160 ScientijiG Intelligence. 



renal disorders. An elaborate bibliography completes a stimu- 

 lating monograph. l. b. m. 



4. Field Museum of Natural History; Fredebick J. Y. 

 Skiff, Director. Annual Report of the Director for the Year 

 1916. Pp. 75-146; with numerous plates and a frontispiece por- 

 trait of the late Seth E. Meek, assistant curator of Zoology, 

 1897-1914. — The energies of the Field Museum staff m 1916 were 

 chiefly devoted to the work involved iu preparation for the ex- 

 hibition halls of the new Museum. Although this has necessarily 

 involved some confusion and while expeditions and field-work 

 have been practically suspended, the ultimate result will doubt- 

 less bring a full compensation for the inconvenience now 

 experienced. There have been a large number of notable new 

 accessions. 



5. Chemical and Biological Survey oftJie Waters of Illinois. 

 December 31, 1915. Edward Bartow, Director. University of 

 Illinois Bulletin, Water Survey Series, ISTo. 13. Pp. 381; with 

 numerous illustrations. — This bulletin contains a general account 

 of the work done by the Water Survey of Illinois in 1915, with 

 summaries of the chemical, biological and engineering work. 

 There are also included several special investigations, relating to 

 bacteria in well water; typhoid fever epidemics; methods of 

 water purification, etc. II. P. Corson shows that manganese, 

 ordinarily considered uncommon in waters in this country, is 

 present in a. number of water supplies in the state; at Mount 

 Vernon it had formed a serious incrustation in the city water 

 pipes which contained 4*4 to 8 8 per cent. 



6. British 3Iuseum Pahlications. — Recent publications are the 

 following: 



Instructions for Collectors; ISTo. 13. — Alcohol and Alcoholo- 

 meters; by S. F. Harmer. Pp. 8. 



Guide to the British Fresh- Water Fishes, exhibited in the De- 

 partment of Zoology; by C. Tate Regax. Pp. 38; 23 figs. 



Report on Cetacea stranded on the British Coasts during 1916, 

 by S. F. Harmer. No. 4, pp. 1-13, one text-figure and one map. 



Obituary. 



Dr. T. McKenny Hughes, Woodwardian professor in the 

 University of Cambridge, died on June 9 at the age of eighty- 

 five years. 



Horace T. Kenxedy, of the Geological Survey of Ireland, 

 was killed in action on June 6. 



