ANNALS 



CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME III. NO. I. 



EnnoRiAL 



The unfortunate death of Mr. J. B. Hatcher has made it necessary 

 for the Director of the Museum to temporarily assume the direct 

 oversight of the department of Paleontology in the Museum. The 

 work in this Section will be carried on as usual, and, until such time 

 as a successor shall have been chosen to fill Mr. Hatcher's place, all 

 correspondents and others having relations with the paleontological 

 work of the Museum are requested to address their communications to 

 the Director of the Museum. 



Three expeditions are in the field at the present time, one in 

 northern New York, under Mr. Percy E. Raymond ; another in 

 Nebraska, under Mr. O. A. Peterson, and a third in Montana, under 

 Mr. W. H. Utterback. All these gentlemen report themselves as 

 highly successful in their work, and the result may confidently be 

 expected to be a considerable accession of valuable material to the 

 collections of the Museum. 



From Mr. Charles R. Knight the Museum has received a painting, 

 40x32 inches in size, representing Triceratops. The painting was 

 executed by Mr. Knight under the supervision of Mr. J- B. Hatcher, 

 and a reproduction will be one of the plates in his Monograph on the 

 Ceratopsia. The painting has been framed and is on exhibition in 

 the Museum. It is interesting in this connection to know that the 



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