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they will be repaired and made available for exhibition and study. 

 Most of the pottery bears decorations in color, and some of it shows 

 close relationship to pottery found in ancient Hopi ruins of north- 

 eastern Arizona. Studies by the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 among the Indians of the latter region show that some of their clans 

 came from the Jemez country, and the archeological studies in the 

 Jemez valley likewise show early connection between the occupants of 

 these two areas. In addition to the pottery, numerous objects of bone, 

 stone, and shell were found. Among the most significant of the finds 

 are the remains of a necklace, accompanying the skeleton of a child, 

 consisting of 24 Venetian glass beads, substantiating the conclusion 

 that Kwasteyukwa was contemporary with Amoxiumqua, which latter 

 village, according to early Spanish records, was occupied within the 

 historical period. 



A VISIT TO THE PETRIFIED FOREST OF ARIZONA 



In the spring of 191 1, Dr. George P. Merrill, Head Curator of 

 Geology in the National Museum, was detailed, at the request of the 

 Secretary of the Interior, to visit the Petrified Forest of Arizona for 

 the purpose of selecting certain areas of the reservation from which 

 schools, colleges, and scientific institutions might collect specimens 

 under permits from the Interior Department, in accordance with the 

 Act of Congress for the Preservation of American Antiquities, ap- 

 proved June 8, 1906. 



The Petrified Forest is a government reservation of eighty square 

 miles, containing fossilized trees and wood of great scientific interest. 

 The nearest town is Holbrook, while just on the outskirts of the forest 

 is the hamlet of Adama. The fossilized trees and other remarkable 

 features of the reservation have proved a great attraction to visitors, 

 but heretofore no collecting has been permitted, for an indiscriminate 

 removal of specimens would have wrought great injury to this 

 remarkable work of nature. It is believed, however, that after a care- 

 ful examination of the forest it will be possible to set aside certain 

 areas from which duly authorized institutions may be permitted to 

 make collections for scientific and educational purposes, without 

 detriment to the forest as a whole. 



BIRD STUDIES IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 



Some two or three years ago, Mr. A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Massa- 

 chusetts, undertook the task of completing the work on the life- 

 histories of North American birds, which was originally projected by 



