1128 General Notes. 
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Albrecht, P.—Sur les spondylocentres épipituitaires du crane, la non-existence de 
la poche de Rathke, et la presence de la c 
Sur le valeur morphologique de la trompe d’Eustache et les derives delas 
mandibulaire et de larc hyoidien. Both from the author. 
Jordan, D. S., and Swain, 7.—Descriptions of Scaroid fishes from Havanaand Key 
West, including five new species, Ext. Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus. From ihe 
authors, 
Putnam, F. W.—Remarks on the antiquity of Man in America. Rep. Proc, Ame 
Ant. Soc., April 30, 1884. From the author. | 
Lawrence, G. N.—Characters of a new species of Pigeon of the genus Engypila 
from the Island of Grenada, W. I. From the Aak, Vol. 1, No. 2, April, We 
Descriptions of new species of birds of the genera Chrysotis, Formicivora and 
Spermophila, Both from the author. 
Milne-Edwards, A.—L’ Expedition du Talisman faite dans l’Ocean Atlantique, Ext. 
du Bull. hebdom. de l’Assoc. Sci. de France, Dec., 1883. From the author 
Ryder, J. A.——On the preservation of embryonic materials and small organisns, 
with hints on mounting and imbedding sections. 1884. From the author. 
Allen, H.—Allen’s Human Anatomy. Section vi. Organs of sense, Organ ' 
digestion and genito urinary organs. Phila., 1884. From the author. 
Fat 
GENERAL NOTES. 
GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS! 
Asia.—Recent Travels in Arabia.—No more adventurous jour 
ney has been undertaken for many years than that of Mr. ae 
Doughty through the heart of Arabia, among wild ae 
had never previously been visited by an Angleysy and wi 
an Englishman and a Christian, as our traveler me 
himself to be. Although this honest avowal caused Mr. he matt 
to be in peril of his life on more than one occasion, yet 3 
friends among the nomads, and claims that his bold c ki 
been the means of making the name of Christian res ak 
stead of abhorred, in the vast stretch of country trave 
him. Petra, the 
In the early part of 1875 Mr. Doughty was ae halls of 
remains of which he believes to be those of a few pu?’ to 
tant by the Haj or pilgrimage road from Maan, a station pe jn the 
He at once formed the resolution to visit these ruinẹ, ; yin Salih 
autumn of 1876 accompanied the Haj to the spot. : 
is a level plain, sixteen miles long and as many broad, 
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