962 ; Scientific News. [Sept, 1884 
council of Marseilles have decided upon the publication of the 
Annals of the Marseilles Museum of Natural History, and have 
established a marine zodlogical station at Eudoume Point, This 
establishment, devoted to the study of the Mediterranean deep seq 
fauna, will have an underground aquarium, protected from the — 
abrupt changes of light and temperature. | 
— The report of the National Academy of Sciences, for the 
year 1883, has been issued by the Government Printing Office, 
Appendix D is a list of official reports made to the Government 
by the academy, and of scientific papers presented to the acad- - 
emy from 1863 to 1883. Succeeding appendixes contain reports i 
on methylated spirits and on glucose. i 
— Bulletin No. 20 of the U. S. National Museum is devoted to 
a list of the published writings of Professor S. F., Baird, The 
number of articles is 1063, including the notices, abstracts and 
reviews in Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Weekly, and reprinted in 
their Annual Record of Science and Industry. 
— The death of Dr. G. von Boguslawski, known as a geog- ` 
rapher and hydrographer, occurred in June. Professor J. H. R. 
Goeppert, well known for his works on fossil plants, died at Bres- | 
lau, May 18. Professor Schoedler, author of “ Buch der Natur, 
died at Mainz, April 27. ; 
— Among recent deaths is that of H. G. Vennor in June last, 
at the age of forty-three. He published a useful work on the — 
birds of prey of Canada, and was connected with the Canadian 
Geological Survey. He was popularly known by his attempts at _ 
“weather prophecy.” oo eg 
— M. Fournier, a French botanist, recently died, leaving his — 
“Flora of Mexico,” which he was preparing for the French gov- 
ernment, and that of Brazil, which he was collecting for the — 
emperor, unfinished. f 
— The fifth annual report of the curator (Edward T. Nelson) 
of the museum of the Ohio Wesleyan University, shows that a 
curator’s usual activity has been manifested in increasing, label 
ing, and arranging the collections, particularly of shells. E 
— At the last session Congress appropriated $501,470 for te d 
U. S. Coast Survey ; $467,700 for the U. S. Geological pee i 
$244,500 for the U. S. Fish Commission, and $149,500 for the 
National Museum. mre | 
— The Paleontological expedition of Princeton College is = d 
year exploring the Eocene basin of the Big Horn under direction 
of Professor W. B. Scott. class 1 
=u Professor HÈ, Lèwis gave field instruction to a large dae 
ad the water-gap of the Delaware river, Pennsylvania, 4 
ummer, 
— Dr. H. E. Sauvage, of the Jardin des Plantes, has og 1 
pointed director of the Agricultural Station at Boulogne $v loa? : 
P abies O. A. Derby is successfully exploring the ge” a 
