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in New Mexico and Arizona in the early 

 fifties. Woodhouse's Jay (Aphelocoma wood- 

 houseii) was named after him more than 

 forty years ago by Professor Baird. 



Mr. George Henry With, of Hertford, 

 England, known for his scientific work, and 

 especially for his specula for reflecting tele- 

 scopes, has died at the age of seventy-seven 

 years. 



Dr. Hugo Huppert, professor of physiolog- 

 ical chemistry at Prague, died on October 19, 

 at the age of sixty-three years. 



The Carnegie Museum has acquired by 

 purchase for its library the collection of books 

 and pamphlets on vertebrate paleontology 

 made by the late Professor J. B. Hatcher, 

 and the collection of writings upon inverte- 

 brate paleontology belonging to the estate of 

 the late Professor C. E. Beecher, of Yale 

 University. The acquisition of these two 

 important working libraries, together with the 

 large purchase of books on paleontology made 

 by the museum in recent years creates in 

 Pittsburg the nucleus of an exceedingly use- 

 ful collection of works on the sciences to 

 which Professor Hatcher and Beecher de- 

 voted themselves. 



The Messrs. Nicola Brothers, of Pittsburg, 

 have presented to the Carnegie Miiseum a 

 magnificent tusk of a mastodon found on their 

 property at Sharon, Pa. Director W. J. Hol- 

 land, of the museum, says it is one of the 

 most beautifvilly preserved and perfect pieces 

 of fossil ivory ever found in America, pre- 

 serving its whiteness and grain in a splendid 

 manner. 



The University of Chicago has been 

 awarded Grand Prizes at the St. Louis Ex- 

 position as follows : (1) on the general ex- 

 hibit ; (2) on the work of the university press ; 

 (3) on the work of the Yerkes Observatory; 

 and (4) on Professor A. A. Michelson's physics 

 instruments. 



Nature states that the Naples Academy of 

 Physical and Mathematical Sciences offers 

 prizes of 500 francs to the authors of the best 

 papers in Latin, French or Italian on the two 

 following subjects : the processes of formation 

 of urea in the animal organism, and the evo- 



lution of the ovaric ovum in the Selacii. The 

 essays are to be sent in anonymously, bearing 

 a motto, on or before June 30, 1905. The 

 Padua Society of Encouragement offers, to 

 Italian subjects only, two prizes of 5,000 ' 

 francs for an essay on the present state of ■ 

 the problem of electric traction on railways, 

 and for a new method of diagnosing the dis- 

 ease of pellagra previous to its development. 

 This competition closes on June 30, 1906. 



The London Times states that the steamer 

 Veronique, of 3,264 tons, purchased by Lord 

 Fitzwilliam, has sailed from Southampton on 

 an exploring expedition in the Pacific via the 

 Straits of Magellan. Lord Fitzwilliam and 

 party embarked in the steamer, which is under 

 the command of Captain E. Morrison, with a 

 crew of 58 hands. It is said that the ship's 

 destination is the Solomon Islands, where coal 

 mines 'are reported to have been discovered. 



The American Association of Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations, met at 

 Des Moines, la., last week. Officers were 

 elected as follows : President, E. B. Voorhees, 

 director of the New Jersey Experiment 

 Station; -first vice-president, G. C. Hardy, 

 president of the Mississippi Agricultural Col- 

 lege; secretary and treasurer, J. Hills, Ver- 

 mont. 



The annual general meeting of the British 

 Astronomical Association was held on the 

 evening of October 26, Mr. S. A. Saunder, the 

 outgoing president, in the chair. The election 

 of the following as officers and members of the 

 council for the session 1904-5 was announced: 

 President, Mr. A. C. D. Crommelin ; vice-presi- 

 dents, Mr. E. "W. Maunder, Mr. S. A. Saunder, 

 Mr. G. M. Seabroke and Mr. C. T. Whitmell; 

 treasurer, Mr. W. H. Maw; secretaries, Mr. 

 J. G. Petrie and Mr. J. A. Hardcastle; 

 librarian, Mr. F. W. Levander; other mem- 

 hers of the council, Mr. C. L. Brook, Mr. A. 

 Cottam, Mr. Tyson Crawford, Mr. H. Ellis, 

 Mr. W. Heath, Mrs. E. W. Maunder, Mr. G. 

 J. Newbegin, Mrs. Isaac Roberts, Dr. D. 

 Smart and Mr. C. Thwaites. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 Park College, near Kansas City, has re- 

 ceived an additional endovmient of $100,000, 



