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all small forms and the stock died out early in the Permian. Far 

 more rare are the branchiosaurians, also small animals, which are 

 essentially naked, and are water inhabitants ; they are " without 

 doubt, ancestral to the modern Caudata." The relatively large 

 Temnospondylia are very rare in America, and of the Stereo- 

 spondylia, common in the Triassic, there appear to be none 

 present. c. s. 



2. Papers from the Geological Department, Glasgow Univer- 

 sity, Volume II, 1915. — There are here fifteen papers reprinted 

 from various scientific journals appearing during 1915. The fol- 

 lowing three papers by Professor Gregory are of general interest 

 and should be read by American geologists : (1) Suess's Classi- 

 fication of Eurasian Mountains, (2) Deserts, and (3) The Relative 

 Distribution of Fiords and Volcanoes. c. s. 



3. West Virginia Geological Survey, I. C. White, State 

 Geologist. Raleigh County and the Western Portions of Mercer 

 and /Summers Counties; by Charles E. Krebs, aided by D. D. 

 Teets, Jr. Pp. xx, 778; 31 pis., 10 figs., and a separate case of 

 geologic and topographic maps of the entire area in two sheets. — 

 This is another of the important detailed County reports issued 

 by the West Virginia Survey. Raleigh County is very rich in 

 coal and is believed to contain the greatest thickness of coal beds 

 in one mountain (1750 ft. in height, near Dorothy) in the Appa- 

 lachian field. The area described embraces the great New River 

 and Pocahontas smokeless coal districts, while western Raleigh 

 holds immense deposits of Kanawha Splint and gas coals. 



Part IV of the volume contains a paper (pp. 663 to 734 and 

 plate xxxi) by Wm. Armstrong Price on the paleontology of 

 Raleigh, Wyoming, McDowell and adjacent counties. The 

 price of the Report with case of maps, including soil report and 

 map, is $2.50. Extra copies of geologic maps, 75 cents each, and 

 of topographic maps, 50 cents each. 



Included with this Report is a folded plate, 40x6 inches, show- 

 ing the names, number and intervals separating the Coal Beds of 

 West Virginia, and extending from the top of the Dunkard 

 Series to the base of the Pottsville Series, on the scale of 1 inch 

 to 200 feet. This has been compiled and revised to June 2, 1916, 

 by Ray V. Hennen, Assistant Geologist. Price, 25 cents. 



4. Papers on Coal and the Coal Industry. — Illinois Geological 

 Survey. Engineering Experiment Station University of Illinois. 

 U. S. Bureau of Mines. Bulletin 3. Chemical Study of Illinois 

 Coals; by S. W. Parr. Pp. 86; 1 pi., 10 figs., 28 tables. Bulle- 

 tin 15. Coal Resources of District VI; by Gilbert H. Cadt : 

 Field work by R. D. White, Fred. H. Kay, and others. Pp. 

 94; 7 pis., 25 tigs., 13 tables. 



Virginia Geological Survey. Thomas L. Watson, Director. 

 Bulletin No. XII. The Coal Resources of the Clintwood and 

 Bucu Quadrangles, Virginia; by Henry Hinds. Pp. vii, 206; 

 11 pis., 21 figs. 



Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch ; Eugene 



