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period of five years. These stations will be 

 completely equipped ■with self-recording in- 

 struments, and as they are at widely different 

 altitudes the results should prove to be of con- 

 siderable value. 



The chief work undertaken by the expedi- 

 tion was in connection with the study of the 

 ruins of Machu Picchu discovered by Dr. 

 Bingham in 1911. As has already been stated. 

 Dr. Eaton was in charge of the bone hunting 

 and was fortunate enough to find a large num- 

 ber of caves containing skeletons and ethno- 

 logical material. The clearing of the jungle 

 and the excavating of the ruins was placed in 

 charge of Mr. Erdis, whose four months at 

 Machu Picchu resulted in about sixty cases of 

 potsherds and pots, and two eases of bronze 

 implements. The making of a large scale map 

 of the ruins was entrusted to Mr. Robert 

 Stephenson, who spent three months at a task 

 which it is hoped will result in the construc- 

 tion of a model of this extremely interesting 

 city. The construction of the model will also 

 be assisted by the more than seven hundi'ed 

 pictures which Professor Bingham has taken 

 of the ruins at different times. In addition to 

 the archeologieal study of Machu Picchu Pro- 

 fessor Bingham also devoted himself to ex- 

 ploring four or five sites of ancient ruins 

 hitherto undescribed, and in a systematic ef- 

 fort to discover the ancient place names and 

 to identify localities in the region occupied by 

 the Incas during the last thirty-five years of 

 their reign. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 The British New Year's honors include the 

 conferring of knighthood on Dr. Francis Dar- 

 win, the distinguished botanist; Dr. E. W. 

 Philip, known for his work for the prevention 

 of tuberculosis, and Mr. Stewart Stockman, 

 chief veterinary officer to the Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



Professor Ehrlich, of Pranfort, has re- 

 ceived the Bavarian Maximilian order for 

 scientific services. 



Dr. Imbeaux, of Nancy, has been elected a 

 corresponding member of the Paris Academy 

 of Sciences in the Section of Agriculture. 



A TESTIMONIAL is planned to Sir Patrick 

 Manson on the occasion of his retirement in 

 recognition of his work in tropical medicine. 

 The testimonial will be national and interna- 

 tional. The national testimonial will consist 

 of a portrait and, it is hoped, a scholarship 

 for the advancement of tropical medicine. 

 The international tribute is to be in the form 

 of a gold medallion. 



The officers of the Geological Society of 

 America for 1913 are as follows : 



President — Eugene A. Smith. 



Vice-presidents — James F. Kemp, E. D. Salis- 

 bury, C. D. Walcott. 



Secretary — Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Treasurer — Wm. Bullock Clark. 



Editor — J. Stanley Brown. 



Librarian — H. P. Gushing. 



Councilors — A. H. Purdue, Heinrich Eies, S. W. 

 Beyer, Arthur Keith, Whitman Cross, Willet G. 

 Miller. 



Chairman of the Corclilleran Section — J. C. 

 Branner. 



Secretary — Geo. D. Louderback. 



Councilor — W. S. Tangier Smith. 



At the meeting of the Society of American 

 Bacteriologists, held in New York on Decem- 

 ber 31 and January 1 and 2 the following 

 ofiieers were elected: 



President — Professor C.-E. A. Winslow, New 

 York City. 



Vice-president — Professor Chas. E. Marshall, 

 Massachusetts Agi-ieultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



Secretary-treasurer — Dr. A. Parker Hitchens, 

 Glenolden, Pa. 



Council— 'W. J. MaeNeal, L. F. Eettger, D. H. 

 Bergey, H. A. Harding. 



Delegate to Council of American Association for 

 Hie Advancement of Science — Professor S. E. 

 Presoott. 



At the recent meeting of the American 

 Anthropological Association held in Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, the following officers were elected: 



President — Professor Roland B. Dixon, Harvard 

 University. 



Secretary — Professor George Grant MacCurdy, 

 Yale University. 



Treasurer — Mr. B. T. B. Hyde, New York. 



Editor — Mr. F. W. Hodge, Bureau of American 

 Ethnology. 



