SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING TH«£ 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



EniTOEiAL Committee: S. Newcomb, Mathematics; K. S. Woodward, Meobanioe ; E. C. Pickehini 



Astronomy ; T. C Mkndbnhall, Physios ; Iea Remsen, Chemistry ; Chablks D. Walcott, 



Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Heney F. Osboen, Paleontology ; W. K. 



Beooks, C. Haet Mkeriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scdddee, Entomology ; C. E. 



Bessey, N. L. Beitton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; 



H. P. BowDiTCH, Physiology ; William H. Welch, 



Pathology ; J. McKeen Cattkll, Peyobology. 



Friday, December 25, 1903. 

 coyTEyrs: 



Grants made by the Carnegie Institution. .. . 801 

 membership in the American Association ... . 822 

 Scientific Boohs: — 



Dodge's (Icneral Zoology: Profkssok Wil- 

 liam Morton Wheeler 824 



Scientific Journals and .i^ticles 825 



Societies and .Icadeniies: — 



The Convocation ^ycck .Meetings of Scien- 

 tific Societies; The Society of the Vertebrate 

 Paleontologists of America: Phofessok W. 

 S. WiLLlSTOK, Dk. O. p. Hav. yorth East- 

 ern Section of the Amcricun Chemical So- 

 ciety: Aktiivr M. Comey. Special Meeting 

 of the Washington Chemical Society: A. 

 Seidell 826 



Shorter Articles: — 



Osteologicul Terms: PIto^■^;s^sou tS. W. WiL- 

 LlSTOX. The Origin of Eemale and Worker 

 Ants from the Eggs of I'arthenogenetic 

 Workers: Professuk Wu.maii Morton 

 Wheeler 829 



Quotations : — 



The Carnegie Institution ; The lihodes 

 Scholars 833 



Hecen t Zoopa l< ontology : — 



Vertebrate Paleontology in the i'nitcd 

 States Geological Surrey 835 



Scientific yotcs and yeics 837 



Vnirersity and Educational .Ycies 840 



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

 for review should be sent to tlie responsible editor. Pro- 

 lessor ;I. McKejn i:aitell. Garnsonon-Hiidson, N Y. 



GRAyiS MADE BY THE CARNEGIE 

 lySTlTUTWN. 



At till' la.st annual meeting the trus- 

 tees set apart .$200,000 for grants for re- 

 search during the fiscal year 1902-3. The 

 following is a list of grants made bj' the 

 executive committee under such authority. 

 Each one is accompanied by a brief state- 

 ment of the results thus far obtained. 

 When an investigation is completed, a final 

 report will be submitted by the grantee. 

 This may be printed either in abstract or 

 in full in the 'Year Book.' 



.WTllKOPOLOGY. 



G. A. Dor8?;y, Field Columbian iluseum, 

 Chicago, 111. For i tli Koloijical iiivfsti- 

 (jation antotifj the I'awncfs. $2.o00. 

 Abslnirf of Report. —This scheme of in- 

 vestigation will require four or five years 

 for its completion. It is a study of the 

 i-eligious ceremonies of the Pawnee Indians, 

 with direct reference to tlie mythological 

 origin of each ceremony, and to obtaining 

 a clear and comprehensive understanding 

 of the religious systems of the I'awnees. 



The work of collecting and arranging the 

 details of the region of the religion was 

 begun early in the year, and has been 

 pushed forward as rapidly as possible. 

 The work of the first year was to ol)tain the 

 mythology of the Skidi on the one hand, 

 and the Chaui. Kitkahahki and Pittahaui- 

 rata hands of Pawnees on the other, and of 

 the Wichita and Arikara. The second re- 



