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this memoir, may represent a type with small 

 nasal horns, as in some of the Laramie 

 Ceratopsids, such as Sterrholophus. 



It is not at all improbable that the horned 

 dinosaurs will prove to be diphyletic, one line 

 with persistent open fossae leading from Mono- 

 clonius to Torosaurus, the other leading to 

 Triceratops with closed fossae. 



Of the two mammals discovered in the Belly 

 River, Piilodus primwvus, judging by the con- 

 dition of the grooves upon its premolars and 

 tubercles upon its molar teeth, is undoubtedly 

 more primitive than the Laramie plagiaul- 

 aoids. H. E. O. 



men, in both Europe and America. One fears, 

 however, that a Norwegian winter will prove 

 an unfavorable season for the popularity of 

 this work, and we may hope that a summer 

 course on similar lines will later be arranged. 



B. D. 



INSTRUCTION OFFERED IN THE FISHERY 

 COMMISSION LABORATORY AT BERGEN. 

 A NOVEL departure on the part of Fishery 

 Commission authorities is announced in Nor- 

 way. The scientists of the Norwegian Board of 

 Fisheries in Bergen have arranged for the 

 opening of a winter school of biology to be 

 held in the laboratory in Bergen beginning 

 January 12, 1903, and ending April 1. The 

 course will be offered freely to students of 

 all countries, and there can be little doubt, 

 judging from the rich results that the Norwe- 

 gian research steamer ' Michael Sars ' has 

 been gathering, that such an opportunity for 

 marine studies will be of the greatest value. 

 Dr. Johan Hjort, the director of the station, 

 will have charge of matters relating to fishes 

 — biology, spawning habits, growth and mi- 

 gration — and fisheries, and in connection with 

 this work will give instruction in the prac- 

 tical side of oceanic investigation on board of 

 the ' Michael Sars.' Dr. B. Helland-Hansen 

 is to give a course in hydrography, chemical 

 and physical, Dr. LI. H. Gran in planktology, 

 and Dr. A. Appelloef in the zoology of inverte- 

 brates and in geographical distribution. The 

 development of this laboratory, it may be 

 noted, is a logical outcome of the recent work 

 which the Norwegian investigators Have been 

 carrying on in connection with the Fishery 

 Commission. And if it bears the fruit 

 which such an undertaking deserves, there 

 can be little doubt that the Norwegian sta- 

 tion will become an important adjunct to the 

 university training of many of the younger 



THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY* 

 Professor W. H. Holmes, curator for an- 

 thropology of the National Museum, was 

 formally appointed director [the title has 

 been altered to ' chief '] of the bureau of 

 ethnology by S. P. Langley, secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. This announcement 

 caused inexpressible disappointment among 

 the associates of Professor W J McGee, eth- 

 nologist in charge of the bureau, whose 

 appointment had been looked for daily since 

 the death of John "W. Powell, formerly direc- 

 tor of the bureau of ethnology, on September 

 23. Secretary Langley said to a reporter of 

 the Times that it would be more decorous for 

 Professor Holmes or Professor McGee to 

 speak of the installation of the new director 

 than for him to remark upon it. Neither one 

 of these men had anything to say more than 

 that the less said about it the better. It is 

 the opinion of scientists that Professor 

 Holmes did not seek the appointment. He is 

 interested and contented in his scientific 

 duties at the National Museum, and so much 

 so that he will in all likelihood continue in 

 that office, where he has gained the reputation 

 of being one of the foremost anthropologists 

 in America, in addition to performing the 

 new work which he has been selected to do. 

 Assigning and appointing scientists in the 

 national scientific institutions lies wholly 

 within the discretion of the secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution by virtue of its regu- 

 lations and custom. 



Professor McGee was informed of the sec- 

 retary's choice over the telephone shortly 

 after three o'clock in the afternoon. Secretary 

 Langley said that he would drive to the 

 bureau of ethnology with Professor Holmes 

 and introduce him to Professor McGee and 

 his little coterie of workers and friends. De- 

 pressed feelings were noticeable immediately 

 * From the Washington Times. 



