Botany and Zoology. 239 
In the second paper the author shows that in all the American 
species of Lewcosticte there is really considerable sexual variation, 
both as to size and color, and that the species also vary geo- 
graphically. v. 
12, Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. Vol. I. 
Ist Trimestre. 30 pp. 4to. 1876.—The first number of this new 
periodical is handsomely printed and illustrated. It contains val- 
uable papers on Brazilian archeology, by Prof. C. F. Hartt, and 
by Carlos Wiener. ‘ v. 
v. 
14, Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 5. 
Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas, by G. Brown Goons ; 
No. 6 Classification of the Collection to illustrate the Animal 
Resources of the United States, by G. Brown GoopE. 1876.— 
The former is a very useful contribution to the Ichthyology of 
Bermuda and our own adjacent waters. It includes descriptions 
of many species from life, the synonymy, local names, etc. 
ig of the Centennial Exhibition. we 
15. Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island, 
Edy. uckerman, the Algew, by Dr. W. G. Farlow; Geology, in- 
cluding list of the rocks and minerals, by Dr. F. M. Endlich ; 
Gi mals, by Dr. Kidder; Fishes, determined by Prof. Theodore 
* Dingo ollusks, by W. H. Dall; Insects, by Dr. Kidder, the 
tig having been determined by C. R. Osten ago aye the 
0) 
I Smith ; Annelids and Echinoderms 
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abbey d, ete., including minerals, birds fishes, skulls, 
vet ® ete.; and fina , an important study of the comparative 
