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Since the last issue of tlu- .Ioiknal the 

 t'ollciwinjj persons liavo bocii elfitcil iiiciiiliirs 

 ul" the Amerioaii Museum: 



litnt'faclor, Mk. J. V. Mouijan. 



Patrons, Mrs. Chas. B. Alkxandkk * and 

 Mi;. John E. Thayer.* 



FfUows, Mks. Gkokgk Bakton Frknch * 

 and Messrs. Georhe Barton French,* 

 liEwis A. Platt,* Mortimki; L. StiiiKF,* 

 and Charles Steele.* 



Life Members, Mrs. Henry R. Hoyt, Mrs. 

 Ralph Sanger, Misses Josephine Adams 

 Osi'.ORN, Alice Lee Welcher, Amy Ogden 

 Welcher, and Emma Park Avery Wel- 

 cher, and Messrs. Edward G. Acheson, 

 W. W. Atterhury,* Henry Balfe,* David 

 L. Brainard,* Reginald Brooks, Henry G. 

 Bryant,* Robert A. Chambers, E. W. 

 Clark,* Henry Dodge Cooper,* Grenville 

 T. Emmet,* C, W. Gordon,* Geo. M. Gray,* 

 Levi H. Greenwood,* Henry' Hornblower,* 

 M. J. Look,* Charles F. Mathewson,* 

 Paul B. Morgan,* Effingham B. Morris, 

 .Iames C. Parrish,* Samuel T. Peters,* 

 Louis A. Shaw,* Charles A. Stone,* W. B. 

 Thomas,* Paul Tuckerman,* Edwin S. 

 Webster,* Frank G. Webster,* aud R. H. 

 Williams.* 



Aniiual Members, Mrs. L. Luykx van 

 Oosterzee, Mrs. Jennie E. B. Webster, 

 Mrs. Maurice Wektheim, Miss Henrietta 

 M. Schwab, the Rev. H. G. Enelow, Dr. 

 Arthur Hastings Merritt, and Messrs. 

 John H. Abeel, Harold G. Aron, George 

 Bender, Henry Kelly Brent, Stanley W. 

 Dexter, Wm. H. Eddy, James M. Edwards, 

 William Fox, Thomas A. Howell, How- 

 ard McW^illiams, Henry B. Reed, A. T. 

 Simpson, J. J. Slocum, Phineas Sondheim, 

 and Neil A. Weathers. 



Associate Members, Miss Ly'dia T. Mor- 

 ris, Dr. Lloyd P. Shippen, and Messrs. 

 William Macrum, F. Corlies Morgan, S. 

 Rowland Morgan, F. W. Morris, Jr., C. S. 

 W. Packard, M. L. Parrish, H. W. Ray- 

 mond, James M. Rhodes, William Biddle 

 Sheppard, Charles S. Starr, J. Barton 

 TowNSEND, Wm. Henry Trotter, Charles 

 Wheeler, and Charlton Yarnall. 



A memorial service for the late Mr. L. P. 

 Gratacap was held in connection with a 



* Honorary election in rerognition of 



Micct in<; of the New Vui k M iiicralogical Club 

 ill the Aini'iifari Muscuin oii the eveninjj of 

 .liinuarv Hi. XuiiiiTdUs triliutes to the lov- 

 aldc character of Mr. Gratacap and to his 

 sclent itic attainments were made V)y friends 

 and associates |iresent. A collection of his 

 writings %vhi(h was placed on view shows a 

 very consideralde range of subject as well as 

 the great amount of Naiuablc work accoiii- 

 idishcd. 



The cover design of this mniiini- of tiic 

 Journal, "A Characteristic Reef Scene," is 

 from a copyrighted photograph taken in 

 about ten feet of water by Professor W. H. 

 Longley at the IMarine Biological Labora- 

 tory, the Tortugas. The massive coral at the 

 right is about four feet high; the fishes, 

 about eight inches in length. Both the more 

 numerous yellow and the common grunts 

 {Ha'mulon sciurus and plumieri) are noc- 

 turnal species. They rest during the day as 

 indicated, but scatter over the reefs at dusk 

 to forage individually. Both are changeable 

 in color. The common grunt, in particular, 

 adjusts its shade accurately to that of the 

 underlying bottom. 



In appreciation of his many generous con- 

 tributions and of his continued interest in 

 the work of the Museum, Mr. J. P. Morgan 

 was elected benefactor at a meeting of the 

 board of trustees of the American Museum 

 held on February 4. 



The Journal wishes to call attention to 

 the list of research associates appearing 

 on the inside of the front cover under the 

 scientific staff of the American Museum. It 

 is as follows: In anthropology. Dr. J. How- 

 ard McGregor and Mr. M. D. C. Crawford ; 

 in ethnology, Dr. George Bird Grinnell; in 

 vertebrate i)ala^ontology. Dr. Charles R. 

 Eastman ; in geology, Mr. W. Elmer Ekblaw ; 

 in physiology, Mr. Alessandro Fabbri; in 

 mineralogy. Dr. George F. Kunz; in coleop- 

 tera, Mr. Charles W. Leng; in annulata, Dr. 

 A. L. Treadwell. Through the interest of 

 these men, the Museum derives great benefit 

 along special lines of scientific research; and 

 the large significance of their work and the 

 importance of their connection with the in- 

 stitution cannot be overemphasized. 



support of Crocker Land Expedition. 



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