Vol. VIII. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . NO. 52. 



Ratuj^al 



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£ ]VEonthly Review of Scientific Progress. 



JUN 12 1891 



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JUNE, 1896. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes and Comments 361 



Progress at the Natural History Museum — Birds and 

 Mammals at the British Museum — Uintacrinus at the British 

 Museum (Illustrated)— A New South American Mammal- 

 Lime in Plant Chemistry — The Flora of the Soondreebun — 

 Ehret— Australian Termitidae — The Search for "Water in 

 Queensland— Science " Written Up " — In Post Octavo — The 

 Liver Fluke — " Remember Mitchelstown ! " — Blind Animals — 

 The New Photography and Natural Science— Some Faunal 

 Notes on Birds— The Chinch Bug. 



I. Casual Thoughts on Museums. Part IV. The Zoological Depart- 

 ment of the British Museum. By Sir Henry Howorth, 

 K.C.I.E., M.P., F.R.S 377 



II. The Teeth of Fishes. By W. G. Ridewood. (Illustrated) 380 



III. The Midwife Toad. By Carl Hartmann 392 



IV. The Meaning of Metamorphosis. By Professor Alpheus Hyatt and 



J. M. Arms 395 



V. Verworn's " General Physiology " 404 



Some New Books 408 



Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum : by 

 A. Smith Woodward (Karl von Zittel).— The Growth of the 

 Brain : by Henry H. Donaldson. — Grundriss der Krystallo- 

 graphie : by G. Linck. — The Structure of Man : by R. 

 Wiedersheim ; translated by H. and M. Bernard. — British 

 Sea-Birds : by Charles Dixon (with Plate VII.). — Catalogue 

 of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, 

 British Museum : by A. C. Seward.— Elements of Botany : by 

 J. Y. Bergen. — New Serials. 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies . . 420 



Correspondence 424 



S. Bergman. — H. Hanna. 



Index and Title-Page to Volume VIII. 



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