ANNALS 



CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME VIII. NO. i. 



Edi i'orial Notes. 



Tin-: Editor was temporarily absent during the month of October, 

 during which he made a flying visit to the city of Tangier in Morocco. 

 During li is absence the general oversight of the Museum was com- 

 mitted tn Mr. Douglas Stewart, his Assistant, and the Director was 

 delighted upon his return to find that during his absence Mr. Stewart, 

 assisted by Mr. Coggeshall, had succeeded in obtaining through the 

 kindness of the National Limestone Company a valuable series of 

 stalactites and stalagmites, which had been brought to light in the 

 workings of the Company at Naginey, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 

 In advancing their quarry the Company opened a cavern resplendent 

 witli a multitude of stalagmitic formations surpassing in beauty any 

 which have recently been found. A large collection thoroughly rep- 

 resentative of the contents of the cavern was fortunately secured 

 before the process of dynamiting was resumed, and the cave dis- 

 appeared. It is the plan to attempt to re-create in the Hall of Min- 

 eralogy a miniature representation of the cave with the stalactites 

 and stalagmites in position. 



Several fine collections of birds from the higher mountain ranges 

 of the Province of Santa Marta have been recently received from Mr. 

 M. A. Carriker, Jr., and also some insects- prinripally lepidoptera — 

 from great elevations. These prove to be exceedingly interesting. 

 A large collection representing the fauna of Bolivia, which has been 



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