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among the greater part of the Huitotos of the Peruvian region, is 

 called mangiiare, though others know it by the name of hudra, while 

 among many tribes of the region of the northern Amazon it is called 

 tundoy. —CuARh^s C. Eberhardt, American Consul. 



Natural History Expedition to Africa 



In March, 1909, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by his son 

 Kermit and three representatives of the Smithsonian Institution — 

 Lieut.-Col. Edgar A. Mearns, Medical Corps, United States Army, 

 retired; Mr. Edmund Heller, and Mr. J. Alden Loring — will start 

 on a hunting expedition in Africa. The natural history collections 

 made by the party will be deposited in the United States National 

 Museum. It is planned to reach Mombasa in April, 1909, whence 

 the general route will be up the Uganda Railway to Nairobi and 

 Lake Victoria Nyanza, a distance of 650 miles by rail, crossing into 

 Uganda, and passing down the Nile to Cairo. Much of the hunting 

 will be done in British East Africa, where the Uganda Railway can 

 be used as a base of supplies and means of ready transportation. It 

 is expected to reach Khartoum in April, 1910. The expenses of Mr. 

 Roosevelt and his son will be borne by Mr. Roosevelt ; the expenses 

 of the three representatives of the Smithsonian Institution will b© 

 defrayed from private funds contributed for the purpose. 



Anthropological Researches in Egypt 



Through an arrangement with the .Metropolitan Museum of Art 

 in New York, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, in charge of physical anthropology 

 in the U. S. National Museum, has gone to Egypt for the purpose of 

 studying certain ancient human remains being unearthed near Cairo. 

 Before returning Doctor Hrdlicka will visit a number of the more 

 prominent museums and anthropological laboratories of Europe. 



Congresses 



International Congress on Tuberculosis. — In connection with 

 the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, held in the new 

 building of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, September 21 

 to October 12, 1908. the Smithsonian Institution offered from the 

 Hodgkins fund a prize of $1,500 for the best paper "On the relation 

 of atmospheric air to tuberculosis." The following committee was 

 selected to award this prize : Dr. William H. Welch, of Johns Hop- 

 kins University, chairman; Dr. John S. Fulton, Secretary-General 



