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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XIX. No. 484. 



The book is illustrated with nine full-page 

 plates, chiefly photographs of specimens. A 

 double-page colored map of the life zones of 

 the two states is also given. Since this is the 

 most detailed zonal map of the region yet pub- 

 lished, and since it differs in some respects from 

 previous inclusive maps of smaller scale, it is 

 regrettable that more space was not devoted 

 to discussion of life zones and especially to 

 the boundaries as indicated on this new map. 

 It is also unfortunate that the colors are not 

 those which from repeated use on other maps 

 have become associated with the several zones. 

 As a piece of book-making, the work is not all 

 that might be desired. The paper is rather 

 poor and errors in typography are not infre- 

 quent. Minor shortcomings, however, may 

 easily be overlooked in such a good and useful 

 book. It is a thorough exposition of the 

 knowledge, past and present, of the mammals 

 of the two states, and may be safely ranked 

 among our most important works on the mam- 

 mals of eastern North America. 



Wilfred H. Osgood. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



The last number of The Journal of In- 

 fectious Diseases contains the following 

 articles : 



Alice Hamilton : ' The Toxic Action of Scar- 

 latinal and Pneumonic Sera on Paramoecia.' 



C. P. Clabk and F. H. Batman : ' Pneu- 

 mococcal Bronchiolitis (Capillary Bronchitis).' 



E. H. EuEDiGEK: ' Improved Technic of Agglu- 

 tination Test in Typhoid Fever — The Use of 

 Formalinized Cultures.' 



RoGEK G. Perkins : ' Bacillus Mueosus Cap- 

 sulatus: A Study of the Group and an Attempt 

 at Classification of the Varieties Described.' 



Maky C. Lincoln : ' Agglutination in the 

 Group of Fluorescent Bacteria.' 



Edward C. Rosenow : ' Studies in Pneumonia 

 and Pneumococcus Infections.' 



Joseph Louis Baer : ' Epidemic Gonorrheal 

 Vulvo-Vaginitis in Young Girls.' 



Eaele B. Phelps : ' A Critical Study of the 

 Methods in Current Use for the Determination 

 of Free and Albuminoid Ammonia in Sewage.' 



Wm. Eotal Stokes : ' A Simple Test for 

 Koutine Detection of Colon Bacillus in Drinking 

 Water.' 



George A. Johnson : ' Isolation of Bacillus Coli 



Communis from the Alimentary Tract of Fish 

 and the Significance Thereof.' 



Charles Harrington : ' Sodium Sulphite : 

 A Dangerous Food-Preservative.' 



Stephen de M. Gage and George O. Adams: 

 ' Studies of Media for the Quantitative Estima- 

 tion of Bacteria in Water and Sewage.' 



Announcement has been made of the initial 

 numbers of a series of Bulletins on pathology 

 from the laboratory of the Medical Depart- 

 ment of the University of California, Berkeley, 

 under the editorship of Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, 

 head of the Department of Pathology and 

 director of the Hearst Laboratory in San 

 Francisco. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 



the new york academy of sciences, 

 section of anthropology and psychology. 

 The regular meeting of the section was 

 held on February 29 at the American Museum 

 of Natural History in conjunction with the 

 American Ethnological Society. The program 

 was as follows : 



Ethnological Survey of the Puehlos of New 

 Mexico and Arizona, during the Summer 

 of 1903: Mr. George H. Pepper. 

 Mr. Pepper first went to Espanola, and from 

 there visited the pueblos of Santa Clara, San 

 Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambe and Tesuque. 

 One of the ceremonial dances at the pueblo 

 of Santa Clara was witnessed. San Juan, 

 Picoris and Tesuque next received attention. 

 After this work was completed the Hopi region 

 was visited, the time selected being the oc- 

 casion of the Antelope and Snake dances at 

 Walpi. In the pueblos of Hano, Sichomavi 

 and Walpi, special attention was devoted to 

 the work of the Hopi potters, particularly 

 Nampayo of Hano, who is the only one living 

 that has made a careful study of the old pig- 

 ments and clays. 



On the second-'mesa the pueblos of Ma- 

 shongnavi and Shungopavi were visited, and 

 the Snake Dance at Mashongnavi observed. 

 Oraibi, the seventh of the Hopi pueblos, situ- 

 ated fifteen miles to the west of the second 

 mesa, came nest. During the stay in this 

 pueblo the wonderful Flute ceremony was en- 

 acted. From the Hopi region the route taken 



