THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



mounted with a view to showing the actual height of the skull 

 in an animal of corresponding size. 



The Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology has re- 

 cently received a valuable collection of mammals from the vicin- 

 ity of Repulse Ba}^ Arctic America, obtained for the Museum by 

 Captain George Comer, consisting of a fine series of Barren Ground 

 Caribou, Musk-Oxen, and of the smaller mammals of the region, 

 including Wolverenes, Arctic Foxes, Weasels, Arctic Hares and 

 various species of Lemmings. This collec%on of mammals is of 

 especial value to the Museum, being the first it has received from 

 the main-land of Arctic America bordering Hudson Bay, 



Recent news from the Andrew J. Stone Expedition, now col- 

 lecting in northern British Columbia, for the Department of 

 Mammalogy and Ornithology, indicates that the season's work 

 has been very successful, and that the amount of material will 

 far exceed that obtained last year. Up to the middle of Septem- 

 ber more than thirty large mammals had been collected, consist- 

 ing of Bears, Foxes, Wolves, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goats, 

 Moose and Caribou, and about 800 small mammals. The expedi- 

 tion will remain in the field till the end of November, and the 

 collections will probably reach the Museum about the end of 

 December. 



LECTURES. 



During December the following lectures will be given at the 

 Museum : 



By Prof. A. S. Bickmore to the members of the Museum : 

 December 4. — "The French Alps." 

 December 11. — "Historic Towns of Central France." 

 December 18. — "Historic Towns of Southern France and 

 the French Riviera." 



On Christmas Day at 3 p.m. Professor Bickmore will lecture 

 to the general ])ublic on "The French Alps." No tickets are 

 required for admission. 



96 



