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SCIENCE 



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from Y,427,253 pounds in 1906 to 13,998,496 

 pounds in 1907; that of New Mexico from 

 7,099,842 pounds in 1906 to 10,140,140 pounds 

 in 1907, and that of Idaho from 8,578,046 

 pounds in 1906 to 9,707,299 pounds in 1907. 

 Nevada and Vermont also showed productive 

 gains. 



A NOTE in the London Times says that the 

 fine herd of Indian cattle presented to the 

 London Zoological Society by the president, 

 the Duke of Bedford, has been a considerable 

 attraction, and now that two of the cows — of 

 the Mysore and Hissar breeds — ^have produced 

 calves, the interest of visitors in these ani- 

 mals has increased. In the same house is a 

 black calf of the Chartley X Vaynol blood, 

 two abnormally colored calves having been 

 thrown in succession by the same cow. A 

 serow born in the garden proved to be an ex- 

 ample of the Sumatran species (Capricomis 

 siimairensis), but, unfortunately, it lived only 

 a few days in the menagerie. The other, 

 which has been in the collection for more than 

 two years, is in excellent condition; so far 

 as can be ascertained, it is the first to reach 

 England. For some little time the waders' 

 aviary has been under repair; the birds have 

 been removed to the covered-in paddocks in 

 front of the anthropoid house, but will prob- 

 ably be brought back in the course of a few 

 days. The curassow chicks hatched out in 

 the northern pheasantry are doing very well, 

 and now mount up on the high perches. The 

 practise of feeding the young was continued 

 by the mother for more than a fortnight. In 

 the aviaries in the new bird house is the 

 finest collection of birds of paradise ever 

 brought together. The last importation was 

 effected by the society in conjunction with Sir 

 William Ingram, by whom Mr. Horsbrugh was 

 sent out to New Guinea. News has been re- 

 ceived that the collector now working there 

 for Sir William Ingram has obtained a great 

 prize — a fine male of Prince Rudolph's bird 

 of paradise (Paradisornis rudolpJii), first ob- 

 tained by Hunstein and described by Finsch 

 and Meyer in 1885. In this species the side- 

 plumes, of which there are two on each side, 

 are blue, which is the dominant note of the 

 plumage. The type-specimen is in the Dres- 



den Museum, and when Dr. Bowdler Sharpe 

 wrote his monograph on the birds of paradise 

 there was no skin of a male in the national 

 collection in Cromwell-road. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



The annual report of the treasurer of Yale 

 University for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1908, shows additions to the funds during the 

 year of $1,263,444. The principal items are 

 $63,149 from the Tale Alumni fund; from the 

 Archibald Henry Blount bequest, $337,291; 

 from the Lura Currier bequest, $100,000; by 

 bequest of D. Willis James, $95,250; from 

 contributions to the university endowment and 

 extension fund, $335,665 ; and from balance of 

 the Ross library fund, $112,220. From the 

 Blount bequest $242,903 has been used to re- 

 pay advances made by alumni to secure the 

 Hnihouse property. Gifts to income amounted 

 to $76,494, of which $30,000 came from the 

 Alumni Fund Association. The following 

 table is given showing the cost and receipts 

 per student in the different departments : 



Department Sa S-*^'2 §3.2"'^ § S '^ 



= s <)6w ■? is s£'^ 



0Q"*1 pi Ph o o 



Graduate 357 $159.45 $40.17 25.2 



Academical 1,315 339.56 152.27 44.8 



ShefBeld Scientific 948 279.66 160.25 57.3 



Theological 80 641.03 



Law 339 177.14 122.86 69.3 



Medical 137 396.90 130.22 32.9 



Art 39 315.02 69.25 21.9 



Music 83 268.99 140.12 52.1 



Forestry 61 469.39 119.17 25.3 



All departments .. 3,359 $296.85 $133.25 44.9 



Governor G. W. Donoghy, of Arkansas, 

 President John TiUman, of the State Univer- 

 sity, and George B. Cook, state superintendent 

 of education, have been visiting representative 

 institutions of higher education in the middle 

 west to gather information with a view to 

 recommending an appropriation of $500,000 

 for the extension and improvement of the 

 State University of Arkansas. 



The zoology department of the University 

 of Kansas has received a large consignment of 

 marine biological specimens collected during 



