1052 The American Naturalist. [December, 
pennsylvanicus of equal size; posterior loop of last upper molar ex- 
tremely small, enamel folding otherwise much as in pennsylvanicus. 
Size: Average measurements of ten old adult topoty pes—total len gth 
189-4 ; tail vertebre, 60°4; hind-foot, 22-4—Ovurram Bangs. 
Zoological News.—Ca@LENTERATA.—Mr. Whiteaves records the 
finding of a second specimen of the branching Alcyonarian coral, 
Primnoa reseda, in the Pacific waters, off the coast of British Columbia. 
This is the third species of large Alcyonaria now known to occur in 
this region, viz., Verrillia blakei Stearns, Paragorgia pacifica Verrill 
and Primnoa reseda Pallas. Fine examples of each of these are in the 
Museum of the Geological Survey of Canada. (Trans. Roy. Soc. 
Canada, Vol. I, 1895—96.) 
Pisces.—A new genus (Apogonops) of fishes from Maronba Bay, 
New South Wales, is described by Mr. J. D. Ogilby. The genus is 
founded on a single specimen to which has been given the species name, 
anomalus. At first glance this genus appears to belong with the 
Apogonidæ, but the absence of vomerine teeth and the number of dorsal 
spines preclude such a classification. (Proceeds. Linn. Soc. New South 
Wales, 1896.) 
RertiLIA.—Dr. Alfredo Dugés has recently published in La Natur- 
aleza, a useful list of the Batrachia and Reptilia of Mexico, with the 
localities in which they have been found. While a good many species 
are omitted, the lists of localities are of much value to the student of 
geographical distribution. 
Aves.—From personal observation M. X. Raspail findsthat the time 
occupied by the Magpie (Pica caudata) in the incubation of its eggs is 
from 17 days to 18 days and 13 hours. The young come from the egg 
entirely bare, without even a trace of down, and are cared for by the 
parents about 25 or 26 days before they attempt to leave the nest. 
(Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, Juillet, 1896.) 
The birds collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Somaliland con- 
tain a number of species and genera which find their closest allies in 
the Cape fauna. In a notice of the collection, Dr. Bowdler-Sharpe 
states that they are more nearly related to the birds of the Cape than 
to the fauna of Abyssinia or East Africa. (Geol. Journ. Sept., 1896.) 
The collection of birds made by Mr. Abbott in Central Asia has been 
presented to the National Museum. It numbers 210 specimens, repre- 
senting 97 known species, and one new to science. The collection has 
been catalogued by Mr. C. W. Richmond, who embodies in his paper 
a number of interesting notes on many of the species. (Proceeds. U. 
S. Natl. Mus., Vol. X VIII, 1896.) 
