MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 45 
in presenting to the American Museum of Natural History the valuable 
collections made by Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., on his 
recent expeditions to the Arctic under the auspices of the Club, and 
Miss Maria R. Audubon and Miss Florence Audubon were elected 
Life Members of the Museum in recognition of their gift of valuable 
sketches, drawings, plates and personal trophies of the ornithologist, 
John James Audubon. 
A CABLEGRAM from Professor Osborn announces the auspicious 
starting from Cairo, on January 30, of his expedition into the Desert 
of Fayoum. He goes with valuable codperation on the part of the 
Egyptian government and has every prospect of achieving important 
scientific results. Professor Osborn and two of his assistants in the 
Department of Vertebrate Palzeontology left New York on January 
5, as related in the February JourNAL, to explore certain portions of 
the Fayoum desert for fossil mammals needed to fill gaps in the series 
illustrating several lines of evolution. 
THe material brought back by Commander Robert E. Peary, U. 
5. N., was removed from the ship “Roosevelt” to the Museum during 
the latter part of January. This material, which comes to the Mu- 
seum as the gift of the Peary Arctic Club, adds a large number of 
particularly desirable specimens to the collections from the Far North. 
Magnificent skulls and skeletons of walrus, narwhals, seals and musk 
oxen, an entire herd of pure white reindeer (a new species which 
has been named Rangifer pearyi by Professor Allen), clothing and 
implements of household use, hunting and fishing and sledges are 
among the items of this collection. ‘The most interesting single piece 
from the popular point of view is perhaps the sledge with the help of 
which the new farthest north record was made and which Mr. Peary 
has christened the “Morris k. Jesup.” 
THE collection made by the Tjader Expedition into British East 
Africa was received at the Museum during January. ‘This material, 
which is wonderful in the extent, variety, size and perfect condition 
of its specimens, fulfills the announcements of success already made. 
A friend has made it possible for the Museum to acquire this collec- 
tion, and it will receive full description in a subsequent issue of the 
JOURNAL. 
