1896.] Recent Books and Pamphlets. 295 



by far the best collection ever proposed. American writers especially 

 will need no appeal to at once use them, not only in order to secure 

 uniformity in nomenclature but to insure precision of description. 

 Heretofore the names of the various plates or groups of ossicles have 

 been used in a rather haphazard way. Not only have different desig- 

 nations been given to the same part but the same title has been repeat- 

 edly applied to structures widely separated morphologically. 



Chales R. Keyks. 



EECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 



Annual Report for 1892-93 Geol. Surv. Canada (new series), Vol. VI, 1895. 

 From the Survey. 



Boulenger, G. A.— Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum 2d Ed. 

 Vol. I, London, 1895. From th 



Cayeux, L.— De 1'Existence d 

 Cambrian de Bretagne (Premiere note). Extr. Ann. Soc. Geol. du Nord, T. 

 XXL II. 1895. From the author. 



Chamberlin, T. C.-Recent Glacial Studies in Greenland. Extr. Bull. Geol. 

 Soc. Amer., Vol. 6, 1895. From the Soc. 



Conn, H. W.— The Outbreak of Typhoid Fever at Wesleyan University. Extr. 

 Conn. State Board of Health for 1894. From the author. 



Dall, W. II. and Harris, G. D— Correlation Papers— Neocene. Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Surv., No. 84, 1892. From the Dept. of the Interior. 



Gregory, H. D.— A Layman's Look at four Miracles. Philadelphia, 1894. 

 From the author. 



Leboucq, H. — Zur Frage nach der Her] -1 : — Einsehal- 



tung oder peripherer Zuwachs? 



Die Querfortsatze der Halswirbel in ihrer Beziehung zu Halsrippen. Aus 



Verhandl. der Anat. Gesell. Mai, 1894. 



Linix.rkx. W.— Characteristic Features of California Gold-Quartz Veins. 

 Extr. Bull. Geol. Soc Amer., Vol. 6, 1895. From the Society. 



Lucas, F. A —The Main Divisions of the Swifts. Extr. The Auk, Vol. VI, 

 1889. 



Additional Characters of the Macropterygidae. Extr. The Auk, Vol. XI!, 



1895. 



The Species of Orangs. Extr. Proceeds. Boston So. Nat ILi-t., Vol. XXI, 



1881. 



Xotes on the Osteology of the Paridae, Sitta and Chame*. Extr. Proceeds. 



U. S. Natl. Mus., Vol. XIII, 1890- 



Notes on the Osteology of the Thrushes, Miminae and Wrens. Extr. Pro- 



. IV, No. -2. 1>>7. 



