706 Proceedings of Scientific Societies, and Serials. (Oct. 1878. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCI- 
ENCE met at St. Louis, August 21st, the session lasting a week. 
The president was Prof. O. C. Marsh, Prof. Simon Newcomb 
being the retiring president. Reports of the eclipse observers 
seemed to have overshadowed the papers read in the section of 
geology and biology. The attendance and number of papers 
read was smaller than the preceding year. An excursion to 
Colorado took place at the close of the meeting. 
Tue BRITISH AssocrATION met at Dublin, August 14th, under 
_the presidency of Dr. Spottiswoode, the number of members pres- 
ent being 2,577. The addresses of Mr. Evans on Geology, of 
Prof. Flower on Vertebrate Zodlogy, and of Mr. Romanes on 
Animal Intelligence were of especial interest, as well as the 
address of Sir Wyville Thompson on Recent Progress in Ocean 
Geography. 
THe MEETING OF GERMAN NATURALISTS AND PHYSICIANS was 
held at Cassel, September 11-18, the president being Dr. B 
Stilling. 
Tue FRENCH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 
was presided over by M. E. Fremy. Prof. Marey delivered a 
lecture on Graphic Researches relative to Animal Motors, and 
papers were read by M. Alix on the Myology of Mammals, by 
Prof. A. Gaudry on the Evolution of Primitive Mammals, and 
A. F. Nogues on Method in Geology and on the Climatology 
of Geological Times. 
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SCIENTIFIC SERIALS! 
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SclENCE.—September. On the 
animal of Millepora alcicornis, by W. N. Rice. Forest geography 
and archeology, by A. Gray (continued from p. 94). — . a 
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