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report has been recently distributed to the public, and like those 

 which have preceded, it gives evidence of the activity in this 

 department and of the excellent work that is being done in the 

 study of the many ethnological problems of this country. After 

 the administrative report of the director, the following papers 

 are given : Primitive Trephining in Peru, by M. A. Muniz and 

 W. J. McGee ; Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, by C. 

 Mindeleff; Day Symobols of the Maya Year, by Cyrus Thomas; 

 Tusayan Snake Ceremonies, by J. W. Fewkes. 



5. Field Columbian Museum.- — Recent publications of the Field 

 Columbian Museum at Chicago include the following: 



Publication 16. Anthropological Series. Vol. i, No. 1. Arch- 

 eological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico. Part II, 

 Monuments of Chiapas, Oaxaca and the Valley of Mexico. By 

 William H. Holmes. 338 pp. This is a valuable contribu- 

 tion to a highly interesting subject. It is profusely illustrated, 

 containing with other plates numerous panoramic views which 

 the author has drawn with his well-known skill. 



Publications 19 and 20. Zoological Series. Vol. i, Nos. 6 and 

 1. List of Mammals from Somali-Land obtained by the Museum's 

 East African Expedition, and Remarks upon two Species of Deer 

 of the Genus Cervus, from the Philippine Archipelago, by D. G. 

 Elliot, F.R.S.E. 155 pp. (Plates.) 



Publication 21. Anthropological Series. Vol. ii, No. 1. Ob- 

 servations on a Collection of Papuan Crania, by George A. Dor- 

 sey. With Notes on Preservation and Decorative Features, by 

 William H. Holmes. 49 pp. 



6. The American Journal of Physiology. — Attention is called 

 to the following circular, which gives the prospectus of a new 

 journal in a field not yet occupied in this country. It deserves 

 the hearty support of all interested in the department. 



The number of investigations in physiology and its allied sciences now made 

 in this country is grown so large that the present means of publication are no 

 longer sufficient. To meet the ueeds of investigators in physiology, physiological 

 chemistry, physiological pharmacology, and certain other branches of biology, 

 a special journal will be published, the first number appearing m January, 1898. 

 The American Journal of Physiology, as the new publication will be called, will 

 contain in each volume about five hundred pages, divided into parts or numbers, 

 to be issued whenever material is received. It is expected that not more than 

 one volume a year will be printed. The Journal will be edited for the American 

 Physiological Society by H P. Bowditch, M.D., Boston; R. H. Chittenden, Ph.D., 

 N.ew Haven; W". H. Howell, M.D., Baltimore; Frederic S. Lee, Ph.D., New 

 York; Jacques Loeb, M.D., Chicago; W. P. Lombard, M.D., Ann Arbor; and 

 W. T. Porter, M.D., Boston. 



It is not to be supposed that a journal devoted solely to the publication of 

 original researches in physiology will ever do more than pay for its paper and 

 printing, and it is probable that some years must pass before the new enterprise 

 will cease to be a financial burden on a small number of investigators. Yet the 

 need of such a publication is undoubted. The aid of all friends of learning is 

 asked until the Journal shall be established on a self-supporting basis. The sub- 

 scription price, which is five dollars (£1 Is. ; marks. 21; francs, 26) per volume, 

 should be sent to W. T. Porter, M.D., 688 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 



