128 > BOOKS RECEIVED. 
saved, apa fortunately been in the Smithsonian Institut 
the time of the fire 
“The manuseript of the work on the shells of the East 
North America, prepared for the Smithsonian Institution 
Stimpson, illustrated by drawings not only of the shells, b 
the soft parts, lingual dentition, ova-capsules and other 
This work had been in course of preparation since 1849, and 
of the species illustrated were new to science. A two | 
dred of the drawings had already beet engraved on wood, but 
blocks were destroyed with the rest of the materai That 
tion of the work containing the synonymy of the species alti 
described was epi having been in the house of the Secretary 
the time of the 
“The manuscripts and drawings of a work on the Crustacea 
North — , in preparation for the Smithsonian Institut 
Wm. Stimpson. <A series of ‘“ dredging papers, ig 
abstract of e result of explorations by ‘the Secretary on @ 
of the coast from Nova Scotia to Florida, and in the Gulf of M 
ico, chiefly valuable for the study of geological and bathyme 
distribution. The descriptions (as far as completed) of mb 
Pourtales, prepared by the Secretary. A portion of these 
tions had been published i in the ‘Bulletin of the Museum 0 
parative Zoology,’ 
ee BOOKS RECEIVED. 
0. and Height of the Elevated Plateau in which the Glacier of New £ 
G its ori ns By J.D Dana. 8vo, , 1871. 
~ Maps a the ir ha and er Geyser Basin, Fire Hole River, Wyoming Te B E 
Fellow Stone Lake. From Surveys under the Department of the Interior. By 
rvey under Dr, F, V. Hayder + Gen. 
Preliminary j peie in Lake Superior, under Bv't Brig. 
Agri leului Hiii Nov. and Dec, 1871. [Contains “ Entomo 
B y T. Glove T Entomologist J l 
h odiacere oo Carices Boreali—Americane, By Stephen T. Olney- 
cies JEN p I. j ioa Dd sil. 
ie anda No.8. By R. s. San. Francisco, P. Beo! 
etan ts %Misenm. ie EaU rative Tora You E No.3. Letter cone 
redging: yL 
Annual Report of the eer a tg of the Interior, Gov. document. 8vo Paes) Lge 
Report on Geo ‘al Structure ge ate al or age Z Afia Edwa 
Dawson, er sted J. Harrington pn Map and 3 plates. 
ort ve cee of rince Edwa ia beds Dioni reai oe ee 
ee of New ‘ue of Birds of the Families Troglodytid# and Tyran 
s reets. 
renee, ae ‘Fre H.S 
Catalogi a from iby collected by J. A. Mc Neil. BYT a 
Das Graterfeldiet Gaudir By Dr. L. W. Schaufuss, Ra pp. 2 i 
Jahresbericht der Ne Naturforschenden Gesellsch haft in Em 1870. avo. ppt Ist. and 3 
us baie berichte chte der sea der Wissenschaften, Ixi Band. 1 Heft. 
9. ien. 1871. 
oiae Schriften der rforshenden Gesselschaft zu Emden. xv. Sv { 
| eee gik ongelige'. Panske, T Roberti yx Herd Forhandlinger og dets 
<. No. 1871. No. 1. 8vo. 
Ve erhand in oan ee ao A m a Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und M 
hie fur ye ini 1871. 4to. Braunschw Jan. 1 
eedings Academy ‘at. Fp ily of aan te "Part, “Apr-Sep. isi. O i 
A series of pa; pers on Concholi ogy. aac r Lea, oats: thea > Dec.. Jam 
Bulletin of the Sng oi ry, eal Deda ` Dee. 
Journal of t ‘in Institute, Tan. Le p ESTA ' wedi : 
Amer, Journa Jan, ‘ature. Nos. for 
Land and or Dec. The Field. No 
le E pos © Newmans Entomolgist. Dec. Jan. 
