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man Islands in the South Seas. He will him- 

 self pay special attention to ethnology and will 

 be accompanied by Dr. Heimroth, assistant in 

 the Zoological Garden. 



Nature states that Messrs. W. Goodfellow and 

 C. Hamilton have lately returned from a suc- 

 cessful expedition in the Colombian and Ecua- 

 dorian Andes, during which they made a collec- 

 tion of upwards of 5000 bird-skins, comprising 

 examples of many rare species. The travellers 

 landed at Buenaventura, on the Pacific Coast, 

 in April, 1898, and thence crossed the Andes 

 into the valley of the River Cauca. This 

 was ascended, and, passing through Popayan, 

 Messrs. Goodfellow and Hamilton entered the 

 Republic of Ecuador, at Tulcan, proceeding 

 thence to Quito, where a lengthened stay was 

 made. From Quito excursions were effected to 

 Pichincha, and to the low country on the 

 Pacific Coast near Santo Domingo. Leaving 

 Quito on March 1st, last year, Messrs. Good- 

 fellow and Hamilton crossed the Andes to the 

 upper waters of the Napo, and descended that 

 river in canoes to Yquitos, in Peru, whence the 

 journey home was effected by steamer. Mr. 

 Goodfellow is preparing an account of the birds 

 collected during this remarkable journey for 

 the Ibis. 



Pkofessob John M. Macfarlane, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania, has returned from 

 an expedition to North Carolina, where he suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining a number of specimens. 



FouE zoological lectures have been arranged 

 before the Zoological Society of London to be 

 given on Thursday afternoon as follows : 

 April 19th — 'The Animals of Australia,' Mh. A- 



Smith Woodward, F.Z.S. 

 May 17th — 'The Freshwater Fishes of Africa,' Me. 



G. A. BouLENGEE, F.E.S., F.Z.S. 

 June 21st^'Tbe Gigantic Sloths of Patagonia,' Peo" 



FESSOE E. Ray Lankestee, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 

 July 19th— 'Whales,' Me. F. E. Beddaed, F.R.S., 



F.Z.S. 

 The following are among the lecture arrange- 

 ments at the Royal Institution after Easter • 

 Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, three lectures on studies 

 in British geography ; Dr. Alexander Hill, two 

 lectures on brain tissue considered as the ap- 

 paratus of thought ; Professor Dewar, four lec- 

 tures on a century of chemistry in the Royal 



Institution ; Dr. Alfred Hillier, two lectures on 

 South Africa, past and future. The Friday 

 evening meetings will be resumed on April 

 27th, when a discourse will be given by the 

 Right Hon. Lord Kelvin on 19th century clouds 

 over the dynamical theory of heat and light ; 

 succeeding discourses will probably be given 

 by Professor T. E. Thorpe, Mr. Sidney Lee, 

 Professor J. A. Ewing, Mr. Francis Fox, Sir 

 Henry Roscoe, and others. 



The Springfield Zoological Club has arranged 

 a series of lectures on some of the divisions of 

 the animal kingdom, to be given in the Art 

 Museum on Friday evenings. They will be 

 given by Messrs. Chas. B. Wilson, F. F. Smith 

 and Dr. Geo. Dimmock. 



The position of assistant geologist in the U. 

 S. Geological Survey, with a salary of from 

 $900-$1200 per annum will be filled as the re- 

 sult of a civil service examination on May 22d 

 and 23rd. The subjects and weights are : 



(1) Essay on a geologic topic 10 



(2) English composition (rated on subject 



one) 10 



(3) Geology 40 



(4) Drawing (rated on required work in sub- 



jects one and three) 5 



(5) French and German 5 



(6) Physics, chemistry, mineralogy and math- 



ematics 10 



(7) Education and experience 20 



Total 100 



Notice has been received at the Swedish 

 and Norv/egian consulate, in this city, that the 

 King of Sweden and Norway has decided to 

 reward persons who have found objects belong- 

 ing to the Andree Polar Expedition, and that a 

 fund has been set aside for rewards for persons 

 who may hereafter find objects from the expe- 

 dition. 



The ' Kaiserliche Gesundheitsamt ' at Berlin, 

 has established a biological section for the study 

 of micro-organisms and other influences favor- 

 able or harmful to cultivated plants. The first 

 publication from the section has recently been 

 issued. 



The annual general meeting of the Society 

 of Chemical Industry will be held in London 

 in July. Professor C. F. Chandler, of Colum- 



