384 Scientific Serials. [ June. 
surveying expedition. He also read a paper entitled A Synopsis of 
the cold blooded Vertebrata obtained by Prof. Jas. Orton in Peru, 
during the explorations of 1876-77. A number of species were de- 
scribed from the high valleys of the Andes, from 10,000 to 14,500 feet 
altitude. 
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SCIENTIFIC SERIALS? 
MONTHLY MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. — April. Additional Note on 
the Identity of Navicula crassinervis, Frustulia saxonica, and N. rhom- 
boides, by W. H. Dallinger. The Exhibitor; a novel Apparatus for 
showing Diatoms, etc., by S. G. Osborne. On the Phytoptus of the 
Vine, by G. Briosi. A Mode of altering the Focus of a Microscope 
without altering the Position of either the Objective or the Object, by 
ori. 
Tue GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. — April. What is a Brachiopod? by 
T. Davidson. Notes on the Geology of the Lebanon, by E. R. Lewis. 
Ettinshausen’s Theory of Development of Vegetation on the Earth. 
ANNALES DES SCIENCES NATURELLES. — February 15th. Anatomie 
de la Moule commune (Mytilus edulis), par A. Sabatier. (Nine Plates.) 
ANNALS AND Magazine or Narurat HisrtorY. — April. On the 
Distribution of Birds in North Russia, by J. A. H. Brown. Descrip- 
tion of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam Yacht 
“ Argo” in the Caribbean and Neighboring Seas, by T. Higgin. Her- 
maphroditism in the parasitic Isopoda, Further Remarks on Mr. Bullar’s 
Papers on the above subject, by H. N. Moseley. 
ARCHIV FÜR NATURGESCHICHTE. — Jahrgang 43, Heft 1. Ueber 
den Bau des Bojanus’ schen Organes der Teichmuschel, von H. A. 
Griesbach. Ueber das Eierlegen einiger Locustiden, von Dr. Bertkau. 
Porutar Scrence Review. — London, April. Evidences of the 
Age of Ice, by H. Woodward. On the Desmids and Diatoms simple 
Cells, by G. C. Wallich. The Norwegian Lemming and its Migrations, 
by W. D. Crotch. The Alkaline and Boracic Lakes of California, by 
J. A. Phillips. 
APPALACHIA. — March. Geology of the White Mountains (with 
Map of the White Mountain District, showing Locations of specimens 
and contour Lines for each 500 feet above the sea), by C. H. Hitch- 
cock. Carter Dome and Vicinity, by W. G. Nowell. Distant Points 
visible from Mount Washington, by W. H. Pickering. Application of 
Photography to Mountain Surveys, by J. B. Henck, Jr. The Flower- 
ing Plants of the White Mountains, by J. H. Huntington. 
‘Tae GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. — April. The Arctic Sledge Jour- 
nals (Map). Chile. The River Puris in its Commercial and Geograph- 
ical Relations to the Valley of the Madeira (with Map of Purds and 
Madeira Rivers), by E. G. Ravenstein. Indian Marine Surveys. 
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