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exhibition this summer; others will take a year before they are ready for exhibi- 

 tion. Although related to the dinosaurs of Montana and Wyoming, most of these 

 are new kinds or have been known hitherto by very fragmentary specimens. 



Two skeletons of the little Eocene lemuroid Notharctus are being restored for a 

 group mount. They are related to the living lemurs of Madagascar and were very 

 like them in size and appearance. But living near the beginning in the Age of Mam- 

 mals they are regarded as collateral ancestors of the higher Primates (monkeys, apes 

 and man) which first appeared much later in time. These skeletons were found in 

 Wyoming where they were contemporary with the four-toed horses. 



The collections of rare Eocene mammals made by Mr. Walter Granger last sum- 

 mer are being catalogued and prepared. They include numerous new species and 

 a number of new genera of scientific interest besides additional or better specimens 

 of those hitherto known. The collection is of great value for scientific research and a 

 preliminary account of the new material will shortly be published in the Museum 

 Bulletin. 



Mr. James Barnes of New York and Mr. Cherry Kearton of London are plan- 

 ning to cross Central Africa for the purpose of making photographs of the animal life. 

 This expedition has the indorsement of the American Museum. 



A large collection from the Malecite Indians has just been placed on view in the 

 Eastern Woodlands hall under the section devoted to the Eastern Algonkin tribes 

 of New England and Eastern Canada. The collection was made during the winter 

 by G. A. Paul, the hereditary chief of the Penobscot Indians. 



Mr. N. C. Nelson, assistant curator in anthropology, will soon go to Europe to 

 study the results and methods of archaeologists. He will visit the principal caverns 

 and other sites where the remains of palaeolithic cultures have been found and gather 

 material and data for a type model of such deposits. 



Mr. Roy F. Leighton, a student of anatomy in the University of Vermont, is 

 making a special study of the Museum's large collection of trephined skulls from South 

 America. 



In one of the side alcoves of the Southwest hall is a small model of the proposed 

 Hopi village group prepared by Mr. Howard McCormick and Mr. Mahonri M. 

 Young. The group as designed will show by panoramic background, a view of 

 the Pueblo of Walpi and its surroundings, while in the foreground will be a life-size 

 family group as seen upon the terrace of a house in another village. The plan is to 

 make this as accurate and artistic as the bird habitat groups. When one recalls 

 that everywhere Indian life is fast passing away, the need of a few such groups is 

 clear. With the extinction of the last elements of Indian culture will go out from our 

 midst one of the most original of the world's artistic elements. 



Mr. Israel Kligler has been made assistant in the department of public health, 

 the appointment to date from April 1. 



Three fish exhibition groups which have been in preparation for some time, are 

 now completed. They represent three of the ganoid fishes peculiar to North America. 

 One group shows the nesting habits of the bowfin (Amia calva), a fish widely distri- 



