FIELD AND FOREST. 



Prof. |. T. Rothrock has been selected 

 for the chair of botany in the Pennsylvania 

 University. Dr. J. G. Hunt has been 

 elected to the newly founded chair of 

 histology and microscopic technology in 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. Mr. Thos. Meehan has been 

 elected professor of botany, and Mr. Josiah 

 Hoopes professor of Horticulture in the 

 newly formed Slate Board of Agriculture 

 for Pennsylvania. 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow, U. S. A., is en- 

 gaged in preparing a memoir upon the 

 " Burial Customs of the Indians of North 

 America, both ancient and modern, and 

 the disposal of their dead," which will 

 be published under the auspices of Prof. 

 J. W. Powell, in charge of the U. S. 

 Geographical and Geological Survey of 

 the Rocky Mountain Region. Any assis- 

 tance that can be rendered him in the 

 way of information as to funeral ceremo- 

 nies, manner of burial, mourning obser- 

 vances, ,&c, of the various tribes of North 

 American Indians will be thankfully re- 

 ceived. 



A recent attempt has been made to in- 

 troduce the English sparrow into Nebras- 

 ka, one hundred of the young birds were 

 shipped from New York, but owing to 

 cold rains, only a very small number of 

 them were received alive, and the night 

 following their release in the Capitol 

 Park, another cold rain swept off nearly, 

 if not all the remaining birds. 



Sir Joseph Hooker and Gen. Stearchy, 

 who accompany Prof. Hayden and Amer- 

 ican scientists through the Territories will 

 make comprehensive reports of their tour 

 to the English government, including com- 

 parisons between the botany and geology 

 of this country and that of India. 



OUR BOOK SHELF. 



Annual Report of the Entomolog- 

 ical Society of the Provinci of 

 Ontario, for the year 1876. To- 

 ronto, 1877. 



This is a large octavo of 58 pages, and 

 in addition to the report of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario, contains re- 

 ports on some of the noxious, beneficial 

 and other insects of the Province of 

 Ontario by Wm. Saunders, President of 

 j the Society, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Vice 

 President, and by Jcseph Williams, of 

 London, Ontario. It also includes a 

 paper by Prof. Hagen of Camtridge, and 

 the Report of the Committee appointed by 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia, to investigate the new insects in- 

 troduced by the Centennial Exhibition. 

 It is well illustrated by a plate and numer- 

 ous wooel cuts, and contains its usual 

 amount of valuable matter. 



Variation in the Colors of Animals. 

 By S. W. Garman. 8vo. pamphlet, pp. 20. 

 From Proceedings of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science. 

 Salem Press, 1877. 



Catalogue of Phaenogamous and Acro- 

 genons Plants found growing wild in the 

 State of Michigan. Compiled by Elmore 

 Palmer, M. D , Dexter, Mich. Svo. 

 pamphlet, pp. 1 6.- 



The birds of Guadalupe Island, dis- 

 cussed with reference to the present genesis 

 of species. By Robert Ridgway. Pp. 10. 

 Svo. pamphlet. From the Bulletin of the 

 Nuttall Ornithological Club, July, 1877. 



Final Announcement of the Woodruff 

 Scientific Expedition around the World, 

 giving plan of organization, faculty, route, 

 equipment, &c, with map ; pp. 40. 



