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often seen inside the harbor. Birds are rather plenty at this sea- 
son and probably much more so in summer, 
his month and the next are the worst of the year. We have 
had more or less rain almost daily, but also a good deal of sun- 
shine, more indeed than I anticipated. The weather has been 
comfortable, temperature averaging 44° Fahr. It has not been 
lower than 32° yet and that only once, still the snow has crept 
down the mountain sides a thousand feet and we have had several 
real old fashioned snow storms. 
All hands have worked together harmoniously and with energy. 
I think the prospects for a good season’s work are very favorable.” 
—Wa. H. Dati, Actg. Asst. U. S. C. Survey. 
T.. Srerry Hunt, LL. D., chemist to the Canadian Geological 
Survey, has been appointed to the chair of Geology in the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology. ; 
Some one writes to “ Land and Water” that though the menage- 
rie at the Jardin des Plantes is at a low ebb, still specimens are 
being forwarded by the various agents with all speed, and we may 
hope soon to see it with some of its former glories. 
Pror. C. F. Hartt has recently returned from his explorations in 
Brazil, having specially studied the supposed Amazonian drift 
beds; and Prof. Marsh has returned to New Haven, with immense 
collections of fossil vertebrates, ete., from the Rocky Mountains. 
Pror. H. James Clark, of the University of Kentucky, has been 
appointed Prof. of Veterinary Science in the Massachusetts Agri- 
cultural College.. : 
Dr. G. Hartung, the well known geologist and author of the 
splendid works on Madeira, Lancerota, Teneriffe and the Azores, 
has recently made a geological trip through this country, so as to 
be able the better to study American works on geology. We also 
learn from Prof. Hagen that two other German geologists of good 
_Teputation, Drs. Reiss and Stuebel, authors of works on Teneriffe, 
and Santorin, have been geologising for two years past on the west 
coast of South and Central America, and travelling thence from 
New York to California, design to go to the Hawaiian Islands to 
‘investigate their geology with a view to publication. 
How interesting a-collection illustrating the products, habits 
and homes of insects, as well as the relations of zoology and bot- 
any to agriculture and the arts may be, is to be seen in a visit to 
the Museum of the Agricultural Department at Washington, the 
