786 The American Naturalist. ' [August, 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
An important scientific expedition left Minneapolis on the 22d of 
July. Messrs. D. C. Worcester and F. S. Bournes, lately pupils of 
Professor J. B. Steere, of the University of Michigan, having secured 
the financial assistance of Mr. L. F. Menage, of Minneapolis, and the 
endorsement of the Minnesota Academy of Sciences, purpose spend- 
ing two years or more in the Philippine Islands, where they will 
devote their time principally to the collection of corals and birds. It 
is their intention, however, to make frequent detours into the depart- 
ments of zoology, and they have also determined to collect what fungi 
they can, paying particular] attention to the Sphzrioidez and Gastro- 
mycetes. Through the large liberality of Mr. L. F. Menage, the 
expedition has been fitted out regardless of expense, and will go pre- 
pared to prosecute investigations under the most favorable conditions. 
The great mass of material secured will be studied at the Academy of 
Sciences in Minneapolis, to which city Messrs. Worcester and Bournes 
propose to return in 1892 or 1893. 
"Very important results may be looked for from this expedition. It 
is not designed merely as a collecting trip; for careful study of the 
problems of distribution is projected, and doubtless some difficult 
points will be settled. Both of the investigators are well known and 
representative western scientific men, and much is hoped for from their 
work in these little-known islands. 
Mr. H. C. Bumpus, formerly Professor of Natural History at Olivet 
College, Michigan, has been elected associate Professor of Zoology at 
Brown University, Providence, R. I. 
Mr, Ralph S. Tarr has severed his connection with the Geological 
Survey of Texas. 
Dr. Henry Orr, Professor of Natural History in the University of 
Kentucky, has-been appointed Professor of Biology in Tulane Univer- 
sity, New Orleans, La. 
Dr. Langdon Frothingham, of Harvard Veterinary School, has been 
appointed Instructor in Biology and Agriculture in the University of 
Nebraska, at Lincoln. 
Dr. T. H. Morgan has been appointed Bruce Fellow at the Johns 
Hopkins University. 
Drs. E. B. Jordan, S. Watase, and C. H. Eigenmann will hold fel- 
lowships in Morphology at Clarke University during the coming year. 
Mr. H. S, Brode has been appointed Instructor in Zoology in the 
University of Illinois, at Champaign, Ill. 
