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Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Jennings left about the middle of June to 

 continue their botanical researches in the region north of Lake Super- 

 ior, and two letters have been received from them reporting success. 

 The last letter received from Dr. Jennings indicates that they had 

 reached a point further north than any hitherto attained by them on the 

 occasion of previous journeys, well within the drainage area of Hudson 

 Bay. Mr. Jennings reports the discovery of a dwarf white water-lily 

 not mentioned in any of the manuals and probably constituting a well- 

 defined new species, a new Lonicera, and a number of new varieties in 

 other genera. 



Mr. O. a. Peterson in June went to Saltsville, Virginia, to examine 

 a locality which, according to report, gave promise of being rich in 

 Pleistocene vertebrates. The result of his visit was somewhat disap- 

 pointing. He discovered that the deposit is apparently secondary, 

 consisting of the bones of Mastodon, Cervalces, and Megalonyx, which 

 have been apparently washed out from some other locality and de- 

 posited in the bed of an ancient stream, in which they were more or 

 less rolled and water-worn. There was no means of ascertaining the 

 place of original deposit, though from the number of bones discovered 

 in a fragmentary condition Mr. Peterson reaches the conclusion that, 

 though hidden to-day, it must have been rich in vertebrate remains. 



From Mr. M. A. Carriker, Jr., letters have been received announcing 

 the successful results of a collecting expedition made by him at high 

 elevations on the eastern spur of the Andes in the United States of 

 Colombia. He has succeeded in obtaining large collections of birds 

 from localities hitherto not visited, or if visited, only hurriedly ex- 

 plored. Advices received from Mr. Carriker of shipment of the first 

 consignment of specimens, received early in the year, led us to expect 

 the advent of the specimens at the Museum long before the date of 

 this note, and we had begun to believe that possibly the collection had 

 been sunk by a German raider. Letters coming to hand in the month 

 of July created a feeling of relief, as we were apprised that through a 

 mistake the collections had not been shipped, but were still safe on 

 terra firma. It will still be some time before they can reach us. 



Mr. S. M. Klages has been collecting in the vicinity of Cayenne, 



