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present time no pottery is used by the tribes inhabiting the coast 

 of Siberia north of the Amur river, while on the North Pacific 

 coast of America, pottery occurs only among a few Eskimo tribes 

 of Alaska. The occurrence of prehistoric pottery in northern 

 Siberia seems, therefore, to be of particular archaeological inter- 

 est. The shipment contains also the large zoological collection 

 made by Mr. N. G. Buxton, who accompanied the expedition. 



During the first week in March Mr. C. E. Borchgrevink, the 

 explorer who was in charge of the British Antarctic expedition, 

 1 898- 1 900, and who spent a winter on the Antarctic continent, 

 was the guest of the Museum. On March 7 he gave a highly in- 

 teresting and instructive lecture in the Museum in which he 

 described his travels and experiences in the extreme South. His 

 lecture was illustrated by means of lantern slides, which gave a 

 vivid idea of the difficulties and dangers met with and overcome 

 by the explorer and his companions. 



LECTURES. 



In cooperation with the Audubon Society of the State of New 

 York and the Linnaean Society of New York City the Museum has 

 offered to teachers a series of eight informal talks on birds, illus- 

 trated by specimens which can be handled freely for purposes 

 of comparison and discussion. The object of these lectures, 

 which are given on Saturday afternoons at 3 o'clock during 

 April and May, is to assist teachers in instructing their classes in 

 this very important and interesting branch of Nature Study. 

 The list of subjects and speakers is as follows : 



April 5 and 12. — "The Birds of Early Spring." By Frank 

 M. Chapman. 



April 19 and 26. — "The Birds of April." By William 



DUTCHER. 



May 3 and 10.— "The Birds of Early May." By Dr. J. 

 DwiGHT, Jr. 



May 17 and 24. — "The Birds of Late May, and Birds' Nests." 

 By C. William Beere. 



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