THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



and Mr. Archer M. Huntington, elected to 

 membership to cancel the vacancy brought 

 about by his own resignation in 1912. 



Dr. William K. Gregory has been pro- 

 moted from assistant curator in the depart- 

 ment of vertebrate palaeontology to associate 

 in palaeontology. 



Dr. Pliny E. Goddard, associate curator 

 in the department of anthropology, has been 

 promoted to the position of curator of eth- 

 nology. 



Dr. Louis Hussakof has been promoted 

 from assistant curator of fishes in the depart- 

 ment of ichthyology and herpetology to 

 curator of ichthyology. 



Mr. VilhjXlmur StefXnsson, in recogni- 

 tion of the important explorations that he has 

 carried on and his contributions to the science 

 of geography and ethnology, has recently 

 been made an Honorary Fellow by the Trus- 

 tees of the American Museum of Natural 

 History. This is the highest honor that it is 

 within the power of the Museum to bestow 

 and has been awarded to but seven other 

 persons during the history of the institution. 



The New York Zoological Society has 

 presented two orang-utans and "Baldy," a 

 chimpanzee, to the American Museum. 

 Practically all of the anthropoids at the New 

 York Zoological Park were killed recently by 

 an epidemic of tuberculosis and have been 

 distributed among the various institutions 

 where they will be of the greatest value to 

 science. 



The new "visitors' room" of the Museum 

 is situated on the first floor at the right from 

 the main entrance. It furnishes a comforta- 

 ble place where people may wait for their 

 friends — which perhaps is its greatest use- 

 fulness; it provides facilities for writing or 

 resting, also for consulting or purchasing the 

 Museum's scientific and popular publications 

 which are to be found there. An attendant 

 is in charge during the hours that the Museum 

 is open for visitors. The number of visitors 

 who have made use of the room averages 

 thus far about one thousand a month. 



Mr. George Shiras, 3d, of Washington 

 and Mr. H. E. Anthony of the Museum's 

 department of mammalogy, are studying the 

 fauna of the Gatiin region of Panama. 

 Because of the flooding of the region it is ex- 



pected that the animals will be concentrated in 

 small areas and that rivers which before were 

 unnavigable may be ascended for the purpose 

 of collecting specimens. Mr. Anthony will 

 endeavor to secure jaguar, puma, tapir, tiger 

 cat, deer, peccary and other specimens for the 

 Museum, and Mr. Shiras, who has an inter- 

 national reputation as a photographer of wild 

 animals, will take flash lights and other pic- 

 tures with cameras especially designed for the 

 work. The expenses of the expedition, with 

 the exception of Mr. Anthony's salary, are 

 borne by Mr. Shiras. 



The Roosevelt South American Expe- 

 dition has just sent to the Museum a ship- 

 ment of one hundred and forty-eight bird 

 skins from Paraguay. Colonel Roosevelt 

 will probably return early in April and it is 

 expected that he will deliver his first pubhc 

 lecture to the members of the American 

 Museum. 



Mr. Donald B. MacMillan and the 

 other members of the Crocker Land expedi- 

 tion are in winter quarters at Etah, the old 

 camp of Peary on the coast of Greenland, as 

 published in the October, 1913, Journal. 

 No word has been received from the expedi- 

 tion since the account of the arrival at Etah. 

 Greetings from the Museum were sent at the 

 beginning of the New Year by the Marconi 

 Wireless Company of Canada, through the 

 courtesy of Mr. G. J. Desbarats, Deputy 

 Minister of the Naval Service at Ottawa. 



Besides the courses of lectures on history 

 and geography which have been arranged for 

 school children [noted in the January Jour- 

 nal], the Museum announces the following 

 lectures on subjects connected with natural 

 history: March 26, "The Sea Creatures of 

 Our Shores," Mr. Roy W. Miner; April 2, 

 "The Birds of Our Parks," Dr. G. Clyde 

 Fisher; April 16, "Fur-bearers Found 

 Within Fifty Miles of New York City," 

 Mr. H. E. Anthony; April 23, "Wild Flow- 

 ers of the Vicinity of New York City," Dr. 

 Fisher. 



Science stories for the children of mem- 

 bers will be told on Saturday mornings at 

 10:30 and will include subjects and lecturers 

 as follows: March 7, "Seals at Home," 

 Roy C. Andrews; March 14, "Water Bab- 

 ies," Roy W. Miner; March 21, "Our 

 Neighbors in Feathers," Frank M. Chapman; 



