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A MONTHLY REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. 3 
JULY 1898 | ie 
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Contents vi 
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Notes and Comments ; j : 5 3 ‘ F f 1 A 
Specific Characters in Bacteria—The Effects of Tropical Climate—For the Lady Cyclist 
—The Australian Museum—Notes from Singapore—Lessons from Chicago—Whales 
at the British Museum—Anthropology in Madras and in London—Recent Anthro- 
P pology—The Calaveras Skull—The Geological Controversy in Austria—Westralian 
h Water-supply —Corn-Midges and their Enemies— Economic Entomology —North 
American Leaf-Hoppers—-North-American Land Shells—The Connop Collection of 4 
British Birds yt 
A New Reading in the Annulate Ancestry of the Vertebrata. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A., F.L.S. 17 
Botanical Work wanting Workers. By E. Morell Holmes, F.L.S. ‘ 5 31 
The Gold-fish and other Ornamental Fish of Japan. (Illustrated.) By Kamakichi Kishinouye , 39 
‘The Progress of Research on the Reproduction of the Rotifera. By W. T. Calman, B.Sc. . : 43 
Some New Books : - * 3 4 : ; M ; é 52 
Huzxley’s Scientific Memoirs, Vol. I.—Text-book of Zoology: by A. Sedgwick (E.8.G.)— 
Report of the Museums Association for 1897—Text-book of Botany : by Strasburger 
and others; Translation of the same by H. C. Porter—Birds of India: by W. T. } 
Blanford (H.A.M.)—Avicula—New Serials—Bibliographical 2, 
‘Obituaries - . f s , ‘ : ; 5 - 3 62 
c. H. Hurst—o. Salvin—E. Wilson—M. J. A. Hovelacque—and others. 
News . : : 3 : . ; ; ‘ : : : ; 66 
‘Correspondence 2 G ; : : : 5 ? : 72 
Rev. G. Henslow—F. A. Bather—H. H. Field 
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