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SCIENCE. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Proceedings oe the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences of Philadelphia, Part II.— April to Sep- 

 tember, 1880. — Edited by Edward J. Nolan, M.D., 

 Philadelphia, 1880. 



The present volume contains the following papers : 



Carcinological Notes, -No. II. — Revision of the Gelasi- 

 mi. (Continued), by J. S, Kingsley. 



Remarks on Pond Life, by Jos. Leidy, M. D. 



On the Structure of the Orang Outang, byH. C. Chap- 

 man, M. D. 



Description of a New Crustacean from the Upper Silu- 

 rian of Georgia, with remarks upon Calymene Clintoni, 

 by Anthony W. Vogdes. 



Carcinological Notes, No. III. — Revision of the Genus 

 Ocypoda, by J. S. Kingsley. 



Carcinological Notes, No. IV. — Synopsis of the Grap- 

 sidse, by J. S. Kingsley. 



Serpentine Belts of Radnor Township, Delaware Co., 

 by Theodore D. Rand. 



On some Homologies in Bunodont Dentition, by Har- 

 rison Allen, M. D. 



Description of a Partula supposed to be new, from the 

 Island ot Moorea, by W. D. Hartman, M. D. 



Oa the Development of Lemna Minor, by Wm. Bar- 

 beck. 



Description of a new species of Hemitripterus from 

 Alaska, by W. N. Lockington. 



Description of a new species of Catostomus (Catosto- 

 mus chopy) from the Colorado River, by W. N. Lock- 

 ington. 



Proceedings of the Mineralogical and Geologi- 

 cal Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia. 



A New Polariscope ; A Garnet with Inverted Crystal- 

 lization ; The Minerals of Surry Co., N. C. ; A new local- 

 ity for Lignite ; On Serpentine in Bucks Co. ; The Iron 

 Ores and Lignite of the Montgomery Co. Valley ; An 

 Enclosure in Quartz ; On a new Fucoidal Plant from the 

 Trias; The Trenton Gravel and its relation to the Anti- 

 quity of man ; Note on Philadelphite — a new Mineral ; 

 A new locality for Siderite ; Magnetic Markings in Mus- 

 covite ; A new locality for Asbolite ; Epidote in Molyb- 

 denite ; The Optical Characters of some Micas ; On the 

 Measurement of Plane Angles ; On an Exfoliated Talc ; 

 Tin in North Carolina; On Siderophyllite — a new min- 

 eral ; On Sterlingite and Damourite ; Vanadium in Phila- 

 delphia Rocks ; A new locality for Epsomite ; The Sur- 

 face Geology of Philadelphia and vicinity ; On the Bryn 

 Mawr Gravel ; On some enclosures in Mica ; On Den- 

 drites; On a Jurassic Sand ; On Philadelphite (Sp. Nov.) ; 

 A Potsdam Sandstone Outcrop on the S. Valley Hill of 

 Che ;ter Valley; all by H. C. Lewis. 



A new locality for Amethyst ; A new Corundum local- 

 ity ; Menaccanite and Talc from Maryland ; Sunstone in 

 Lahradorite; A new locality for Fluorite ; all by W. W. 

 [efferis. 



Fossil (?) Casts in Sandstone; Garnet mistaken for 

 Corundum ; by Dr. J. M. Cardeza. 



' >n a peculiar Stratification in Gneiss ; The Northern 

 Bell "f Serpentine in Radnor Township ; Change of Ser- 

 pentine into Quartz ; A new locality for Millerite ; A new 

 locality for Gypsum; Chromite near Radnor, Pa.; On 

 Randite ; Some Microscopic Enclosures in Mica ; Pots- 

 ilam Sandstone near King of Prussia; all by Theodore 

 I). Rand. 



On .1 probable Pseudomorphism of Gummiteand Uran- 

 inite ; A new locality for Analcite; On Large Sphenc 



from < mada ; all b) A. K. FoOte. 



Analysis of of Philadelphite, by Reuben Haines. 

 The so-called Emery ore. from Chelsea, liethd Town- 

 ship, Del, Co., Pa., F, A. Genth, Jr, 



Some new Mineral localities, by Jos. Willcox. 



Fresh-water Sponges of Fairmount Park.by Edw. Potts. 



Notes on Jarosite, by Geo. A. Koenig. 



Rhizopods in the Mosses of the Summit of Roan 

 Mountain, N. C. ; Bone Caves of Pennsylvania, by Jos. 

 Leidy, M. D. 



On the Timber Line of High Mountains ; Dimorphic 

 Flowers in Houstonia ; Cleistogamy in Oxalis Acetosella, 

 L., by Thos. Meehan. 



On the Timber Line of High Mountains, by J. H. Red- 

 field. 



Sexual Variations in Castanea Americana, by Isaac C. 

 Martindale. 



We propose to prepare abstracts of the most important 

 of these papers for publication in this Journal. That by 

 Dr. H. C. Chapman, on the structure of the Ourang 

 Outang, will probably be found in another portion of 

 this issue. 



Handbook of Systematic Urinary Analysis, 

 Chemical and Microscopical. — By Frank M. 

 Deems, M. D. — The Industrial Publication Company, 

 New York, 1880. 



As a laboratory instructor in the medical department 

 of the University of the city of New York, Dr. Deems 

 must have acquired just the right sort of knowledge to 

 fit him to write such a work. 



The aim of the author appears to have been to offer a 

 concise manual on urinary analysis, and to accomplish 

 this end he has tabulated and arranged a large amount 

 of matter, so that within a few pages and almost at one 

 view the essential details of the subject are presented in 

 a form for very rapid reference. 



Several small handbooks have been recently published 

 on this subject, which bear a remarkable likeness to one 

 another, and we are glad to see that Dr. Deems has struck 

 out in an original course, and produced a useful book 

 which does not pretend to take the place of the larg- 

 er works, but will be found of special value to medical 

 students and physicians who require a synopsis of all the 

 facts which it is important to remember in actual prac- 

 tice. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN TAXIDERMISTS. 



The first annual exhibition of the " Society of Ameri- 

 can Taxidei mists," was held at Rochester, N. Y., com- 

 mencing Dec. 14th and continued eight days. This So- 

 ciety, which is national in its character, was organized in 

 Rochester, March 24th of the current year, with F. S. 

 Webster as President and W. F. Hornaday, Secretary. 

 It now numbers over forty active members besides 

 several honorary members. Its scope is to advance the 

 interest and raise to a higher standard of excellence the 

 work in the line of science which its name indicates. 



The exhibit consisted of about one hundred cases of 

 birds in groups and perhaps twice that number of indi- 

 vidual specimens ranging from a humming bird to an 

 American Bison. 



Perhaps the neatest thing, as " a thing of beauty," was 

 a white heron mounted as a medallion on black velvet in 

 an appropriate frame — the work of Mr. Webster. 



The next meeting will be held at either New York or 

 Boston, and as the initiatory one at Rochester was very 

 successful in a pecuniary way, it can hardly fail of suc- 

 cess in a large city. 



The American Chemical Society will hold its first 

 meeting of 1881 on Monday evening, January 3, at Room 

 No- i, University Building, Washington Square. 



