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THE AMERICAN MONTHLY 



[Sept., 1882. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Consumption : Its causes, Prevention and 

 Hygienic Management. By W. H. 

 Smith, M. D., Ph. D. St. Clair, Mich. 

 (Pamphlet, pp. 11.) 



Hydrnrns i jego Pokrewienstwo : Mo- 

 nografija przez Dra. J. Rostafinskiego. 

 Z tablica. (Mit einem deutsch verfas- 

 sten Resume.) Krakow : w. drukarni 

 Universytetu Jagiellonskiego pod zar- 

 zadem Ignacego Stelela. 1882. (Pam- 

 phlet, pp. 34.) 



This monograph, which is illustrated by 

 a fine large plate, treats of the develop- 

 ment of Hydruriis, a genus of algse. The 

 process of cell division was carefully 

 studied by the author. He finds that this 

 process takes place at night, beginning 

 about midnight. The relations of Hydru- 

 riis to other algae similar to it are dis- 

 cussed at some length. 



The Coues Check List of North American 

 Birds. Second Edition. Revised to 

 Date, and entirely Rewritten under Di- 

 rection of the Author, with a Dictionary 

 of the Etymology, Orthography, and 

 Orthoepy of the Scientific names, the 

 Concordance of Previous Lists, and a 

 Catalogue of his Ornithological Publi- 

 cations. Boston : Estes & Lauriat, 1882. 

 (8vo, pp. 165.) 



This book is nothing less than its title 

 indicates — a check-list of birds and an 

 ornithological dictionary combined. The 

 first edition vvas published in the year 

 1873, soon after the appearance of the 

 " Key to North American Birds," by the 

 same author ; but it was then a mere list 

 of birds, and a far less pretentious work 

 than the present one. Since that time 

 one hundred and twenty names have been 

 added to the list, but so carefully was the 

 work on the first edition carried out that 

 not more than ten names have been 

 eliminated. 



The work as it now appears, bears like- 

 wise the impress of extreme care in its 

 preparation. Each of the 778 names of 

 birds has been critically examined as re- 

 gards its derivation and proper pronuncia- 

 tion ; and in the chapter of " Remarks on 

 the Use of Names," are to be found sug- 

 gestions about the etymology, ortho- 

 graphy and orthoepy of names, which are 

 invaluable to the collector and student of 

 birds. In the Introduction the purpose of 

 the check-list is stated to be two-fold : 



" First, to present a complete list of the 

 birds now known to inhabit North America, 

 north of Mexico and including Greenland, 

 to classify them systematically * * * 

 secondly, to take each word occurring in 

 such technical usage, explain its derivation, 

 significance and application, spell it cor- 

 rectly, and indicate its pronunciation with 

 the usual diacritical marks." 



A notable feature of the book is that 

 the full name of the learned author. Dr. 

 Elliott Coues, does not once appear in it. 



Exchanges. 



[Exchanges are inserted in this column without 

 charge. They will be strictly limited to mounted 

 objects, and material for mounting.] 



Wanted — To exchange, good slides correctly named, 

 or material for mounting for same. 



F. C. SMITH, Bridgeport, Conn. 



Wanted, material containing Pleurosigma angula- 

 tum, Nitzschia sigmoidia, Frustulia .Saxonica and 

 Amphipleura pellucida. Mounted diatoms or material 

 in exchange. 



T. CHRISTIAN, 

 io8 Virginia, St., Richmond, Va. 

 Wanted — Diatomaceous material from New Hamp- 

 shire <io-a\.'3\x{\n% Amphipleura Lhidkeitneri^m ex.- 

 change for materials from North of Ireland. 



WILLIAM A. FIRTH, 

 Whiterock, Belfast, Ireland. 



Striatella unipuncta^ Rhabdonema Adriaiicutn, 

 and other first-class crude material, to exchange for 

 named diatoms and first-class material — prepared and 

 particularly foreign material preferred. 



M. A. BOOTH, Longmeadow, Mass. 



Mounted crystals for the poloriscope, diatoms (a 

 fine collection), fresh-water algae, foraminifera, in ex- 

 change for other well-mounted objects. Send speci- 

 mens and full value will be returned. 



R. HITCHCOCK, 53 Maiden Lane, New York. 



Rubber cement of my own manufacture, in ex- 

 change for good slides. 



EUGENE PINCKNEY, 



Dixon, III. 



Well-mounted sections of Rat's tongue. Rabbit's 

 eye and Cat's muscle for other well-mounted objects. 

 F. B. CARTER, 

 519 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



On receipt of a well-mounted slide, I will send a 

 slide of crystal, (for the polarizer) of any of the rare 

 vegetable products which I may have ; will send list 

 of same on receipt of postal request. 



J. KETCHUM, Jr., 

 P. O. Box 877, New York City. 



Wanted. — Animal parasites, Ixodes, Acari, etc., 

 either mounted or unmounted. W. A. HYSLOP, 



22 Palmerston Place, Edinburg, Scotland. 



Unmounted objects, Foraminifera, Spicules, Plant- 

 hairs, Zoophytes, etc., in exchange for other objects, 

 mounted or unmounted. 



E. PINCKNEY, Dixon, 111. 



