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Herr Alexander Shirman, Director of the Library of the Museum; Dr. 

 Fuchs; Herr Ingenieur Orth; Herr Trautwein; and Dr. Ross, the 

 tary of the Commission. The first day was devoted almosl 

 entirely to the study of the Museum, Art Gallery, and Library 

 of the [nstitute, to the Carnegie Technical Schools and the Uni- 

 versity of Pittsburgh. In the evening the Commission attended 

 a banquel of the Chamber of Commerce given a! the Hotel 

 Schenley, primarily to heir a report from the Flood Commission 

 of Pittsburgh. The second day was devoted to visiting the Home- 

 Stead Steel Works, and the works of the Westinghouse Electric and 

 Manufacturing Company. The members of the Commission ex- 

 pressed great satisfaction at what they had been able to see and learn. 

 One of them remarked "It" the people of Pittsburgh do not acquire 

 culture it will not be because they lack the opportunity." 



Dr. C. II. ElGENMANN has returned from South America and 

 reports himself to be in as good health as can be expected of one, who 

 has suffered, as he has, from repeated attacks of tropical fever. When 

 a man goes fishing in Venezuela and Colombia he is almost certain 

 to be bitten by mosquitoes, and then the fever follows. Dr. Eigenmann 

 reports having obtained a goodly collection of fishes, among them a 

 number of species which he thinks are undoubtedly new to science, 

 and one or two of which are species which hitherto have been very 

 rare in collections, known only by single individuals. It is entirely 

 too soon to state, except in the most preliminary manner, what have 

 been the results of the expedition. 



In anticipation of the celebration of Founder's Day, which will occur 

 on April the 25th, a partial re-arrangement of some of the exhibits 

 has been made and a number of interesting objects have been installed 

 in the Museum. A group composed of three mounted skeletons of 

 Stenomylus hitchcocki Loomis, prepared and mounted by Messrs. 

 < ). A. Peterson and S. Agostini, has been placed in the Section of 

 Paleontology in the Gallery of Mammals. In the Section of Recent 

 Mammalia a fine -roup representing the White-bearded Gnu (Con- 

 nochcetes albojubatus Thomas) has been placed upon view. The group 

 consists of a male, a female and young, all three standing, and a 

 female lying down. They are specimens taken by Mr. Childs Frick 

 upon the occasion of his expedition to British East Africa in 1910. 



