134 Scientific Intelligence. 
In the a. esas strata only an imperfect cast of an Orthis 
as observed, and the precise age is undetermined. The next in the 
are fifteen species of Orthoceras, several of them new, among t . 
thoceras Bohemicum of Barrande. From this rock, there is a trantiiol 
to the Carboniferous strata. The coal plants described are species of 
Sigillaria, Cordaites, Odontopteris, Cyatheites (11 species), Alethopierrs, 
Pecopteris, Oligocarpia, Calamites, Asterophyllites, Annularia, Spheno- 
phyllum, ete. The Jur. assic, Cret reese Eocene and later Tertiary are 
~ Tepresented by organic: remai 
4. Manual of the Miebatigy: of Great Britain and Ireland ; by 
Reins Pututrs Gree, F.G.8., and Wint1am G. Lerrsom. 484 pages, 
8vo, with 400 wood-cuts.—Grea t Britain is especially rich in ores and 
other minerals, and hence a treatise on British mineralogy has an interest 
far beyond that of most local works. The number of a described in 
this volume by Messrs. Greg pe Lettsom is about 240, e authors 
other cabinets. The chemical portions of the work were Tevised b 
_ Heddle of Edinbur, “= 
5. The Geologist: a popular Monthly Magazine of Ceslogy s ; edited 
by 8. J. Macxts, F.G.S.,F.S.A. Vol. I, ¢ commencing with January, 1858. 
ch number 48 pages, 8vo. London. 1s. per n number.—This new 
ve while popular in its aim and tone, contains papers of scientific 
. Mastodon on Long Island—Teeth and other bones of a Mastodon 
iiss been recently dug up near Jamaica, Long Island, at Beaseley’s Pond, 
where an excavation for a water reservoir for the city of Brooklyn is in 
27. 7. Mineralogical Notes ; by W. J. Taytor.—Examining a collection 
of minerals from Chili, I find a specimen of Bieberite or cobalt vitriol, a 
species not hitherto reported from that a It is from Tres Puntos 
— ) 
‘uit wndegdecue vi sulphate of ammonia occurs at the Pacific guano 
; islands (Ghinahe It is in rather hard lumps about the size of hickory 
nuts, and has a very fine © spagorrana structure, a yellowish white color, 
' taste sar pungent odor. 
: ead oceurs at Chonta, Peru, associated with pyrites and 
specimen, in which I have detected it, it is mostly in the 
whee ;” some crystals are a pape of aninchlong. The 
ste Inbelled “antimonial silve a 
i wef Mr. Taylor ein minerals from 
on the subject in the “ate 
