Brief Notvees. 283 
P. B. Brodie from the English Lias and the Oligocene of Gurnet Bay, 
Isle of Wight. Cockerell describes forty-four new species from this 
material, bringing the total number of described British fossil insects 
to 368. It is unfortunate that only a few of the far larger collections 
‘from the same localities in the British Museum have been described. 
4, Tae Occurrence oF Dinosaurs In BusHmantanp.'—These two 
papers record the occurrence of an Iguanodont Dinosaur in the 
infilling of a valley in the gneiss of Bushmanland, and give a descrip- 
tion of the remains, which are scarcely generically determinable. 
The importance of the find is that it is the first direct evidence that 
we have obtained of the conditions of the central part of South Africa 
between the end of the Trias and Recent times. It is to be hoped 
that these bones may prove the forerunners of a whole series of land 
vertebrate faunas filling this great gap. 
5. Tue Fens.?—In this little pamphlet Professor McKenny Hughes 
brings together much information of the Fenland, its origin, the 
peaty strata which cover it, and the marine alluvial surrounding the 
Wash. ‘The paleontology of the Turbiferous beds is described, and 
the Shippea man found in them is shown to agree with the Bronze 
Age men found in the round barrows. 
6. PatmontTotoey In Catirornia.—A series of five papers issued 
within two months bears witness to the activity of the great school 
of paleontology which Professor J. C. Merriam has built up in the 
University of California. 
7. PaRapavo caLiFrornicus.— Dr. Miller, in the light of much more 
abundant material, reviews the interesting bird from Rancho la Brea 
which he formerly described as a peacock. The new investigation 
-suggests that it is in many respects intermediate between the peacock 
and the turkey, and it is hence referred to the new genus Parapavo. 
8. In another paper Miller‘ describes two vultures from the 
Rancho la Brea asphalt-pits, both new genera. 
9. Prorgessor Murrram® describes very fragmentary material from 
the Etchegoin as Pliohippus proversus. This horse, which is near 
‘ Hquus’ simplicidens from the Texan Pliocene, seems to provide an 
intermediate stage between the typical Pliohippi and such primitive 
horses as Hguus stenonis. 
10. American Brsons.°—The paper contains a detailed discussion, 
with many measurements, of a fine series of skulls and jaws of Bison 
1 A. W. Rogers, “‘ The Occurrence of Dinosaurs in Bushmanland.’’ 
S. H. Haughton, ‘“‘ On some Dinosaur Remains from Bushmanland’’: Trans. 
Roy. Soc. S. Africa, vol. v, pt. iii, pp. 259-72. 
2 Notes on the Fenland, by T. McKenny Hughes; with ‘‘A Description of 
the Shippea Man’’, by A. Macalister. Cambridge, University Press, 1916, 6d. 
3 L. H. Miller, ‘‘ A Review of the species Pavo californicus’’: Univ. Cal. 
Bull. Dept. Geol., vol. ix, No. vii, pp. 89-92. 
+ L. H. Miller, ‘‘ Two Vulturid Raptors from the Pleistocene of Rancho la 
Brea ’’: op. cit., No. ix, pp. 105-9. 
° J. C. Merriam, ‘‘ Relationship of Hguus to Pliohippus suggested ’ by 
Characters of a New Species from the Pliocene of California’’: op. cit., 
No. xviii, pp. 525-34. 
5 A.C. Chandler, ‘‘ A Study of the Skull and Dentition of Bison antiquus, 
Leidy, with special reference to material from the Pacific Coast’’: op. cit., 
No. xi, pp. 121-35. 
