SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Fbiday, September 7, 1906, 



The York Meeting of the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science: Peo- 

 FESSOE Gaey N. Calkins 289 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: Section F — Zoology: Peo- 

 FESSOR C. JuDSOJsr Heeeick 293 



ScientifiG Books: — 



Ward's Applied Sociology: Peofessoe Ed- 

 WABD L. Thoendike. Sommcrfeldt's Geo- 

 metrische Kristallographie: Peofessoe 

 Chaeles Palache 299 



ScientifiG Journals and Articles 801 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Nature and Origin of Volcanic Heat: 

 De. T. J. J. See. The Nature of Evolu- 

 tion: 0. F. Cook. Temperature Correc- 

 tions of Sugar Polarization: G. W. Rolfe. 301 



Special Articles: — 



A Biiried Treasure of Economic Ornithol- 

 ogy : W. L. McAtee. Gall-insects and In- 

 sect-galls: De. Mel. T. Cook. Alimentary 

 Parasites of Felis Domestica: Goffeey A. 

 Lyon. An Improved Pyknometer: Otto 

 Geeenbeeg 308 



Current Notes on Meteorology: — 



The Cyclone of September 22-28, 1905, in 

 the Philippines; Kite Flying in India; 

 Work of the Philippine Weather Bureau; 

 Cloudiness and Astronomical Observatories : 

 Peofessoe K. DeC. Waed 314 



Paleontological Notes: — 



The Penguin: F. A. Lucas 316 



Scientific Notes and News 317 



University and Educational News 320 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



TEE YORE MEETING OF TEE BRITISE 

 ASSOCIATION FOB TEE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The meeting of the British Association 

 at York from the first to the eighth of 

 Angnst has a peculiar historical interest in 

 that this interesting and beautiful town 

 was the seat of the foundation of the asso- 

 ciation seventy-five years go and was the 

 meeting place twenty-five years ago. This 

 time the York Philosophical Society, under 

 whose auspices the first meeting of the asso- 

 ciation was planned in 1831, was again the 

 host. 



The many points of interest in the sur- 

 rounding country and in the city itself, 

 the numerous halls and meeting places, the 

 beautiful garden and interesting collection 

 of the museum and the great assembly hall, 

 all combine to make York a most attractive 

 and suitable place for this great gathering 

 of the best in English science. The de- 

 lightful hospitality of the people of York 

 added much to the pleasure of this partic- 

 ular meeting. Perhaps the most attractive 

 of the social gatherings were garden parties 

 given by the Archbishop of York and Mrs. 

 Maclagan at the picturesque and historical 

 palace at Bishopthorpe ; by the Sheriff of 

 York and Mrs. Bentley at their beautiful 

 home at Fulford Grange, and by the 

 Messrs. Rowntree and Company at the cele- 

 brated cocoa works, while the museum and 

 grounds of St. Mary's Abbey were lighted 

 up by thousands of candles on two occa- 

 sions for conversazioni. At the great 

 cathedral an organ recital and a special 



