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his death on a work on the minute structure of the bone of the 
various groups of Vertebrata. He leaves a son who is an’ able 
anatomist 
— The Geological Society of London has awarded to Prof. 
E. D. Cope the Bigsby Gold Medal in recognition of his services 
to paleontology. 
— It appears that the Legislature of Pennsylvania is in some 
danger of failing es stags appropriation ik the continuation of 
the Geological Sur We very much regret the existence of 
such a possibility, aad “hope that our aap will carefully 
consider the interests of their constituents in this matter. Noth- 
ing is more valuable to a commonwealth than an inventory of its 
actual possessions, with a knowledge of their distribution and the 
methods of making them available. A knowledge of the physi- 
cal constitution of a region is also an essential in the educational 
system of its inhabitants. Neither of these ends can be accom- 
plished without the Geological Survey made by experts in the 
science, and no class of public servants produces more valuable 
work for less money than they. By all means continue the i 
= Survey. 
— We have received the first number of the Guide du Natu- 
raliste. Revue bibliographique des Sciences Naturelles, Bulletin 
mensuel. Par A. Bouvier. Paris, 1879. (Un franc le numéro.) 
This is a valuable and newsy monthly, giving full details of con- 
tents of the journals and proceedings of the scientific societies of 
France, with courses of lectures in botany, zoology and geology. 
— An elaborate and fully illustrated essay, by Dr. Hermann 
Miller, on the Cross-fertilization of plants, extracted from 
Schenk’s Handbuch der Botanik, has been received too late for 
careful review. 
— Early in January about five million young codfish we 
turned nas the sea by the assistants of the United States Fish 
Commissions stationed at Gloucester, Mass. 
— At the annual meeting of the California Academy of Sci- 
ences, held Monday, Jan. 6th, the following officers for 1879 were. 
elected: President, George Davidson; corresponding secretary, 
S. B. Christy; director of museum, W. G. W. Harford. 
— The Marquess of Tweedale, better known as Viscount Wal- 
den, President of the Zoo logical Society of London, died Dec. 
2 th, 1878. He was an active ornithologist, paying especial 
attention to the birds of the East Indies. 
— Victor Ghiliani, one of the founders of the Italian Entomo- 
logical Society, died in May last at Turin. Dr. Wilhelm Engel- 
mann, the eminent German publisher of scientific books died at 
Leipzig, December 23. 
