IS*.] 





Recent Literature. 







129 



genus Sorex by tl 







the long- 



tailed 



le same author, and a discuss 





Shrews of . 



■•astern 



United States by (;. S. Miller. 



dr. 







Tu regar 



d to the 



short tailed Shrews of the gei 





larina. Dr 



\br- 













■n de- 



scribed fro 



in the I 



'nited States, 2 from .Mexico, 1 



from 





a and 



eastern Un 



,sta Ric 

 uted Sta 



a. Twelve new forms are he 

 tea and 9 from Mexico, makir 





!;,:';,;;,.":: 



;;. ;|;;; 



genus now 



known. 



The type localities are given 



and t 



he Lrr,,-ra 



nliical 



d str 1 



a. A c< 



miplete synonomy accompanie 



s each 



descripti. 





Dr. Mer 



nam's >< 



jcond paper is a synopsis of tin 



ispeci 



es „f Sure: 



E, and 



is based on 



an ex a 



ruination of 1200 specimens. 



In tli 



is material 



were 



found 20 a 



ew form 



s which are here described. I: 



II this: 



paper, ns 



in tie- 



first, careful attent 



ion has been given to the synonomy 







The onl 



y genen 



l of Soricidae included in thi 



s moi 



mgraph li 



v Dr 



Merriain a 



re Blari 



na Gray, Notiosorex Baird am 



1 Sore 



I Linn. 





Mr. Mill 



erVeon 



tribution is a study of the long 



■ taile* 



1 Shrews , 



■ f the 



eastern Un 



ited Sta 



ites. The author gives in deta 



ilthe 



history of 



each 



species. 1 



Hie descriptions include the type local 



!t y. geographic i 



listri- 



bution, and detailed information under the head of general remarks. 



Figures of all the species described are given on 12 page plates, and 

 they are of excellent quality. The monographs are the most import- 

 ant contributions to the subject that have "been made, and are indispen- 

 sable to the student of X. American mammalia. 



Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. III. 3 — A quarto volume con- 



taining the several reports of the geological eorp>, with accompanying 

 papers of the geology of special formations and areas. The work in the 

 southwest half of the State was done under the immediate supervision 

 of Dr. Keyes who contributes three papers on the geology of that sec- 

 tion, and also one on the glacial scorings in Iowa. Mr. Calvin dis- 

 cusses the composition and origin of the Iowa Chalk. The Paleozoic 

 strata in the northeastern part of the State, and certain Carboniferous 

 and Devonian outliers in the eastern region are reported upon by Mr. 

 Norton. The Cretaceous deposits of the Sioux Valley by Mr. Bain 

 and certain buried River Channels by Mr. Gordon. The illustration* 

 iuclude 37 plates, a number of maps, and 34 figures in the text. We 

 are glad to learn that the survey is in a prosperous condition, and hope 

 that its work will be appreciated at its true worth by the State authori- 



! l;ej.. 



