. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Zoological Society:— their place an outline of the natural arrangement adopted by De Candolle and most modern systematic writers. We think that 150 pages devoted to this latter part of the science is almost alto- gether out of place in a book "intended to give the important facts of botanical science as briefly and popularly as ; But we must not be misunderstood. This is an excellent book, and well fitted to follow a "brief and popular" primar
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Zoological Society:— their place an outline of the natural arrangement adopted by De Candolle and most modern systematic writers. We think that 150 pages devoted to this latter part of the science is almost alto- gether out of place in a book "intended to give the important facts of botanical science as briefly and popularly as ; But we must not be misunderstood. This is an excellent book, and well fitted to follow a "brief and popular" primary volume, such as Henfrey's ' Rudiments.' It will even, we suspect, supersede Balfour's ' Manual' in many places where that has been usually em- ployed : this is a misfortune; for the 'Manual' is far better fitted for the more advanced student than are these ' Outlines.' PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. June 24, 1862.—E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., , in the Chair. Description of Crocodilus frontatus, a New Croco- dile from Old Calabar River, West Africa. By Andrew Murray, Assist. Secretary, Royal Horticul- tural Society. Crocodilus frontatus, nov. sp. Head broad and deep, much broader than in C. vulgaris, very flat on the vertex, and with the margins of the flat portion slightly raised ; the lateral margins very slightly curved ; the suture inside of the lateral margin placed at rather more than a fourth of the breadth of the vertex from its side. This suture is not throughout parallel to the lateral margin; it is nearly so for about two-thirds of its Fig. posterior length ; towards the front it bends a little outwards. Fi°\ 1 shows the form of the sutures in this species, while fig. 2 shows their form in C. vulgaris, and fig. 3 in C. leptorkynchus. The ver-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectl
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