(Continued from previous page) 

 mon mollusks of the Atlantic and Pacific 

 coasts of the United States; a locality in- 

 dex for the described forms; a glossary 

 of conchological terms; a list of books on 

 American mollusks; and a general index 

 to subject matter, common, and scien- 

 tific names. The price as given above 

 is not a misprint; the book does indeed 

 sell for 75 cents at the Museum Book 

 Shop. 



ERNEST J. ROSCOE 



Division of Lower Invertebrates 



MUSEUM NEWS 



(Continued from page 2) 



In Memoriam 



Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole, noted anthro- 

 pologist, who was a Research Associate 

 and former full time employee of the 

 Museum, died at Santa Barbara, Cali- 

 fornia, on Sunday, September 4, 1961. 



Dr. Cole was a native of Plainwell, 

 Michigan, and attended Northwestern 

 University, the University of Berlin, and 

 received his Ph.D. degree at Columbia. 

 He also held honorary degrees from 

 Northwestern University, Beloit College, 

 and the University of Chicago. 



Dr. Cole joined the staff of the then 

 Field Museum of Natural History in 

 1904, and continued with the Museum 

 until 1923. He was then elected by the 

 Trustees to the honorary position of 

 Research Associate. 



While at the Museum, Dr. Cole con- 

 ducted expeditions to the Philippine Is- 

 lands in 1906-1908, and in 1910-1911. 

 His publications at the Museum include 

 treatises on Chinese Pottery in the Philip- 

 pines and ethnological studies on the 

 Wild Tribes of the Davao District, Min- 

 danao, and on the Tinguian and the 

 Bukidnon in the Philippine Islands. 



On leaving the Museum, Dr. Cole 

 joined the faculty of the University of 

 Chicago and served as Professor and 

 Chairman of the Department of Anthro- 

 pology from 1927 to 1947. After his re- 

 tirement, he served as Visiting Professor 

 at the University of Indiana, University 

 of Washington, University of Mississippi, 

 and Cornell University, in addition to 

 making certain independent studies. 

 Dr. Cole was a Past President of the Ad- 



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venturers' Club of Chicago, the Chicago 

 Geographical Society, and the American 

 Anthropological Association. He served 

 also on the Board of the Santa Barbara 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Expeditions 



Barotseland, a British Protectorate in 

 Northern Rhodesia, is the destination of 

 Melvin A. Traylor, Associate Curator 

 of Birds, who departed on September 27 

 for a collecting expedition of several 

 months' duration for the Museum's Di- 

 vision of Birds. The expedition is being 

 supported jointly by the Museum and the 

 National Science Foundation through 

 a $10,000 grant awarded Traylor for 

 continuation of his research on the birds 

 of west-central Africa. The results of 

 his researches are being published by 

 the Companhia de Diamantes de An- 

 gola, through its Museu do Dundo. 



The last complete list of the birds of 

 Northern Rhodesia was compiled in 

 1881. The area is of special interest to 

 zoologists because it is the meeting ground 

 of four of the African faunal districts. 

 A study of the relationships among rep- 

 resentative forms of the different animal 

 species found along the boundaries of 

 these districts is expected to increase sig- 

 nificantly the scientist's understanding 

 of the evolution of many African animals. 



While in the field, Mr. Traylor will be 

 accompanied by two native collectors 

 from the Game and Fisheries Depart- 

 ment of Northern Rhodesia. Bird speci- 

 mens obtained on the expedition will be 

 added to the Division's research collec- 

 tion, numbering over 280,000 skins. 



Recently returned from a two-months' 

 botanical expedition to the Northwest 

 Territories of Canada, John W. Thieret, 

 Curator of Economic Botany, is now busy 

 at the task of interpreting the scientific 

 data collected while he was in the field. 



Focus of the expedition was that re- 

 gion of Canada now made accessible by 

 the newly constructed Yellowknife High- 

 way, located in the southwestern District 

 of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. 

 The Yellowknife Highway is an exten- 

 sion of the Mackenzie Highway leading 

 to the gold-mining town of Yellowknife. 

 On its way, it cuts across terrain whose 

 botanical features have never before been 

 studied or recorded. 



This summer's trip to the Northwest 

 Territories was the third for Dr. Thieret. 

 He made similar journeys in 1958 and 

 1959 and intends to return in 1962 to 

 conclude the field work. This year, Dr. 

 Thieret was accompanied on his field 

 study by Robert J. Reich, former Cus- 

 todian of the Herbarium and now a stu- 

 dent at Indiana State Teachers College, 

 who also assisted in the 1959 collecting. 



Thieret's initial research on the plant 

 life of the Northwest Territories led to 

 his obtaining a National Science Foun- 

 dation grant for the continuation of the 

 study. 



Dr. Rainer Zangerl, Curator of Fossil 

 Reptiles, Dr. Eugene S. Richardson, Jr., 

 Curator of Fossil Invertebrates, and Mr. 

 Bertram G. Woodland, Associate Cur- 

 rator of Petrology, spent several days in 

 Parke and Fountain counties, Indiana, 

 where Drs. Zangerl and Richardson 

 have been engaged for several years in 

 research on ecologic conditions in an an- 

 cient sea. During this trip they studied 

 profiles of rock strata to determine the 

 areal extent of the environment in which 

 large numbers of sharks were fossilized, 

 and Mr. Woodland initiated a study of 

 "cone-in-cone" structures— deformation 

 features that resemble concentric cones 

 and that occur in limestone or shale as 

 the result of pressure. 



Scientific Meetings 



Dr. Hoshien Tchen, consultant for the 

 Department of Anthropology's East Asia 

 collection, returned from Taiwan last 

 month. He attended the second ses- 

 sion of the Yangmingshan national forum 

 dealing with Chinese cultural and educa- 

 tional affairs. Participants in the forum 

 were restricted to the leading Chinese 

 scholars and civic leaders of Taiwan, as 

 well as outstanding Chinese scholars from 

 abroad. After Taiwan, Dr. Tchen's plans 

 included a trip to Japan to continue his 

 studies of Japanese culture and Sino- 

 Japanese relations. 



Dr. Robert H. Denison, Curator of 

 Fossil Fishes, attended the Gordon Con- 

 ference on Chemistry, Physiology, and 

 Structure of Bones held at the Kimball 

 Union Academy, Meriden, New Hamp- 

 shire, during which he presented a paper 

 on "Bone in Early Vertebrates." 



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