268 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
cae . 
. The Watts Fund.—The rae ittee having in i ke the 
will doubtless be prompted to do their share in aiding this good 
work, 
Nae nema xe oe Vassar mtg Institute, and its Scientific Section. Pough- 
eepsie. - li, 1883- Among the papers in this volume there 
are the aes a ree of a ‘bed of hematite in connection with Lower Helder- 
berg limestone at Cold Hill a ney pr eda), on Cornwall, Orang’ fa jas 
New York, by Professor . Dwight; notes e Car charodon carcharias 
with art by Dr. W. St oe ip Gutotiny ti in gine in oe geological 
ages, b. . Warring; on evidence of intelligence in butterflies, : 
Garmo ; on paleontological decrees near Poughkeepsie, by W. B. Pviaht 
OBITUARY. 
ar. 
was an active geologist acinar of the Gaon soaiety of : 
London. He contributed number of memoirs as the result of 
Pluvial per iod. Mr. ri lor was at the Montreal meeting of the 
Br she : Association and afterward hanger various places in this 
co He a very genial man, overflowing with interest 
in “his geological work, and also abo ie in information oD 
serne pus e _ member of the Society of Friends. 
¥NE GopWIN-AUSTEN, eminent amon the 
a we ten’s papers are numerous and have had grea effect on 
the poe of British and general geology. He was electe da 
Fellow of the Geological Society in 1830, and ios of the 
Royal | Society in 1849, and received fro m the Geological Society 
the Wollaston Medal in 1862. A seview of his life and a list of 
his published geological works and papers is contained in the 
Geological Magazine for January last. 
