944 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
not at all like the broad depressed skulls of Ancon. JA large col- 
lection of hair was obtained from Pasagua, showing “ not only the 
peculiar modes of braiding, but also the fact that fair other thay 
that belonging naturally to the head was worn to a great extent 
rm of ‘switches,’ eee that even these ancient people were 
familiar with the use of the ‘rats’ of the modern hair-dressers.” 
Among the other objects ft the same ees were a hair-comb, 
a head-dress of feathers, a sinker attached to a fishing-line, large 
ket work, 
oh 
series of gracefu i lave vonilii of Buraacat art, and various 
objects quite different from those of other parts of Peru. The col- 
lections also contain numerous articles illustrating the manner of 
life, etc., of the modern Indians. 
The Museum has also received large collections from the Smith- 
sonian Institution from explorations in California, including 100 
gear crania, stone mortars and pots, a cup of ser pentine, ete. 
e Geographical Distribution of Animals, by A RB. Wallace. 2 vols. 8vo, with 
times ae and many illustrations. 1876. London. (Macmillan & Co.) 
— Géologique du Bassin Houiller de Liége, par M. Julien de Make 1876. 
. (EB. De 
Ponca ge | the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 24th 
Meeting, held at Detroit, Michigan, August, 1875. Salem, 
Contributions from the Laboratory of the State University. 
on 0. . Schw: h. cal and an 
Chemistry. From the Catalogue of the University of the State of Missouri. 
8vo. Jefferson City. 1876 
Ges te der Saltevactintingen mit besonderer et ee ei 
rear = met rten und athylirten Aniline. By Geo U vn 
psa “eae = ak ag Dissertation at the Friedrich ee ni 
Sani 3 pp. 8 
Science D Primers cited by Professors Huxley, Roscoe, and Balfour Sere 
VIL B y J. D. Hooker, 0.B., F.R.S. 118 pp. 18mo, with 
1876. “New York, D. Appleton & Co.) 
OBITUARY. 
Prorussor McCurrney, of Missouri, who accomp a Bee: 
ig party under Professor Shaler to ees hime Ps 
while in the excavation he had just made in ded aro 
Sbtiad: It seems that the people of the ichtity nha : F staal 
the edges, which gave way, and quite a number W re pret twas 
in the hole. When the excavation was cleared oat ay eidett 
found that Professor McCheeney was stooping aoe me i 
occurred, the result being that his neck was bD eee mp lar 
almost immediately.— Letter f FAS bier Shaler, dated 
vard, ao Nt oe July 10 d Ente 
Epwarp Nr F.Z.8., editor of the Zoologist ® = yeat® 
ae hate rectly died i in London, at the age of seventy vf Berlin, 
ENBERG, the eminent microscopic investi igator 
died on the twenty-seventh of last June. 
