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SCIENCE. 



LN. S. Vol. XVI. No. 415. 



at Birth,' consideriug that the facts justify 

 tlie belief that early birds were arboreal and 

 nidifugous. C. K. Edmunds discusses ' The 

 Motive Power of Heat.' There is a reprint 

 of Francis Bacon's * Solomon's House,' and 

 J. G. Lipman writes of ' Nitrogen-fising Bac- 

 teria,' indispensable factors in the production 

 of the world's food. S. C. Cronwright 

 Schreiner describes ' Some Arachnids at 

 Hanover, Cape Colony,' giving many inter- 

 esting details of their habits ; and in ' Zoology 

 in America' T. D. A. Cockerell gives a brief 

 resume, based on titles in the Zoological 

 Record of the scientific work being done here. 

 He concludes that if we are not doing what 

 we might and ought, we are not so seriously 

 behind. In the fourth of his articles on 

 ' Mental and Moral Heredity in Eoyalty,' 

 Frederick A. Woods considers the rulers of 

 Spain and, lastly George B. HoUister has an 

 article on ' The Size of Alaska.' 



Messes. Borntraeger, Berlin, announce the 

 publication, beginning with January 1, of a 

 bi-weekly Biochemische Centralhlatt under the 

 charge of leading German students of bio- 

 chemistry. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The fifty-second annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, and the first of the Convocation 

 Week meetings, will be held in Washington, 

 D. C, December 27, 1902, to January 3, 1903. 

 The retiring president is Professor Asaph 

 Hall, U.S.N., and the president elect. Presi- 

 dent Ira Eemsen, Johns Hopkins University. 

 The permanent secretary is Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, and the 

 local secretary, Dr. Marcus Benjamin, Co- 

 lumbian University, Washington, D. C. 

 President Eoosevelt is honorary president of 

 the local committee. The preliminary pro- 

 gram with information in regard to hotel 

 headquarters, railway rates, etc., will be found 

 in the issue of Science for November 21. 

 The following scientific societies will meet at 

 Washington in afiiliation with the Association : 



The American Anthropological Association will 

 hold its first regular meeting during Convocation 

 Week in affiliation with Section H of the A. A. 

 A. S. President, W J McGee; secretary, George 

 A. Dorsey, Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. 



The American Chemical Society will meet on 

 December 29 and 30. President, Ira Remsen; 

 secretary, A. C. Hale, 352A Hancock street, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The American Folk-lore Society will meet in 

 affiliation with Section H of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, George A. Dorsey; vice-presidents, J. 

 Walter Fewkes, James Mooney; secretary, W. W. 

 Newell, Cambridge, Mass. 



The American Microscopical Society will prob- 

 ably hold a business meeting on December 29. 

 President, E. A. Birge, Madison, Wis. ; secretary, 

 H. B. Ward, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 

 Nebr. 



The American Morphological Society will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, H. C. Bumpus; 

 vice-president, G. H. Parker; secretary and treas- 

 urer, M. M. Metealf, Woman's College, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



The American Philosophical Association will 

 meet on December 30 and 31 and January 1. 

 Secretary, H. N. Gardiner, Northampton, Mass. 



The American Physical Society will meet in 

 affiliation with Section B of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, Albert A. Michelson; secretary, Ernest 

 Merritt, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The American Physiological Society will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, R. H. Chit- 

 tenden; secretary, F. S. Lee, Columbia University, 

 New York, N. Y. 



The American Psychological Association will 

 meet on December 30 and 31 and January 1. 

 President, E. A. Sanford; secretary and treasurer, 

 Livingston Farrand, Columbia University, New 

 York, N. Y. 



The American Society of Naturalists will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, J. MeK. 

 Cattell; ^dce- presidents, C. D. Walcott, L. O. 

 Howard, D. P. Penhallow; secretary, R. G. Har- 

 rison, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 



The Association of American Anatomists will 

 meet on December 30 and 31. President, G. S. 

 Huntington; vice-president, D. S. Lamb; secre- 

 tary and treasurer, G. Carl Huber, University of 

 Michigan, Arm Arbor, Mich. 



The Association of Economic Entomologists will 

 meet on December 26 and 27. President, E. P. 

 Felt; secretary, A. L. Quaintance, College Park, 

 Md. 



