SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
Dr. W. R. Ocitvy Grant, of the British Museum, and Mr. H. O. 
Forbes, of the Liverpool Museum, have gone on a collecting trip to 
the Island of Sokotra. 
The University of Indiana will locate its biological station this 
year at Warsaw, Ind. Applications for accommodations should be 
addressed to Professor C. H. Eigenmann, at Bloomington, Ind. 
Tufts Collége opened a temporary zoological station last summer 
on the shores of Casco Bay. The authorities now have under con- 
sideration the establishment of a permanent station in that locality, 
which is remarkably rich in animal life. 
The University of Kasan is sending out an expedition to Central 
Asia under the direction of Professor Sorolin. Geology, geography, 
and ethnology will be the most prominent subjects of investigation. 
Dr. Charles F. Millspurgh, of the Field Museum of Chicago, gues 
on his fourth expedition to Yucatan, where he will continue his 
studies of the flora of that country. 
Mr. D. G. Fairchild, of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, has started on a second long journey around the world, his first 
objective point being South America. 
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Gilbert H. Hicks, bota- 
nist in charge of the seed control work of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. Mr. Hicks died on December 5, after a brief 
illness, aged 37. His official position was that of First Assistant in 
the Division of Botany. The Asa Gray Bulletin was also under his 
editorial charge. He leaves much unfinished scientific work. 
The Munich Academy of Sciences has elected Professor Barrois, 
of Lille (geologist), and Professor Hartig, of Munich (botanist), to 
membership. 
Professor George T. Allmann, well known for his investigations upon 
. the Fresh-water Polyzoa and upon the Gymnoblastic Hydroids, died 
in November. He was born in Ireland in 1812, was appointed pro- 
fessor of natural history in the University of Dublin in 1844. In 
1855 he was called to a similar chair in the University of Edinburgh, 
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