THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



In the case with the Termites' nest is exhibited a specimen 

 of a wooden plank from a house attacked by these pernicious 

 insects. DisHking the hght, they always work under cover 

 building a tunnel from the ground to their nest in a tree. Some 

 species of Termites build nests of clay. 



Thousands of these insects inhabit a single nest, a colony 

 consisting of a queen, males, workers, and soldiers. The workers 

 and soldiers are without eyes. — w. b. 



THE ANDREW J. STONE COLLECTION OF 1902. 



Mr. Stone and his assistants spent the season of 1902 mainty 

 in northern British Columbia, although the first few weeks of 

 the season were, spent by Mr. Stone in the western part of the 

 Alaska Peninsula, which he revisited to obtain accessories for the 

 setting of the Grant Caribou group, and, if possible to obtain 

 additional specimens of the large Alaska Bears. The bear hunt 

 was unsuccessful, owing to the fact that the bears of the region 

 visited have become practically exterminated by the big-game 

 hunters. Mr. Stone, however, succeeded in securing an exceed- 

 ingly valuable series of skulls of the famous Kadiak Bear, the 

 largest known living land carnivore. 



The main work of the season was begun at Wrangel, Alaska, 

 in June, and later was extended inland to the upper Stickeen 

 River region, in northern British Columbia, and at the close of the 

 season a month was again spent in the neighborhood of Wrangel, 

 on the Alaskan coast. 



The present year's work was restricted to the gathering of 

 mammals, both large and small, with the result that the largest 

 and most important collection of mammals ever made by any 

 party in a single season in northern North America was secured 

 and brought to 1 he Museum in perfect condition. The large game, 

 numbering some fifty head, includes a fine series each of Moose, 

 Caribou, Sitka Deer Mountain Goats and Mountain Sheep, besides 

 a few Bears, Wolves, Foxes, Wolverenes, etc. The small mammals 

 number about a thousand specimens and represent, in large series, 



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