50-4 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Mr. D. R. Sumstine has l)een systematically collecting the fungi of 

 western Pennsylvania during the past summer. It is hoped ultimately 

 to make our collection of these obscure vegetable forms completely 

 representative of the region. 



The entomological collections of the Museum have received numer- 

 ous accessions during the summer months. Mr. H. H. Smith and his 

 wife having again forsaken the Museum, we understand for the purpose 

 of taking up literature, steps have been taken to secure at once a custo- 

 dian for this department. An announcement of the name of Mr. 

 Smith's successor will be made in the next number of the Annals. 



The pelves of Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, and Morosaurus on exhi- 

 bition in the Museum were greatly resorted to by the paleontologists 

 at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. These are the only complete pelves of their kind at present on 

 exhibition anywhere. Prof. S. W. Williston, who discovered the first 

 specimen of Diplodocus, and collected the type of the genus for Prof. 

 Marsh, was led by the editor to the case containing this exhibit. He 

 stood before it for a moment, and then gave a low whistle, and turn- 

 ing, said, ' ' Well, this is wonderful I You have my best congratulations. ' ' 



The Lark Sparrow { Chondestes graiiii/ianis (Say)) in Beaver 

 County, Pennsylvania. — On May ii, 1902, a pair of birds, positively 

 identified as belonging to this species, were met with in a plowed field 

 about five miles below the town of Beaver, near Oakwood station. 

 One of them was collecting nesting material, indicating the proximity 

 of a nest. Upon visiting the locality the following day I was fortu- 

 nate in securing the male bird. This instance is, I believe, the first 

 undoubted breeding record for the State of this s[)ecies and illustrates 



the gradual eastward extension of its range. „t -^ ^ .,, 



^ *= W. E. Clyde Iodd. 



A fourth specimen oi Piitoriiis allegJieniciisis Rhoads. — Mr. Ciustav 

 A. Link has kindly given me permission to announce that he has lately 

 come into possession of a specimen of this rare Weasel, taken at Her- 

 man, Butler County, Pennsylvania, on July 11, 1901. The animal is 

 in full summer pelage and agrees with the other known specimens of 

 the species in all essential characters. ^y jr Clyde Todd 



