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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Bootham School (York) N.H.Soc. — 67th Annual Report, Jan. 1901, 8vo. [The Society. 

 Manchester Microscopical Soc. — Trans, and Ann. Report, for 1900. [The Society. 

 Nuova Notarisia, Serie XL, pp. 49-96, Aprile 1900. [Dr. G. B. de Toni, Padova. 

 Geologists' Association. — Proc, Vol. 17, Part 1, for Feb. 1901. [The Association. 

 Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 59, May 1901. [The Mineralogical Society. 

 Philadelphia Acad, of Nat. Sci. — Proceedings, 1900, Part 3, Sept.-Dec. [Academy. 

 Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 9, Nos. 103-7, Jan. -May 1901. [Charles Mosley, Editor. 

 Journal of Conchology, Vol. 10, No. 2, for April 1901. [The Concholog-ical Society. 

 Revue Bryologique, 28 e Annee, 1901, No. 3, i6 e Mai. [M. T. Husnot, Cahan. 



Past and Present, successor to N.H.J. , No. 207, 15th May 1901. [E.B. Collinson, Ed. 

 The Nautilus, Vol. 15, No. 1, for May 1901. [H. A. Pilsbry, etc., Editors. 



Entomolog-ical Society of London. — Transactions, 1901, Part 1, 30th April 1901. [Soc. 

 Manchester Geol. Society. — Trans., Vol. 27, Part 1, April 1901. [The Society. 

 Naturae Novitates, 1901, Nos. 5-7, Marz- April. [Friedlander & Sohn, Publishers. 

 N. American Fauna, No. 18, 20th Sept. 1900: Revision of the Pocket Mice of the 



Genus Perognathus, by Wilfred H. Osgood. [U.S. Dept. Agric. 



Boston Society of Nat. History. — Proceedings, Vol. 29, No. 11, April 1900. [Soc. 

 New Mexico College of Agriculture. — Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 



Xo. 33, April 1900: Notes from the San Juan Sub-Station, by Chas. E. Mead. 



[College. 



Geological Magazine, N.S., Dec. 4, Vol. 8, No. 442, for April 1901. 

 Geography: Xotes of Manch. Geog. Soc. — Xo. 56, May 1901. [The Society. 



Science Gossip, X.S., Vol. 7, Xo. 84, for May 1901. [John T. Carrington, Editor. 

 Psyche: Journ. of Entom., Xo. 301, for May 1901. [Cambridge Ent. Club, U.S.A. 

 Knowledge, Vol. 24, Xo. 187, for May 1901. [H. F. Witherby, Ed., London. 



La Feuilledes Jeunes Xaturalistes, Xo. 367, i cr Mai 1901. [Mons. Adrien Dolifuss. 

 Entomologists' Record, Vol. 13, Xo. 5, 15th May 1901. [J. W. Tutt, Editor. 



The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 10, No. 5, for May 1901. [The Editors, Dublin. 



TheZoologist,4th Series, Vol. 5, No. 7 19, 15th May 1901. [West, Newman&Co., Publ. 

 Nature Notes, Vol. 12, No. 137, for May 1901. [Selborne Society, London. 



Scientia, Xo. 11. — G. Bohn, l'Evolution du Pigment, April 1901, 8vo. boards. 



[Carre et Xaud, Editeurs. 



E. W. Swanton. — Nature Notes, a set of monthly sheets. [Chas. Mosley, publisher. 

 E. Merck, Darmstadt. — Annual Report on the year 1900 [in pharmacy], 8vo., 

 March 1901. ' [Publisher. 

 J. E. Harting.— Handbook of British Birds, new edition, 8vo. cloth, 1901. 



[J. C. N.immo, publisher. 



Paul N. Hasluck. — Taxidermy, small 8vo. cloth, 1901. [Cassell & Co., publishers. 

 Gilbert White. — Natural History of Selborne, small 8vo. cloth, 1901. 



[J. M. Dent & Co., publishc-is. 

 H. Marshall Ward. — Grasses, a Handbook for use in the Field and Laboratory. 

 8vo. cloth, 1901. [Cambridge University Press. 



