134 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



DuivroRTiERiTE from southern California, recently made the 

 subject of a study by Doctor Schaller of the U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, Broggerite, Malacon and Heulandite from Norway, and an 

 exchange specimen of Riebeckite from the well-known collector, 

 Walter F. Ferrier, are among the more important mineral 

 accessions. 



A NOBLE group of extraordinarily large and perfect pink 

 Beryls associated with pink and green Tourmaline crystals has 

 been added to the Gem Collection. The specimen is from the 

 famous locality near Pala, San Diego County, California, which 

 has furnished the world with the gem Kunzite in addition to 

 gem Tourmalines and Beryls. 



The reptiles which have been exhibited for a long time in 

 the Mammal Hall on the Third Floor in the central portion of 

 the building (No. 304) have been removed to their new position 

 in the East Mammal Hall (No. 207) of the Second Floor, where 

 all the reptiles and reptile groups have been assembled for tempo- 

 rary exhibition. 



The west stairway between the Second and Third Floors is 

 now devoted to the exhibition of the principal part of the Mu- 

 seum's collection of Auduboniana. The portrait of the famous 

 naturalist together with some of his oil-paintings, water-colors, 

 sketches, original plates of the elephant folio edition, his clothing 

 and gun have been installed so that they may be readily seen 

 and examined by those interested in Audubon and his work. 



News comes that the Tjader Expedition into British East 

 Africa reached the end of their railway journey in safety, and 

 that a company of fifty-three Zulus have been engaged for the 

 journey on foot through the forest. While on the railway jour- 

 ney to Nairobi Mr. Tjader secured a fine lion, two Thomas's 

 gazelles and three hartbeests. Zebras by the hundred, gazelles 

 in immense herds and many hartbeests were seen from the car 

 window. 



The lectures to school children from January i to June i 

 were attended by 17,184 pupils from the public schools. 



