34 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
[ 1904 ] 
BATRACHIA. 
On Batsch’s use of the term Batrachia in 1788, Stejneger, Science (2) xx, 
p. 924. 
Greil, Verh. Anat. Ges. 1904, pp. 13G & 137, fig., remarks on the branchial 
derivatives. 
A. Cargiulo, Riv. ital. Pal. xxiv, pp. 9 & 10, compares the kidney of 
Batrachians to that of Fishes. 
D. P. Filatow, Anat. Anz. xxv, pp. 33-47, figg., writes on the development 
of the excretory system. 
E. Grynfell, J. Anat. Physiol, xl, pp. 180-220, has studied the histology 
of the suprarenal capsule. 
R. W. Hall, Bull. Mus. Harvard xlv, pp. 31-125, figg., 8 pis., has investi- 
gated the development of the mesonephros and the Mullerian ducts. 
F. Meves, Anat. Anz. xxiv, pp. 465-476, figg., and xxv, pp. 240-245, 
465-472, figg., and Verh. Anat. Ges. 1904, pp. 37-40, writes on some 
points in the structure of the red blood-corpuscles. 
J. Cameron, Rep. Brit. Ass. 1903, pp. 689 & 690, remarks on the origin 
of the epiphysis as a bilateral structure. 
C. Barbieri, Arch. zool. ital. ii, pp. 79-105, figg., pis. v & vi, has investi- 
gated the development of the spinal cord. 
P. Wintrebert, C.R. Soc. Biol, lvi, pp. 581-584, has observations on the 
reflex nervous system in the tail. 
E. Overton, Verh. Ges. Wurzburg (2) xxxvi, pp. 277-295, remarks on the 
water-economy and the osmotic properties of the skim 
ECAUDATA. 
Z. T6th, Allatt. Kozl. Magyar Tars, iii, pp. 89-98 & 117, pis. i-iii, has a con- 
tribution to the morphology of the nasal capsule of Bombinator igneus. 
Esther F. Byrnes, Arch. Entwickmech. xviii, pp. 171-177, figg., pi. x, 
has made experiments on the regeneration of the fore limbs in tad- 
poles, and, Biol. Bull, vii, pp. 166-169, figg., remarks on the skeleton 
of regenerated anterior limbs in Rana. 
L. v. M£hely, Math, naturw. Ber. Ungarn xx, pp. 239-259, figg., describes 
and comments upon a Pelobates fuscus with supernumerary fore limb. 
A. Cerruti, Boll. Soc. Napoli xvii, pp. 181-184, figg., writes on Bidder’s 
organ in Bufo vulgaris. 
G. Loisel, C.R. Soc. Biol, lvi, pp. 446-448, remarks on a supposed correla- 
tion between the pigmentation of the testes and that of the nuptial 
asperities on the inner fingers in Rana temporaria. 
W. Woodland, Zool. Anz. xxviii, pp. 404 & 405, fig., records an abnormal 
condition of the bladder in Rana temporaria. 
M. H. Hoyer, Bull. Ac. Cracovie 1904, pp. 228-237, figg., writes on the 
lymph-hearts of Frogs. 
E. Yung, C.R. Ac. Sci. cxxxix, pp. 749-751, has made observations on 
differences in the length of the intestine in larvae of Rana esculenta. 
A. Guieysse, Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) vi, pp. 189-191, remarks on the 
regression of the tail in tadpoles of Bufo vulgaris. 
N. Manic astri, Boll. Naturalista xxiv, pp. 1 & 2, writes on the regenera- 
tion of the tail in tadpoles. 
P. Wintrebert, C.R. Ac. Sci. cxxxix, pp. 432-434, has made experiments 
on the regeneration of the tail in larvae of Alytes obstetricans. 
L. Mercier, C.R. Soc. Biol, lvii, pp. 660-662, has a note on the presence 
of exoplasma in the epithelial cells of the tail of the tadpole of Rana 
temporaria. 
