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RECENT LITERATURE 
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YOU SAW IT FIRST IN MUDPIE l 
The first announcement of the 17th International Congress 
of Zoology, to be held in Monaco, 24-30 September, 1972, has just 
been received. This is tie final Congress, and is being organized 
primarily to terminate outstanding business and obligations of 
the Congress. There will be eight symposia offered, four of 
which are already announced, four more of which will be announced 
"as soon as the proposed chairmen have declared their wi11ingness 
to organise them." Announced symposia include: Biogeography and 
Intercontinental Connections during the Mesozoic; Cladistic Methods 
in Transpecific Evolution; The Biological Effects of Interoceanic 
Canals; and The Future of Zoological Nomenclature. The number of 
participants is to be limited to 1000, without "establishing any 
quotas." Further information can be obtained from the: 
Comite d'organisation 
XVIIe Congres International de Zoologie 
Musee oceanographique 
Monaco, Principaute de Monaco 
September, 1971 
Division of Reptiles and Amphibians 
National Museum of Natural History 
Washington, DC 20560 
