810. : Proceedings of Scientific Socteties. (July, 1883. 
Society of London. Mr. Forbes was engaged in an expedition 
up the River Niger, but succumbed to dysentery at the early age ` 
of 28. He was the successor in office of the late Mr. Garrod, and 
the author of valuable papers on the anatomy of birds. He made 
a visit to the naturalists in this country a short time since. His 
loss, like that of Jevons and Balfour, is a serious one for England. 
— Professor Gabriel Gustav Valentin, the noted German phys- 
iologist, is dead at Berne. He was the author, among other 
notable works of essays on the hibernation of animals, of several 
embryological papers, a work on physiology, and a hand- 
book of the developmental history of man. 
:0:—— 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Brotocicat Society or Wasuincton, May 11.—Communica- 
tions were read by Professor L. F. Ward, entitled Notes on some 
hitherto undescribed fossil plants from the Lower Yellowstone, 
collected by Dr. C. A. White in 1882; by Mr. Frederick W. True, 
on a new pigmy sperm whale from the New Jersey coast. | 
y. 25.—Dr. Thomas Taylor, on Actinomykosis, a new I 
fectious disease of man and the lower animals, with exhibition 
of a portion of the diseased viscera of a dog containing speci- 
mens of the fungus Actinomyces; Dr. D. E. Salmon made some 
remarks on Actinomykosis ; Professor C. V. Riley remarked on 
curious Psyllidze and certain gall-making species. 
New York Acapemy oF Scrences.—May 7.—The following 
papers were read: On the finding of prehistoric Indian skeletons 
at Far Rockaway, L. L, by Dr. N. L. Britton; exhibition of some > 
interesting specimens of fossil fishes recently discovered, by Pro- 7 
fessor John S. Newberry. 2 
May 14.—The “ Singing Beach” of Manchester, Mass., by Drs. 
H. C. Bolton and A. A. Julien; on a form of graphite found at 
Ticonderoga, N. Y., by Dr. A. A. Julien; exhibition an de- 
scription of some ores from North Carolina, by Dr. Pi 
Ricketts. 
May 28.—Notes on the flora and fauna of the 1 
Curacao, Buen Ayre, and Aruba, W. I, by Dr. Alex 
Julien. i 
slands of 
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SE pS STR a PCIE Ere rN ar EA ce ier Sa E es cs ree 
Boston Soctery oF Narurat Histrory.—May 16M . 
Hotchkiss read his memoir of the late Professor William ™ 
Rogers. oe 
APPALACHIAN Mountatn Crus.—May 10.—Rev. illiam C 
the lantern. 
