898 Recent Literature. [November, 



fornia, all of little or no value, have each a paragraph ; yet Q. 

 chrysolepis, the only good oak of that coast is entirely ignored. 

 Moreover, while the white oak is discussed in but little more than 

 half a page, more than four pages are devoted to the chestnut. 

 Somewhat more, too, as to the relative values of the different 

 species would have added greatly to the usefulness of the book,, 

 which, in spite of the blemishes alluded to, is a valuable one. — 

 C. E. B. 



Scudder's Nomenclator Zoologicus. 1 — The compiler of this 

 laborious work has rendered a most important service to descrip- 

 tive zoology, and has saved working zoologists an immense 

 amount of research. It comprises a list of all genera established 

 previous to 1880, which have not been recorded or are errone- 

 ously given in the nomenclators of Agassiz and Marschall, or the 

 indexes of the Zoological Record; the number of such entries 

 being 15,939. Besides these it also includes the genera of the 

 Zoological Record for 1878 and '79 (2133 names, which had not 

 been entered in the MS. of the second part, or Universal Index,^ 

 at the time of its preparation) ; 2d, the genera in the index of 

 Zoologischer Jahresbericht for 1879, not otherwise given ; 3d, all 

 genera, whether previously recorded correctly or not, which were 

 furnished by the authors themselves, and a few other names. 



The aid afforded by a number of working naturalists, who 

 have sent the compiler lists of the genera proposed by them, has 

 been very valuable, especially the MS. additions and corrections 

 which the late Professor Agassiz had made to his Nomenclator. 



The second part, or " Universal Index," will contain, with its 

 cross references, about 80,000 entries, including all names appear- 

 ing either in the first part of the present work, or in the nomen- 

 clators' of Agassiz and of Marschall, or in the indexes of the 

 Zoological Record through that for the year 1877. 



The Smithsonian Institution proposes hereafter to issue decen- 

 nial supplements to this list, and naturalists in all parts of the 

 world are invited to send annually to the institution lists of the 

 genera and subgenera which they have proposed during the pre- 

 ceding year. 



In the Nomenclator the name of each genus and subgenus is 

 given, with the name of the proposer, the periodical or work Ht 

 which it appears as well as the page, derivation, year and the 

 order and sometimes the family to which it belongs. 



Revue des Traveaux Scientifique 

 Public Instruction and Fine Arts, Frai 

 issue of a monthly review, under the charge of the Committee or 

 Historic and Scientific Works, composed of twenty-three of ^e 



1 Department of the Interior: U. S. National Museum, 22. Bulletin of the V. • 

 Ogicas. Bj SAMUK.H.SOTDDM- »» 



I, Supplemental List. Washington, 1882. 8vo, pp. 376. 



