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THE AMI.niCAS MISI-JWI JOI'liXAl. 



York. This rccoiiiinissMiicc was made to ciialjlc us more cllcct i\ cly ainl 

 more intcllif^^cntly to direct further work in this re<,Noii. 



Oil August loth, Mr. Kichardson and Mr. Miller retiUMied to ('ah after a 

 most successful nip in ihe (Oast l{an.i;'e. In the nicaiitiine Mr. .\rtlinr .\. 

 AUeii had l)eeii sent to (all to replace Mr. Uichai-dson, whose contract had 

 expired. Mr. Miller and INIr. Allen started for Cartago August 23 en rf)Ute 

 to the Central lianuc to work certain localities which had heen disco\'ered 

 on oiu" homeward journey. Letters recei\ed from them dated September 29, 

 tell of the success which has attended their efforts, (.'ollections have been 

 made at 10,500 feet, and also on the paramo of Santa Lsal^el at elevations 

 ranging from 12,000 to lo,0()0 feet, or to the lower limit of snow. Having 

 completed their section of the Central Range to the ^Nlagdalena Valley, they 

 will return to Cartago from which point they will make a section in the 

 Coast Range toward Xovita. 



The results thus far accomplished are exceedingly interesting and valu- 

 able. Already the INIuseum has received some three thousand birds and 

 five hundred mammals, an unusually large proportion of which are new to 

 its collections, while others are obviously new to science. 



standpoint of the new bird group. Tree fern at tlie right 



