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. 



Feidat, April 6, 1906. 



CONTENTS. 

 The Proceedings of the American Society of 



Zoologists: Peofessoe C. E. McClung. .. 521 

 Town and Oown: Professor William Mil- 



UGAN Sloane 529 



The Organization of University Oovernment : 

 Pbofessoe John Maxson Stillman 536 



Scientific Books: — 



Schillings's Flashlights in the Jungle: Pbo- 

 fessoe Feancis H. Hebbick 540 



Scientific Journals and Articles 544 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Distribution of Oovernment Publica- 

 tions: Judge Junius Hendeeson. A Sug- 

 gestion for an International Bibliographic 

 Exchange: Eugene F. McPike. The 

 Bibliographie astronomique of Lalande: 

 Db. Edwabd S. Holden 545 



Special Articles: — 



A Mendelian Character in Cattle: W. J. 

 Sptt.TiMAn. Preliminary Notes on the 

 Archeology of the Yakima Valley: Haelan 

 I. Smith 549 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Cyclonic Distribution of Rainfall; Climatic 

 Notes on the Sahara; Meteorology of the 

 South Atlantic Ocean; Meteorological Serv- 

 ices in South America; Protecting Cran- 

 berries from Frost; Notes: Peofessob R. 

 DeC. Waed 555 



Frederick 0. Paulmier 556 



Mechanical Flight 557 



Scientific Notes and News 558 



id Educational News 560 



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

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

 Hudson, N. Y. 



THE PROCEEDINGS OF TEE AMERICAN 

 SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGISTS. 



The fourth annual meeting of the Cen- 

 tral Branch of the American Society of 

 Zoologists and the second triennial meeting 

 of the entire society was held in the 

 museum lecture room at Ann Arbor, on 

 December 27, 28 and 29, 1905. There 

 were elected to membership in the Central 

 Branch, Professor Burt G. Wilder, Pro- 

 fessor W. J. Baumgartner and Professor 

 S. J. Hunter ; in the Eastern Branch Dr. N. 

 M. Stevens, Professor Francis B. Sumner, 

 Professor Charles G. Rogers, George 

 Thomas Hargitt, Professor Edwin Linton, 

 Dr. H. H. Newman, Dr. Emily R. Gregory 

 and Dr. William E. Kellieott. 



Officers of the Central Branch were 

 elected as follows : 



President — C. C. Nutting. 

 Vice-president — Geo. Lefevre. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — T. G. Lee. 

 Member of Executive Committee — J. G. Need- 

 ham. 



In the absence of any of the officers of 

 the Eastern Branch they were reelected for 

 another year. 



The following papers were read : 

 The Living Egg of Anodonta as an Object 

 for the Study of Maturation and Fertil- 

 ization: Charles Zeleny, University of 

 Indiana. 



The living eggs of Anodonta may be of 

 considerable value to inland laboratories 

 where the lack of suitable material has been 

 very striking as compared with the rich- 

 ness at the seashore. Contrary to the con- 

 dition in Unio, the living eggs of A. grandis 



