332 Proceedings of Scientific Socteties. (March, 
—Professor Flower is spoken of as the successor of Professor 
Owen as director of the South Kensington Museum, London. 
— Fossil fishes of the Green River shales may be had from $ 
H. Sommers, St. Joseph, Mo. 
— Brig.-Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, U. S. A., retired, diet 
suddenly at Washington, D.C., Dec. 28, from an attack of angi , 
pectoris. The deceased had a brilliant record, both military and 
civily At the close of the war he was assigned to duty as cma 
of engineers, which office he filled until June 30, 1879, when be 
was retired at his request. He was a member of various Amei 
can and foreign societies. He will be remembered for his work 
in connection with Gen. Abbot in the physics and hydrography 
of the Mississippi river. He was also chief of the surveys br 
the Pacific railroad, finishing his report in 1861. a 
was born at Landskrona, in March, 1787, Tae. 
1811 obtained the degree of Ph. D. from the University of ati | 
His magnum opus is the work on the Scandinavian a 
occupied him for more than thirty-three years. i is last imp 
ant work was The Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia. 
— Professor Wm. Denton, of Wellesley, Mass., peel 
of fever in New Guinea. His two sons, who were wi ae p 
recently returned to this country, bringing with them a with at 
lection of birds. They state that the natives they er 
friendly. - 
_ —As we go to press we hear of the death of oa : 
Guyot of Princeton, the well known geographer 
gist. E 
— The death is also announced of Professor Ercol a 
gna. ‘i 
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Devonian is faulted down 3500 feet agains 
erg. vote “0 
May 18.—Mr. E. W. Claypole communicated. iat jp 
relic of the native flora of Pennsylvania, S 8 
