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  and 
  Mineralogy. 
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  limestones 
  containing 
  abundant 
  characteristic 
  Carboniferous 
  

   faunas 
  ; 
  lists 
  of 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  faunas 
  are 
  given. 
  u. 
  s. 
  w. 
  

  

  6. 
  Cataloc/us 
  Mammalium 
  tarn 
  viventum 
  quam 
  fossilium, 
  a 
  

   Dr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Trouessart. 
  Nov. 
  ed. 
  (prima 
  comjileta). 
  Fascic 
  1. 
  

   Primetes, 
  Prosimice, 
  Chiroptera, 
  Pnsectivora, 
  pp. 
  1-218 
  (Berlin: 
  

   R. 
  H. 
  Friedlander 
  & 
  Sohn), 
  1897. 
  — 
  This 
  new 
  edition 
  of 
  Troues- 
  

   sart's 
  list 
  professes 
  to 
  be 
  complete, 
  and 
  offers 
  in 
  a 
  compact 
  form 
  

   a 
  reference 
  catalogue 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  known 
  species, 
  fossil 
  and 
  living, 
  of 
  

   mammals 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  orders, 
  with 
  bibliography 
  and 
  geo- 
  

   graphical 
  distribution 
  of 
  each 
  species. 
  

  

  ' 
  7. 
  Congres 
  geologique 
  international. 
  — 
  A 
  second 
  circular 
  has 
  

   been 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  committee 
  announcing 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  excursions. 
  The 
  session 
  of 
  the 
  Congress 
  will 
  be 
  

   held 
  at 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  beginning 
  Aug. 
  29th 
  and 
  closing 
  Sept. 
  4th. 
  

   The 
  excursions 
  before 
  the 
  meeting 
  are 
  three 
  : 
  A, 
  to 
  the 
  Ural 
  

   mountains, 
  departing 
  from 
  3Ioscow 
  July 
  30th 
  and 
  returning 
  to 
  

   St. 
  Petersburg 
  Aug:. 
  26th 
  ; 
  B, 
  in 
  Esthonia 
  Aug 
  13th 
  to 
  Aug. 
  27th; 
  

   C, 
  excursion 
  in 
  Finland, 
  Aug. 
  21st 
  to 
  Aug. 
  28th, 
  starting 
  at 
  

   Helsingfors. 
  After 
  the 
  meeting 
  the 
  grand 
  excursion 
  to 
  the 
  

   Caucasus 
  will 
  depart 
  from 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  Sept. 
  5th, 
  by 
  three 
  

   different 
  routes, 
  the 
  three 
  parties 
  coming 
  together 
  again 
  at 
  

   ^Vladikavkaz 
  about 
  Sept. 
  15th, 
  and 
  the 
  excursion 
  ends 
  at 
  

   Sebastopol, 
  Oct. 
  4th. 
  

  

  Each 
  member 
  attending 
  the 
  Congress 
  will 
  receive 
  a 
  free 
  pass 
  

   entitling 
  him 
  to 
  transit 
  in 
  first 
  class 
  cars 
  over 
  the 
  Russian 
  and 
  

   Finnish 
  railroads. 
  The 
  other 
  expenses 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  several 
  

   excursions 
  are 
  estimated 
  at 
  400 
  francs 
  lor 
  the 
  Ural, 
  135 
  fr. 
  for 
  

   the 
  Esthonia, 
  and 
  50 
  fr. 
  for 
  the 
  Finland 
  excursions. 
  The 
  expense 
  

   for 
  the 
  grand 
  Caucasus 
  excursion 
  will 
  be 
  665 
  francs 
  for 
  the 
  main 
  

   part 
  and 
  additional 
  amounts 
  (40 
  to 
  270 
  fr.) 
  lor 
  the 
  several 
  branch 
  

   excursions 
  arranged, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  it. 
  The 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  

   local 
  secretary 
  is 
  A. 
  O. 
  Michalski, 
  Comite 
  Geologique, 
  St. 
  Peters- 
  

   burg, 
  Wassili 
  Ostrow, 
  4 
  me 
  Ligne, 
  Russia. 
  n. 
  s. 
  w. 
  

  

  8. 
  Geology 
  of 
  Santa 
  Catcdina 
  Psland 
  / 
  by 
  Wi, 
  S. 
  Tangier 
  

   Smith 
  (Proc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Third. 
  Ser., 
  G-eol, 
  vol. 
  i, 
  No. 
  I. 
  

   1897. 
  Svo, 
  71 
  pp., 
  3 
  pi.)— 
  The 
  excellent 
  and 
  enthusiastic 
  work 
  

   in 
  detailed 
  geology, 
  petrography 
  and. 
  mineralogy 
  which 
  is 
  being 
  

   carried 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  California 
  Coast 
  region 
  by 
  an 
  earnest 
  group 
  

   of 
  young 
  workers 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Lawson, 
  is 
  

   well 
  known. 
  The 
  present 
  paper 
  adds 
  another 
  chapter 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  

   already 
  done 
  and 
  we 
  trust 
  another 
  worker 
  in 
  this 
  great 
  field 
  of 
  

   hidden 
  wealth. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  describes 
  the 
  general 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  and 
  

   especially 
  the 
  eruptive 
  rocks 
  which 
  make 
  up 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   its 
  area; 
  of 
  these 
  careful 
  petrographic 
  descriptions 
  and 
  analyses 
  

   are 
  given. 
  The 
  series 
  comprises 
  diorites, 
  porphyrites, 
  andesites 
  

   and 
  rhyolite 
  ; 
  areas 
  of 
  tuffs, 
  schists 
  and 
  quartzite 
  are 
  also 
  studied, 
  

   and 
  the 
  work 
  concludes 
  with 
  an 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  geologic 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  island. 
  An 
  excellent 
  colored 
  map 
  is 
  added. 
  l. 
  t. 
  p. 
  

  

  9. 
  Elementary 
  Geology 
  ; 
  by 
  Ralph 
  S. 
  Tarr. 
  pp. 
  499. 
  New 
  

  

  