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palm 'hammock,' where I eventually found the birds feeding on 

 wild mulberries. 



" No one has ever seen a Paroquet's nest, and the lack of exact 

 knowledge of their breeding date and habits, in connection with 

 their rarity, makes it exceedingly improbable that the nest will 

 ever be found." 



In May, Professor William Morton Wheeler, Curator of In- 

 vertebrate Zoology, and Dr. B. E. Dahlgren, Curator of the 

 Department of Installation, joined Mr. Chapman in the Bahamas, 

 where they will collect marine invertebrates. 



The Department of Geology made, by invitation, an exhibit 

 of publications and Martinique photographs at the Exposition of 

 Progress in Geology which was held at the Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle in Paris in April. 



The meetings of the New York Academy of Sciences and the 

 other scientific bodies which make the Museum their home were 

 continued to the latter part of May, when they ceased for the 

 summer. In October the meetings will be resumed, and an- 

 nouncements in regard to them will be made from week to week 

 in the "Weekly Science Bulletin" of the Scientific Alliance of the 

 city, which is to make its first appearance in the fall. The new 

 Bulletin, in addition to announcements of meetings, will contain 

 notices of new exhibits or new features of interest at this Mu- 

 seum and at the Botanical Garden in Bronx Park. 



The Annual Report of the President of the Museum was 

 issued as usual in May. As indicating the general character of 

 the Report, its concluding paragraph may be quoted in full : 



" In conclusion I would say that the essential features that 

 have characterized the year 1903 have been the addition of many 

 new names to our list of members, the extension of our educa- 

 tional work through lectures and circulating collections, the en- 

 largement of our building, the increase in the personnel of the 

 scientific staff and the scientific researches and announcements 

 that have resulted from our exploring expeditions." 



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