ONE DAY ADDED TO TOUR, 



RESERVATIONS STILL OPEN 



Places still remain available on Field Museum's Mexican Tour, which now 

 will include an additional day in Mexico City and a day's earlier departure — 

 April 3-21. The shift from Thursday to Wednesday, the 3rd, as a departure 

 date was made because of airline schedule changes and because an additional 

 day in Mexico City seemed desirable — for those interested in seeing the new 

 Museum of Modern Art and the new Museum of Natural History, and for those 

 wishing a free day for independent activities. 



Price of the Tour will be raised to include a still undetermined charge for 

 the extra day. All other Tour expenses are included in the Tour price, $975, 

 including a $200 tax-deductible donation to Field Museum. 



Tour membership will close on February 4, due to the necessity of making 

 reservations early for the usually busy Mexican Easter season. Those interested 

 in taking the Tour should mail their $200 deposits together with their reserva- 

 tions. Final payment should also be completed by February 4. 



The Tour will be the first to travel over the newly-completed highway from 

 Villahermosa, capital of Tabasco, to the ruins of Palenque, in Chiapas, which 

 according to many archaeologists, artists and photographers are the most beau- 

 tiful of the ruins of ancient Mexico. The Maya ruins are deep in tropical 

 jungle, a setting which adds much to the impressiveness of the temples and the 

 unique palace building. 



Other major stops of the 1 9 day tour include : Mexico City, Villa Guadalupe, 

 Teotihuacan, Colonial San Angel, University City, Cuicuilco, Xochimilco, 

 Cuernavaca, Xochicalco, Taxco, Merida, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Oaxaca City, 

 Monte Alban, Mitla and Santa Maria del Tule. 



For reservations or further information, write Field Museum's Mexican 

 Tour, Field Museum. 



CALENDAR OF EVENTS 



January hours: Open from 9 a.m. to 

 4 p.m. daily and until 5 p.m. on Satur- 

 days and Sundays. 



January 1 Field Museum is closed. 



Through January 21 Exhibit: New Guine.\: Birds, Books .\nd Stamps, show- 

 ing the variety and color of the avifauna in the jungles and mountains of 

 New Guinea, including birds of paradise, parakeets and bower birds. Ac- 

 companying the exhibit are color slides and commentary, a collection of 

 postage stamps featuring birds from 52 countries, and a set of first-day postal 

 covers of parrot stamps issued by the Government of New Guinea. The 

 exhibit also announces the American release of the Handbook of Birds of New 

 Guinea by Dr. Austin L. Rand, Chief Curator, Zoology and the late Dr. 

 E. T. Gilliard of the American Museum. Hall 9 Gallery. 



Through February Winter Journey : Magic, Medicine and Minerals. 



February 1 -25 23rd Chicago International Exhibition of Nature Photo- 

 graphy, bringing hundreds of wildlife photographs to the Museum. 



February 6 Indiana University's Chicago Showcase of Music: Alfonso Mon- 

 TECiNO, Pianist. Mr. Montecino, famed Chilean pianist, is a professor at 

 I. U. School of Music. He has just returned from a triumphant tour of 

 Russia and Hungary and has been re-engaged to return to Russia and 

 Czechoslovakia in 1969. Mr. Montecino made his debut in Carnegie Hall 

 in 1950. In 1954 he received the Bach Medal, granted by the Harriet 

 Cohen International Foundation, for his outstanding interpretations of Bach 

 in London. Complimentary tickets to this concert are available to Members 

 by request to the Museum. 8:15 p.m. in James Simpson Theatre. 

 Nature Camera Club, Jan. 10, 7:45 p.m. 

 Chicago Shell Club, Jan. 14, 2 p.m. 



MEETINGS: Sierra Club, Great Lakes Chapter, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. 



Orchid Society, Jan. 21, 2 p.m. 



FIELD MUSEUM 



OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Roosevelt Rd. & Lake Shore Drive 

 Chicago, iliinois 60605 



Founded by Marshall Field, 1893 

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



Lester Armour 

 Harry 0. Bercher 

 William McCormick Blair 

 Bowen Blair 



William R. Dickinson, Jr. 

 Joseph N. Field 

 Marshall Field 

 Paul W. Goodrich 

 Clifford C. Gregg 

 Samuel Insull, Jr. 

 Henry P. Isham 

 Hughston M. McBain 

 Remick McDowell 

 J. Roscoe Miller 

 William H. Mitchell 

 James L. Palmer 

 John T. Pirie, Jr. 

 John Shedd Reed 

 John G. Searle 

 John M. Simpson 

 Gerald A. Sivage 

 Edward Byron Smith 

 William Swartchild, Jr. 

 Louis Ware 

 E. Leland Webber 

 J. Howard Wood 



HONORARY TRUSTEE 



William V. Kahler 



OFFICERS 



James L. Palmer, President 

 Clifford C. Gregg, First Vice-President 

 Joseph N. Field, Second Vice-President 

 Bowen Blair, Third Vice-President 



Edward Byron Smith, 



Treasurer and Assistant Secretary 

 E. Leland Webber, Secretary 



DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM 



E. Leland Webber 



CHIEF CURATORS 



Donald Collier, 



Department of Anthropology 

 Louis 0. Williams, 



Department oj Botany 

 Rainer ^angerl. 



Department oj Geology 

 Austin L. Rand 



Department of Zoology 



BULLETIN 



Edward G. Nash, Managing Editor 



Pages JANUARY 



