660 The American Naturalist. [July, 
The Royal Society of Edinburg has elected Professors Zirkel, Heid- 
enhain and Cohn to honorary membership. 
Mr. W. Garstang has been appointed naturalist to the Marine Bio- 
logical Association at Plymouth, England. 
Mr. Robert Douglas, well known in the line of arboriculture and 
forestry, died June 1st at Waukegan, Ill. 
Dr. J. S. Kingsley is to spend the summer in Jamaica, as also is Dr. 
J. E. Humphrey and Dr. W. K. Brooks. 
Dr. W. B. Pillsbury has been elected to an instructorship in psy- 
chology at the University of Michigan. 
* Dr. Johannes Martin has been appointed director of the Natural 
History Museum in Oldenburg. 
Miss Mary E. Pennington has been made fellow in hygiene at the 
University of Pennsylvania. 
Dr. P. Francotte has been elected professor of embryology at the 
University of Brussels. 
Prof. J. L. Prevost has been made professor of physiology in the 
University of Geneva. 
A gift of $100,000 was made McGill University by the will of the 
late J. H. R. Molson 
The Catholic University of America has received $5,000 as a founda- 
tion for a fellowship. 
Dr. H. K. Wolfe has resigned the chair of psychology at the Uni- 
versity of Nebraska. 
Dr. J. J. Zumstein has been made hee of anatomy at the Uni- 
versity of Marburg. 
Dr. J. H. Leuba has received a position in psychology at Clark Uni- 
versity. 
