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presented his map of the Middle and Southeast Russia, including 
the valley of the Volga; M. Vasseur, thirteen sheets of the 
map of France; and Dr. Frazer, on behalf of Mr. McGee, pre- 
sented an explanation of the methods employed by the director 
of the United States Geological Survey. . 
The delegation which represented the United States at this 
congress consisted of Professor James Hall and Professor J. S. 
Newberry, members of the original committee which suggested 
the congress; Professor D. Ph. H. S. Williams and Professor D. 
Sc. Persifor Frazer, who were elected by the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science at its Ann Arbor meeting. 
Besides this, Professor Brush was elected by the committee under 
the powers granted to it. Mr. J. F. Kemp (assistant to Professor 
Newberry), Mr. H. B. Patton (student), and Mr. H. E. Miller 
(chemist), from America, also appeared on the roll of the congress. 
The last two named were not known to the secretary, who can- 
not say whether or not they attended the sittings. Mr. McGee, 
representing Maj. Powell and the U.S Geological Survey, arrived 
after the sessions had commenced.—From Science, Oct. 30, Persi- 
for Frazer, Secretary of the American Committee delegates. 
[Note—A more detailed report, giving the debates in part, will 
appear shortly in the Am. Fourn. of Sci. and Arts. In Science for 
ec. 11, Professor Dewalque does not agree as to the action on 
paragraph C.c. under the Devonian. I am sorry not to feel au- 
thorized to change it. Several members of the congress think 
that the action was as above stated.—P. F., Dec. 15, 1885.] 
College Observatory, New lines on the spectra of certain stars, by 
OT Sherman (by invitation); Certain stars observed by Plam- 
steed, and supposed to have disappeared, by C. H. F. Peters ; 
Remarks upon the international geographical congress at Berlin, 
with a brief historical notice of the origin of the congress, by 
James Hall; Notes on some points in the geology of the Mohawk 
valley, by James Hall; When shall the astronomical day begin ? 
y Simon Newcomb; Primordial rocks among the Waffinger val- 
ley limestones near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., by William B. Dwight 
(by invitation); The errors of star catalogues, by C. H. F, Peters; 
reliminary report on the investigation relating to hereditary 
deafness, by A. Graham Bell; The new star in the nebula of An- 
_dromeda, by C. A. Young; Recent progress in economic ento- 
mology, by J. A. Lintner (by invitation); Remarks on the stone 
ruins of the Colorado and the Rio Grande, by J. W. Powell; 
