1885.] Geography and Travels, 487 
Gardner, J. S:—The age of the Fii of the Northeast Atlantic. Read before the 
Belfast Nat. Field Clu D, 1 
—— British Cretaceous Nacutidie. i Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., 188 
4. 
Relative ages of American and English fossil floras. Ext. Geol. Mag., 1884. 
All from the author 
Robinson, J.—Report of the committee on forest trees. Ext. Proc. Essex Agric. Soc., 
188. 
4. 
Soy in Essex county. Ext. Bull. Essex Institute, 1884: Both from the 
uthor 
PEN C E. —Some abnormal and pathologic forms of fresh-water var hese the 
vicinity of ieee N. Y. Ext. 36th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. Nat. 1884. 
From the author 
Willard, S. W.— Migration i sa pippan of North American birds in Brown and 
ears: counties. 
ewe jJ.—On the ei veaaton oe muscles of the rudimentary hind-limb 
f the Greh E right whale, Ext. Jour, Anat. and Phys., Vol. xv, 1881. 
Foai e author. 
Stevenson, W. G EE spiritualism baad natural law? From the author. 
Baur, G.—On the centrale carpi of the mammals. Ext. Amer. Nat., Feb., 1885. 
From the author 
Scott, W. L.—The gent white egret and the yellow rail in Ottawa, Canada. From 
the Auk, 1885. 
The winter Passeres and Picarice of Ottawa. Both from the auth 
Hanks, H. G.—Fourth annual report of the State mineralogist of iai, 1884. 
From the author 
Graf, L Ueber einige any none fossilen Crinoiden. From “ Palzeonto- 
oriai 1885. From the 
Sr $5 anys er Sar E ES Abhandlungen, Band 11, Heft 
author 
m the 
Datngehangn, E. Spudas MERTA sur des Brachipodes nouveaux on peu connus. 
f 1884. m the author 
Collett, J., com , and Wortman, E Eirene annual report of 99 State 
geologist of apa he Part 1. Geology and natural history. Part 11. Post- 
pliocene Vertebrates of Indiana. From the State geologist. 
ml seat P.—Eléments d’Anthropologie Générale. Paris, 1885. From the 
Fean T, = H. zier earliest winged insects of America. Cambridge, Mass., 1885. 
From the gex 
Lydekker, R— Labyrinthodont from the Bijori group. Memoirs Geol. Surv. of 
India. From the author. 
Ki ngaton, J. S —The Sta ndard Natural pay: Vol. 1. Lower Invertebrates. 
AA Ta 1885. From the publishers. 
Wi neil, N. H., and Harrington, M. W.—The geo logical and natural history sur- 
of Minnesota. Vols. IV, vu, X, XI, XII. From the authors. 
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GENERAL NOTES. 
GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS." 
Arrica.—TZhe Ni iger.—General Faidherbe, in an article upon 
-the “ Niger Question,” in the Revue Scientifique, tells us that the 
people of the marshy delta, and of the fine country beyond as far 
as Idda, are fetishists, while from this point Mussulmans dominate. 
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