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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  conservateur 
  of 
  the 
  zoological 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  Sorbonne 
  at 
  

   Paris. 
  The 
  classified 
  species 
  are 
  briefly 
  characterized 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  references 
  to 
  authorities. 
  Many 
  illustrations 
  accom- 
  

   pany 
  the 
  text. 
  

  

  13. 
  Zoological 
  Results 
  based 
  on 
  Material 
  from 
  New 
  Britain, 
  

   Neio 
  Guinea, 
  Loyalty 
  Islands 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  

   years 
  1895, 
  1896, 
  and 
  1897; 
  by 
  Arthur 
  Willey. 
  Part 
  III, 
  

   (May, 
  1899), 
  pp. 
  207-356. 
  Cambridge, 
  1899 
  (University 
  Press).— 
  

   Parts 
  I 
  and 
  II 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  noticed 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   part, 
  recently 
  issued, 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  papers 
  : 
  Orthogenetic 
  

   variation 
  in 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  Chelonia, 
  by 
  Hans 
  Gadow; 
  pp. 
  207-222, 
  

   plates 
  xxiv-xxv. 
  Enteropneusta 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  Pacific, 
  with 
  

   notes 
  on 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  Species, 
  by 
  Arthur 
  Willey 
  ; 
  pp. 
  223- 
  

   334, 
  plates 
  xxvi-xxxii. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  Echiurids 
  from 
  the 
  Loy- 
  

   alty 
  Islands, 
  New 
  Britain 
  and 
  China 
  Straits, 
  with 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   revise 
  the 
  group 
  and 
  to 
  determine 
  its 
  geographical 
  range, 
  by 
  

   Arthur 
  E. 
  Shipley; 
  pp. 
  335-356, 
  plate 
  xxxii. 
  

  

  14. 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Fourth 
  International 
  Congress 
  of 
  Zool- 
  

   ogy. 
  Cambridge, 
  22nd-27th 
  August, 
  1898. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Adam 
  

   Sedgwick, 
  M.A., 
  F.R.S; 
  pp. 
  xv 
  and 
  432 
  with 
  15 
  plates. 
  Lon- 
  

   don, 
  1899 
  (C. 
  J. 
  Clay 
  <fe 
  Sons).— 
  This 
  valuable 
  volume 
  has 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  been 
  issued 
  and 
  contains, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Congress 
  at 
  Cambridge 
  in 
  1898, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  papers 
  presented 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  with 
  the 
  discussions 
  which 
  

   accompanied 
  their 
  reading. 
  

  

  15. 
  The 
  Birds 
  of 
  Eastern 
  North 
  America: 
  Water 
  Birds. 
  Part 
  

   L 
  Key 
  to 
  the 
  Families 
  and 
  Species. 
  By 
  Charles 
  B. 
  Cory, 
  

   Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Ornithology 
  in 
  the 
  Field 
  Columbian 
  

   Museum. 
  Pp. 
  ix, 
  142. 
  — 
  This 
  excellent 
  and 
  liberally 
  illustrated 
  

   volume 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  special 
  edition 
  printed 
  for 
  the 
  Field 
  Colum- 
  

   bian 
  Museum. 
  

  

  16. 
  ^ 
  Hand-list 
  of 
  the 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Birds 
  ; 
  by 
  R. 
  

   BowDLER 
  Sharpe, 
  LL.D. 
  Vol. 
  I, 
  pp. 
  xxi 
  and 
  303, 
  London, 
  

   1899. 
  — 
  This 
  recent 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  Catalogues 
  published 
  under 
  

   the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  BritisH 
  Museum, 
  including 
  species 
  both 
  recent 
  

   and 
  fossil, 
  has 
  been 
  carefully 
  prepared 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zoological 
  Department. 
  Many 
  ornithologists 
  at 
  home 
  and 
  abroad 
  

   have 
  contributed 
  to 
  its 
  accuracy 
  and 
  completeness. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

   1. 
  American 
  Physical 
  Society. 
  — 
  A 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  recently 
  

   organized 
  American 
  Physical 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  Fayerweather 
  

   Hall, 
  Columbia 
  University, 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  on 
  October 
  28th. 
  

   The 
  program 
  announces 
  the 
  presidential 
  address 
  delivered 
  by 
  

   Professor 
  Henry 
  A. 
  Rowland 
  and 
  papers 
  read 
  by 
  various 
  of 
  the 
  

   members. 
  Four 
  regular 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  are 
  proposed 
  for 
  

   each 
  year, 
  ordinarily 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  New 
  York; 
  the 
  annual 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  appointed 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  of 
  December. 
  The 
  Society 
  will 
  

   issue 
  a 
  Bulletin 
  containing 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  meetings 
  with 
  notices 
  

   of 
  papers 
  read 
  or 
  presented. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  is 
  

   Professor 
  Ernest 
  Merritt. 
  

  

  