22 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Jan 



Blood was measured from the following subjects, viz : 



From F. J. Parker 100 Corpuscles 



Girl from Finland, nge 25,3 mos. in America. 500 " 



Esquimeau girl, came with Peary 500 " 



American girl, age 17 500 " 



Italian boy, age 17, in America 3 mos... .500 " 



The blood of the Italian boy (7.99 microns) is a trifle 

 larger than tliat of the American girl (7.90 microns); that 

 of the girl from Finland, (7.89 microns), not as Inrge as 

 that of the Italian, whereas on Gram's theory it ought to 

 be larger, and that of the Esquimeau girl (<S.07 microns), 

 though a trifle larger than any of the others, is not as 

 large as Gram reports for the Norwegian, though coming 

 from a higher latitude. The result of this investigation 

 fails to show any marked distinction that could be attrib- 

 uted to difference of climate or nationality. 



Occidental Sea Specimens. 



ARTHUR M. EDWARDS, M. D. 

 I have infusorial earth from the following localities all 

 containing diatoms and regard them all as from the Occi- 

 dental Sea. 

 Lost Spring Ranch, Lake Co., Cal. From J. M. Meeker 



and F. M. Billings. 

 Between Lower Lake and Lake Port, Lake Co., Cal. From 



U. of Cal. 

 Central Nebraska. From Prof. C. E. Bessey. 

 Humbolt, Nev. and Pitt River, Cal. From J.S.Newberry. 

 Mendocino, Cal. From U. of Cal. 



Salt Lake Desert, Utah. From A. A. Adee, Washington. 

 Little Truckee Bank, Winnemucca Lake, Nev. 

 Shasta County, Cal. From U. of Cal. 

 White Plains, Nev. " " 



Idaho, locality unknown. From G, Ruat. 

 Beaver Lake Beds, Beaver Valley, Nev. 



