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near Escuinapa by Mr. J. H. Batty. The scene shows too the 

 wonderful assemblage of thorny plants of several kinds character- 

 istic of the hot semi-arid regions of our continent. The group 

 was prepared at the Museum by Herbert Lang and Dr. B. E. 

 Dahlgren. 



A NEW group in the Siberian Hall, No. loi of the ground 

 floor of the building, represents some of the ceremonials of the 

 Reindeer Chukchee, a large tribe inhabiting the extreme north- 

 eastern part of Siberia, preparatory to starting out upon the 

 annual reindeer hunt which provides these people with food 

 and raiment. 



A SELECTION of somc of the most striking material from the 

 rich Museum collection from the South Sea Islands has been 

 installed in the West Tower room opening oft" from the Siberian 

 Hall. This is merely a suggestion of the extensive series which 

 will be placed on exhibition when space has been provided. 



On February 24, Professor W. W. Wheeler, Curator of Inver- 

 tebrate Zoology, went to Porto Rico to study some phases of 

 the insect fauna of that island and make collections for the 

 Museum in connection with a botanical expedition under Pro- 

 fessor N. L. Britton, Director of the Botanical Garden in Bronx 

 Park 



The series of models in the Department of Invertebrate 

 Zoology continues to grow. Among the new models may be 

 mentioned those representing several kinds of rotifers, bryozoans 

 and other forms A series of eleven models shows the develop- 

 ment of the starfish from the most rudimentary embryo to the 

 end of the tenth day, when the larval form is about to pass from 

 the creeping into the free swimming stage. The class of Brachio- 

 poda is now represented by a series of selected forms mounted 

 in alcohol or formaldehyde. 



The Department of Geology has received a ten-foot section 

 of a drill core from a depth of 170-180 feet below the new building 

 at 176 Broadway. The specimen, which is of garnetiferous mica 

 schist, is the gift of the Standard Plunger Elevator Co. 



