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French Guiana, and in the back parts of the colony. His activities 

 so far have been largely confined to the INfana valley, where he reports 

 that he has found a rich and varied avifauna. At this writing two 

 small shipments have been received from him and a third is reported 

 to have arrived within recent days in New York. Owing to the war 

 communication with South American localities is becoming more or 

 less interrupted and delayed. At the present time (the first week in 

 August) a shipment made in April is only just reported as having 

 arrived in New York. It would under normal conditions have arrived 

 months ago. 



Mrs. E. N. Bigelow has presented to the Museum, in memory of 

 her husband, a large and beautiful Sevres vase, which was purchased 

 by Mr. Bigelow at the World's Fair in Chicago, and which he highly 

 prized on account of its beauty. 



We are indebted to Mr. B. Preston Clark, of Boston, for the gift 

 of a large number of lepidoptera and other insects, collected on Aru 

 and in the Philippine Islands. 



From the estate of the late Miss Ly^ia S. Hays the Museum has 

 received by bequest five hundred and nineteen netsukes, one hundred 

 and fourteen ojimes, and forty-four inros, which beautifully illustrate 

 the artistic skill of Japanese artisans who engage in the production of 

 these objects. Many of them are truly works of art, exquisite in 

 design and wonderful in execution. 



A group of ten Sicilian figures, dating from the Sixteenth Century, 

 representing the "Adoration of the Magi," which were collected for 

 the Museum by the late Mrs. J. H. McHenry, were recently presented 

 to the Museum by her father, Mr. Herbert DuPuy. They have been 

 arranged and are now exhibited in the Museum. In grouping these 

 images various pictures of this scene by old masters were consulted, 

 and the arrangement is conformed as nearly as possible to that given 

 by mediaeval painters. The group has attracted a great deal of atten- 

 tion on the part of visitors. 



