S8 The West American Scientist. 



of Trochus from the Atlantic; and of matters interesting to the 

 west, a note on the occurrence of Limosina sp. in Texas, and a 

 classification of the varieties of Patula cooperi. On page 9 the de- 

 scription of Bulimulus hemphilli, Wright, is referred to, and it is 

 suggested that it might be compared with B. marielinus, Poey. 



7. D. A. C 



Walter E. Bryant — New subspecies of song sparrow from 

 Lower California (Melospiza fasciata rivularis-Brown's song 

 sparrow). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., I, 197. This subspecies is 

 dedicated to Mr. Herbert Brown, of Tucson, Arizona. 



Waldemar Lindgren — Geology of Baja California, 1. c. I, 

 173. An interesting outline of the geology of the vicinity of 

 Todos Santos bay, extending eastward to the border of the Col- 

 orado desert. As so little has been published on the subject, 

 this fragmentary work is a valuable contribution, containing the 

 results of a special trip made in 1888 by the author, who is con- 

 nected with the U. S. Geological Survey. The cretaceous ex- 

 posures at Punta Banda were the special attraction as tending to 

 throw more light on similar exposures in the United States, but 

 for which this foreign territory may not have been explored at 

 this time. " C. R. O. 



E. B. Webster — The preservative (embalming) method of 

 taxidermy, with chapters on making skins and skeletons. The 

 author, Cresco, Iowa, 1889. A brief treatise, by the editor of the 

 Haivkeye Ornith. and Oologist, of special value for the young 

 collector, being clear and concise C. R. O. 



Melville C. Keith, M. D. — Diseases of children. Part II, 

 Minneapolis, 1889. A valuable treatise lor parents and nurses 

 on the care of children, recipes and other medical information. 

 The author is also editor of Mother and Child, a useful magazine 

 for the family, and author of other medical books. C. R. O. 



EDITORIAL. 



A friend asks which we "found the mightier, the pick or the 

 pen? " The pick was decidedly the heavier ! In the April issue 

 (VI: 8, lines 22 and 23 from the top) read viiUiinders instead ol 

 inches, in the description of Bulimulus Hemphilli. We are in- 

 debted to Mr. Y . Stevens for a number of scientific papers. We 

 spent an evening m May at his home, looking over some of his 

 fine bird and mammal skins, among others his new fox, the 

 desert pouched rat, and other rare things. Dr. Edward Palmer 

 returned successful from his excursion to the mouth of the 

 Colorado river. Charles T Simpson, in the Nautilus for May, 

 enters a protest against the indiscriminate genus making, now 

 fashionable among certain conchologists. The same remarks 

 would apply equally well to some of the work of West American 



