Ediiouiai,. Ails 



recognition on tlic \K\n of the assembled body of scientific men and 

 women of the thoroughness and success of the work which is l)eing 

 done in thai (le])artnient of the Institute which stands for the achance- 

 ment of science. A becoming modesty forbids us to ([uote the ex- 

 pressions which were inibh'cly and privately heard, but the apprecia- 

 tion of what has been done in the Museum in the few years of its life, 

 by men who are most competent to express a just judgment, was most 

 gratifying and encouraging. 



Till work that is being carried on by the department of paleontol- 

 ogy is proceeding most successfully. Reports from the field indicate 

 that the jjarties at work in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana will 

 return to the Museum in the fall with as rich a booty as any of the ex- 

 peditions which have gone out from the Museum during the last three 

 years. Mr. W. H. Utterl)ack is engaged in taking up a remarkably 

 perfect specimen of Diplodocus. Enough has been uncovered thus 

 far to lead Prof. Hatcher to think that the skeleton is very nearly com- 

 plete. It is to be hoped that the skull may be found. The bones are 

 rei)orted by him to be in better condition than any which he has ever 

 seen from the Jurassic deposits of Wyoming. Mr. Earl Douglass, to 

 quote Prof Hatcher, has '' struck it rich." A large number of skulls 

 and skeletons have been found. Similar reports come from the other 

 camps. 



Memoir Xo. 1 1., upon the Oligocene Canidae, from Prof. Hatcher's 

 pen, accompanied by seven ])lates, and with numerous illustrations in 

 the text, is in press. 



The ornithological collections belonging to the Museum are in pro- 

 cess of rearrangement. It is hoped shortly to add to them a very large 

 and perfect collection of the birds of the Netherlands, made by one of 

 the most distinguished of living Dutch ornithologists. 



Mr. J. A. Shafer has been spending some time at the Botanical 

 Garden in I5ronx Park, where, through the kindness of Dr. N. L. 

 Britton, the Museum has been allowed to avail itself of the opportunity 

 to obtain a large series of the duplicate specimens of the New York 

 collection. The great kindness of Dr. Britton and his associates dis- 

 played toward the Carnegie Museum is sincerely appreciated. 



