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women, particularly those of the Maritime Chukchee, are tattooed 

 and the designs are believed to have a magical significance. 

 Many of the ornaments worn by the people are considered effi- 

 cacious as charms. The Chukchee, furthermore, are fond of 

 games and sports. The maps which accompany the book give 

 the ancient and the present distribution of the tribes of north- 

 eastern Siberia. All the ethnological volumes of the expedition 

 are profusely illustrated. 



THE NEW METEORITE. 



NE of the most important announcements made 

 at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 was that through the generosity of Mrs. William E. 

 Dodge the Museum had come into the possession 

 of the great Willamette meteorite. This mass of 

 iron, the weight of which is estimated at about sixteen tons, 

 was found in the Willamette valley, near Oregon City, Oregon, 

 in 1902. It is the largest meteorite which has been found in 

 the United States, and is probably the most interesting mass 

 of meteoric iron which has ever been discovered. A full des- 

 cription of the mass, which is the most valuable single specimen 

 yet acquired by the Museum, having cost $20,600, is deferred 

 to a later number of the Journal. 



GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION OF LOCAL BIRDS. 



We present in this number of the Journal the first installment 

 of an article by Mr. Frank M. Chapman upon the collection 

 representing the birds which are to be found within a radius 

 of about 50 miles of New York City, taking the Museum 

 as a center. The completing installment of the article will be 

 published with the July Journal, and the whole article will be 

 issued together in separate form as No. 22 of the Museum series 

 of Guide Leaflets. The collection referred to may be found 

 in the Hall of Local Birds, No. 303 of the third, or gallery, 

 floor of the Museum building. 



