166 Scientific Intelligence. 



2. Recent Publications of the IT. S. Geological Survey:* 

 Annual Reports. — The five parts (making 6 volumes) of the 18th 

 Annual Report are now complete. All have been noticed except- 

 ing the following papers included in parts II and III: 



The Triassic Formations of Connecticut, by W. M. Davis. Pt. 

 II, pp. 1 to 192, 20 pis. including folded map and sections. 



Geology of the Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande Plain adja- 

 cent to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, with reference to the 

 occurrence of underground waters, by R. T . Hill and T. W. 

 Yaughan. Pt. II, pp. 193-321, pis. 31. 



A Table of the North American Tertiary Horizons, correlated 

 with one another and with those of Western Europe, with annota- 

 tions, by W. H. Dal!.. Pt. II, pp. 323 to 348. 



Glaciers of Mount Rainier, by I. C. Russell, with a paper on 

 The Rocks of Mount Rainier, by G. O. Smith. Pt. II, pp. 349 

 to 423, pis. 18. 



The Age of the Franklin White Limestone of Sussex County, 

 New Jersey, by J. E. Wolff and A. H. Brooks. Pt. II, pp. 425 to 

 457, with geological map. 



A Geological Sketch . of San Clemente Island, by W. S. T. 

 Smith. Pt. II, pp. 459 to'496, pis. 13. 



Geology of the Cape Cod District, by N. S. Shaler. Pt. II, 

 pp. 497 to 593, pis. 8. 



Recent Earth Movement in the Great Lakes Region, by G. K. 

 Gilbert. Pt. II, pp. 595 to 647, pi. 1. 



Some Coal Fields of Puget Sound, by Bailey Willis. Pt. Ill, 

 pp. 393 to 436, 17 pis.' 



Geology and Mineral Resources of the Judith Mountains of 

 Montana, by W. H. Weed and L. V. Pirsson. Pt. Ill, pp. 439 to 

 616, 18 pis. including maps. See this Journal, vol. vi, p. 508, 

 December, 1898. 



The Mining Districts of the Idaho Basin and the Boise Ridge, 

 Idaho, by Waldemar Lindgren, with a report on fossil plants by 

 F. H. Knowlton. Pt. Ill, pp. 619 to 794, pis. 16. 



Preliminary Report on the Mining Industries of the Telluride 

 Quadrangle, Colorado, by C. W. Purington. Pt. Ill, pp. 745 to 

 850. The areal geology of this quadrangle is given by Mr. Cross 

 in plate ciii. 



The Nineteenth Annual Report (1897-98) will appear in six 

 parts (seven volumes). The report of the Director C. D. Walcott 

 of Part I, pp. 143 with two folded maps, giving an account of the 

 operations of the Survey to June 30, 1898, is already issued. The 

 total appropriation for the work of the Survey was $1,033,963.60. 

 Besides continuing the work already begun along essentially the 

 same lines, this increased appropriation provided lor the Survey of 

 Forest Reserves, the boundary line between Idaho and Montana 

 and the extension of work in Alaska. Mineral Resources for 



* Issued since March, 1898. For last complete list and references to earlier 

 ones see this Journal for April, 1898, p. 303 ; notices published since this date 

 are referred to under the respective titles. 



