26 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 11)23. 



by Dr. Edgar L. Hewett on " The valley of Aztian : a search for the 

 original home of the Aztecs ". This was followed by an informal 

 reception on the floor above, in the National Gallery of Art, where 

 the collection of Chihaidiua pottery belonging to the Archaeological 

 Society was displayed. The subjects and speakers at the other 

 gatherings of the Anthropological Society were as follows : October 

 17, 1922, " Summer's field work at Mesa Verde ", by Dr. J. Walter 

 Fewkes, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology; November 21, 

 '■ Early Chinese civilization", by Mr. C. W. Bishop, associate curator 

 of the Freer Gallery of Art; January 2, 1923, "Prehistoric man", 

 by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka ; January 16, " Progress of the Pueblo Bonito 

 Explorations", by Mr. Neil M. Judd; February 7, "A visit to the 

 Seri Indians ", by Mr. Charles Sheldon ; February 20, " The isolation 

 of ancient America as indicated by the cultivated plants and lan- 

 guages of the aborigines ", by Dr. W. E. Safford ; March 20, "A visit 

 to St. Lawrence Island ", by Dr. Riley D. Moore ; April 3; "Algon- 

 quin notes ", by Dr. Trueman Michelson, and " Some new light on 

 the history of the Eastern Indians", by Dr. John R. Swanton; and 

 April 17, " Cave hunting in the Pyrenees ", by Mr. M. W. Stirling. 



The Archaeological Society of Washington and the Art and 

 Archaeological League of Washington arranged a lecture in the 

 auditorium on the evening of January 9, 1923, on " The excavations 

 at Carthage, 1921-22 ", by Count Byron Khun de Prorak, Director 

 of the expedition conducted under the auspices of the French Gov- 

 ernment, and the Charles Norton Memorial Lecturer of the Archaeo- 

 logical Institute of America. This was illustrated by motion pic- 

 tures, the first archeological films ever taken at Carthage. After 

 the lecture there was a reception to Count de Prorak in the National 

 Gallery of Art, with a first view of a rare collection of antique 

 jewelry recently lent to the Society by one of its members, Mr. Kurt 

 Walter Bachstitz of The Hague. The hostesses for the occasion were 

 Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. William Eric 

 Fowler, Mme. Jusserand, Mrs. C. M. Ffoulke, and Mrs. George 

 Oakley Totten, jr. 



A course of illustrated bird lectures for teachers in the public 

 schools of Washington was arranged by the Audubon Society of 

 the District of Columbia for 4 successive Tuesday afternoons as 

 follows: February 13, "Land birds of the District of Columbia", 

 by Dr. Paul Bartsch ; February 20, " Water birds of the District of 

 Columbia", by Dr. H. C. Oberholser; February 27, "Value of birds 

 to agriculture ", by Mr. W. L. McAtee, read by Mr. W. H. Chees- 

 man ; March 6, " Bird songs and voices ", by Dr. H. C. Oberholser. 

 The annual meeting of the Audubon Society, held in the auditorium 

 on the evening of January 24, consisted of a short business meet- 



