ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 139 
Contributions to Western Botany, No. VII, by Marcus A. Jones, pp. 611-732. Explorations 
in Cape Region of Baja California in 1894, by Gustay Eisen, pp. 783-775; pll. LXXII-Lxxv. 
The Fishes of Puget Sound, by David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapman Starks, pp. 785- 
855; pll. txxvi-crv. Mexican Formicide, by Theo. Pergande, pp. 858-896. Biological 
Studies on figs, caprifigs, and caprification, by Gustav Eisen, pp. 897-1003. 
COLORADO. 
COLORADO SPRINGS.—Colorado College: The Permian System in Kansas, by F. W. Cragin, Col- 
orado College Studies, Vol. VI, pp. 1-48. The Platte series, or Upper Cretaceous of the 
Plains, by F. W. Cragin, pp. 49-52. Preliminary notice of three late Neocene terranes in 
Kansas, by F. W. Cragin, pp. 52-54. 
A new Cretaceous genus of Clypeasteride, by F. W. Cragin, American Geologist, Vol. 
XV, pp. 90-91. 
DENVER.—Oolorado Scientific Society: The sampling and measurement of the ore bodies in 
mine examinations, by Edmund B. Kirby, 25 pp.; 1 pl. 
Vein Structure in the Enterprise mine, by T. A. Richard, 8 pp.; 7 colored plates. 
The Recent history and present status of chemistry, by Chas. S. Palmer, 15 pp. 
The Costilla Meteorite, by R. C. Hills, 2 pp.; 1 pl. 
The Determination of bismuth in refined lead and in lead Bullion, by L. G. Eakins, 9 pp. 
Notes on the precipitation of the precious metals from cyanide solution by means of 
zinc; the non-existence of cyanide of zinc, in alkaline solutions, by Nicholas Anderson, 
4 pp. 
Occurrence of Tellurium in oxidized form, associated with gold, by Richard Pearce, 
4 pp. 
Volcanic rocks of Alum Hill, Boulder county, Colo., by C. Irving Andrews, 8 pp. 
Notes on the occurrence of uraninite in Colorado, by Richard Pearce, 3 pp.; 1 fig. 
Dike on the Columbia vein in Ward district, Boulder county, Colo., by Chas. Skeele 
Palmer, 6 pp.; 1 fig. 
Concretions of chalcedony and opal in obsidian and rhyolite in Colorado and peculiar 
geological formations at the headwaters of the Rio Grande, Colo., by Horace B. Patton, 
8 pp.; 9 balf-tone cuts. 
Nickel and nickel deposits near Riddle’s, Oregon, by W. T. Austin, 27 pp.; 1 pl.; 9 figs. 
The technical determination of iron, by L. J. W. Jones, 14 pp. 
On Pearcite, sulpharsenite of silver, and on the crystallization of polybasite, by S. L. 
Penfield, 15 pp.; 4 figs. 
The San Miguel formation, igneous rocks of the Telluride district, Colorado, by Whit- 
man Cross, 18 pp. 
Notes on the occurrence of a rich silver and gold mineral containing tellurium, in the 
Griffith lode, near Georgetown, Clear Creek county, Colorado, by Richard Pearce, 4 pp. 
An Automatic water-recording gauge, by Ernest Le Neve Foster, 3 pp.; 1 pl. 
CONNECTICUT. 
MERIDEN.— Meriden Scientific Association: Transactions of the Meriden Scientific Association, 
Vol. V, 1893. Address by the president, J. T. Pettee, ‘‘ Events of the Year,” 52 pp. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
WASHINGTON.— Biological Society of Washington: Proceedings, Vol. X, 1896, 193 pp.; 10 pll.; 
28 figs. Review of weasels of eastern North America, by Outram Bangs, pp. 1-23; 3 pll. 
Fourth list of additions to the flora of Washington, D. C., by Theo. Holm, pp. 29-43. Re- 
vision of the lemmings of the genus Synaptomys with description of a new species, by 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam, pp. 55-64; 5 figs. Preliminary synopsis of the American bears, by C. 
Hart Merriam, pp. 65-83; 3 pll.; 12 figs. Purple-flowered stemless violets of the Atlantic 
coast, by Chas. Louis Pollard, pp. 85-92. The Central American Thyroptera, Gerritt S. 
Miller, jr., pp. 109-112; 1 pl.; 4 figs. A new fir from Arizona, Abies arizonica, by C. Hart 
Merriam, pp. 115-118; 2 figs. Some new mammals from the Indian territory and Missouri, 
by Outram Bangs, pp. 135-138. Skunks of genus Mephitis of eastern North America, by 
Outram Bangs, pp. 139-142. A review of the squirrels of eastern North America, by Outram 
Bangs, pp. 145-166; 3 pll.; 4 figs. 
Fewkes, J. Walter, Author: The god ‘‘D” in the Codex Cortesianus, pp. 205-222; 1 pl. 
The Oraibi flute altar, pp. 1-18; 2 pll. 
The Palulukonti from Journal of American Folk-Lore, pp. 1-14; 2 pll. A Central Amer- 
ican ceremony which suggests the snake dance of Tusayan villages, from Am. Anthropol- 
ogist, July, 1893, pp. 285-306; 4 pll. 
