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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Rathbun 
  has 
  also 
  published, 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  80 
  (pp. 
  125) 
  a 
  

   descriptive 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  buildings 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  which 
  

   being 
  written 
  in 
  considerable 
  detail 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   photographs 
  and 
  detailed 
  plans 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  value, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  to 
  those 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  construction 
  and 
  administration 
  

   of 
  museums. 
  

  

  4. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  — 
  

   The 
  following 
  catalogues 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  recently 
  to 
  the 
  long 
  

   and 
  valuable 
  series 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum 
  (see 
  vol. 
  xxxiv, 
  99 
  and 
  earlier): 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Plants 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  and 
  Mrs 
  P. 
  A. 
  Talbot 
  

   in 
  the 
  Oban 
  District, 
  South 
  Nigeria, 
  by 
  A. 
  B. 
  Rendlk, 
  E 
  G. 
  

   Baker, 
  H. 
  F. 
  Ween 
  ham, 
  S. 
  Moore, 
  and 
  others. 
  Pp. 
  x, 
  157; 
  17 
  

   pis. 
  These 
  collections 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  1909-1912. 
  They 
  include 
  

   1016 
  species 
  and 
  varieties, 
  195 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  new 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  

   nine 
  new 
  genera. 
  The 
  district 
  adjoins 
  the 
  Cameroons 
  and 
  botan- 
  

   ically 
  is 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  evergreen 
  rain 
  -forest 
  area, 
  the 
  flora 
  

   being 
  practically 
  identical 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  Phalsense 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   Vol. 
  XII, 
  Plates 
  CXCII-CCXXI. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Ungulate 
  Mammals 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

   Vol. 
  I. 
  Artiodactyla, 
  Family 
  Bovidse, 
  Subfamilies 
  Bovinae 
  to 
  

   Ovibovinae 
  (Cattle, 
  Sheep, 
  Goats, 
  Chamois, 
  Serows, 
  Takin, 
  Musk- 
  

   Oxen, 
  etc.) 
  ; 
  by 
  R. 
  Lydekkee. 
  Pp. 
  xvii, 
  249 
  ; 
  55 
  figs. 
  Forty 
  

   years 
  have 
  passed 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  catalogue 
  of 
  ungulate 
  mammals 
  

   was 
  published; 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  surprising, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   collections 
  during 
  thi-< 
  period 
  have 
  enormously 
  increased. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Books, 
  Manuscripts, 
  Maps 
  and 
  Drawings 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  Vol. 
  IV, 
  P-SN. 
  Pp. 
  

   1495-1956, 
  4to. 
  

  

  5. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Arts 
  and 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  issued 
  : 
  

  

  Science 
  Bulletin, 
  Vol. 
  II, 
  No. 
  1. 
  Long 
  Island 
  Fauna 
  and 
  Flora, 
  I. 
  

   The 
  Bats; 
  by 
  Robert 
  Cushman 
  Murphy 
  and 
  John 
  Treadwell 
  

   Nichols. 
  Pp. 
  15. 
  No. 
  2. 
  Long 
  Island 
  Fauna 
  and 
  Flora, 
  II. 
  A 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  Acmsea, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  variety 
  of 
  Urosalpinx 
  linerea/ 
  by 
  

   Silas 
  C. 
  Wheat. 
  Pp. 
  17-20; 
  1 
  pi. 
  

  

  6. 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  The 
  regular 
  autumn 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  met 
  in 
  Baltimore 
  on 
  November 
  

   18-20. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  papers 
  presented 
  : 
  

  

  H. 
  F. 
  Osborn: 
  Final 
  results 
  on 
  the 
  phylogeny 
  or 
  lines 
  of 
  descent 
  in 
  the 
  

   Titanotheres. 
  

  

  T. 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  ; 
  The 
  constitution 
  of 
  the 
  chromosomes 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  

   heredity 
  of 
  linked 
  characters. 
  

  

  H. 
  McL. 
  Evans 
  : 
  The 
  action 
  of 
  vital 
  stains 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  benzidine 
  

   group. 
  

  

  S. 
  O. 
  Mast 
  : 
  Changes 
  in 
  pattern 
  and 
  color 
  in 
  fishes, 
  with 
  special 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  flounders. 
  

  

  D. 
  S. 
  Johnson 
  : 
  The 
  perennating 
  fruits 
  of 
  the 
  prickly 
  pears. 
  

  

  B. 
  F. 
  Lovelace 
  : 
  A 
  static 
  method 
  for 
  the 
  measurement 
  of 
  vapor-pressures 
  

   of 
  solutions. 
  

  

  H. 
  C. 
  Jones 
  : 
  The 
  absorption 
  of 
  light 
  by 
  water 
  containing 
  strongly 
  

   hydrated 
  salts. 
  

  

  