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In rs hole, nnt1 presently returned with qul.e
number of companions, who c1silF earrlcil their
captive Into the ncst In spite nt lis struggles

snEac TING ago. Or. Eliot Cones had paper
In the dnarrienn NntaraTht, In which rough
calculation WAS made Of the enormous number
Of tirEls killed annually by striking against
telegraph wires during their flight. A writer in
Forest aud STRAIN states t,lat, during n recent
trip IN tho country. he found nearly 100 birds
lring dead alnnz the line OF n Telegraph w;ro
several birds strike the wire and fall, and their
appearance when living dead was IN oil rcapccts
similar to that Of those which afrsady strewctt
the ground. few Of the dca,l birds wcso
Young q,lails, ycllow-wfnRcd wuolpcckcrs. and
robins; but the great majority werc Iarks,
whose waywari md tmpnlsiyc flight rtntlcrs
them particularly liatie to contact with the
tetc.rnph.wfrcs stretched across their aerial
route,
BRIEF NOTES.
An attempt is being made 10 open communi-
cation with the interior Of Ecuador by way Of
the River rutumago, or lea, leading into tic
Amazon.
The Government OF Turkey has mover made
typographical survey Of It's lountn!ons In Eu-
ropc: hence Tho maps of tho country l.aya been
constructed up>n the materials gathered by for
e!gn sud Independent explorers In Isolated dis
tricts, and arc naturally defective. Co.,,
report on the geology Of Ycsso, recently
pnhllsllcd by NE. lyman, the Director ot tic
Surrey Of Japan. cstimatcs that there nre
Island. Accrilng to this statement, thr slcpos-
i Is about two-thEtls Is large IS that Of Great
britain.
The party Of Frcnclmcn WHO settled ON tho
cast coast OF aunatra in 1876 have pr05pcrcd In
their enterprise, and n. l4as. the lsadtr of tim
expedition, l'aa returned 10 France to organlze
second band Of cInigEante. lie brought With
him several rare animals, which hc has ptescnt-
ed to the Jartlin lies Flantc5.
Col. uorslun, Governor. General Of upper
Egypt, has made q cnntract with nm English
ctse IT, 9Sr 9Sr
Central Africa. Tic steamers will be carried
overland hv negroes, aud II ls estimated that
forcc Of ,Oeo carriers will be required.
A flnc bnil'llng for the aecnmmodat!on Of
st1c:tlt'e mM6cusn l,as been erected fn tl,c Gin
Colombo, Ccylon. Tic collection thus far
accumulated Ii seanty,-tho most important
part relating to the natural history of tho
island. magnificent collection Of kna!tcs has
Enkony OK Colombo.
a rapid sketch.survcy Of Brazil ls tn be made
un,lcr tho direction uY Ftcll-sfnsst,n( ii, do
lseaurcrlirc-kolan. This Is all that Is At pres
cnt possible with the ANAL stat st command
population d Brazil. It has been cai.u,a,si
that Il would require c!ght centuries to rxur,,t.
map OF Draxil after tic manner Of the topo-
graphical map Vi France.
Tic scheme for The distribution Of awards Mt
tho Paris Exposition Of 1878 Includes, t,lcpcnd-
ontly Of the works Of art, tic presentation Of
100 great prizes and exceptional ALLEGATIONS Ii,
silver, by special Jury iEnlc up Of the prcsi.
tlcnis Of nil tho iuTIcF: ami the presentation Of
1,oO gold medals, i,NA sllysr medals, 5000
tlons. or the class Ut sectional juEaes.
The menngcrtc as Central Park. New York,
contained In 1870 033 specimens. :91 of which