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Btilletins of American PalcBontology. Vol. I. Published by Pro- 

 fessor G. D. Harris, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The publication of a purely palaeontological bulletin has been 

 undertaken by Professor G. D. Harris, of Cornell University, and the 

 first volume has just been completed. The undertaking of Professor 

 Harris is truly a commendable one, and should receive the encourage- 

 ment of American palaeontologists. Heretofore palaeontology has had, 

 in America, no organ of publication purely its own. The'literature of 

 the subject has been scattered through a score or more of proceedings 

 or transactions of learned societies and periodicals. If, from now on, 

 Professor Harris' bulletin meets with the cooperation of American 

 investigators which it deserves, our literature will become more con- 

 centrated and consequently much more accessible. 



The bulletin appears, not at stated intervals, but at such times as 

 material may be ready for publication. Volume I consists of five 

 numbers, which have appeared at intervals since May 25, 1895. 



1. "Claiborne Fossils," by G. D. Harris. Pp. 1-52. Plate I. 

 (May 25, 1895.) 



Part I of this bulletin is a "Synonymy of the Claiborne sand 

 species of Conrad and Lea, as determined by an inspection of the 

 type collections now at the Academy of Science of Philadelphia." 

 This paper will be welcome to all students of the Eocene faunas of 

 eastern America. The description of species from the Claiborne sands 

 by the two authors, Conrad and Lea, during the same period of time, 

 and without the slightest recognition on the part of either of the work 

 being done by the other, brought about a most confusing state of 

 synonymy. Professor Harris has straightened out this confusion by 

 an inspection and comparison of the type specimens of both authors. 



Part n of the bulletin is a description of six new species from 

 the Claiborne sand. 



2. " New or little known Tertiary Mollusca from Alabama and 

 Texas," by T. H. Aldrich. Pp. 53-82. Plates H-VI. (June 24, 1895.) 



3. "Neocene Mollusca of Texas, or fossils from the deep well at 

 Galveston," by G. D. Harris. Pp. 83-114. Plates VH-X. December 

 2, 1895.) 



This paper was noticed in this Journal, Vol. IV, p. 126, and needs 

 no further comment. 



4. "The Midway Stage," by G. D. Harris. Pp. 115-270. Plates 

 XI-XXV. (June 11, 1896.) 



