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in 1910; third, to ascertain definitely the 

 limits of the so-called Bogota region whence, 

 for the past seventy-odd years specimens col- 

 lected by natives, but unaccompanied by data 

 of any kind have been received; fourth, to 

 collect a series of topotypical specimens from 

 the Bogota region. The expedition included 

 Mr. Frank M. Chapman, and Messrs. George 

 K. Cherrie, first assistant, Louis Agassiz 

 Fuertes, artist, Thomas King, Paul G. Howes 

 and Geoilrey O'Connell, volunteer assistants. 

 This party left Barranquilla on January 19, 

 and during the voyage of twelve days up the 

 Magdalena Eiver to Honda, by taking advan- 

 tage of every opportunity when the boat 

 stopped for cargo or fuel, collected three hun- 

 dred birds. Studies for the habitat group 

 were made at El Gonsuelo, on the western 

 slope of the Eastern Andes, 2,700 feet above 

 Honda; from this point a superb view is had 

 of the Magdalena Valley, through which the 

 river winds picturesquely, while in the back- 

 ground the Central Cordillera rises crowned 

 by the three great snow peaks, Tolima, Isabel 

 and Euiz, each of which has an approximate 

 altitude of 18,000 feet. Having completed its 

 work in this region, the expedition journeyed 

 by mule to Bogota, making this city its head- 

 quarters during the remainder of its stay in 

 Colombia. From Bogota it passed first to the 

 eastward to Villivicencio, at the eastern base 

 of the Andes, stopping en route at all favor- 

 able localities. On reaching Villivicencio, the 

 section through the Andes from the Pacific 

 coast to the upper drainage of the Orinoco 

 was completed, and data are now in hand for 

 the determination of the altitudinal life zones 

 of the Colombian Andes. A month later the 

 expedition returned to Bogota and passed 

 southwtard to Fusugasuga, encountering there 

 entirely different species from those which it 

 had met with in its journey to the eastward. 

 In all, some 2,300 birds and about 100 mam- 

 mals were secured, and the diversity and rich- 

 ness of the avifauna is illustrated by the fact 

 that no less than 505 species of birds were 

 secured during the comparatively brief period 

 when the expedition was actually in the field. 



At the annual meeting of the American 

 Association for Cancer Research, May 5, 1913, 



the following resolution (the report of the 

 committee on statistics and public education) 

 was unanimously adopted : " It is the senti- 

 ment of this association that: (1) the present 

 instruction of medical students in the symp- 

 toms and early diagnosis of cancer is seriously 

 deficient; (2) the medical curriculum should 

 include special lectures in the clinical depart- 

 ments dealing specifically with this subject; 

 (3) the universities should provide competent 

 lecturers in this subject to address the local 

 medical societies; (4) the associate members 

 of the association should be urged to take up 

 the question of the proper methods of ap- 

 proaching the public on the subject of cancer; 

 (5) the activities of this association should at 

 present be chiefly confined to the education of 

 the medical profession; (6) this resolution 

 shall be sent to the deans of the medical 

 schools and the secretaries of the state medical 

 societies in the United States and published 

 in the medical press." 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Public bequests aggregating $170,000 are 

 provided in the will of Charles D. Sias, of 

 Boston. Dartmouth College, the University 

 of Vermont and Montpelier, Vt., Academy will 

 eventually receive $15,000 each. 



Mrs. Gustavus F. Swift and her son, Mr. 

 Edward F. Swift, of Chicago, recently gave 

 $10,000 toward the maintenance of the college 

 of engineering of Northwestern University — 

 an annual contribution since the opening of 

 the college of engineering in 1908. Mr. 

 Joseph Schaffner, of Hart, Schaffner and 

 Marx, of Chicago, has given $12,500 toward 

 the maintenance of the school of commerce of 

 the university. 



Miss Jeanie Pollock, of Glasgow, has be- 

 queathed £10,000 to Glasgow University for 

 providing a materia medica research lecture- 

 ship. 



The Atlanta College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons and the Atlanta School of Medicine 

 have been consolidated under the name of the 

 Atlanta Medical College. 



Dr. John H. Long, professor of chemistry 

 in Northwestern University since 1881, has 



