DECEMBER 1, 1899. ] 
LECTURES AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF 
NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK. 
THE following are the courses of lectures to 
be delivered at the Museum, during the present 
season: 
A Saturday afternoon course by officers of 
the Museum to members, illustrated. 
January 6th.—The Philippine Islands: 
fessor Albert S. Bickmore. 
January 13th.—A Naturalist in Florida: Mr. 
Frank M. Chapman. 
January 20th.—Results of the Third Season’s 
Explorations for Dinosaurs in Wyoming: Pro- 
fessor H. F. Osborn. 
January 27th.—A Hunt for Fossil Horses 
and Elephants in Texas: Dr. W. D. Matthew. 
February 3d.—The Geology and Mineralogy 
of Greater New York: Dr. L. P. Gratacap. 
February 10th.—The Yellowstone National 
Park: Dr. E. O. Hovey. 
February 17th.—The Eskimo of Hudson Bay: 
Professor Franz Boas. 
February 24th.—The Thompson Indians of 
British Columbia: Mr. Harlan I. Smith. (The 
Jesup North Pacific expedition.) 
March 3d.—The Madu Indians of California: 
Dr. Roland B. Dixon. (The C. P. Huntington 
expedition.) 
March 10th.—The Pre-historic Sculptures of 
Mexico and Central America, exhibited in the 
Anthropological Department of the Museum: 
Mr. M. H. Saville. (The Loubat collection.) 
March 17th.—Pre-historic Ruins in New 
Mexico: Professor F. W. Putnam. (The Hyde 
expedition.) 
A lecture on ‘A Naturalist in Cuba,’ by Mr. 
Frank M. Chapman, will be delivered under 
the auspices of the Linnzan Society, January 
11th. 
Two lectures will be given on January 18th 
and 25th under the auspices of the New York 
Mineralogical Club. 
A course of four lectures, by Professor A. S. 
Bickmore, will be delivered on March 8th, 
15th, 22d and 29th. 
Two lectures will be given on April 5th and 
12th, under the auspices of the New York 
Botanical Garden. 
The Thursday evening course to members (il- 
lustrated) by Professor Bickmore is as follows : 
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Dec. 7th.—The Philippines, Manila and the 
Tagals. 
Dec. 14th.—The Visayans and Sulus. 
Dec. 21st.—The Hawaiian Islands, Hono- 
lulu. 
Dec. 28th.—Kilenea and Haleakala. 
The Columbia University lectures given in 
cooperation with the Museum, by G. W. James, 
are: 
Dec. 2d.—Down the Canyons of the Colorado 
with Major Powell. 
Dec. 9th.—Dynamic Geology of the Grand 
Canyon. 
Dec. 16th.—The Pamtes Desert. 
Dec. 23d.—The Mesas of Acoma, Zuni and 
Moki. 
Dec. 30th.—The Canyons of the Cliff Dwellers. 
This course is continued by other lecturers 
every Saturday evening from January 6th until 
March 31st. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 
PROFESSOR SIMON NEWCOMB has been elected 
a correspondent of the ‘ Bureau des Longitudes,’ 
Paris, and a foreign member of the Royal So- 
ciety of Lombardy. 
THE Council of the Royal Society has awarded 
the Copley Medal to Lord Rayleigh, F,R.S., for 
his contributions to physical science, and the 
Davy Medal to Mr. Edward Schunck, F.R.S., 
for his investigations on madder, indigo and 
chlorophyll. 
Dr. A. H. Dory, health officer of New York 
City, has returned from Europe, after several 
weeks spent in studying sanitary systems em- 
ployed abroad. 
WE learn from the Botanical Gazette that the 
international scientific medal of the Academie 
Internationale de Geographie Botanique has 
been conferred upon Dr. N. M. Glatfelter, of 
St. Louis, for his work upon Salix, and upon 
Dr. Roscoe Pound, of Lincoln, Nebr., for his 
phytogeographical researches. Fifteen investi- 
gators in Europe have been similarly honored. 
Mr. SHELFORD BIDWELL, M.A., LL.B., Gon- 
ville and Caius College, Cambridge, has been 
approved by the General Board of Studies for 
the degree of doctor in science. 
HERR F. K. GINZEL, of the Bureau of Com-, 
