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[N. S. Vol. IV. No. 101. 



October 20, 1896. — ' The Excursion to Hoosac 

 Mountain ' (illustrated with stereopticon). By 

 J. E. Wolff. 



' Some Features of the Cornwallis Valley, 

 Nova Scotia.' By V. R. Marsters. 



' Exhibition of the New Two- circle Goniom- 

 eter.' By Charles Palache. 



'Note on the Hurricane of October 10-14.' 

 By R. De C. Ward. 



October 27, 1896. — ' Recent Accessions of Geo- 

 logical Material.' By W. M. Davis. 



' On an Instrument for inclining a Prepara- 

 tion in the Microscope. ' By T. A. Jaggar, Jr. 



November 3, 1896. — ' Review of the Excur- 

 sion to Nahant. ' By N. S. Shaler. 



' The Tourmalines of Mt. Mica, Maine.' By 

 Charles Palache. 



* A remarkable Joint Specimen from Somer- 

 ville, Mass.' By J. B. Woodworth. 



Prof. Joseph LeConte was present at this 

 meeting and gave some interesting reminis- 

 cences of the early days of the Lawrence Sci- 

 entific School, from which he was one of the 

 first graduates. 



November 10, 1896. — ' Material illustrating 

 the Appendages of Trilobites. ' By R. T. Jack- 

 son. 



'The Excursion to the Blackstone Valley.' 

 By J. B. Woodworth. 



November 17, 1896. — ' Magnetic Observations 

 in Geological Mapping.' By H. L. Smyth. 

 T. A. Jaggar, Jr., 

 Recording Secretary. 



THE ONONDAGA ACADEMY OP SCIENCE. 



The Society held its first regular meeting 

 Friday, November 20, 1896. The President, 

 Dr. Charles W. Hargitt, of Syracuse University, 

 delivered an inaugural address, defining the 

 ' Aims and Purpose of the Academy. ' He con- 

 sidered the ' creation and cultivation of science, 

 the dissemination of knowledge and the ac- 

 quirement of a depository for everything scien- 

 tific' the chief aims of the Academy. Mr. 

 Horace W. Britcher gave a short talk, entitled: 

 *A Summer Laboratory on the Coast of 

 Maine,' which was amply illustrated with 

 photographs and alcoholic specimens. 



The Onondaga Academy was organized 



October 24, 1896, the constitution and by-laws 

 being adopted at that time. The Academy is 

 the outgrowth of the scientific committee of the 

 Onondaga Historical Association, which held 

 scientific meetings throughout the summer, at- 

 tracting numerous scientific workers from the 

 vicinity. It has a charter membership of 

 twenty- one. The well-known reputation of 

 central New York, in the various scientific 

 branches, gives considerable range to the work 

 of the Academy, which has started out under 

 most auspicious circumstances. 



Philip F. Schneider, 



Secretary. 



NEW BOOKS. 



The Gases of the Atmosphere : The History of their 

 Discovery. William Ramsay. London and 

 New York, The Macmillan Co. 1896. Pp. 

 viii+240. $2. 



Bibliographia Physiologia, 1895. Ch. Richet. 

 Paris, Felix Alcan. 1896. Pp. 896. 3 fr. 50. 



Papers presented to the WorWs Congress on Or- 

 nithology. Edited by Mrs. Irene Rood, un- 

 der the direction of Dr. Elliott Coues. 

 Chicago, Charles H. Sergei Co. 1896. Pp. 

 208. $5. 



Les Aryens au Nttrd et au Sud de V Hindou-Kouch. 

 Charles de Ujfalvy. Paris, G. Masson. 

 1896. Pp. xv+488. 



Bound the Year, A Series of Short Nature Studies. 

 L. C. MlALL. London and New York, The 

 Macmillan Co. 1896. Pp. viii+295. $1.50. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 

 1894-95. Charles D. Walcott, Director. 

 In four parts : Part I. — Director's report and 

 papers of a theoretic nature. II. — Papers of 

 an economic character. III. — Mineral re- 

 sources of the United States, 1894; metallic 

 products, David T. Day, Chief of Division. 

 IV. — Mineral resources of the United States, 

 1894 ; nonmetallic products, David T. Day, 

 Chief of Division. Vignette. Washington 

 Government Printing Office. 1896. [II.. III. 

 IV., 1895.] 



Cambridge Natural History. Vol. II. London 

 and New York, The Macmillian Co. Pp. 

 xii+560. $3.50. 



