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Vol. IV. No. 27 



Ratu^al 



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K JVtonthly I^evieW of Scientific Progress. 



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MAY, 1894. 



CONTENTS. 



PAQC 



Notes and Comments 321 



The Extinction of Wild Animals— Lord Liilford on the Preser- 

 Yation of Wild Birds— Wild Cats— The White Rhinoceros— 

 The Lepidosiren -A Blood-Sucking Barthvrorm — Preserva- 

 tion of Herbaria— Recent Researches in Botany — Anatomy 

 and Plant Classification — Fossil Palm-Fruits — Eocene 

 Pteropods — Continuity in Species — Faunal Sequence— Ant- 

 arctic Exploration. . 



I. Continental Growth and Geological Periods— (continued). By 



T. Mellard Reade, C.E., F.G.S 337 



II. Wind and Flight. By F. W. Headley, M.A., F.Z.S 344 



III. The Natural History of the Flower. By John C. Willis, M.A. . . 347 

 lY. Scorpions and their Geographical Distribution. (Illustrated). By 



R. I. Pocock 353 



y. Further Notes on the Habits of Insects. By George H. Car- 

 penter, B.Sc 365 



Some New Books 371 



Variation. By Wm. Bateson.— Text-Book of Botany. By S. H. 

 Vines.— British Glacial Geology. By Carvill Lewis.— Big 

 Game (Badminton Series).— Chemical Physiology. By W^. D. 

 Halliburton —Fauna of Deep Sea. By S. J. Hickson.— Index 

 to the Foraminifera. By C. Davies Sherborn. 



Obituary 389 



William Pengelly: Commander Cameron: J. Jenner Weir: 

 Brown-Sequard : Pouchet : W. F. Poole: H. B Mackeson. 



News of Universities, Museums, and Societies 395 



Correspondence :— Worthington G. Smith.— S. S. Buckman . . . . 400 



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