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and a cast of the skull of the Elasmothere {Elasmotherium 

 sibiricum) another extinct Rhinoceros of gigantic size and peculiar 

 aspect have been received from the University of Moscow; and 

 the skull of a third large extinct Rhinoceros from Europe 

 {RJiinoceros pachygnathvis) has come from Munich University. 



The three specimens will add much to the value of our series 

 of skulls of extinct Rhinoceroses, which already represents the 

 majority of the species known, and is far more nearly complete 

 than that of any other museum. 



A large series of casts of limbs and feet of Dinosaurs, or Giant 

 Reptiles, from the Triassic formation of Germany, has been re- 

 ceived from the University of Tubingen. Dinosaurs from this 

 very ancient formation are extremely rare in America; all of 

 those in the Museum collections come from later formations. 



Professor Bickmore, who has been spending the summer 

 in England and on the Continent, has just returned to the 

 Museum. He attended the meetings and took part in the con- 

 ferences of the Nature Study convention in London, in July, 

 where the Department of Public Instruction of this Museum 

 made an exhibit of photographs and stereopticon slides illus- 

 trating its methods of "visual instruction." 



Dr. Hrdlicka has returned to the southwestern States and 

 northern Mexico to make supplementary studies upon the Indian 

 tribes of that region among whom he already has spent so much 

 time. 



The Linnaean Society of New York will hold its regular 

 meetings in the small lecture hall of the Museum on Tuesday 

 evenings, October 14 and 28. The first evening will be devoted 

 to reports from members regarding their summer work, while 

 the second evening will be occupied by a talk by Frank M. 

 Chapman on "Bird Studies with a Camera in 1902," illustrated 

 by means of lantern slides. The piibUc is cordially invited to 

 attend these meetings. 



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