CAUDATA. 
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J. S. Kingsley & F. W. Thyng, Tufts Coll. Stud. No. 8, pp. 363-378, figg., 
have studied the development of the hypophysis in Amblystoma. 
H. H. Wilder, Amer. Natural, xxxviii, pp. 93-115, figg., writes on the 
early development of Desmognathus fusca. 
A. C. Eycleshymer, Anat. Anz. xxv, pp. 230-240, figg., has made observa- 
tions on the cleavage of the egg of Necturus . 
W. A. Hilton, Amer. Natural, xxxviii, pp. 498-500, figg., describes the 
segmentation of the egg of Desmognathus fusca. 
J. W. Jenkinson, Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xlviii, pp. 407-482, pis. xxix-xxxiii, 
has made observation? on the maturation and fertilisation of the egg 
of the Axolotl. 
L. P. de Bussy, Tijdschr. Nederland. Dierk. Ver. (2) viii, pp. 267-378, figg., 
pis. xi-xx, describes the development of the egg of Megalobatrachus 
maximus . 
E. M. Reese, Amer. Natural, xxxviii, pp. 487-490, figg., remarks on the 
eggs and spermatozoa of Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis. 
A. M. Reese, Biol. Bull, vi, pp. 220-223, figg., describes the sexual elements 
of Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis. 
A. Branca, C.R. Soc. Biol, lvi, pp. 243-245, 350 & 351, and 704-706, and 
Arch. zool. exp. Notes (4) ii, pp. cv-cxiii, figg., has made observa- 
tions on the condition of the testes and spermatogenesis in Axolotls 
kept in confinement. 
C. B. Klunzinger, Verb. Deutsch. zool. Ges. 1904, pp. 36-46, figg., 
summarises Zeller’s observations on the spermatophores and mode of 
fecundation in European Newts. 
C. Perez, C.R. Soc. Biol, lvi, pp. 783 & 784, remarks on the resorption of 
the spermatozoa in Molge vulgaris. 
F. A. Janssens, Anat. Anz. xxiv, pp. 648-651, has a preliminary note on 
the chromatic element during the development of the ovocyt in 
Newts. 
H. Spemann, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. vii, pp. 429-470, figg., describes 
artificially-produced monstrous Newt-larvfe. 
C. D. Snyder, Biol. Bull, vii, pp. 280-288, has made experiments on the 
locomotion of Batrachoseps with sectioned nerve-cords. 
Salamandra maculosa, Laur., and atra, Laur. On their relationships, with 
special reference to the mode of parturition and development : P. 
Kammerer, Arch. Entwickmech. xvii, p. 1, pi. — . Notes on the 
breeding habits : Knoblauch, Zool. Garten xlv, p. 329 & 361. 
Molge blasii, De l’Isle. Further observations on its hybrid nature : 
Wolterstorff, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. xix, p. 647, and Zool. Anz. xxviii, 
p. 82. M. cristata , var. karelinii, Strauch. Notes by Mishely, Allatt. 
Kozl. Magyar Tars, iii, p. 264, figg. M. palmata, Schn. On its 
occurrence near Hamburg : Wolterstorff, Zool. Anz. xxviii, p. 59. 
M. vulgaris, L. On its varieties : MIshely, t. c. p. 256, figg. M. 
vulgaris , subsp. n. kapelana, id. ibid. p. 260, figg., S. W. Hungary 
[ = meridionalis, Blgr. — Rec.] 
Salamandrina perspicillata, Savi. On its distribution in Italy : C. Patroni, 
Annuar. Mus. Univ. Napoli (2) i, No. 14. 
Siredon, Wagl., must supersede Amblystoma, Tschudi, Poche, Zool. Ann. i, 
p. 50. 
Amblystoma tigrinum, Green. On the condition in which it undergoes 
metamorphosis : Herrera, Amer. Natural, xxxviii, p. 88. 
Plethodon oregonensis , Cope, figured, with notes on the habits, by Marian 
E. Hubbard, Univ. Calif, publ. Zool. i, 1903, p. 157, pi. xvi. 
Megalobatrachus maximus, Schleg. On the oviposition, nursing habits, 
anct development : Kerbert, Zool. Anz. xxvii, p. 305, figg. Notes on 
the distribution in Japan, habits, and development : Ishikawa, 
P. Tokyo Mus. i, p. 19, pi. viii-xi. 
