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Vol. III. , ^ _ No. 17. 



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A jVIonthly I^evieW of Scientific Progress, 



JULY, 1893. 



CONTENTS. 



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Notes and Comments . . 1 



The Museums Association— The Antarctic Whaling Expedition 

 — Protoplasm— Recent VTork on the Foraminifera- The 

 Distribution of Seeds— Expeditious Scientific Research — 

 lYild-flowers and Drought— Dr. Forsyth Major on Squirrels 

 —The Bison in the Caucasus — A Restoration of Ichthyo- 

 saurus — Cavern Explorations— Our Monthly Selections. 

 I. Recent Researches on Plant Nutrition. By J. Percival, M.A , 



F.CS 18 



II. The Respiration of Birds. By F. W. Headley, M.A., F.Z.S 28 



III. Observations on Certain Marine Animals. By James Hornell . . 31 



lY. Recent Progress in Conchology. By B. B. Woodward, F R.M.S. . . 36 



V. The Museums of Public Schools I.— Charterhouse. By Oswald 



H. Latter, M.A. 



YI. The Surface of the Moon. By Professor G. K. Gilbert, Ph.D 



YII. Antarctica: A Supposed Former Southern Continent. By 



O. Forbes, F.R.G.S 



YIII. On the Work of Glaciers. By Rev. A. Irving, M.A., F.G.S. 



IX. Professor Huxley on Evolution and Ethics. . 



Some Nenir Books 



The Pursuit of Happiness. By D. G. Brinton.— The Evolution of 



Decorative Art. By H. Balfour.— Zoology of the Invertebrata. 



By A. E. Shipley.— Lepidoptera of the British Islands. By C. G. 



Barrett.— The Hawks and Owls of the United States. By A. K. 



Fisher.— Handbook of British Guiana. By J. Rodway.— Modern 



Meteorology. By F. Waldo. 



Obituary : — Karl Semper.— C. P. Nyman.— H. E. Seaton.— W. Reid. . 74 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 75 



Correspondence :— William Tebb. — Thomas Hick 7& 



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