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Vol. III. 



Ratukal 

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Jl ]VIonthly I^evieW of Scientific Progress. 



NOVEMBER, 1893. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes and Comments 321 



Science, Educational and Professional — Demonstrators at 

 Oxford— Science as She is Taught— A Recent Submergence 

 of "Western IS urope— Nuclear Division in Branchipus and 

 Apus— The Origin of Dicotyledons— A Remarkable Orchid 

 — Names of Orchids — American Botanists in Congress. 



I. Geology in Secondary Education. By Professor Grenville A. J. 



Cole, M.R.I. A., F.G.S 332 



II. Natural Science at the Chicago Exhibition. By F. A. Bather, 



M. A., F.G.S 336 



III. The Place of the Lake-Dwellings of Glastonbury in British 



Archaeology. By Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S... 344 



lY. The Air-Sacs and Hollow Bones of Birds. By F. W. Headley, 



M.A., F.Z.S 346 



Y, On the ^Etiology and Life-History of Some Yegetal Galls and 



their Inhabitants. By G. B. Rothera, F.L.S 353 



YI. Desert or Steppe Conditions in Britain: a Study in Newer 



Tertiary Geology. By Clement Reid, F.G.S 367 



YII. The Genesis of Mountain Ranges. By T. Mellard Reade, C.E., 



F.G.S 371 



YIII. Indexes to Botanical and Zoological Nomenclature 379 



IX. The Wilds of South-East Africa 383 



Some New Books 389 



An Examination of Weismannism. By G. J. Romanes. — 

 Dictionary of Birds. By A. Newton. — Zoological Record for 

 1892. By D. Sharp.— Our Household Insects. By E. A.Butler. 

 —On Hail. By Hon. R. Russell. 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 397 



Obituary:— H. W. Crosskey.— T. Bain 399 



Correspondence :— Dr. Scharff.- A. S. W 400 



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