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Bakoulovski, — . [On Masses of Iron seen by Pallas in 1771, 250 

 versts from Krasnoiarsk, Siberia.] Goraoi Journ. vol. ii. pp. 93-103. 



Barbot de Marny. [Travels in the Tschaptschatschi Hills.] Gomoi 

 Journ. vol. ii. pp. 62-92, map (topographical), and 5 sections. 

 Separately pub. in French. Pp. 28. 2 pis. 8vo. St. Petersburg. 



Partly Tertiary beds, with Dreissena polymorjpha, Paluditm achi- 



no'-ides, &c. 



[Geological Description, of the Governments of Simbirsk, 



Saratov, and Tamboosk.] Gomoi Journ. vol. iii. pp. 169-181, 



pi. 3 (fossils). 



Refers to searches for coal. The formations are Jurassic, Cretaceous, 



and Tertiary. Cardita Volgensis and GucuUcea Volgensis are figured. 



2 sections are given in the text. A. B. 



Barcena, M. Las rocas de Tecali. [Rocks of Tecali.] Naturaleza, 

 t. iii. p. 7. 



Barral, J. A. [Analyses of Chalk from Gien.] Bull. Soc. centr. 

 Agric. France, 3 ser. t. ix. p. 832. 



Beck-Bernard, C. Die Argentinischo Republik. 18mo. Bern. 

 A handbook for colonists. Contains information as to soil and 

 mineral resources of the country. 



Beliben. [Serpentine.] Ann. Soc. Agr. Sci. Le Put/, t. xxxi. 



pp. 412-414. 

 Analysis of specimen from near Dore, Puy de Dome. 



Belknap, General W. W. Letter from the Secretary of War, in 

 answer to a resolution of the House of April 14, 1 874, transmitting 

 a report upon the James River and Kanawha Canal project. House 

 of Representatives, 43d Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 219. 

 Pp. 47. Washington. 



Contains summaries of the geological reports and surveys relating to 

 W. Virginia published before 1874. 



Bellardi, Prof. I. MoUuschi dei terreni terziari del Piemonte e della 

 Liguria. Pt. ii. 1873. [Tertiary Mollusca of Piedmont and Liguria.] 

 Report by Gastaldi and Lessorer. Atti R. Ac. Sci. Torino, vol. ix. 

 pp. 197-221. 



Describes the beds, fossils, &c. of the Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene. 



Billings, E. On some New Genera and Species of Palaeozoic Mol- 

 lusca. Canad. Nat. n. s. vol. vii. pp. 301, 302. 



Ilionia (n. gen.) includes some Tellince and Anatince. I. Canadensis 

 (n. sp.) is described and figured from U. Silurian. Pteronitella (n. gen.) 

 is defined to include some U. Silurian Pterinece. W. H. D. 



Binney, E. W. On the Structure of Coal. CoU. Guard, vol. xxviii. 



p. 388. 

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