NEWS. 
By the death of Sir William Henry Flower, which occurred July 2, 
England loses one of her best vertebrate zodlogists. He was born 
in 1831, was educated as a surgeon, but since the early sixties his 
work was largely in zoological lines. In 1884 he was placed in 
charge of the Natural History division of the British Museum, a 
post which he held until last year. He was best known to students 
from his text-book on the osteology of the Mammalia and the work 
on the Mammalia produced in collaboration with Dr. Lyddeker. 
Mr. Emerson McMillin, of New York, has given $1000 to the 
research fund of the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science. 
The collection of birds, chiefly European, made by Henry E. 
Dresser, and which served as the basis of his “ Birds of Europe,” 
has been acquired by the Manchester Museum. It contains about 
10,000 specimens. 
Drs. Dohrn of Naples, Fischer of Berlin, and Treub of Buitenzorg 
were recently elected foreign members of the Royal Society. 
Professor Henry G. Jesup, who has held the chair of botany in 
Dartmouth College for twenty-two years, has resigned. 
Professor V. M. Spaulding will resume his work in botany in the 
University of Michigan this fall. 
Science has a correspondent of sensitive temperament, whose ear 
is offended by the term “pot hole”; he would suggest the term 
“remolino” in its place. 
An Entomological Society has been founded in Albany, N.Y. 
Dr. E. P. Felt, the state entomologist, has been elected president. 
The sons of the late Professor Jules Marcou have presented his 
geological library, consisting of 3,000 volumes, 10,000 pamphlets, and 
1,200 maps, to the American Museum of Natural History in New 
York. 
Dr. Adolf Fick, professor of physiology in the University of 
Wiirzburg, has resigned at the age of 70. 
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