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On Fohniarv -J^. V.Hs. 

 the Anierii:iii Mummiih 

 of Natural llistor.v. in 

 cooperation witli tlio ilfl 

 ogatos from tin' Now 

 York Acacloniy of Sii 

 ciicos. Section H of tin' 

 American Association for 

 the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence and the New York 

 Mineralojjiiiil (luli, will 

 lioiii a memorial meetiiiji 

 at the American Museum 

 of Natural History \t\ 

 honor of Al)l)e Rene .lust 

 llaiiy. 174;?-1S22, the 

 great French crvstallog- 

 rapher. I'ajiers are ex 

 |)ei-teii from Ktlgar T. 

 Wherry. l-Mward II. 

 Kraus, George F. Kunz 

 and others, and one writ- 

 ten for the celebration 

 by the late L. P. Grata- 

 cap will be read. Por- 

 traits of Abbe Ilaiiy aifd 

 the Haiiy Freres, as well 

 as niLneralogioal books of 

 the eighteenth and nine- 

 teenth centuries, will be 

 shown. 



An important addi- 

 tion to the American Mu- 

 seum 's collection of Asi- 

 atic insects has been 

 made through the pres- 

 entation by Mr. Harry 

 E. Caldwell of the large 

 number of specimens col- 

 lected by him in China. 

 The gift is of particular 

 value because of the pre- 

 viously small representa- 

 tion in the Museum of 

 insects from this most interesting region. 



A SERIE.S of lectures by Professor A. L. 

 Kroeber was given in the American Museum 

 during the month of January. Professor 

 Kroeber discussed the traits of culture of 

 each of four native tribes of California, two 

 in the northern and two in the southern part 

 of the state, whom he classified as legalists 

 (the Yurok), indifferents (the Wintun), 

 mystics (the Luiseno), and dreamers (the 

 Mohave). It was shown that these four 



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Indian groups, all witliin the boundaries of 

 one state and usually considered as among 

 the lowest in the scale of primitive peoples 

 in this country, are as distinct from one an- 

 other in their philosophy of life as are the 

 j'eoples of any four countries of Europe. 



Two interesting fish groups are nearing 

 completion in the dejjartment of preparation 

 of the American Museum. One, featuring a 

 large blue shark with a lirood of young, pre- 

 sents a scene in the deep currentless region 



