BATRACHIA, ECAUDATA. Rept. 31 
BATRACHIA. 
L. Dollo, Bull. Soc. Beige Geol. ix, Mem. p. 112, regards the Batra- 
chians as derived from the Crossopterygian Ganoids, not from the 
Dipnoi. 
A. Davison, dealing with the position of Amphiuma , gives a phylo- 
genetic table of the various groups of Batrachians ; J. Morphol. 
xi, p. 407. 
On a collection illustrating the morphology of the Batrachians ; W. G. 
Rtdewood, Nat. Sci. vii, pp. 258-269, pi. xix. 
On the development of the occijpital region in Batrachians ; A. Severt- 
zoff, Bull. Moscou, 1895, pp. 186-284, pi. v. 
K. Peter, Anat. Anz. x, pp. 565-574, discusses the homology of the first 
vertebra of Batrachians. 
H. H. Field, Morphol. Jahrb. xx, pp. 340-356, pis. xii & xiii, remarks 
on the development of the vertebral column in Batrachians. 
E. GOitert, Morphol. Jahrb. xx, pp. 441-448, figg., has a preliminary 
communication on the development of the ribs in Batrachians. 
O. Seydel, Morphol. Jahrb. xxiii, pp. 453-543, figg., writes on the nose 
and Jacobson’s organ in Batrachians. 
On the morphology of the bladder in Batrachians ; H. H. Field, 
Morphol. Arbeit, iv, pp. 30-52, pi. i. 
On the adipose bodies of Batrachians ; Giglio-Tos, Atti Acc. Torino, 
xxx, pp. 853-858, pi., and Boll. Mus. Torino, x, No. 211. 
P. Matiies, Morphol. Jahrb. xxiii, pp. 256-288, figg., pi. xix, contributes 
to the morphology of mesenteric structures in Batrachians. 
On successful experiments of grafting or fusion of parts of different 
individuals of Batrachian larvae ; G. Born, Verh. Anat. Ges. ix, 
pp. 153-159. 
On the histology of the brain of Batrachians ; L. Neumayer, SB. Ges. 
Munchen, xi, pp. 60-70, figg. 
ECAUDATA. 
H. ADOLrm, Morphol. Jahrb. xx, pp. 449-490, figg., pi. xix, reports on 
variations in the spinal nerves and vertebral column of Rana esculenld 
and Pelobates fuscus. 
On the carpus and tarsus of the Frog ; Gaupp, Anat. Anz. xi, pp. 1-8, 
figg- 
On the hyo-branchial skeleton and its transformations ; E. Gaupp, 
Morphol. Arbeit, iii, 1894, pp. 399-437, figg., pis. xviii & xix. 
On the myology of the head, foot, and belly of the Frog ; Gaupp, 
Anat. Anz. xi, pp. 193-222 & 347-352, figg. 
F. J. Cole, Anat. Anz. xi, pp. 104-112, figg., describes a case of herma- 
phroditism in Rana temporaria. 
Histological investigations on the resorption of the tail in Tadpoles ; W. 
Noetzel, Arch. mikr. Anat. xlv, pp. 475-512, pi. xxviii. 
