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13. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. 

 Vol. iv, 1882-1884. Davenport, Iowa, 1886. — This new volume 

 of 348 pages, contains papers on the plants of Iowa; a new Arc- 

 tostaphylos from California; the genus Chorizanthe ; on a new 

 genus and species of Blastoid, by C. Wachsmuth ; and on new 

 species of Blastoids, by W. H. Barris, with two excellent plates ; 

 but it is occupied chiefly with ethnographic papers which are illus- 

 trated by many figures of the pottery among the ancient Indians 

 of the Mississippi Valley. It contains also a biographical sketch 

 of Dr. Robert James Farquharson, an active member of the Dav- 

 enport Academy of Sciences. 



14. Annalen derk.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums redigirt 

 von Dr. Franz Hitter von Saner. — Roy. 8vo. Vienna. — This new 

 Journal was commenced with the current year, under the editorial 

 charge of Dr. von Hauer, who now is Director of the Royal 

 Museum at Vienna. The second number contains the following 

 papers : on the Miocene Pteropods of Austria- Hungary by E. 

 Kittl ; on- new and rare Antilopes in the Museum, by Dr. Fr. 

 Kohl ; on the Paleozoic Insects, by Dr. Fr. Brauer ; on Specific 

 Gravity determinations of Minerals, by Dr. V. Goldschmidt ; on 

 the Crystalline form of Tellurite and Valentinite, by Dr. A. Bre- 

 zina. The subjects are illustrated by seven plates, besides wood- 

 cuts in the text. 



V. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. American Association for the Advancement of Science. — 

 The thirty-fifth meeting will commence at Buffalo, N. Y., on the 

 18th of August. This will be the third welcome of the city to 

 the Association. The circular of the local committee states that 

 the high school, recently improved and enlarged, has been placed 

 at the disposal of the Association for the daily sessions ; and that 

 the offices of the permanent and local secretaries, as well as those 

 of the different committees, will be located in the building. 

 Buffalo is one of the leading railroad centers of the United 

 States ; and, through the committee already eighty railroads, 

 mentioned in the circular, have consented to give reduced rates 

 to members of the Association, eastern roads charging 1^ cents a 

 mile for the round trip, and the western one-third rates. Detailed 

 information as to railroads, hotels, and other arrangements, may 

 be obtained by addressing the Secretary of the Local Committee, 

 Dr. Julius Pohlman. Arrangements are in progress for excur- 

 sions ; and besides, the Botanical Club of Buffalo is arranging an 

 excursion and reception for the botanical members of the Asso- 

 ciation; and the same with the Entomological Club of Buffalo. 

 The permanent secretary, Professor F. W, Putnam, of Salem, 

 Mass., should be addressed with reference to papers for the 

 meeting. 



Flow of water in open channels, pipes, sewers, conduits, etc., with tables based 

 on the formulas of D'Arcy, Kulter and Bazin, by P. J. Flynn, Civil Engineer. 118 

 pp. l8mo. New York, 1886 (D. Van Nostrand.) 



