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though it suffered badly from the cold during 

 the latter part of the passage, and footwarmers 

 were used to provide artificial heat for it on 

 the train journey. Short as the life of this 

 example was in captivity, it exceeded by some 

 days that of others kept by a private avicul- 

 turist in Gray's-inn, who a few years ago 

 purchased eleven, and lost them all within as 

 many days. The humming-birds which ar- 

 rived on Monday have been placed in the 

 insect-house, one end of which is now occupied 

 by two large glass cases specially prepared for 

 them, and quite large enough to allow of 

 somewhat extended flight. On their passage 

 to England the birds were fed, as they will be 

 at the gardens, on meat extract mixed with 

 honey, the former being intended to make up 

 for the insects which they obtain in a natural 

 condition, but which are difficult to supply in 

 captivity. Even in South America native- 

 born aviculturists reckon themselves success- 

 ful if they keep a caged humming-bird for a 

 couple of months. This period, however, was 

 doubled by Captain Pam, who had one of 

 these birds for four months. These new- 

 comers have not yet been identified, but it is 

 believed they are closely allied to the violet- 

 eared humming-bird exhibited last November. 

 The insect-house was closed to the public on 

 Monday, but it will soon be open again, and 

 the tropical birds kept there should prove a 

 great attraction. Much more numerous was 

 the other part of the collection, which has 

 been deposited for the present in one of the 

 inner rooms of the western aviary. The only 

 one that has yet been turned out of the travel- 

 ing cage is a sun-bittern, none the worse for 

 its journey. The other species, of which there 

 were in all over eighty examples, consisted of 

 maroon and blue-shouldered tanagers, golden- 

 crowned harynests, mocking birds, a small 

 woodpecker (new to the collection), hooded 

 siskins, buntings and finches. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



By the will of Edward H. Dunn, president 

 of the corporation of Boston University, 

 $120,000 is left to that institution, one half 

 for the establishment of a professorship and 

 one half for general purposes. 



We learn from the Medical Record that the 

 Medical College building in connection witk 

 Queens University, Kingston, was destroyed 

 by fire recently. Although there was an in- 

 surance of only $22,000 -steps were immedi- 

 ately taken to erect a new building, which it 

 is expected will be ready for use early in Oc- 

 tober. The fire, it is thought, originated from 

 a gas jet kept burning in an oven where 

 paraffine molds were made. The destruction 

 of the bacteriological and public health labora- 

 tories in connection with the college will for 

 the present cause considerable inconvenience. 



At the last meeting of the regents of the 

 University of Nebraska, Dr. F. E. Clements 

 was promoted from the associate professorship 

 of plant physiology to the full professorship. 



Ensign C. A. Harrington, U.S.N., who 

 graduated from the Naval Academy two years 

 ago, has been assigned to give a course in 

 naval architecture at the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology. 



Mr. Erank E, Grout, A.B. ('04, Minnesota), 

 has resigned from the Illinois Geological Sur- 

 vey to accept a position as instructor in min- 

 eralogy at Oklahoma State University. 



Appointments in philosophy and psychology 

 are announced as follows: Mr. Rowland 

 Haynes, assistant in philosophy at Columbia 

 University during the winter of 1905-6, has 

 been appointed associate in philosophy at the 

 University of Chicago for the ensuing year. 

 He is to have courses in philosophy, ethics, 

 psychology and logic during the absence in 

 Europe of Associate Professor A. W. Moore. 

 Dr. Harvey Carr, of the University of Chi- 

 cago, has been appointed instructor in psy- 

 chology in the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, to 

 succeed Dr. Irving King, who goes to the 

 University of Michigan. Dr. W. K. Wright, 

 of the University of Chicago, has been ap- 

 pointed instructor in philosophy and psychol- 

 ogy in the University of Texas, to succeed 

 Dr. Warner Eite, who has accepted a call to 

 the University of Indiana. Dr. Percy Hughes, 

 instructor in philosophy at the University of 

 Minnesota, wiU give the courses at Tulane 

 University during Professor W. B, Smith's 

 absence in Europe. 



