NEWS NOTES 127 



tees of the American Museum on the first day and that given by 

 the Trustees of the New York Botanical Garden on the second 

 day. The association adjourned to meet at the call of the council 

 in the spring or early summer of 1907 at the Carnegie Museum 

 in the city of Pittsburg. 



MUSEUM NEWS NOTES. 



T the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees, 

 held May 14, the following resolutions of thanks 

 were adopted and elections announced. 



^^^TTCT^jTT-^^i'ffia) 



To Mrs. William Earl Dodge, and her election as a Patron, in 

 recognition of her gift of the "Willamette" meteorite; 



To Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, for his gift of the Warren Mastodon 

 Collection ; 



To Mr. J. G. Phelps Stokes, and his election as a Patron, in 

 recognition of his gift of ethnological material; 



To Mrs. Frank K. Stm-gis, and her election as a Fellow, for her 

 contributions towards the purchase of Birds of Paradise; 



To Mrs. Albert Bierstadt, and her election as a Fellow, in recog- 

 nition of her gift of the painting entitled The Landing of 

 Colmnbus, by her late husband; 



To Professor C. F. Chandler, and his election as a Fellow, in 

 recognition of his gift of the meteorite "Russel Gulch"; 



To the East Asiatic Committee for its donation of funds; 



To the subscribers to the North American Ornithological Fund. 



Some important changes have been made in the Foyer. 

 Specimens of several of the largest and most important meteo- 

 rites known have been installed on pedestals around the room, 

 the principal of which is Willamette, the 15^ ton iron from Ore- 

 gon. Next, in point of size, is the 3-ton "Woman," and then 

 the 1,100-pound " Dog, " two members of the famous Peary group 

 of three iron meteorites from Cape York, Greenland. Other 

 falls illustrated here are Cafion Diablo, by a 1,087-pound mass 



