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Mr. Fhaxk M. ( 11 \i'M \\ sailed I'l-iiiii New ^'(>^k Marcli I I Utv ( (iloniliia, 

 South Amorica, wlicrc lie is to join Mr. William 15. Kicliai-dMHi, wlio lias 

 itci'U in that locahty collcclini;- liinU and iiiaiiiinal^ i'ov llii- Mii^ciiiii for 

 several moiltlls. Mr. ( liapiiiaii expects to L;et into a reyioii where iio eol- 

 leeting of hh'd.s has Ikhmi doii>'; tlure he will make a systematic sur\ey, 

 probably ohtainiiiij, soiim imdeserihed specie^ and many new to llie Museum 

 collections. He will also ijet mateiial for se\cral new bird t^ronps. lie has 

 taken ail assistant and (>\pects to remain until .Inly, when Mr. Kieliai-(lson 

 and the assistant will continue the wdrk. 



Dr. (Ieorge H. (iini v of the I'liited States Geological Surw-y, who has 

 recently presented to the Museum a series of fossil invertel:)rates, has been 

 made a Life Member of the Museum in recognition of his generosity. 



At the meeting of the E.\ecuti\'e ( Onunittee on March L*L*, Mr. Fi'ederick 

 H. Smyth was appointed to the position of biu-sar of the American Musemu 

 of Natural History, the appointment to take effect April I, 191 1. 



The Metropolit.w Sewerage Commission in cociptration with the 

 Department of Public Health of the .\merican Museum will hold an exhi- 

 bition at the Museum during the last two weeks of April. Thi' exhibition 

 will illustrate conditions of sewerage and sewage disposal in the metro- 

 politan district of New York and will include models, charts, diagrams and 

 apparatus used by the Commission in its investigations. 



The Hall of Mcjlluscs which has bcju remo\-e(j from the fifth floor 

 to make room for the new administrative ofhces is still in preparation and 

 will not be open to the public for some time. The shell collections of the 

 ]VIuseum, which are among the earliest of its ac(|uisitions, are l)eing re- 

 arranged in accordance with the modern spirit of nuiseiun exhibition. 



Public meetings of the Xew ^ ork .\cademy of Sciences and its Afhiiated 

 Societies will be held at the Museum accoi-ding to the usual schedule. 

 Programmes of meetings arc pul)lislied in tlie weekly IhiUctiii of the Academy. 



