Zoology. 283 
first work of Mr. Barrande. 
[Norz.—In § 13, p. 280, for Natur read steter.] 
24, Fossil Saurian Bone from Prince Edward’s Island.—Mr. J. W 
Dawson describes briefly in the ‘ Eastern Chronicle” of Nova "aspen 
n 
slightly curved backwards, and are finely serrated on the edges. 
teeth and bone are white, and in excellent Ressreaiiee and they are 
attached to the original matrix of soft red sandstone. It was found 21 
feet from the surface. The rock is believed to corr ate in geological 
ne with the trias or new red sandstone. 
. New South Wales.—Various reports of explorations in the gold 
> of New South Wales, by the Rev. B. W. Ciarke, have been 
received by us. They are rh to local douiiie. and afford little 
that we can extract to advant tage. The explorations were mainly along 
the Australian Alps, where the rocks are granite, and various slates, 
the latter often much contorted. The region is in ssid parts much in- 
tersected by trap dykes. We hope to receive a eral review of 
subject from the author who is indefatigable.in his gedie ym 
II. Zoooey. 
1, Neue Denkschriften der ih at art pe meet oe 
ur die gesammten Naturwissenscha urich, 1 
Though erage three years ago we notice this see a. in aa 
to refer to tw o important papers contained in it; one by Prof. O. pa 
upon the fossil insects of Oeningen and Radeboy, the other by L. Ri 
meyer upon the nummulitic formation of 1a with a detiled 
description of the nummulites of that geological per 
Memorias dela real Academia de Ciencias de “Madrid. Madsid, 
1851. Vol. i, part 1 and nr ae several valuable —_ <5 
the Geology and Zoology of Spa 
3. Catndayha - the Cabinet a ‘Natural History of the State of New 
York. Albany, 1843, 8°.—The Regents of the University deserve great 
credit for directing the aoe of this catalogue. Nothiog ts 
adapted to secure permanently the interest for public collections, og to 
contribute to their increase than the circulation of suc 
We only regret that no more direct reference is to the individual 
Specimens described and figured in the Natural History it New York. 
The importance of preserving such records to favor the researches in 
