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MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 



Till-, lollouinu li;i\c Ik'cii elected recently to iiieiiil)ei>lii]) in the Miiseiinr. 



Liff M( iiilxr.s, jNIkssks. Gi:()H(;i-; I>. ('a>i;, Damki. W. (Ok'^, Tiikodokk 

 I)i;\\'u r, Nkwhoi.I) Moiuiis, William I-'. 1'ai tkksox, (iKOK(;K F. Siiii{as, 

 Pail ('i;(IL Si-ollohd, I-'kldkkk ( '. \\ \L((iri, Dks. Evax M. P>va.\"s and 

 (iF.oncK II. (JiiMV and Mks. Hkxk^ |-'aiuI' i lld Osbohx; 



Ainnitil M(ii/hirs, M KssHs. Kdwaiu) P. Hk( K\\ iTii, Hehbp:kt IJrCKKS, 



K. p. Dow, K. S. I'aLK, liKKXAHI) H. FHHSCHKIM, H. A. FHHSCHKIM, 



.loHx ('. Hatklv, .loiix W. Lo\i;laxi), Mohhis Maykh. Hexry S. 

 Rkyxolds, Willl\.m .1. iiouii, IIoiiAiio S. SiMox, William E. Wolff, 

 Dr. WiLLiA.M Haxxa TiKmsox, M.mks. F. C. -Iaxkw av and Rosa \'kttkl, 

 and MissKs (tKHiki di. Dodd, Lai ka \>. (iAUHKiT, Im.izahktii S. Hoyt and 



ElLF.X KlXG. 



At llie ineetiiiij,- of the ICxecnTi\-e ( 'oiiiuiit lee on .\pri! 1!), tlie following 

 wei-e elected to ineiiihei'sliip in the Miixniu in reeo^iiition of feeent gifts 

 Fdloir, Mr. D. ( '. Stapleton; 

 IJfc Mniihrrs, Mr. !■'. D. .\ller an<l .Miss Frances F. Spragiie. 



Commaxdp:k (iiY II. Hi KKA(iK, r. S. .\., who has cooperated with Acting 

 Director Townsend in carrying out the plans of the ^lu.seum's expedition 

 in Lower California, has l)een made a Life Member in recognition of his 

 services. 



Sir -loiix .MiUHAV, under the aiiN])iees of the .\eu ^ ork .\cadeiny of 

 Sciences and the .\nieriean Musenm, ga\c an address in the auditorium of 

 the Museum .\pril 21 on the subject "DeiJths of the Sea." Sir John Murray 

 is world authority on all that pertains to ()ceanograj)liy, ha\ing taken part 

 in the ('hallenger ami other deej) sea expeditions. To his inspiration is 

 due the founding of the ()eean()gra])hic Museum of Berlin which in tmn 

 led to the establishment of the Oeeaiiographic MiLseum at Monte Carlo ami 

 the Oeeaiiographic Institute at Paris. It is hojjed that a similar line of 

 work may be carried on in the Lnited States and to this end it has been 

 decided to set aside in the i)lanned extension of the Museum building two 

 halls for the subject of Oceanography and closely allied science. 



Two collections of bir(l> ha\c Ix'cu ])laeed on deposit in the American 

 Museum. One of the>e, the projx'rty of Dr. .lonathan Dwight, Jr., of New 

 York City, numbers about o(),00() specimens, ranking as one of the largest 

 private collections in this country. It is especially valuable in showing 



