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Bones of the Hemenway Collection in the U. S. Army and Medical - 
Museum, by W. Matthews, Surgeon, U.S. A; Dr. J. Li Wortman and 
Dr. J. S. Billings —Further Studies on the Brain of Limulus polyphe- 
mus, with notes on its Embryology, by A. S. Packard. . 
Four of the eight memoirs are profusely illustrated. 
sort of literature ; technical terms; and all of the important branches 
of Ornithology ; as flight, migration, extermination, embryology, eggs. 
color, geographical distribution, ete. 
Lophopsittacus mauritianus M-Edw. ; the extinct parrot.of Mauritius. 
‘ R ‘ rk. 
The numerous illustrations add to the attractiveness of the wo 
Many of those representing the bill, wings and feet, are those pe 2 
A Dictionary of Birds, by Alfred Newton; assisted by Hans yeaa S ce 
contributions from R. Lydekker, C. S. Roy and R. W. Shufeldt. Pt. i 
London, 1893, Adam and Charles Black, Publishers. 
