576 BOOKS RECEIVED. 
six. A zoologist and geologist, his greatest work says “ Nature,” : 
was his account of the fossil fauna discovered in the Cretaceous — 
rocks of southern India. 
Tue number of visits paid during the year to the net | 
the British museum for the purpose of scientific research, wás 
1020. 
Upwarps of 21,000 herbarium specimens have been received 
(chiefly presented) from all parts of the world at the herbarium of 
the Royal Gardens at Kew. 
A new volume of Lacordaire’s Genera of Coleoptera has lately 4 
appeared. 
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BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Svo. 
Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1872-1873. With maps. pp, 1179 and 1957. É 
Ta ble s and format Revised "eain. Professional Papers, Corps of -~ . 
No. 12. Washington, 1873, pp. vo. p a 
Geo. FB Deseo of the a zepioration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Riv WE - “I 
nolds and F. V. Hayden, 1859-1860. Washington, 1869. With map. pp. 153. hd 7. Washing 
. Re eS ort u; waon the aa Yellowstone Expedition of 1870, By Augustus C. Dow incon da 
on, 
eo t y W.H. Hearding upon the Co eri essive Pow Pee are. 
Hemlock Timb “pi The. 6 I 1871. g B. E —e W ashington, 1872. hae aioe } 
i Penniman i in the Ute Comite, 1873, By E. H. Ruffner. Washington, l 
pp. 101 h 
Stability of Arches. By D. P. Woodbury. New York, 1858. With plates. p. 1. Sro- with 
Reconnaissance of the Yukon River, 1369) By Charles W. Raymond. W sings a nis ‘ 
map. gong 113, 8vo0, 
Secretary $ 
yfzplenation of the Pe ag River by W. F. Raynolds, communicated by the 933, to. : 
ar. ashington, 1 ith map. . 174, 8v0. i 
guttbrication of Iron on for Defensi ve Purposes, Washington, 1871. With plates. PP. m : 
upplement, 1872. With a 51, 4to. ugton, 
ten Look Gates, Weser Riv ver, raay: Translation, By G. Weitzel. pes" 
With plates. pp. 8, 
Effects of Sea ore nd Exposure upon the Iron-pile Shafts of the erm tse 
House. By John D Berns and Micah R. Brown. ceahing te Terá. be abate <5 
Potomac Aqueduct of ni Alexandria Canal, 1, 1835-1840, y William 1,4, y 
i - pp. ae 
Defenses of Vashington. J. G. Barnard. Washington, 1871. With platen son, 1510, Yol 
Geological Exploration of ye Efortieth Parallel. By Clarence King. io e 
TII, with plates and ailas: pp. 647. 1871. Vol. Yo with es By È g $” Williamson. New Yor! 
Use of the Barometer o ates ak Ap and Ree rr aissances. B; y 
ale 
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Pionier Report.—Exp lons in Nevada and oes, By 
p- sitiamson må W EBE 
E Aek of isi Wy “al ock, San Mi ancisco Harbor. By R. 8. W: jekt a 
ashington, 18 rith Daten., . 40, 4to. nd Arizonā; ; 
Maps.— ext rn Terri otas, „ete Pý 8. Military Map; New Mexic nd Arizona: T Spui a 
sas, etc.; Ye sat and Missouri Rivers; Nebraska and Dakota; india 1h 
Southeastern Nevada; Palenia a Lake, etc., etc. w. — ve 
` Tie Land and Fresh-water Shells of La Salle County, Ill. a Ww. 
p. 
okne i cademi ni- Bat m, 1868-1869. pp. 475. 1869-1870. to oe 
Transactions o, ron paps, Soctery f revi sig 1874. Yo vill, Part T. Pico uas. pP! 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society Be n, 1873. Part ILL, wit 
Oversight over det Kongelige Danski Videnskabernes Selskabs ae must 
tn ider i Aaret 1873. F koade mie Royale de Copenhague, NO- 
tor Avium Neotropicalium. Philli Lutley Sclater 
1873. pp. Tke PP r ee 
919-237. Marine Alge, By W.H. Grattann. London, W. C., 1874 
i Rupert « ni ; 
— ment of Natural History. Northwestern U po 
~ Marcy., Chicago, Ys 5 op. il, ahd f Missouri. ‘ait 
Report by the oan to the Governor. Universiiy of the State o! 
i b. Wita \ piatos. pp. 188; 8v0. i With 
_ Towa State Report on Insects, By C, E. Bessey. Des Moines, 187 
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