Miscellaneous Intelligence. 533 



Publication No. 122. Geol. Series, Viol. Ill,' No. 6. Meteorite 

 Studies II ; by O. C. Farrington. Pp. iii, 129, with plates xxix- 

 xliii. — Interesting observations, with numerous illustrations, are 

 given in regard to a number of meteorites, particularly the fol- 

 lowing: Bath Furnace, Chupaderos, Modoc, Lampa, Saline. 



No. 123. Geol. Series, Vol.11, No. 10. New Crinoids from 

 the Chicago Area ; by Arthur W. Slocom. Pp. 273-306, with 

 plates lxxxii-lxxxvii, and Index for Vol. II. 



No. 124. Zoological Series, Vol. VII, No. 5. Notes on Fresh- 

 Water Fishes from Mexico and Central America ; by Seth 

 Eugene Meek. Pp. 133-157. 



No. 126. Botanical Series, Vol. II, No.. 6. New or Noteworthy 

 Spermatophytes from Mexico, Central America, and the West 

 Indies; by Jesse M. Greenman. Pp. 247-286. 



6. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- 

 ences. — The following publications have recently appeared: 



Science Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 11. Notes on the Electrical Phe- 

 nomena of the Vesuvian Eruption, April, 1906. Notes on the 

 Eruption of Stromboli ; April, May, June, 1907. By Frank A. 

 Perret. Pp. 307-323, with 9 figures. 



Vol. I, No. 12. List of the Longicorn Coleoptera collected on 

 the Museum Expeditions to Brownsville, Texas, and the Hua- 

 chuca Mts., Arizona, with Descriptions of New Genera and Spe- 

 cies and Notes on known Species ; by Charles Schaeffer. 

 Pp. 325-352. No. 13. On a Second Small Collection of Birds 

 from the Island of Trinidad ; by George K. Cherrie. 



7. University of California Publications in American Archce- 

 ology and Ethnology. — The University of California has recently 

 issued the following papers in the department of American Eth- 

 nology : 



Vol. VI, No. 1. The Ethno-Geography of the Porno- and 

 neighboring. Indians ; by S. A. Barrett. Pp. 332, with 2 

 maps. — This memoir is an exhaustive discussion of the distribu- 

 tion and dialects of the Porno Indians and of the tribes most 

 nearly associated with them. 



Vol. VI, Nos. 2 and 3. The Geography and Dialects of the 

 Miwok Indians ; by S. A. Barrett. Pp. 333-368. — On the 

 Evidences of the Occupation of Certain Regions by the Miwok 

 Indians; by A. L. Krosber. Pp. 369-380. 



Vol. VII, No. 2. Recent Investigations Bearing on the Ques- 

 tion of the Occurrence of Neocene Man in the Auriferous Gravels 

 of the Sierra Nevada ; by Wm. J. Sinclair. Pp. 107-131. — The 

 conclusion reached in this paper by Mr. Sinclair is an important 

 one, namely, that the evidence as to the occurrence of human 

 remains in the auriferous gravels is insufficient to establish the 

 fact. 



8. Medico- Physical Works of John Mayoio (167 '4). Being a 

 Translation of " Tractatus Quinque Medico-Physici.'''' Pp. 

 xxiii, 331. Edinburgh (The Alembic Club); Chicago, 1908 

 (The University of Chicago Press.) Alembic Reprints, No. IT. — 



