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Spencer, J. W.-Post-Pleistocene Subsidence versus Glacial Dams. Extract from 

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Stejneger, L.— Description of a New Lizard from California. Extract from Proc 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XII. From the author. 



Stevenson, J. J.— Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of the Geological 

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 Soc. Am., Vol. II., pp. 607-662. 



Steere, J. B.— List of the Birds and Mammals Collected by the Steere Expedition 

 to the Philippines, with Localities and Brief Descriptions of Supposed New S\ e- 



Stone, G. H.— Note on the Asphalium of Utah and Colorado. Extract from 

 Am. Jcurn. Sci., Vol. XLIL, Aug., 1891. From the author. 



Studies from the Biological Laboratories of Owens College. Vol. II. 



White, C. A.-On Certain Mesozoic FofsIs from the Islands of St. Paul's and 

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White, C. A. — On the Geology and Physiography of a Portion of Northwestern 

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WILDER, B. G.— Commentary upon Fissural Diagrams. Presented in connection 

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WlNCHELL, N. H.— Eighteenth Annual Report of the Geological and Natural His- 

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RECENT LITERATURE. 

 Report of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1887.— This re- 

 port is an illu-' - experienced I.»y these having- w<»rk 

 to be done by the Government printing office in Washington. Were 

 it not for the circulation of separate copies in advance, the scientific 

 part of the report might I times. Xow that it is 

 here, we can congratulate Hon. Commh-si ,.n< r Mad (unald, on the value 

 of the work. An account of the fisheries of Lakes Erie, Huron and 

 Michigan conies 6ret it is illustrated by several excellent cuts of 

 important food fisheries. Descriptions of the Albatross and Grampus 

 vessels of the commission follow, with itineraries of their latest voy- 

 ages. These;: ated. Then follows a monograph of 

 the species of Labridse of the seas of the Western Hemisphere, by 

 Prof. D. S". Jordan, which is of the most thorough character, without 

 going beyond the usual s\>teman< features. It is illustrated by num- 

 erous excellent figures. The last essay is a long one by Prof. Linton, 



