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stone, which rests upon the Archzan rocks, to the Cretaceous, 
inclusive.” e range is regarded as a vast anticlinal of which 
one side has been entirely denuded of the sedimentary rocks, ex- 
cept the Middle Tertiary. On the same side of the range the 
morainal deposits and glaciated rocks are shown on a scale not 
met with by Hayden in other parts of the West. The most in- 
teresting discovery made by the survey in this district was that of 
three genuine glaciers on the east base of Wind River and Fre- 
mont peaks, the first known to exist east of the Pacific coast. 
The panoramic view ona large scale, by Mr. Holmes, of these 
glaciers, conveys an excellent idea of their appearance. That they 
were formerly much larger is shown by the moraines which were 
ound on a grand scale in the Snake River valley, on the east side 
of the Téton range. The numerous lakes have been the beds of 
oa and the shores of the lakes are walled with morainal 
ridges. 
to the Phyllopoda. The essay comprises 210 pages, and is illus- 
trated by wood-cuts, and thirty-nine plates, with a colored z00- 
geographical map. This is followed by a series of five articles 
Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U.S.N., on the osteology of Speotyto 
cunicularia, Eremophila alpestris, of North American Tetraonide, 
of Lanius ludovicianus excubitoides and of the Cathartide. These 
are important contributions to a neglected subject, and are richly 
illustrated with numerous woodcuts and twenty-four lithographic 
The second part forms a bulky volume of 500 pages, and is 
entirely devoted to an account of the Yellowstone National Park, 
and its geysers. It is illustrated by several very effective chromo- 
l ographs, a number of excellent wood-cuts, several of which we 
are kindly allowed to reproduce (Plates XX-xxi11), a large num- 
ber of Mr. Holmes’ characteristic panoramic views, and numerous 
rea by Mr, Gannett, while in the atlas of maps 1s a large geo- 
— map of the park, The whole is a most thorough and time- 
y monographic account of the park. It will be remembered that 
€ idea of setting apart this large tract as a national park origi- 
nated with Dr. Hayden. 
