Mrsi:rM m:\\s .xori'.s is;; 



pliiiiiaiio ;iiiil iimli^ of NOflli Aiiicricaii species. Tlic sccoiid (•(illcct ion 

 liclonuiiii;' In \h\ 1 -('(nuii'tl ( . Sniilord of New Il.ivni, ( Oiiiicct iciit , contains 

 about 401) siXH-inicns. hifiiciy non-passerine l>ii'(l>, and inclndcN raic s])fcirs 

 (•siH"cia!!y ainonu' the alliatrosscs and petrels, some of wliieli are not rejjre- 

 seiited in the American Museum collections. 



Ar the mcetiiii;' of the l'',\cciii i\ c ('oinmittec on Api'il l!l, 1 )i\ Louis 

 llussakof was ]ir(imoled to the position of Associate ( ui'alor of l'"islies. 



Ml;. IIkkiu-.im l-\\(., leader of the MuscunTs ( 'onu() l-'AjJi'dit ion, sends a 

 I'cport from .Xiaiiuara under dale of .lanuary 1 1 with an account of successful 

 work, especially amon^ the Manulictu. The collections have heen greatly 

 increased, ,<i"ainini;' twenty-two additional species of mammals, twenty of 

 reptiles ami liatraehians and sixty of hirds since the pre\ ions repoi-t from 

 !Medje. The expedition j)hinne(l to leave Niangara on .lanuary IS with a 

 eara\an of one hundred men, proceeding' toDongu, Foradje and .\i)a where 

 it was hoped to arri\e in early February. 'I'he i-cport included a series 

 of photogra])]]^ which unfortunately arri\"e<l too late to hnd place in tlie 



JolKNAL. 



The ^IrsEl'.M has issued a (luiilr Lfijlii by Dr. ( -M. .\. Winslow, 

 ( iirator of Public Health, on the subjict "Protection of l\i\er and 

 Harbor AVaters fi-oni Munici|)al Wastes.'" This leaflet will lie on sale during 

 the exhibition of the Metropolitan Sewerage ( "oininission, postponed fn^ni 

 .April to tlie latter part of May, and explains the many models the Depart- 

 nieiu will display at that time. 



.\ habitat group fifteen feet long has been planned to reeei\-e the unus- 

 ually tine specimens of wild boar jjresented to the Museum by Mr. Walter 

 \Vinans. 'l"he grouj) has been designed by M|-. I'"rederick P)lasehke of the 

 Department of i'i-e])ai'ation, who has had cxpci'icncc boar hunting in ( ier- 

 many. 



The MrsEiM has recently purchased a skin and skeleton of the i)uffa!o 

 of Mindoro Island, .linxi iii'nulorcnsls Steere, called by the nati\es "tama- 

 rau." There are few s])eeimens of this buffalo in American and European 

 nniseuins, foi- although abundant in Mindoro, the aminal is rarely taken 

 tx'caiise conlined to dense jungle and fierce under attack. .\ "taniarau " 

 skull was secured for the Museum by Mr. Roy ( '. .\ndrews while in the 

 Phi!i])pines. The new ^])eciniens come through the elforts of Mi-. .\. P. 

 Da\' of Manila. 



