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been printed, a title-page, table of contents, and index will be sup- 

 plied, and a new volume of each series will then be begun. Under 

 the regulations, which have been adopted, twenty-five separata of 

 articles prepared by authors will be furnished them at the expense of 

 the institution. Should more be desired by an author, he may obtain 

 them by giving notice, upon the acceptance of his article, of the 

 number which he desires. The cost of printing separata over and 

 above the number of twenty-five will be borne by the author. 



The present issue of the Annals is the first which comes from the 

 press. It appears with the dawn of a new century. It is the earnest 

 hope of all concerned in this undertaking that the birth of this journal 

 at this auspicious time may mark the beginning of a long and success- 

 ful career, and that the dawn of the next century may find in the 

 libraries of the world a long array of volumes, which, in the wealth of 

 information which they contain, may justify the action of those who 

 have sanctioned the beginning of this enterprise, and may prove to be 

 a monument to the broad philanthropy and sagacity of the noble 

 founder of the institution— ANDREW CARNEGIE. 



Museum Notes. 



(When not signed the Editor is responsible for these notes. ) 



In the Accession List published in the Annual Report of the Museum 

 for 1900, Mr. Thomas H. Hollis is credited with the gift to the 

 Museum of a " hellbender, ' ' taken in the Monongahela River. The list 

 is in error, in that the word "alligator" should have been used, instead 

 of the name employed. The fact is that Mr. Hollis captured a small 

 specimen oi Alligator iiiississippieiisis in the Monongahela river at the 

 foot of Twenty- first Street, South Side. How the animal came to be 

 there is a mystery. It has been suggested that it was brought up from 

 Louisiana in the bilge-water of a coal-barge, and was pumped out into 

 the river. How it could have found its way into a coal-barge is a 

 problem. Another explanation, which seems more plausible is, that 

 the specinnen had escaped from cai)tivity, or had been thrown into the 

 river by some one, who had grown tired of keeping it as an aquarium 

 pet. 



While speaking of the singular capture above mentioned, the Editor 

 is reminded that at very nearly the same spot in the river, a iit'fi years 



