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now in large =e completed, and for which competent organiza- 
tions already exist. 
The Ae organizations are abundantly capable of doing 
the work, in the opinion of competent critics in America and 
Europe. 
) The existence of several distinct organizations is a guar- 
antee of better work than where but one exists. The emulation 
which exists between different surveys, and the constant neces- 
sity for preserving each other’s respect, secures a high standard of 
work, and prevents the development of a Beaurocracy which is 
foreign to our methods and tastes. 
(5.) The objection raised on account of the duplication of work, 
ceases to exist with the proper division of territory between the 
Surveys. 
(6.) No department of the U. S. Government should be pre- 
cluded from oe on any geological or other scientific work 
germane to its obje 
(7.) The more numerous the surveys, the more numerous the 
avenues of publication of scientific work, an advantage highly ap- 
preciated by the savants of the country. sk D. Ca ope. 
ECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.—The Amateur’s Handbook of Practical Infor- 
mation for the Mbp 4 and Laboratory. New York, The Industrial Publication 
No te Re Ramer sur t quelques Diptères Tertiaires et en particulier sur un diptère 
des marnes tert ane ene agi tid = Chadrat ie e) La Protomyia 
Oustaleti qui dev appeler Plecia Oustaleti. Par M. Charles Brongniart. (Ex- 
trait du Bulletin Scientiñque e du depar te du Nord.) Avril, 1878. 8vo, pp. 9. 
Note sur veau are d’Orthoptére Fossile de la Famille des 
provenant de Tenia rupea Maaien de i — (Protophasma Du- 
era Pa harles Brongniart. m ” I 
Ter, tology, or the Belén of Mons oe wk 
Pine -e the regis Medical Colet of Philadelphia, pet oe ave, 
P 3. IU 
n the pe of apb iota alcicornis. By Wm. Worth Rice. (From the Ameri- 
can a Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. xvi, Sept., 1878. 8vo, pp. 3. Illustrated. 
Notes on Cladocera. By Eaward A. Birge, Ph.D. Read Dec., 1877. Printed, 
nee addition Nov., 1878. 8vo, pp. 33, 2 plates 
e Entomological ee Dies of John L. LeConte. Compiled by Poot Hen- 
eee Edited by George Dimmock. Cambridge, Nov., 1878. 8vo, p 
The Woodruff Exposition Round the — 1879-1880. a ied 
at the Riverside Press, 1878. 8vo. 
Note on the Colors of the British ea. By Sir ioa Lubbock. (Read 
Feb. 6, 1878, Trans. Ent. Soc. Part iii, October.) 8vo 
Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from collections ailé by Mr. Fred. ag 
ae under the directions of the Smithsonian Institution, with his notes there 
y Geo. N. Law 
Rall 
Birds of the So Valley, A repository of a and popular information 
8vo, pp. 185-198. (Ext. from Proc. U. S. National Mus.) ey . 
concerning North American Ornithology. By Elliott Coues. Part i, Passeresto : 
Laniide. Bibliographical Append 70 istswins. 8vo, pp. 833. (Dept. of 
Interior. U.S. Geog. Su urvey of the Terrtiories, Miscel. Publications 
No. 11.) Washington: € Gov. Printing Office, 1878, From Dr. F. V. O 5. 
Geologist. ; 
