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they contain, it takes up in succession the life of the periods in 
geological history, commencing with the oldest. Its many illus- 
trations are not as well engraved as they should be. The author 
is a zoologist as well as geologist, and the student will find his 
work a very valuable help toward obtaining a comprehensive 
knowledge - the progress of life on the globe 
Reports of the United States Exploration ‘of the 40th parallel, 
Fog ai Kine, Geologist in charge. Submitted to the Chief of 
Engineers and published by order of the Secretary of War, under 
authority of Congress. ‘Two volumes of these Reports, on the re- 
gion in the vicinity of the 40th parallel cae the Sierra Nevada 
and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, have recently been 
issued. They add greatly to our knowledge of Rocky Mountain 
geology, and are hastening on the time when we shall ae com- 
sata map of the great territories. These two volumes are num- 
red volumes ii and iv. Volume iii, by Mr, King, is one in the 
press, and will soon be ready for delivery. 
Volume ii, contains the “ Descriptive Geology” by ARNOLD 
Haguz and §. F, Em MONS; it is an octavo volume of 890 pages 
and is lasted ay twenty-six plates. A Soars of it-is deferred 
to another number of this 
olume iv, ck sore rs 670 pages, consists of three reports 
or parts: I, "Paleontology, by Fick mae K, illustrated by seven- 
teen plates; II, Paleontology, by Jam : Has and R. P. Wurt- 
FIELD, illustrated by seven plates, and ll, Ornithology by RopeRrt 
Ripeway. The Report of the late Mr. Meek contains fossils 
the Tavis District, Nevada; and the west side of Degouly 
Mountain, White Pine District, Nevada. They include Brachio- 
pods, of aes gonere spisopines Lingulepis, Kutorgina and a 
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belong to the upper portion of the Lower Silurian, the Devonian, 
Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic formations. 
regions ‘and their faunas i is presented, and lists of the species of 
each, which we propose to notice in a future number 
5. Report on the Clay Deposits of Woodbridg e, South Am- 
boy, and other places in New Jersey, together swith their uses for 
brick, po ne etc., by Grorar H. Cook, State Geologist of 
New Jersey. 2 pp. 8 8vo. phen N. J., 1878.—This valua- 
ble volume, on a Jersey deposits, is published by 5 
as a part of the results of yo Geological Survey. It give 
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