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ican contributions to the subject are correctly represented, and in 
which they receive due attention. The author gives every con- 
tributor to the subject a fair showing, and avoids expressing his 
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which he POPE ultimately to sustain. The honesty of pur- 
pose is unmista ë e cite, for instance, his doubts as to 
the reality of De. inheritance of acquired characters. A fuller 
acquaintance with vertebrate pe would have enabled 
Professor Conn to be more certain of this fact 
The leaning of the author is towards the views of the Neo- 
lamarkian school, which have been especially developed in this 
country since 1867-8. 
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James, J. F.—Cephalopoda of the Cincinnati group. "Eat, Jour. Cincin, Soc. N 
Hist., Jan., 1886. From the auth i 
Ashmead, W. A.—On the cynipidous galls of Florida, with descriptions of new spe 
cies. Ext. Trans, Am. Ent. Soc., XU, 1885. 
Studies on North eee Chalcidide. Ext. idem. Both from iy author. A. 
Williams, H. S.—On the pA ts oe Upper Devonian. Ext. Proc. A. A. 
S., Vol. XXXIV, 1886. m the 
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Newberry, J. S—Notes on shes r e botany of the -country bordering 
Northern Pacitic railroad. Ext, Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. 111, 1884. From 
the author 
| Lewis, T. H.—Fffigy mounds in Iowa. Ext. Science, No. 146, 1885- 
—Ancient rock inscriptions in Eastern Dakota. Ext. Am. Nat. 
The Monumental Tortoise mounds of “ De-Coo-Dah.” Fxt. Am. Jour. Ar : l 
All from the Mahar E ; 
TO Akier e geological formation of se. Island, N. Y., with a descripti 
N. Y., 1885. Fro: author 
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Prean, A —Feeding experiments, Pénna. gon College Agricultural Bulletins, 
a ? col- ; 
x mn A, & M. College. —Alabama weather service. Dec., 1885. From the 
fe rakes, 7 W. Pe from the Newport Marine Laboratory. ee eli a 
observations on the pier nga of Ophiopholis and Echinarachnit®- 
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hmond, A chattels to prominent = No. 11 to Judge A. G. 
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Walker, H. D.—The microscope in medical diagnosis. 1886. From — si 
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