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Scientific Intelligence. 241 
uable compendium, both of general and special anatomy of the 
uralist. It is also well adapted for the use of special students 
rinsing ers nent in the labo ig but is hardly suit- 
able for a text-book for the class room, owing to the large amount 
of detail riheoat sear in aoaahs cases, and the, iperha s, unnecessarily 
numerous technical terms made use of. It is freel y ‘and ewe a 
trated. 
A. 
10. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United ‘States. 
Second Edition. By Davin S. Jorpan. 12mo, 407 pp. 1878.— 
The ase edition of this work has been considerably enlarged, 
mprovements have been made. The portion relating 
to the re has been largely rewritten, and the artificial keys in 
that group have been replaced by “natu rral ” ones, for the genera. 
Most of the additions and corrections in other pate. gnse are sr be 
found in the addenda. 
1 Structure and Habits of —— By J. H rae ERTON, 
12mo, 1 with 67 cuts. Salem, Mass.: S. E. Cassino.—This 
excellent little se fills a place in our zoblogiea literature hith- 
erto entirely unoccupied. It contains very ¢ clear and interesting 
deateipthiiie of the anatomy of spiders, their alunsthoulca: their 
manners and customs and domestic economy. It is admirably 
illustrated by Sbuves s drawn from nature, by the skillful pencil of 
the author himself. Many of the figures illustrate the webs and 
nests of spiders with remarkable accuracy. Ae Vi 
2. Fi rst Annual Report : the United States ea 
aera D. C., 1878.—This extended report contains a ti 
velba is race to the sara beari arings of the subject upon 
the agricultural — of the country. 
13. On the young st of Osseous Fishes, By ALEXANDER 
ee agre é From the Proceitngs of the American Academy of 
2 Sciences, vol. xiv.) Svo, with 8 plates. June, 1878.— 
8 pa vee contains the results of the extended and careful studies 
of the author upon the growth and metamorphoses of this peculiar 
group of fishes, including the results of various experiments made 
