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Kincs.eEy, J.S. Text Book of Vertebrate Zodlogy. Henry Holt & Co. 1906. 439 
pages. $3. 
A fine work for the laboratory student of vertebrates, discussing in detail the various 
organs and structures, such as teeth, tongue, skin, nervous system, etc., with a systematic 
account of the classification of vertebrates, illustrated by text figures. 
JorpAN, Davip Starr. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United 
States. A.C. McClurg. oth Edition. $2. 
A small manual, with brief descriptions of the species of the eastern United States, 
necessarily including some which range westward. 
Hornabay, Witt1aAM T. The American Natural History. Charles Scribner’s Sons. 
1904. 438 pages. $3.50. 
One of the most useful popular works on the vertebrates, containing a vast amount 
of highly interesting information in language easily understood even by children and well 
illustrated. We recommend it to parents and teachers. 
The American Bird and Nature-Study Chart, with Manual by Albert Schneider. John C. 
Mountjoy. $23. 
Colored plates of birds, mammals, etc., produced by “color photography,” on large 
sheets arranged on a frame for convenient exhibition to classes and small audiences. The 
pictures are good, many of them excellent, grouped so as to show relations of birds and 
other animals to each other. The Manual is a condensed descriptive summary of the 
subjects treated, with suggestions for use of the chart as well as for field observations. 
An important addition to schoolroom paraphernalia. 
Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations West of the One Hundredth Meridian 
in Charge of Capt. Geo. M. Wheeler. Vol. V, Zodlogy. (‘Wheeler Survey.””) Wash- 
ington. 1875. 
Report of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical 
Route jor a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. (‘Pacific R. R. 
Survey.’’) Washington. 
These two thick quarto volumes contain important papers on western mammals, 
birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes, with excellent plates. The bird papers are super- 
seded by later manuals, but the others are still useful to western naturalists. 
HornabDay, WittiaM T. Taxidermy and Zodlogical Collecting. Charles Scribner’s Sons. 
1902. 350 pages. $2.50. 
One of the most thorough and practical works for general use on the subject of collect- 
ing and preserving vertebrates of all kinds, with chapters on the invertebrates. The author 
has had long experience in that line and has the faculty of making his meaning plain to 
the non-technical. The work is well illustrated. 
FISHES 
JORDAN, Davip STARR. Guide to the Study of Fishes. 2 Vols. Henry Holt & Co. 
1905. 1223 pages. $12. 
An elaborate general treatise, with chapters on life, anatomy, form, morphology, 
organs, habits, distribution, evolution, diseases, classification and general characters of 
orders and families, without descriptions of species, all in language not too technical for 
the general student who is familiar with biological terms. 
HERDMAN, W. A., BripcE, T. W., AND BOULENGER, G. A. Cambridge Natural History. 
Vol. VII, Fishes. The Macmillan Co. $4.25. 
A useful general treastise on fishes. 
