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to look,— the same low doorways of simple structure at the centers of 
the walls between court and rooms, the same court walls covered with 
horizontal paneis of mosaic, and those of the chambers, except for a 
dado of masonry, made up completely of grecque patterns. The rooms 
off the court have been provided with stained glass windows made by 
the artist, Mr. Will S. ‘Taylor. They represent mythological designs 
taken from the Codex Magliabecchiano XIII, 3. Similar mythological 
figures have been painted on the backs of the chairs by the same artist. 
That the new restaurant is of unusual interest as an exhibition hail 
arises not only from the fact that it sets down in the heart of New York 
an exact reproduction of an ancient temple of Mexico, but also because 
the Mitla structures themselves in many features of construction as well 
as in the system of ornamentation stand alone not only in the general 
region represented but even in the small province to which they belong. 
TWO NEW BIRD GROUPS 
WO new habitat bird groups have recently been opened for 
exhibition, and there are now but few breaks in the circuit of 
the gallery that these groups occupy. The one first completed, 
“Cuthbert Rookery,” on the west side of the hail, is among the largest 
of the series, and represents a portion of a Florida Heron rookery, the 
sort of Florida bird gathering best known to the world because of the 
economic interest attached to aigrette-bearing herons. The foreground 
shows these herons — six different species and several individuals of 
each species — nesting among thick-growing mangroves, while the 
background, painted by Mr. Bruce Horsfal, pictures the whole islet of the 
rookery as it appears at sundown. Hundreds of birds are settling 
among the mangrove branches that literally roof over the islet with green. 
Gray Louisiana and Little Blue Herons make up a colony by themselves 
at the left. Roseate Spoonbills, conspicuous because of their color, 
approach and occupy a portion of the islet at the right; and everywhere, 
except in these preémpted spots, are the representatives of the other three 
species, American Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Ibises. At the time the 
studies were made for the group, March 29, 1908, it was estimated that 
this rookery was the home of about 3,000 birds, 2,000 being Louisiana 
