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Museum has received a further collection of birds from Mr. Adolphe Boucard. Dr. 

 Jousseaume, who has lately returned from Obock, has placed his collections of 

 mollusca, Crustacea, and other marine animals at the disposal of the same Museum. 

 Professor J. G. Agardh has presented his collection of algae to the University of 

 Lund. 



The Boston Society of Natural History offers two prizes, under the Walker 

 Bequest, for original papers on "The Area of Some Foliated Rock in the United 

 States," "A Study of some Appalachian Valley," " A Study of some Points in the 

 Physiology of any Animal except Man," and "The Cross-Fertilisation of a Plant." 

 These are for 1896. For 1897, the subjects are " Peculiar Phenomena associated 

 with the close of the Glacial Epoch," " Chalazal Impregnation of any American 

 Plant (Angiosperms)," "Contributions to the Knowledge of Bacteria," and 

 "Experimental Investigation in Cytology." The prizes are of sixty and fifty 

 dollars. 



Mr. Samuel Chadwick, Honorary Curator of the Malton Museum since its 

 foundation, has left Yorkshire for New Zealand, where he will for the future reside. 

 The Malton Field Naturalists' Society held a special meeting on the 19th ult., under 

 the presidency of Professor L. C. Miall, and presented him with a farewell address. 



During the visit of the Geologists' Association to Co. Antrim, those members in 

 Belfast had an opportunity of inspecting the fine collections made by Mr. Joseph 

 Wright. These consist chiefly of Carboniferous and Cretaceous fossils, but the best 

 things are to be found in Mr. Wright's collections of Chalk Foraminifera, which is 

 probably unique. Mr. Elcock was also to be seen at Mr. Wright's, and his beautiful 

 drawings of the microzoa largely assisted the interpretation of his friend's collections. 

 The excursion was most successful, only one day of the six being wet. The members 

 had an excellent opportunity of seeing the amount of damage done by the sea in a 

 single storm (December, 1894), during the ride along the coast from Larne to 

 Cushendall, and again at Ballycastle, Torr Head, and Murlough Bay. Mr. Alexander 

 McHenry and Mr. Praeger conducted the excursion, which was arranged by Miss 

 Thompson and the Belfast Club. 



The seventh meeting of the Australian Association for the Advancement of 

 Science will be held from January 3-10, 1897, at Sydney, under the presidency of 

 Professor Liversedge. Captain Hutton will preside over Geology ; Professor T. J. 

 Parker over Biology ; Mr. H. S. W. Crummer over Geography ; Mr. A. W. Howitt 

 over Anthropology. 



The eleventh Congress of Americanists will meet at Mexico from the 15-20 

 October. Among the subjects interesting to readers of Natural Science, the 

 following will be discussed : — Origin and progress of the Caribs ; Different forms 

 and uses of arrows among the Indians of Central America ; Researches on the date 

 of the first arrival of man in .Vmerica ; Relations between the Esquimaux and other 

 indigenous races of North America ; Prehistoric man in Mexico ; Cliff dwellers. 

 Letters should be addressed to Sr. Trinadad Sanchez Santos, Biblioteca Nacional, 

 Mexico [D. F.] . The President will be Sr. Lie. Joaquin Baranda. The third 

 International Congress of Agriculture will be held in Brussels from September 

 8 to 16; the second Italian Geographical Congress will be held in Rome at the 

 end of the same month. Particulars of the latter can be obtained from the 

 President, Via del Plebiscite 102, Rome. The third International Congress of 

 Physiologists will be held at Berne, September 9 to 13. 



Among the papers to be read at the third International Zoological Congress are 

 the following : — A. Milne Edwards, on the resemblances between the fauna of the 

 Madagascar group and that of certain islands in the Southern Pacific ; A. Giard, on 

 parasitic castration and Weismannism ; A. Sedgwick, on cellular theories; V. 

 Hensen, on his Plankton studies ; Bowdler Sharpe, on the classification of birds : 



