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Vol. VI. No. 36 



Ratuhal 



2? SeiERGE: 



K JVEonthly Review of Scientific Progress. 



FEBRUARY, 189S. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGF 



Notes and Comments 73 



Science and Letters — Stevenson and Science — Eozoon : Re- 

 quiescat in Pace — Oolite — The Formation and Absorption of 

 Skeletal Substance in Echinoderms — The Duration of Niagara 

 Falls — A New Bone-Cave — The Javanese Skeleton — A Little 

 Knowledge — A Progressive Learned Society — " The Zoological 

 Record " in Parts — Warning Colours — Mimicry — " Letusimu- 

 lation " — An American Snake-eating Snake — A New Plant — 

 The Growth of Wounded Roots — Sir Henry Howorth's Com- 

 plaint—His Own Petard — Mollusca as Purifiers of Water. 



I. The Mammals of the Malay Peninsula. Part II. By H. N. Ridley, 



M.A., F.L.S. (To be continued) 89 



II. Antarctic Exploration. By Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



(Illustrated) 97 



III. The Continuity of the Protoplasm in Plants. By Rudolf Beer . . 108 



IV. The Structure and Habits of Archaeopteryx. Part I. By C. Herbert 



Hurst, Ph.D. (With Plate I. and Text-illustrations. To be 

 continued) .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 112 



V. Earthworms and Oceanic Islands. By F. E. Beddard, M.A., 



F.R.S 123 



Some New Books 126 



The Ectoparasitic Trematodes of Japan. By Seitaro Goto — 

 Die Vor welt und ihre Entwickelungsgeschichte. By E. Koken 

 — In the Guiana Forest. By J. Rodway — Les Amines. By 

 E. A. Martel. Hohlenkunde. By F. Kraus — Australasia, 

 vol. ii. By F. H. Guillemard — New Serials. 



Obituary 137 



Allen Harker — A. C. Ranyard — F. Johnstrup— K. von Haushofer 

 —A. W. M. C. Kennedy— F. B. Hawkins— A. Jaccard— F. A. 

 Fluckiger— M. Kuhn— J. Schroeter— McKay. 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 139 



Correspondence : — S. Pace — Paddy from Cork — Marshall-Hall — 



C. H. Hurst 143 



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