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brown sherry color. A very small portion only of the fluid is to 
be added to that containing the Infusoria. 
— Among the discoveries last summer of the U. S. Fish Com- 
mission is that of a deep-sea fish, closely allied to the very strange 
Eurypharynx dredged last year at the bottom of the Mediter- 
ranean sea. Drs. Gill and Ryder have studied the anatomy of 
this form, of which five specimens occurred, and have found that 
it presents so many peculiar features as to entitle it to form the 
type of a new order. Ten new genera and seventeen new species 
of fishes were collected in addition, besides new mollusks and 
worms. 
our ornithologists, and ably represent American workers in this — 
field. 
— Professor Zittel, of Munich, while in this country visited the 
collections of Professor Cope and the museums at Princeton and 
ale, and was much impressed with their extent and importance. 
e regret to announce the suspension of the Canadian Nat- 
uralist, which the publishers announced in the last number issued, 
which was Vol. x, No. 
Another prominent figure in the scientific world, the illus- 
trious paleontologist, Joachim Barrande, died at Prague, in Octo- 
affable and yet distinguished manner an 
all hearts. Barrande was an interesting, 
acter, and his name will go down among the 
of science. 
heroes and martyrs 
ch Academy, though 
