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MoUusca of Illinois and Michigan.— F. C. Baker has recently 

 catalo^iied^ the :Mo]hisca of IHinois, enumerating in all 332 species of 

 which 91 are terrestrial and 240 are aquatic (the figures are the 

 author's, the cliscre})ancy is not explained). Tlic I'nionidac number 

 89. The list gives localities with considerable detail; no new species 

 are described. Bryant W alker's catalogue of the terrestrial Pulmonata 

 of Michigan 2 is more claborale, jriving descriptions and in most cases 

 figures, with an onthnc ol the svnoiivmy of the 79 species recorded 

 from the state. In ilic Intiixhictioii. besides general notes on dis- 

 tribution, adequate di ir( i loiis ;irc o;ivcu for the collection and prep- 



A monograph on Anurida. Those in charge of the I.iverj>ool 



of short M(>inoirs on the morphology, life history, and oecology of 

 various typical animals and ])lants found in that region. The thir- 

 teenth of the series appears in volume 20 of the Proceedings and 

 Transactions of the societv. It ck^als with the interesting (\)]lem- 

 bolan, Anurida an.l is I>v'a. I). Imms. The habits nii.l structure 

 arc dcMnlH.I t,,,ni onom.il obMn.iiion- ih. ... . ouni ih( .|.N<l.,p- 



BOTANY 



A popular book on Canadian wild flowers.— In 188.", the venerable 

 Mrs. (-athcrinc I'arr Traill was among the leaders in popularizing a 

 knowledov of Vnu-rican wil.l flowers In- pres,>ntinir th.-m unteehiii- 



