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important collections of birds made among the Andes of Colombia, 

 and on the lower waters of the Amazons. A large collection from 

 Bolivia has also been received. The collection of birds in the Carnegie 

 Museum is now quite the largest in the state of Pennsylvania, and 

 in exceptionally fine condition. Our assemblage of the species found 

 in the Neotropical Region is growing apace, and we hope before many 

 years have passed to be able to claim the possession in our cabinets 

 of representatives of all the species known to exist in the Western 

 Hemisphere. We shall be satisfied with nothing less. 



The library of the Museum has recently been enriched by a number 

 of important and classic works upon ornithology, which heretofore 

 have been lacking, but which were needed for reference. Our as- 

 semblage of works upon ornithology, including those in the private 

 library of the Director, deposited in the Museum, is rapidly becoming 

 one of the most extensive upon the continent. 



Since the last issue of the Annals was sent to the press the Museum 

 has been visited by many distinguished men of science and men of 

 affairs. Our most notable recent visitors were the King of the 

 Belgians, his Queen, and their son, the Crown Prince, who were 

 accompanied by their party, among these His Excellency, Baron E. 

 De Cartier, the Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and His 

 E.xcellency, Mr. Brand Whitlock, the American Ambassador to 

 Belgium. Their visit occurred on Thursday, October 23, 1919. 



It was the privilege of the Director of the Museum, acting in his 

 capacity as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Honorary De- 

 grees of the University of Pittsburgh, to present His Majesty for the 

 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, which was conferred upon him 

 by the Chancellor at 10 a.m. in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial 

 Hall, in the presence of an immense audience. After this ceremony 

 had been completed, the party repaired to the main building of the 

 Carnegie Institute, where they were welcomed by the President and 

 Members of the Board of Trustees. The Director had the pleasure 

 of giving them a necessarily somewhat hasty view of some of the 

 treasures of the Museum, after which they repaired to his office, 

 where they were presented to a number of persons, whom they had 



