586 Recent Literature. (June, 
map in colors shows the forest an prairie areas, and the distribu- 
tion of the principal timber tre 
The total number of sken including species and varieties 
enumerated in this catalogue is 1650, belonging to 557 genera 
and representing 118 natural orders. The series are distributed 
as IOllows 
Dicotyledons ~FI4t 
Lv a PM, OCT 2 
Soe omy Sie an she es 
Pteridophy 68 
The catalogue i is sent out as a report of progress, and the hope 
is expressed that it will incite all workers in the field to increased 
efforts. The final report is to include the lower groups of plants 
as well as the higher.— Charles E. Bessey. 
RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, 
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fist, PE og From the author : 
Packard, A. S. he embryology of f Limulus S ks rae 1m. Proc, Amer, 
Philocophveal Boks May, 1885. From thea 
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Schichten Pee ETT nmi Budapest, 1876. From 
grg H. N- SNo on the structure of ace Pocillopora, Corallium and 
bipora. Ext. Quart. Jour. Mic. ee 1882. 
pipe the pharynx of an un eats Hiulodacian of e family Dendrochirotæ, in 
which the calcareous skeleton is remarkably developed. Ext. idem., 1884. 
——On the i of oa in the shells of certain Chitonidæ, and on the structure 
of these organs. Ext. idem., 1884. 
——Address to ie biological sedii of the British Association, Montreal, 1884. 
All ony the auth 
Dawson, G. M.—On ie superficial deposits and glaciation of the district in the 
vicinity of the Bow and Belly rivers. Ext, Rep. Geol. Surv. Canada, 1882—84. 
F 
Lydekker, R.—Catalogue of the wns Mammalia in the British Museum. Part I. 
Dollo, £.—Rhinoceros vivants et fossiles. L’ origine des aeee a Les Laby- 
herreg tes, etc. Ext. de la Revue des questions Scien., Jan 
e r le Simoedosaurien d’Erquelinnes, Ext. Bull. sa ik Royal 
Ae Belgiqu čj a ime. Both from the author, 
Gaudry, A.—Nouvelle galerie de Paléontologie. Mus. d’ oor. ime Paris, 1885. 
EFEN elle note sur les reptiles permiens. Both from the ai 
Boehm, G.—Beitrige zur Kentniss der grauen Kalke in TRENE Berlin, 1884. 
Fr ‘i ‘the author 
Mus. Asp min Paris—Rapports annuels de MM. les professeurs et chefs de ser- 
vice, 
Lundgren, B .—Undersökn ingar ófver Brachiopoderna i a s Kritsystem. Ur 
Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, 1885. From the author. al ty 
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Claus, C. textbook of zodlogy. Translated by A. Sedgwick and F. G. 
Ee ‘Heathcote. 2 vols. New York, Macmillan & Co. From th PAER 
Te s n aN sex in generation, New York, eS Fowler & Wells 
