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ing up the geogr aphical distribution of species. C. /abradorius is 
rare everywhere, and its occurrence so far south in the ‘interior 
gives special interest to the subject —W. H. Gregg, M. D., Elmira, 
Dec. 14, 1878. 
ANTHROPOLOGY. ! 
ANTHROPOLOGICAL News.—Mr. W. H. Pratt sends us a bro- 
chure from the forthcoming part of the Proceedings of the Daven- 
port (lowa) Academy of Natural Sciences, pp. 156-162, upon the 
shell-beds in the vicinity of Davenport. They are not regarded 
as artificial, but were pushed up the bank of the river by moving 
ice at its breaking up in the s 
In the Fournal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 
Dr. Charles L. Metz describes the pre-historic monuments of the 
Little Miami valley, embracing all of Columbia and portions of 
Anderson and Spencer townships. The paper is illustrated by a 
map in which the remains are indicated by means of the symbols 
in the Smithsonian circular. As this is the first attempt to use 
these signs in print in our country, Dr. Metz is to be congratu- 
lated on his success, and it is hoped that he will not let his labors 
cease at this 
Stephen Basta of Vidalia, Cal., commences, in the fron Age 
of that place, a ‘series of letters on the “E arly History ‘of 
pity that some of the best aboriginal material ever collected in 
our country has been lost by publication only in the daily papers ; 
notably the letters of Mr. Taylor, of Mr. Barton’s own State. 
In the Princeton Review of November, Prof. John LeConte dis- 
cusses man’s place in nature. We have seen a notice of a work 
of 304 pages, by John H. Blake, printed at the Salem press, 
describing a collection from the Ancient Cemetery at the bay of 
Chacota, Peru. As we have not seen the work, it is impossible to 
speak of its merits. The same is true of other anthropological 
publications; it is hoped that those who wish their works on 
anthropology noticed in these columns will send a copy to the 
editor of this department. 
In the Contemporory Review for November, Mr. F. Lenormant, 
the distinguished Assyriologist has an article on “ Books and 
ae sg bearing upon figured representations of antiquity.” 
orgeschichte des nordens nach gleichzeitigen Denkma- 
lani is the title of a paper in No 43 of Das Ausland. In No. 41 
of the same journal, is a discussion of the moral relationship 
eae: men and anim 
D. Kaltbrunner Yas published at Zurich a work entitled, 
r idi du Voyageur.” (Wurster & Co.) Three hundred pages 
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