162 Scientific Intelligence. 
Hue a arge cota of new, fresh material at his disposal. 
The value ‘of this monograph is, however, very great, as 1t 
cleared the ground of a great deal ms rubbish and will enable the 
their habits are as yet but little known; though they are often 
found in swarms upon the ocean, it is usually under coogi ane 
which render their capture or detailed pronnuayens at the time 
imponsible. t well areas laying off the Bar of San Francine 
th 
naively says, by the fact that “ Metschnikoff bei jeder 
Gelegenheit meine zoologische Arbeiten auf das heftigste schmaht 
und angreift,” and that Metschnikoff insists, with other Russian 
preety in writing in his own language. It certainly is a pity 
that Russian aly will not follow the example of the 
Scandinavians and eus French or English résumés of their 
memoirs. But no Son. least of all the German, has a right to 
ask the most active embryologists of the Piven day, to write to 
suit their convenience. The day may yet come, in spite of 
Heckel, who evidently does not appreciate Chinese and Japanese 
civilization, when their investigators also will have as good a 
right to e heard as the Russians by all except the close corpora- 
tion of ee. of whose claims Heckel is the ss smiatal 
. New and little elie Reptiles and rage! in ipginy sa 
and on som 
. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk in 1880, by 
Verru. Ibid., vol. viii, pp. 95-230. Also, Report on the Sela- 
chians, by 8. Garman. Ibid., pp. 231-284. 
