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throwing out instead of receiving meteorites, his exhaustion as 
a heat- and light-giving centre may be perhaps a few million 
years nearer than has been surmised. 
“ A Pilgrimage to Selborne,” by T. E. Kebbel, is thoroughly 
imbued with loving memories of Gilbert White. It is sad to 
think what changes have been wrought on the flora and fauna of 
even that peaceful district. Sad, too, that anyone unless a 
great naturalist should bear the title of “ Lord Selborne.” But 
we do not give peerages to men of Science in “ this our highly- 
favoured country.” 
Mr, T. E. Kebbel writes : — “ For it is not only the closeness 
of his observation and the extent of his knowledge in Natural 
History which delight us in his pages. The tone of satisfaction 
and contentment which they everywhere breathe ; a love of and 
devotion to Nature, unbroken by that strife and trouble which 
nowadays penetrate to the remotest recesses of our island, . . . 
contribute at least an equal share of the pleasure which they 
inspire.” 
Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geo- 
graphical Survey of the Territories. A Report of Progress 
of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the year 1878. 
Part I. By F. V. Hayden, United States Geologist. 
Washington : Government Printing-Office. 1883. 
This bulky, elaborate, and richly-illustrated volume contains the 
report of Dr. C. A. White on the Invertebrate Palaeontology of 
the regions explored, that of Orestes St. John on the Geology of 
the Wind-River District, and of S. H. Scudder on the Tertiary 
Lake Basin of Florissant, Colorado. The second, or zoological 
seCtion, embraces the report of A. S. Packard, jun., on the Phyl- 
lopod Crustacea, and the report of R. W. Shufeldt on the Oste- 
ology of certain American Birds, especially the Tetraonidae and 
Cathartidae. 
We must first, however, notice Dr. Hayden’s Preface, from 
which it appears that the present Survey must be regarded as 
definitely at an end. The sum voted by Congress for completing 
the publication of the results was exhausted by the end of June, 
1882, and five volumes remain awaiting completion. This is 
much to be regretted. At the same time men of Science all 
over the world must admire the scale on which the Survey was 
conducted and the liberality shown in the distribution of its pub- 
lications. 
Perhaps the most interesting of the reports in this volume is 
that of the Palaeontology of the Florissant Basin, probably the 
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