THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



NOTES. 



The International Congress of Americanists held its thirteenth 

 convention from October 20 to 25 in the halls of the Museum, by 

 invitation of Morris K. Jesup, Esq., President. The sessions 

 were well attended by the anthropologists and others interested 

 in the study of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Western Hemi- 

 sphere, not only from this country but also from abroad. More 

 than eighty papers were presented by members. After the ad- 

 journment of the congress the foreign members participated in 

 an excursion to Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, 

 and Chicago to visit the scientific and educational institutions of 

 those cities. A halt en route was made to visit the prehistoric 

 earthworks in Ohio known as " Fort Ancient." 



The meetings of the New York Academy of Sciences are held 

 in the Assembly Hall of the Museum Monday evenings at 8.15 

 o'clock. During the current month the meetings will be held as 

 follows : 



November 3. — Business meeting and Section of Astronomy, 

 Physics, and Chemistry. 



November 10. — Section of Biology. 



November 17. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



November 24. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



All persons interested in the subjects under discussion are 

 cordially invited to attend the meetings. 



The annual convention of the Audubon Society of the State 

 of New York was held in the Museum on Thursday, October 16. 

 Reports were presented by the officers, and illustrated addresses 

 were delivered by William Butcher and Frank M. Chapman. 



A LARGE group representing the Osprey, or Fish-Hawk {Pan- 

 dion haliaetus carolinensis) , was completed recently and has been 

 placed on exhibition on the Gallery Floor near the elevator. The 

 materials for this group were collected by Frank M. Chapman on 

 Gardiner's Island, L. I., June 3, 1901, and were prepared for ex- 

 hibition by H. C. Denslow and E. W. Smith. 



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