232 Proc. of Sct. Socs. and Selected Articles tn Sci. Serials. [March. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL Society, New York, January 13.— 
A paper was read by B. R. Curtis, Esq., entitled A voyage 
around the world. 
February 10.—Prof. John B. McMaster read a papér entitled 
the Bad Lands, or Mauvaises Terres, of Wyoming 
New York ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, January aaa Hi 
Mott spoke on the diamond, its artificial production and uses. 
_ January 26.—Prof. J. S. Newberry remarked on some peculiar 
silver deposits in Utah and Colorado, and Mr. S. W. Ford spoke 
on the recent discoveries of fossils in the limestone of the Wap- 
pinger valley, N. Y 
Boston Socrery oF NATURAL History, January 21.—Mr. Dil- 
ler replied to Mr. Crosby’s remarks on the felsites north of Bos- 
ton; Mr. Crosby made a communication on distorted pebbles in 
February 4.—Dr. J. W. Fewkes described the pinnal sucker of 
certain Heteropods, and Mr. F. W. Putnam remarked on the for- 
mer Indians of Southern California and their relation to the 
origin of the red man of North America. At the meeting of the 
Section of Microscopy, Mr. M. E. Wadsworth spoke concerning 
the cutting of rock sections. 
APPALACHIAN Mountain Crus, January 14.—Prof. W. H. Niles 
delivered an address as the retiring president of the club 
February 1t.—Prof. E. C. Pickering spoke on tapke 
refraction, and Mr. W. H. Pickering addressed the club in refer- 
ence to future Arctic explorations. 
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SELECTED ARTICLES IN SCIENTIFIC SERIALS. 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS.—February. Notice 
of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of 
North —— by A. E. Verrill. The limbs of Sauranodon, by 
O. C. Marsh. 
THE Geos MAGAZINE.— January. On some fossil bird 
remains from the Siwalik hills, India, by | W. Dav 
ANNALES DES SCIENCES NATURELLES, 1879. at the Plesiosau- 
rians and Elasmosaurians of the Upper Jurassic, by M. Sauvage. 
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MicroscopicaL ScIENCE.—January. On 
the development of the Spermatozoa. Part 1. Lumbricus, by J. E- 
Bloomfield. On the spinal nerves of Amphioxus, by F. M. Balfour. 
CANADIAN Entomotocist.—January. Description of the pre- 
paratory stages of Grapta progne, by W. H. Edwards. 
CANADIAN NATURALIST.— December 29, 1879. Hs yr foy- 
mation of the beds of the Great American lakes, by E. W. Clay- 
809 Note on recent controversies respecting Eozoön canadense, 
id J. W. Dawson. 
