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made in England by such leaders of the scientific world as Pro- 
_ fessor Huxley and Professor Tyndall, . ..” Now, we are not 
prepared to speak for the British Association, but it has been 
= quite the custom for American scientists to announce their most 
_ important discoveries in papers read before the American Asso- 
Cation. Such was the case at the Philadelphia meeting, which 
_ followed immediately the notable meeting at Montreal. Among » 
other important communications made, it was announced that 
_ the ancestors of the monotremes had been discovered in the rep- 
tiles of the Permian formation of Texas, a fact which was new, 
_ andimportant from every point of view. The fact that the mon- 
_Stremes are oviparous had been known for perhaps forty years. 
_ Another fact discovered by the English biologist, that the seg- 
3 mentation of the yelk of the monotremes is meroblastic, was 
_ feally new, and formed a remarkable confirmation of the discov- 
e ‘ty announced in Philadelphia. Such coincident discoveries are 
Mre in the history of science, and the present instance was, 
Under the circumstances, especially interesting. As usual, the 
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Jas American Committee of the International Congress of . 
ii has survived the perils which threatened it at the. 
Wer meeting of the American Association. After an €x- 
- Several years, and the accomplishment of a great deal 
l it began to attract the attention of the present director 
Nited States Geological Survey. Although a member 
~ committee, the director has not taken part in its work 
