480 Annals of the Carnegie Museu.m. 



The magnificent specimen of Proineiycoc/ia'nis , discovered by Mr. 

 O. A. Peterson, showing the skeletons of three individuals, lying//; situ 

 as they died and were covered up by the drifting sands, has been 

 recently installed in the Museum, where it is greatly admired by those 

 who understand the scientific significance of the specimen. It is be- 

 lieved to be the finest thing of its kind anywhere in existence. 



The great collection of birds belonging to Mr. A. W. Anthony, of 

 Portland, Oregon, has been jnirchased by the Museum and has been 

 received, with the exception of some minor portions of the collection, 

 which were for the time being in the hands of specialists, but which 

 will be shortly turned over to this Museum. The actjuisition of this 

 collection brings the total number of birds in the ornithological col- 

 lections of the Museum up to nearly twenty-five thousand. Of the 

 birds of North America the Museum now contains specimens of more 

 than three-fourths of all the species known to occur north of the Rio 

 Grande of Texas. 



