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218 TIk Aliuri('((ii (triiJixjixf. March. 1H<« 
The Annual GEOhooicAr. Expkiution t'roin the Johns Hop- 
kins Universit3',will take place between .M;iy 2(illi and .hino lOtli. 
The excnrsion will cross the Piedmont plateau and the Appala- 
chians. The ancient volcanics and the Cambrian sandstones 
of Scnilh mountain will Vk' examined, also the great fault between 
the upper and lower Silurian strata at Cherry run, on the I*otomac. 
l*arties desirino- to participati- shouM connnunicate with Prof. (i. 
H.Williams. 
Mr. John Evkr.m.vn ii.vs i'resk.npkii to the I'rinceton .Museum 
a set of casts of Rhytitui <figns Jjinn. after the originals in the 
British Museum. The number of casts is 20. that of the cranium, 
measuring 2^^ feet, being the largest. 
On Xov". 14th, before the New York Acade.mv of Sciexce.s, 
Mr. A. Hollock described some additions to the paUeobotaay of 
the Cretaceous on Staten Island. Dr. H. F. Osborn. "The Cre- 
taceous Mammalia in the Museum of Natural History, Central 
Park," exhibiting some new material just received. Mr. Bash- 
ford Dean showed a new Cladodont shark from the Cleveland 
shales. 
On Nov. 21st, Dr. Osborn delivered an illustratecl lecture on 
"The Rise of the Mammalia." 
On Dec. 21st, Dr. J. L. Wortman discussed the Mammalian 
Fauna of the Lower Miocene of White River. Dr. Osborn, "A 
New Artiodactyl from the Lowcn- Miocene." 
On Feb. 13th, Dr. E. D. Cope delivered a lecture before 
the Franklin Institute of IMiiladelphia on "Late Additions to our 
Knowledge of the Evolution of the Mammalia and Alan."' 
Died. Dr. W. H. Melville, chemist,of the (reological Survey 
of Texas,died suddenly of heart disease on Friday, Feb. 17, 1893. 
Sir Richard Owen,"^ K. C. B., M. D., D. C. L., LL. D., F. R.S., 
F. L. S., F. Gr. S. (L. & E.), died at his residence in Richmond 
Park, London, at the age of 88 years. For over half a century 
this celebrated anatomist worked as a leader in the field of ver- 
tebrate palaeontology and his communications numlter many hun- 
dred. Some of his best known studies are -Descriptive and 
Illustrated Catalogue of theHunterian Collections" (published in 
1840 after 12 years of preparation), '-On Trichina .spiralis.'' 
"Anatomy of the Vertebrates," -Odontography, " -'Description 
of Fossil Reptiles of South Africa." -Researches on Fossil Mam- 
malia of Australia and Fossil Marsupials of England," -The 
Extinct Birds of New Zealand."' -On the Megatherium. " -Rep- 
tilia of the Wealdcn and Purbeck. -Beptilia of the Cretaceous. "" 
"On the Aye- Aye. "' He was for many years Director of the 
Hunterian Museum, and later. Director of the British Museum 
of Natural History. 
