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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  crystals 
  of 
  corundum, 
  which 
  stand 
  out 
  conspicuously 
  on 
  a 
  weath- 
  

   ered 
  surface. 
  

  

  8. 
  A 
  Manual 
  of 
  Zoology 
  ; 
  by 
  T. 
  Jeffrey 
  Parker 
  and 
  Wm. 
  A. 
  

   Haswell. 
  8vo, 
  pp. 
  563, 
  327 
  cuts. 
  New 
  York, 
  1900 
  (The 
  Macmillan 
  

   Co.). 
  — 
  This 
  smaller 
  work 
  is 
  admirably 
  adapted 
  for 
  the 
  special 
  use 
  

   of 
  young 
  students, 
  or 
  for 
  class-room 
  work 
  in 
  preparatory 
  schools 
  

   and 
  colleges. 
  It 
  is 
  modelled, 
  in 
  general, 
  after 
  the 
  larger 
  Text 
  

   Book 
  of 
  Zoology, 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  authors 
  and 
  publishers 
  (1897), 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  very 
  suitable 
  introduction. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  work 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  technical 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  

   larger 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  left 
  out, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  rarer 
  or 
  less 
  

   known 
  groups 
  have 
  been 
  omitted, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  extinct 
  fossil 
  

   forms, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  save 
  space. 
  Comparatively 
  little 
  space 
  is 
  

   given 
  to 
  histology 
  and 
  embryology, 
  the 
  object 
  being 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  

   concise 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  and 
  classiti 
  cation 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  

   and 
  more 
  important 
  groups, 
  in 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  modern 
  

   investigators. 
  a. 
  e. 
  v. 
  

  

  9. 
  Reports 
  on 
  an 
  Exploration 
  off 
  the 
  West 
  Coasts 
  of 
  Mexico,. 
  

   Central 
  and 
  South 
  America, 
  and 
  off 
  the 
  Galapagos 
  Islands, 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  Alexander 
  Agassiz, 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   Steamer 
  Albatross, 
  during 
  1891, 
  Lieut. 
  Com. 
  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  commanding 
  — 
  The 
  Fishes/ 
  by 
  S. 
  Garman. 
  Memoirs 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology, 
  vol. 
  xxiv, 
  4to, 
  1 
  vol. 
  of 
  

   text, 
  with 
  an 
  atlas 
  of 
  97 
  plates 
  and 
  a 
  chart, 
  December, 
  1897. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  contribution 
  to 
  oceanic 
  ichthyology, 
  which 
  

   science 
  owes 
  to 
  the 
  well-known 
  liberality 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Agassiz 
  and 
  to 
  

   the 
  prolonged 
  and 
  careful 
  studies 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Garman. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  worthy 
  

   successor 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  work 
  of 
  Gaade 
  and 
  Bean 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   Deep 
  Sea 
  fishes. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  are 
  

   described, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  remarkable 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  structure. 
  The 
  

   plates 
  are 
  admirable. 
  Of 
  these 
  14 
  are 
  printed 
  in 
  colors, 
  a. 
  e. 
  v. 
  

  

  10. 
  The 
  Fur 
  Seeds 
  and 
  Fur 
  Seal 
  Islands 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  

   Ocean; 
  by 
  David 
  Starr 
  Jordan, 
  associated 
  with 
  Leonard 
  

   Stejneger, 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Lucas, 
  Jefferson 
  F. 
  Moser, 
  Chas. 
  

   H. 
  Townsend, 
  Geo. 
  A. 
  Clark, 
  Joseph 
  Murray, 
  with 
  special 
  

   papers 
  by 
  twenty-five 
  others. 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  (Gov't 
  Print- 
  

   ing 
  Office), 
  1898. 
  Four 
  Parts, 
  with 
  numerous 
  plates 
  and 
  charts. 
  — 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  nearly 
  exhaustive 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   fur 
  seal, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  and 
  past 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  fishery. 
  It 
  

   shows 
  very 
  clearly 
  the 
  rapid 
  decline 
  in 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  seals 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  recent 
  years, 
  due 
  chiefly 
  to 
  pelagic 
  sealing 
  and 
  the 
  consequent 
  

   starvation 
  of 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  pups 
  on 
  the 
  breeding 
  grounds. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  contains 
  numerous 
  special 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  Zoology 
  

   and 
  Botany 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  by 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  specialists, 
  besides 
  

   those 
  officially 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  investigation. 
  

  

  Part 
  IV 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stejneger, 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  Fur 
  Seal 
  

   Islands 
  and 
  their 
  fisheries. 
  It 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  108 
  plates 
  and 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  charts. 
  Part 
  III 
  contains 
  much 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  

   to 
  pelagic 
  sealing. 
  It 
  also 
  has 
  chapters 
  on 
  the 
  fishes, 
  birds, 
  mam- 
  

   mals, 
  mollusca, 
  Crustacea, 
  plants, 
  etc., 
  of 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  

  

  a. 
  e. 
  v. 
  

  

  