1080 Recent Literature. | November, 
the Tertiary than the present age. It is melancholy to think 
what multitudes of these delicious bivalves lived and died, from a 
gastronomical point of view, in vain, with no human beings to 
appreciate them, unless Mortillet’s Tertiary ape-man preferred 
oysters to tender roasts of his own species, for Dr. White assures 
us that the Mesozoic oyster was as good eating as those of the 
present day. 
RECENT Books AND PAMPHLETS. 
ithe et Be S., Cope, E. D., Bumpus, H. C., Wright, R. Ramsay.—The Sane 
ral History. Vol, 1. Lower vertebrates. Boston, Cassino & Co., 1885. 
From the publishers 
Packard, A. S—On the Structure of the Brain of the Sessile-eyed Crustacea. 
(From memoirs of Nas ational Academy of Sciences, Vol. 111.) September, 1885. 
Trautschold, H.—Die depi permischer Reptilien des Paläontologischen Kabinets 
de Uni —— Kasan. Nouveau mem. de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalistes de Mos- 
Tome xv, liv. 1, 1884. 
Woodward, A.—Foraminifera from Bermuda. Rep, N. Y. Micro. Soc., 11885. 
From the author 
T 0.—The genealogy and the age of the species in the So n npa Tertiary. 
oi. Ext. on of Science, July, 1885. From the a 
Hensal l, J. A —Louis Ear Ext. Journ. ‘ie "See. Nat. 
Hist. July, ane Fom the author 
Ryder, Z A.—On the development of viviparous osseous aaa and of the Atlantic 
salmon. Ext. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. From the author. 
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ase M.—Ueber das geologische alter der Faunen von E sitchin und Ronzon. 
Sep-abd. aus kegin Neuen Jahrbuch für Min. Geol. and Palæon., 1885. Bd. 1. 
From the au 
Traquair, R. Paaa of a fossil shark (Ctenacanthus costellatus) from the 
Lower Carboniferous. Ext. Geol. Mag., Jan., 1884. 
——On a specimen of des odus a, Agassiz from Carboniferous limestone: 
Ext, Trans. Geol, Soc. Glasgow, May, 1883. 
re on the SIE Megalich thys (Agassiz) with descriptions of a new spē- 
From Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 1883-4. All from the author. 
Fi. ser, F G. Stabe eine Kollektion von Amphibien und Reptilien aus Siid- Ost- 
Sep-abd, aus d. Arch. fur Natur., V. LI, Heft 1, 1885. 
se cine Kollektion Reptilien und Amphibien von dér Insel Nias. Sep- 
abd. a. d. x; Bande d. Abh. d. Naturwis. Verein in Hamburg, 1885. Both from 
uthor 
Rau, C. .—Prehis toric fishing in Europe and North America. Smith. Contrib. to 
Know wledge, 18 
, A. R. C., director.—Geological and natural history survey of Canada. A 
series of twenty-four geological maps of Nova Scotia and ten of New Bruns- 
wick and Quebec. From the survey. ‘ 
~ McGee, W. 7—Map of the United States, exhibiting the present status of ee 
edge relating to the areal distribution of geologic groups. 1884. From the 
 partntent. 
_Corttrell, E. L.—The pecan ores problem and its scientific solution. Read before 
A.A. A. S., Aug. 26, 
Se — The radical Saa ieia of w Erie canal. Read before Amer. Soc. Civ. Eng- 
_ June 25, 1885. Both from the author. 
orkey, B.—Birds in the Bush. Houghton; Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1885. From 
cd _— The Missouri coteau and its moraines. Ext. Proc. A. A. A. S. 
