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add largely to its collection of South American birds. A Catalog 

 of the Birds of Costa Rica with Notes upon their Distribution and 

 Habits is being prepared for publication by Mr. M. A. Carriker, Jr., 

 who spent five years in that country collecting for the Carnegie Mu- 

 seum, and by Mr. W. E. C. Todd. Assistance has been most kindly 

 given these gentlemen in their work by Mr. Outram -Bangs, of Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts, and by the authorities of the various museums 

 in which collections of Costa Rican birds are preserved in this country. 



Arrangements have been made to undertake an ornithological col- 

 lecting trip through the western States of South America by a thor- 

 oughly competent party. It is the intention of the Museum so soon 

 as possible to complete its collection of the birds of the western 

 hemisphere. 



Professor C. H. Eigenmann has recently returned from his expedi- 

 tion to British Guiana. The expenses of the expedition were borne 

 by the Carnegie Museum, the authorities of the Indiana State Uni- 

 versity having kindly consented to give Professor Eigenmann leave of 

 absence for this purpose. He reports most satisfactory results, the 

 discovery of a number of undoubtedly new species of fishes, and 

 numerous observations bearing upon the geographical distribution of 

 characteristic South American forms. 



Mr. John D. Haseman has been continuing his explorations of the 

 rivers of Brazil and adjacent countries with great success. Large col- 

 lections representing the fish fauna of Brazil have been recently re- 

 ceived. 



President D. Starr JordanIs completing a paper upon the collection 

 of Formosan fishes which belong to the Museum, and it will shortly 

 be published in the Memoirs. 



A Memoir upon the Entelodontidse, based upon the remarkably per- 

 fect skeleton of Dinohyus recovered two years ago in western Nebraska, 

 will shortly be published. It is from the pen of Mr. O. A. Peterson. 



Mr. H. J. Heinz with great generosity has made a large addition to 

 the collection of watches which he has placed in the Museum. A 

 catalog of this collection of watches is in course of preparation by 

 Mr. Douglas Stewart. Mr. Heinz has also kindly loaned to the Mu- 



