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‘ A like mixture of barium carbonate or lead carbonate and oil, 
killed the mice ; but. they nies apparently without injury, a pa 
of 1 to 5, and so ils so a pu tty made of lead carbonate and whit- 
ing, in the proportion of 1 to 4. The protective influence of the 
calcium carbonate in these cases is, as Dr. Storer observes, a fact 
of much interest; and the fact that the ‘y eat common putty with 
relish for “fH oil it contains is one of public ha boat 
6. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. a ae 
3 and 4 (in one) of the Annals contains an elaborate paper by W. 
G. Binney on the Jaw and Ret bog Dentition of Pulmonate Mol: 
lusks, illustrated by 16 plat 
7. mus Faune Medkitsrvdiiein sive Descriptio Animal- 
tum Maris Mediterranei Incolarum, quam comparata Silva rerum 
quatenus innotuit adjectis locis et nominibus vulgaribus, eorum- 
que auctoribus in mah i Zoologorum congessit artes A ir 
Car ‘ enterata, Echinodermat a, Vermes. 3 pp. 
8vo. Stuttgart, 1884, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verla at K. 
Koch) ).—This first part of the Prodromus contains brief - eluasi hd 
descriptions of the animal species of the Mediterranean, belonging 
to the tribes stated in the title, and has been prepared by. one 
of the best of European zoologiats. It is especially convenient | 
for the zoological laboratories on the coasts of the Mediterranean, 
ut has great value for other seas and revions. 
8. The Auk: a Quarterly Journal of’ Ornithol logy.—No. 
the first volume of this excellent journal was issued in Outober 
vee ae et tg publishes in it an interesting “Study of the 
Singing of our Birds;” J. P: heh a paper on the Canada 
Goose (Ber sok Canadensis); W. W. Cooke, on the Se 
tion “aad migration of Harris’s Finch (Zonoti ichia querula); F 
sie ve srt aeecs s Thrasher, and eel in the Colorudé 
Desert; J. A. Allen, on zodlogical nomenclature; besides which 
9. The Siluroid fish, Amiurus catus. — A thorough mie! of 
this species has been made by Canadian zoologists and the results 
are the subjects of several finely illustrated articles in ‘the Pro- 
ceedings of the Canadian Institute, beet vol. ii, fase. 3, Oct, 
1884; ‘by Professors R. Ramsay Wri t, J. Priveins "MeMew 
ricu, A. B. Macatium, and T. McKeen 
10. The Development of Renilla ; ‘by Epmunp B. WI1s0N, 
Ph.D., Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University. 93 pp., 4to, 
with 16 plates 
IV. Asrronomy. 
1. Abstract of a er to the Solur Physics Committee on @ 
Comparison between apparent Inequalities of Short Period m 
Sun-Spot Areus panty in Mahe iL Temperuture- Ranges at Toronto 
and at Kew ; by Batrour Stewart, M.A., LL.D., F.1.S., and 
WILLIAM Lant Campari BA, PF. Se. —It‘has been kn own 
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some time that there is a close connection between the inequalities a 
