Revieics—The Pakeontographical Society'. 12T 



■ 1. The Fishes of the Old Red Sandstone, Part II, No. 2 ; by 

 Dr. R. H. Traqnair, F.R.S., F.G.S. pp. 27, illustrated with 

 8 plates and 10 text-figures. 



2. The Cretaceous Lamellibranchiata, Vol. II, Part 1 ; by H. Woods, 



M.A., F.G.S. pp. 56, with 7 plates and 6 illustrations in 

 the text. 



3. The Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata, Vol. II, Part 3 ; by 



Dr. Wheelton Hind, F.G.S. pp. 91, with 4 plates and 3 text- 

 figures. 



4. The Inferior Oolite Ammonites, Part XII ; by S. S. Buckman, 



F.G.S. pp. 103, with 5 plates, 140 text-figures, and 3 

 supplement plates of radial lines. 



5. The Lower Palaeozoic Trilobites of Girvan, Part II ; by F. R. 



Cowper Reed, M.A., F.G.S. pp. 47, with 7 plates, 



6. British Graptolites, Part IV ; by Miss Elles and Miss Wood. 



Edited by Professor Lapworth, F.R.S. pp. 64, with 6 plates 

 and 33 text-illustrations. 



THE volume now issued is one of extreme interest, and is specially 

 deserving of attention on account of the great variety of subjects 

 dealt with in its 416 pages, illustrated by 37 quarto plates, 

 192 text-figures, and 3 tables of radial lines of Ammonites. 



1. Dr. R. H. Traquair, the archichthyologist of the Palasozoic I'ocks, 

 gives us descriptions and figures of Old Red Sandstone fishes of 

 the genera Ftericlithys and Bothriolepis, accompanying his descriptions 

 by admirable restorations in the text, which will be of the highest 

 zoological value to all who take an interest in these very early 

 forms of armoured notochordal fishes, to the study of which the 

 late Hugh Miller was one of the first to direct scientific attention 

 and to attempt to restore. 



2. Mr. Henry Woods' descriptions and figures of species of Pectens 

 and Limas, so numerous in our Chalk formation, will prove extremely 

 serviceable to collectors of these Cretaceous molluscs. If we compare 

 these seven plates and text-figures with similar drawings executed 

 50 years ago, we cannot but be struck with the great advance made 

 in art and the admirable quality of the illustrations now presented 

 in these latest volumes of the Society's publications. 



3. Dr. Wheelton Hind continues his work on the bivalve Mollusca 

 of the Carboniferous period. The figures are extremely good, and 

 the author gives carefully prepared tables of zonal and geographical 

 distribution, which will greatly assist the work of the Committee 

 in completing, as far as possible, their record of the life-zones of 

 the Carboniferous rocks and the correlation of their several horizons 

 over the British area. Few workers at palaeontology in this 

 country have displayed more energy and earnestness in carrying 

 out their special line of scientific research than Dr. Wheelton Hind, 

 and notwithstanding his arduous professional duties there are not 

 many Geological Museums, or localities in the Carboniferous of 

 Great Britain and Ireland which he has omitted to visit for study 

 and examination. 



