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Dr. Lowics Primitive Sorirfi/ is in its second edition. 



Mrs. Nolan, wlio was at the Presln-terian Ho.spital recovering from 

 iUness caused l)y a sliglit shock, is making rapid i)rogress. We hoj)e she 

 will 1){^ able to return to her work after a few days. 



The D(>partment of Ichthyology recently purchased from Dr. L. 

 K. Smith, a missionary .sent by the Presbyterian Board of Mi.ssions to 

 Rio Benito, Si)anish Cluinea, a collection of fo.ssil fishes, including .several 

 species, from that locality. The collection, which has just arrived, is 

 the first large collection of fo.ssil fi.shes from that locality which has ever 

 come to any museum. The only specimens hitherto recorded from this 

 region were a collection containing just one species, studied by the late 

 Dr. Charles R. Eastman, and a later collection from which Dr. \V. G. 

 Holland, Director of the Carnegie Mu.seum, re-figured the .species. 



Miss Smyth is suffering with a broken wrist. 



At the February meeting of the New York .\cademv. Section of 

 Geology and Mineralogy, Dr. George I. Finlev, of New York University , 

 spoke on Egyptian rocks and gems in the Metro])olitan Museum. He 

 had a very interesting series of slides and motion j^ictures showing the 

 wonderful carvings in the massive sandstone formations along the Nile 

 near Cairo. Dr. Finlev .s])()ke of the interesting fact that on the fore- 

 heads of some of the huge figures in the Nile carvings appear incisions 

 similar to those faintly showing on the forehead of the Sphinx. It was 

 formerly believed that the lines were caused by erosion, but in view of 

 the similarity of the lines in the two cases, it is now thought that they 

 were carved by human hands. 



At the same meeting. Dr. Hovey gave an interesting talk on Hawaii 

 and its volcanoes, showing a fine .series of slides. 



Dr. George Adams, of McGill University, lectured at Columbia 

 University on Fel:)ruary 2oth and 26th, on the Flowage of Rocks. Dr. 



Washington, th(> famous jietrologist, will lecture at Columbia on March 

 4th. 



