686 Scientific Intelligence. 



Notice of a Post-pliocene Depositor! Gardiner's Island, N. Y., 

 op. cit., vol. viii, 1865. 



Report on the Mollnsca of Long Island, 1ST. Y., and its Depen- 

 dencies (with Temple Prime), op. cit., vol. ix, 1870. 



Catalogue of the Mollusca of Staten Island, 1ST. Y. (with J. W. 

 Hubbard), op. cit., vol. viii, 1865. 



Mr. Smith was associated with the writer during the investiga- 

 tions of the marine faunae off our coast, by the IT. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, nearly every season, from 1875 to 1887, and rendered 

 valuable services in connection with all the dredging expeditions 

 during all t^ose years. He was a careful and very enthusiastic 

 collector, especially looking after the smaller shells, but by no 

 means confining himself to that group. Although unfortunate 

 circumstances prevented his participating largely in the final 

 working up of the collections, as planned, his name appears 

 jointly with that of the writer, in connection with the names of a 

 large number of the new species of deep sea shells discovered by 

 us. He gave his services for this work as a volunteer, without 

 pay, as did all the other zoologists. For some years he was 

 engaged in arranging the collection of shells in the American 

 Museum, of New York. 



One of his most valuable works is the Lists of Dredging Sta- 

 tions in North American Waters, from 1867 to 1887, published 

 in the Annual Report of the U. S. Commission of Fish and Fish- 

 eries for 1886. This includes all the physical data obtained, and 

 embraces the dredging stations of the Challenger, the Blake, the 

 Hassler, and various other expeditions, besides those of the Fish 

 Hawk and Albatross, of the IT. S. Fish Comm. Its compilation 

 required a large amount of time and patient care. 



Subsequently, with Richard Rathbun, he published in 1882 

 another similar list of all the dredging stations of the U. S. Fish 

 Comm. vessels, from 1871 to 1879, including a large amount of 

 valuable oceanographic data. 



During the later years of his life he devoted a large amount of 

 time to making very extensive collections of maps, charts, and 

 engravings, which he arranged very systematically. These 

 should prove very valuable to some large library. 



Mr. Smith was socially inclined, very fond of children, and 

 much liked by all his numerous friends. He did not marry. 



a. e. v. 



Dr. W. G-rylls Adams, emeritus professor of natural phi- 

 losophy in King's College, London, died on April 10, at the age 

 of seventy-nine years. 



Dr. Eberhard Fraas. the distinguished German paleon- 

 tologist, died in Stuttgart on March 6. 



M. Emile-Hilaire Amagat, the eminent French physicist, 

 died in March last at the age of seventy-five years. His most 

 important work was the successful researches into the properties 

 and behavior of gases under high pressures. 



