THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



In the April, 1902, issue of the Journal reference was made 

 to the valuable specimens received by the Museum from the 

 New York Zoological Park, through the kindness of the Director, 

 Dr. William T. Homaday. From April to December, 1902, in- 

 clusive, the accessions from this source have included 2 Orangs, 

 2 Baboons, i Gelada Baboon, i Barbary Ape, 12 Monkeys of 

 several species, 8 Lemurs of several species, i Clouded Leopard, 

 I Blue Fox, 2 Sea Lions, i Sun Bear, i Himalayan Bear, 2 Bint- 

 urongs, 2 European Badgers, i Sand Badger, i Mountain Sheep, 

 I Spanish Ibex, i Barbary Sheep, 4 American Bisons, i Musk- 

 Ox, I Pronghorn Antelope, i Virginia Deer, i Florida Deer, i 

 Mexican Deer, i Mule Deer, 2 Armadillos and various other 

 mammals and a few birds. Some of these are available for 

 mounting and for skeletons and the others add very valuable 

 material to the study collection, including a number of species 

 not previously represented in our collections. 



Dr. E. O. Hovey of the Geological Department has started 

 for the West Indies to make further studies upon the volcanic 

 islands. He will continue the work which he began there last 

 summer directly after the May eruptions, and, after noting the 

 changes produced in St. Vincent and Martinique by the erup- 

 tions subsequent to the time of his leaving the latter island in 

 July, he will visit the other volcanic islands of the chain of the 

 Lesser Antilles for the purpose of comparing their condition with 

 that of the recently devastated areas. 



During the past month the Messrs. Hyde have had a second 

 group of Navajo Indians at the Museum, the first having vis- 

 ited the Museum and the East during the winter of 1901-1902. 

 Both groups of Navajos were brought East for the purpose of 

 exhibiting here the native methods of blanket weaving used in 

 the Southwest and to familiarize teachers and students with the 

 primitive work of these nomads. The Navajo loom of the pres- 

 ent day is practically a duplication of the loom that was used 

 by the ancient Cliff-Dwellers hundreds of years before the Con- 

 quest. Centuries of contact with civilization have not changed 

 the loom to any appreciable extent and at the present time the 



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