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burg, Schleswig-Holstein), Great Britain (Devonshire, Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, Yorkshire and near Edinburgh), Switzerland (Cantons of 

 Zurich, Thurgau Luzern, Neuchatel), Wiirtemberg (Upper Swa- 

 bia), Bavaria (Kolbermoor), Hungary (Felek in the South Car- 

 pathian mountains), France (near Nancy). In nearly all cases 

 the forms thus discovered have been identified with those now 

 inhabiting the colder parts of the northern hemisphere. Their 

 great southern range is conclusive as to the change that has taken 

 place in the climate of Europe. l. f. w. 



II. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. American Association for the Advancement of Science. — 

 The 41st meeting of this association was opened at Rochester, 

 N. Y., on the 17th of August, under the Presidency of Professor 

 Joseph LeConte. The addresses of the Vice-Presidents of the 

 sections were as follows : Professor J. R. Eastman, of the Astro- 

 nomical Section, On the neglected field of Fundamental Astron- 

 omy ; Professor B. F. Thomas, of the Physical Section, On 

 Technical education in High Schools and Universities; A. 

 Springer, of the Chemical Section, On the Micro-organisms of 

 the soil ; H. S. Williams, of the Geological Section, On the 

 Scope of Paleontology and its value to Geologists ; Professor S. 

 H. Gnge, of the Biological Section, On the Comparative Physiol- 

 ogy of respiration ; W. H. Holmes, of the Section of Anthro- 

 pology, On the evolution of the Esthetic ; Professor J. B. 

 Johnson, of the Section of Mechanical Science and Engineering, 

 On the Applied Scientist; Lester F. Ward, of the Economical 

 Science Section, On the Psychological basis of social economics. 



The Address of the retiring President, Prof. A. B. Prescott, 

 considered "the work that is wanted in the science of Chemistry." 



Excursions were taken on Saturday in four directions, to Port- 

 age, Stony Brook Glen, Niagara Falls and Canandaigua Lake. 

 The salt mines also, 20 to 30 miles south of Rochester, were visited. 



The President and Vice-Presidents chosen for the following 

 year were as follows : President, Wm. Harkness. Vice-Presi- 

 dents, C. L. Doolittle, in the Mathematical and Astronomical 

 section ; E. L. Nichols, in the Physical; E. Hart, in the Chemi- 

 cal; S. W. Robinson, in that of Mechanical Science and Engi- 

 neering; C. D. Walcott, in the Geological; H. F. Osborn, in the 

 Zoological; C. E. Bessey, in the Botanical; J. O. Dorsey, in the 

 Anthropological ; W. H. Branner, in the Section of Economic 

 Science and Statistics. Madison, Wisconsin, was selected for the 

 next place of meeting. 



List of papers accepted for reading. 

 Section A. Mathematics and Astronomy. 



J. A. Brashear : European observations. 



S. C Chandler: On the conflict of observation with theory as to the earth's 

 rotation. 



