July 8, 1898.] 



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than it had been on the last memorable drift in 

 the great Arctic current, and he was confident 

 that his friend and comrade would bring back 

 great results. 



Mk. a. p. Low, of the Geological Survey of 

 the Dominion of Canada, has gone to Labrador, 

 where he will remain for eighteen months, in 

 order to study the geological formations and 

 make a map of the region. 



As we have recently referred on several oc- 

 casions to the conferring of the Prussion order 

 Pour le merite, it may be well to quote from 

 Nature the following details regarding this 

 order : Founded by Frederick the Great, it 

 was at first given for military service only, but 

 its statutes were remodeled in 1842 by King 

 Frederick William IV., and the class ' fiir Wis- 

 senschaften und Kiinste ' was instituted. The 

 German knights of this class, with whom the 

 election into the Order practically rests, are 

 limited to thirty in number, and at present are: 

 A. Menzel, Chancellor ; T. Mommsen, Vice- 

 Chancellor ; the other members in the order of 

 election being, in the Section of Science : R. 

 "W. Bunsen, Max Miiller, E. Zeller, T. Noel- 

 deke, J. V. du Vernois, A. Auwers, E. Pfluger, 

 H. Vogel, A. V. Baeyer, O. Fiirst v. Bismarck, 

 F. Kohlrausch, H. Grimm, H. Brunner, A. v. 

 KoUiker, H. Usener, W. Hittorf, A. Weber, C. 

 Neumann and Schwendener. In the Section of 

 Art : L. Knaus, A. Achenbach, J. Schilling, R. 

 Begas, F. Schaper, E. v. Gebhardt, H. Ende 

 and A. Hildebrand. The foreign knights, lim- 

 ited to the same number, are, in the Section of 

 Science : 0. v. Boethlingk, C. Hermite, Sir G. G. 

 Stokes, N. A. E. v. Nordenskjold, M. Berthelot, 

 O. V. Struve, Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister, V. 

 Jagic, P. Villari, H. Kern, J. G. Agardh, M. J. 

 de Goeje, G. V. Schiaparelli, F. Imhoof-Blumer, 

 J. H. van't Hoflf, A. O. Kowalevsky, W. 

 Stubbs (Bishop of Oxford), O. Montelius, Sir 



ohn Murray and Sir W. H. Flower. In the 

 Section of Art : L. Alma Tadema, G. Verdi, G- 

 Monteverde, E. Wauters, L. Passini and F. 

 Pradilla. 



The French government has appointed the 

 following as delegates to the International Con- 

 gress of Zoology : M. A. Milne-Edwards, mem- 

 bre de I'Institut, Directeur du Mus6um d'His- 



toire Naturelle de Paris, Vice-Pr6sident de la 

 Section des Sciences du Comite des Travaux 

 Historiques et Scieutiflques, President de la 

 Delegation ; M. Barrois, Professeur a la Faculty 

 mixte de Medecine et de Pharmacie de I'Uni- 

 versite de Lille ; M. Bigot, Professeur k la 

 Faculte des Sciences de 1' University de Cler- 

 mont ; M. R. Blanchard, membre de I'Academle 

 de Medecine, Professeur a la Faculte de Mede- 

 cine de rUniversite de Paris, Sec. General de la 

 Societe Zool. de France ; M. A. Caullery, 

 Maitre de Conferences & la Faculte des Sciences 

 de rUniversite de Lyon ; M. Y. Delage, Pro- 

 fesseur k la Faculte des Sciences de I'Universite 

 de Paris ; M. Filhol, membre de I'Institut, Pro- 

 fesseur au Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de 

 Paris; M. Girod, Professeur a la Faculte des 

 Sciences de I'Universite de Clermont; M. le 

 Baron J. de Guerne, membre de la Societe Zool. 

 de France, Sec. General de la Societe d'Accli- 

 matation ; M. Joubin, Professeur a la Faculte 

 des Sciences de I'Universite de Reiines ; M. 

 Lambert, Agrege pres la Faculte de Medecine 

 de I'Universite de Nancy ; Dr. Lartet, Doyen 

 de la Faculte mixte de Medecine et de Phar- 

 macie de I'Universite de Lyon, Professeur a 

 cette Faculte ; M. Edmond Perrier, membre de 

 I'lnstitute, Professeur au Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle de Paris ; M. Roule, Professeur a la 

 Faculte des Sciences de I'Universite de Tou- 

 louse ; M. Schlumberger, membre de la Societe 

 Zool. de France ; M. Leon Vaillant, Professeur 

 au Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Sec. 

 de la Section des Sciences du Comite des Tra- 

 vaux Historiques et Scieutiflques de la Societe 

 Zool. de France ; M. Ch. Janet, Vice-President 

 de la Societe Zool. de France. 



In the Museum of the Scarborough Philosoph- 

 ical and Archaslogical Society, says Natural 

 Science, Mr. C. D. Head has been replacing the 

 old and ruinous collection of birds by cases dis- 

 playing them, so far as possible, in their 

 natural habitat, with their nests and eggs, 

 when these can be obtained. An improvement 

 has also been made in the cases for the fossils. 

 The Society records the capture of two badgers 

 — one at Cloughton, the other near Folkton. 

 The record of local birds has been placed upon 

 a more satisfactory basis, every item contained 

 in the list being thoroughly authenticated. Fish, 



