May 11, 1900.] 



SCIENCE. 



759 



The American Medical Association will hold 

 its annual meeting this year in Atlantic City, 

 New Jersey, on June 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. 



The Third International Ornithological Con- 

 gress will be held at Paris from June 26th to 

 June 30th, as one of the series of meetings to be 

 held in connection with the Paris Exposition. 

 The President of the Congress is Dr. E. Ous- 

 talet ; the Secretary-Treasurer, M. J. de Clay- 

 brooke, and Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards who 

 has just died was the Honorary President. The 

 members of the Congress will be the delegates 

 from the French and foreign governments and 

 those who may become members by the pay- 

 ment of a subscription of 20 francs, while zoo- 

 logical and similar societies may be represented 

 by delegates. There are to be five sections as 

 follows: 1. Systematic ornithology, anatomy, 

 paleontology. 2. Geographic distribution, mi- 

 gration. 3. Biology, nidiflcation, oology. 4. 

 Economic ornithology, bird protection, avicul- 

 ture, acclimatization. 5. Organization of the 

 permanent international ornithological com- 

 mittee. The following is the provisional pro- 

 gram under the various sections : 



1. Systematic ornithology ; classification ; de.sorip- 

 tions of new genera and species, nomenclature. 

 Anatomy and embryology of birds. Paleontology ; 

 classification, descriptions of new genera and species, 

 ancient faunas, relation of extinct to living species. 



2. Geographical distribution of birds ; existing 

 faunas, species extinct within historic times. Migra- 

 tion. Accidental occurrence of exotic species. 



3. Biology ; habits, food, nidiflcation, oology. 



4. Economic ornithology ; protection of useful spe- 

 cies, destruction of injurious species, hunting. 

 Acclimatization. Aviculture. 



5. Organization and .duties of the international 

 ornithological committee. Election of new members. 



The International Anti-Tuberculosis Con- 

 gress, attended by more than 1000 delegates, 

 was opened in the San Carlo Theatre, Naples, 

 on April 25th, in the presence of King Hum- 

 bert, Queen Margherita, the Prince and Princess 

 of Naples, and the Duke of Genoa. The del- 

 egates present represented the Governments 

 of Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Spain, 

 Portugal, Sweden and Norway, Greece, Kou- 

 mania, Russia, and the United States, and in- 

 cluded the Duke of Ratibor and Professor Vir- 



chow, from Germany, and Dr. Lannelongue 

 from France. The first sitting of the congress 

 was devoted to a discussion of the prophylaxis 

 of tuberculosis. 



The Anatomical Society at Pavia held its an- 

 nual meeting this year at Pavia from April 18th 

 to the 21st, under the presidency of Professor 

 Gustav Retzius of Stockholm. Among those 

 who contributed papers were Professors Wal- 

 deyer. His, von KoUiker, Giacomiui, and other 

 well-known anatomists. 



The following announcement has been made 

 by the British Foreign Office : The Secretary of 

 State for Foreign Afluirs has received a despatch 

 from Sir H. MacDonell, her Majesty's Min- 

 ister at Lisbon, containing the following in- 

 formation regarding the facilities which will 

 be granted by the Portuguese government to 

 foreign astronomers visiting Portugal in May 

 next for the purpose of viewing the total eclipse 

 of the sun. A communication has been made 

 to the Lisbon press, stating that, on the occa- 

 sion of the eclipse of the sun in May, when a 

 number of foreign astronomers are expected to 

 visit Portugal, owing to its favorable geograph- 

 ical position for observation, customs facilities 

 will be granted for the admission of scientific in- 

 struments, books, etc., which such visitors may 

 desire to .bring with them. Astronomers from 

 abroad will be exempt from payment of the usual 

 custom duties on production at the custom- 

 house, on arrival of a certificate drawn up by the 

 astronomical society to which they may belong, 

 setting forth their names, and describing the in- 

 struments and books which are to be imported. 

 This certificate, however, should be legalized 

 by the nearest Portuguese Consulate before 

 starting. Further, it is announced that the 

 Ministry of War has informed the Ministry of 

 Education that all the military authorities of 

 the districts of Vizen, Aveira, Guarda, Castello 

 Brauco, and Coimbra will afford any possible 

 assistance to astronomers during the observa- 

 tions, and that tents will be lent to observers, 

 on a request being addressed to the Ministry of 

 War in Lisbon to that effect. A Government 

 notice has now been published in the Official 

 Gazette, stating that the King has nominated a 

 Royal Commission for the purpose of assisting 



