THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



The species found in the valleys and on the Blue Ridge are 

 somewhat different from those to be found on the Black Moun- 

 tains, owing to the differences in flora and temperature, which 

 have the effect of limiting the distribution of certain species. 



On the ridge leading from Mt. Mitchell to Black Brothers, and 

 on Mt. Gibbs, the very rare beetle, Cychrus guyotii, was taken, 

 as well as Cychrus canadensis and Cychrus andrewsii. The first 

 two occur only on the high elevations, while the last is also 

 found on the slopes and in the valleys together with Cychrus 

 hicarinatus. Nomaretus dehilis, N . hubbardi, N. imperfectus and 

 Pterostichus blanchardi also have been taken. 



The writer has made three trips to the same general region 

 in the interest of the Museum in previous years, the first being 

 a vacation trip to the Cowee Mountains, south of Asheville, N. C, 

 in 1895, and the second and third being Museum expeditions to 

 the Black Mountains, the Big Craggy and the Blue Ridge in the 

 summers of 1900 and 1901. Notices of these expeditions have 

 been given in the Journal, Vol. I, p. 44, and Vol. II, p. 4. 

 On the four trips nearly one thousand species have been collected, 

 and the material now on hand, together with lists of the species 

 taken by other collectors in the Cumberland Gap, Va., Round 

 Knob, N. C, Retreat, N. C, Highlands, N. C, and Roan Moun- 

 tains, is enough to form the basis for an extended monograph 

 on the insect fauna of the region. 



Additional material, however, is needed, especially from the 

 northwest chain of the Black Mountains, and information con- 

 cerning the species to be f oun i in May and early June is required 

 to complete the work. Wm. Beutenmuller. 



COLLECTING FLAMINGOES AND THEIR NESTS IN THE 

 BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



In preparing groups of birds and mammals for exhibition the 

 Museum aims to secure material which will be not only attractive 

 and scientifically valuable,but also and more especially that which 

 will represent those animals and phases of animal life which 



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