930 The American Naturalist. [November, 
AMERICAN NATURALIST LIST OF RECENT BOOKS 
AND PAMPHLETS. 
ALLEN, J. A.—On a Collection of Mammals from Arizona and Mexico, made 
by W. W. Price, with Field Notes by the Collector. Extr. Amer. Mus. Nat. 
Hist., Vol. VII, 1895. From the author 
Auvorp, H. E.—Statistics of the Daley. Bull. No. 11, Bureau of Animal In- 
ANDREWS, C. W.—On the Extinct Birds ‘of the Chatham Islands. Extr. 
Novitales Zoologicae, Vol. III, 1896. From the author. 
BaiLey, L. H.—Plant-Breeding. Five Lectures upon the Amelioration of 
of Domestic Plants. New York and London: Macmillan & Co. From the 
publishers. 
— C. E.—Sketch of the Life and Work of James Dwight Dana. Extr. 
r. Geol. Vol. XVII, 1896. From the author. 
Bulletins No. 35, 1895 and 36, 1896, Hatch Exper. Station of the Mass. Agric. 
College. 
Circulars 1-15 inclusive, eet series, U. S. Dept. Agric. Div. Entomology. 
Washington, 1891-1896. From th pt. 
Circulars 4, 1895 and 5, 1896, areas rae Animal Industry. U. S. Dept. Agric. 
From the Dept. 
Core, E. D.—Primary Factors of Evolution. Chicago, 1896. Open Court Pub. 
Co. 
Cox, U. O.—A Collection of Birds from Mount Orizaba, Mexico. Extr. The 
Auk, Vol. XII, 1895. From the author. 
CRANER, F.—On the Cranial Characters of the Genus Sebastodes. Contrib. to 
Biol. from the Hopkins Laboratory, II, Palo Alto, 1895. From the author. 
Darron, N. H.—Geology of the Mohawk Valley in Herkimer, Fulton, Mont- 
gomery and Saratoga Counties. Part I, Stratigraphy——Preliminary Report on 
the Geology of Ulster County. Extr. Rept. State Geol. New York for the year 
1893. Albany, 1894. From the author. 
De Vis, C. W.—A Review of the Fossil Jaws of the Macropodidae in the 
Queensland Museum. Extr. Proceeds. Linn. Soc. N. South Wales, Vol. X, Ser. 
2, 1894, From the author. 
Eisen, G.—Biological Studies on Figs, Caprifigs and Caprification, Extr. 
eres Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. V, 1896. From the author. 
Fratront, J.—Les Cavernes et leurs Habitants. Paris, 1896. From the pub- 
lickers, J J. B. Bailliére et Fils. 
GILL, T.—Notes on the Synonymy of the Torpedinidae or Narcobatidae. 
Notes on Orectolobus or Crossorhinus, a genus of Sharks. 
—— Note on the Fishes of the genus Characinus 
——The Nomenclature of Rachicentron or Phicate, a genus of Acanthoptery- 
gian Fishes. 
—— Note on the Nonienclature of the Poecilioid Fishes. 
——tThe Nomenclature of the Fishes of the Caracinoid genus, Tetragonopterus. 
