December 25, I'.iOS.] 



SCIENCE. 



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tion ' is, to say the least, mislcadiug. The 

 word ' consciousuess,' on the last page, is out 

 of place in a text-book on zoology, especially 

 when it is still a serious question whether this 

 word should not be rigorously avoided even 

 in works on comparative psychology. The 

 binding, paper and typography are all that 

 can be desired in a small work like that of 

 Professor Dodge. The figures are clear, at- 

 tractive and abundant. Perhaps there are 

 proportionally too many figures of European 

 and too few of American species, especially 

 among the insects, for a book that will prob- 

 ably be more used in this country than abroad. 

 William Morton Wheeler. 



sciEyriFic JocKyALS asd articled. 



The Popular Science Monthly for December 

 contains a careful discussion of ' Recent 

 Theories in Regard to the Determination of 

 Sex,' by T. H. ilorgan, a history of ' The 

 Academy of Science of St. Louis,' by William 

 Trelease, and a description of ' The Tetra- 

 hedral Kites of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell,' 

 by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Dr. J. A. Fleming 

 contributes the "seventh and final paper on 

 ' Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy,' in 

 which are presented some of the problems 

 waiting for solution before it can be entirely 

 successful. ' The Salmon and Salmon Streams 

 of Alaska ' are described by David Starr Jor- 

 dan, the article containing an account of the 

 food value of each species. ' The Storm Center 

 in the Balkans,' by Allan ilcLaughlin, shows 

 how the vciy mixed population of this region 

 makes it a continual source of political trouble, 

 while in ' The Growth of Rural Population ' 

 Frank T. Carlton shows the changes that have 

 recently taken place in that direction. The 

 concluding article, by the late R. H. Thurston, 

 is on ' Rear- Admiral G. W. Melville, U.S.N., 

 and Applied Science in Construction of the 

 New Fleet.' 



Bird-Lore for November-December contains 

 ' An Island Eden,' by Frank Jf. Chapman, 

 being an account of Gardiner's Island, N. Y. ; 

 ' The Turkey Vulture and Its Yoting,' by 

 Thomas II. Jackson ; the first of a series of 

 articles on ' The Migration of Warblers,' by 



\V. W. Cooke, and the seventh series of por- 

 traits of Bird-Lore's Advisory Councilors. 

 There are the usual notes and book reviews 

 and reports of the Audubon Societies. This 

 last includes ' Educational Leaflets,' No. 6, on 

 the passenger or wild pigeon. It is announced 

 that the pai)ers on warblers will be illustrated 

 by colored plates, and the present number con- 

 tains two. Eventually the series will appear 

 in book form. 



The Journal of Comparative Neurology has 

 somewhat enlarged its scope, and will hereafter 

 be called The Journal of Comparative Neurol- 

 ogy and Psychology. Professor C. Judson 

 Herrick, of Denison University, will continue 

 to be the managing editor, and Dr. O. S. 

 Strong, of Columbia University, will continue 

 to be one of the associate editors, while Dr. 

 Robert M. Yerkes, of Harvard University, 

 will become associate editor with special 

 charge of the departments dealing with the 

 functions of the nervous system and compara- 

 tive psychology. A large board of cooperating 

 editors has also been secured. The subscrip- 

 tion price will hereafter be $4, and the journal 

 will hereafter appear bi-monthly, each volume 

 containing about 500 pages. 



Professor Guilio Faxo, of Florence, has 

 decided to found a new periodical, to be en- 

 titled Archivio di Fisiolugia. lie will be as- 

 sisted in the editorship by Professor Filippo 

 Bottazzi, of Genoa. The .4 rchivio di Fisiologia 

 will especially concern itself with exijerimental 

 work, but sjnithetic reviews and philosophical 

 disquisitions will not be excluded. Papers 

 will be published, according to the wish of the 

 author, in one of the four official languages 

 of the International Physiological Congress — 

 English, Italian, German or French. The 

 Archivio di Fisiologia will appear every two 

 months, forming a yearly volume of about 500 

 pages. 



The Museums Journal of (ircat Britain for 

 November has papers on * Copyright of Works 

 of Art in the Museums of Great Britain,' by 

 E. Ernest Lowe, which shows a very curious 

 state of affairs ; ' Early Monuments and 

 Archaic Art of the Northeast of Scotland,' by 

 W. !^^. Ramsay, and on ' Good Form in Nat- 



