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the archaeological collection. Many of the objects will have to re- 

 main encased in the boxes, in which they came, until the additions to 

 the building, which are contemplated, are completed. 



Thk accpiisition by the Museum of the collection of Coleoptera 

 belonging to Mr. Henry Ulke, of Washington, D. C, is noticed by 

 Mr. I,. (). Howard, the Entomologist of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, in an article which appeared in the columns of 

 Scii-/n-c for December the 14th, in which the learned writer pays a just 

 and kind tribute to the distinguished gentleman whose industry brought 

 together the collection. It is very gratifying to the authorities of the 

 Museum to find Dr. Howard, at the conclusion of his article, making 

 the statement that the entomological collections in the Carnegie 

 Museum, enriched by this recent addition, form now one of the four 

 greatest collections in the United States. " The other three great col- 

 lections," we quote Dr. Howard, "are to be found at the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, Mass. ; the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, at Philadelphia, Pa. ; and the U. S. National Museum, Wash- 

 ington, D. C." 



It is always pleasant to be recognized as keeping good company. 



Thk Pittsburgh Branch of the Egypt Exploration Fund, which has 

 been in existence for only two years, has not labored in vain. In the 

 year 1899 and in the year 1900 the Carnegie Museum has received 

 important contributions of excellent material, unearthed by the an- 

 ticpiarians employed by the trustees of the fund. The collection, 

 which has just come to hand, is from Abydos, where the tombs of the 

 kings of the First Dynasty have been discovered and oi)ened up. This 

 collection will shortly be placed upon exhibition, and the kind friends 

 who have contributed generously to the support of the fund will be 

 pleased to know that what their generosity has secured for the local 

 collection is available for examination and studv. 



Tin; paUeontological expedition to the fossil-fields of \\'yoming and 

 Nebraska, which went out from the Museum in the early spring of the 

 year 1900, has been eminently successful. An account of the w'ork 

 of the expedition was published by Professor Hatcher, the palreontolo- 



