. F. Wiepken— A. Rogerhofer— N. Zdekauer- A. Cecchi— A. 

 Pirona— P. Taubert— J. D. Weeks— W. H. Ward— H. L. Whiting. 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 282 



Correspondence . • . • 286 



Mr. Jackson's Map of Franz Josef Land : A. Montefiore Brice. 

 With Plate II. (folding coloured Map}". 



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