MUSEUM NOTES 
Since the last issue of the JouRNAL the 
following persons have become members of 
the Museum: 
Life Members, Masor Basti Hicks Dutcr- 
ER, U. S. A., and Mr. Wiii1amM: RuTGER 
BRITTON; 
Annual Members, Mrs. W. P. HarprEn- 
BERGH, Mrs. CuarLtes HirscHHorNn, Mrs. 
W.W. Hoppin, Jr., Mrs. ALBERT L. JUDSON, 
Mrs. 8. R. Kaurman, Mrs. Jacop LANGE- 
LoTH, Mrs. Jown R. Livermore, Mrs. 
Morris Lors, Mrs. Toeresa Mayer, Mrs. 
GerorceE L. Orts, Mrs. EUGENE H. Pappocr, 
Mrs. JEROME RecensspuRG, Miss Marie 
Louise Batpwin, Miss Mary PIncHor 
Eno, Miss Emma G. SEBRING, Miss Mary 
SHOONMAKER, Hon. Henry Roserts, Dr. 
Cuarues E. Friecx, Dr. T. MiItrcHELu 
PruppEN, and Messrs. H. H. BENepIcT, 
ALFRED PoLK BerGcH, ALFRED BLEYER, A. I. 
Esserc, B. HamBurcer, Martin F. Jack- 
son, Ropert U. JoHNSON, GEORGE KENNAN, 
WarRrREN KINNEY, Henry M. LEsTER, 
Epmunp J. Levine, CHartes N. Map, 
GeEORGE W. MERRIHEW, ALLAN PINKERTON, 
Myron T. ScuppErR. 
A NEw expedition, to cross South America 
by way of La Paz and Cochabamba, the 
Mamore, Madeira and Amazon rivers, and 
to be known as the ‘Collins-Day South 
American [Eixpedition,’”’ has been organized 
to sail December 26 for several months’ work 
in exploration and zodlogical collecting. 
Mr. George K. Cherrie will accompany the 
expedition as the naturalist representing the 
American Museum of New York and Mr. 
Robert H. Becker will represent the Field 
Museum of Chicago. The birds and the 
mammals collected by the expedition will be 
presented to the American and Field mu- 
seums respectively for permanent ownership 
of types and for scientific study and publica- 
tion, preliminary to a later equal division of 
all specimens except types between the two 
institutions. 
CoLonEL THEODORE RoosEVELT on the 
evening of December 10 presented before 
the members of the Museum some of the 
zoological results of his recent expedition to 
South America. He was introduced by 
Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn and was 
accompanied on the platform by Mr. George 
Kx. Cherrie, one of the Museum’s representa- 
tives with him on the expedition. A full 
report of the expedition will be given in the 
February JOURNAL. 
Dr. Frtrx von LuscHan, professor of 
anthropology at the University of Berlin and 
director of the Royal Ethnographical Mu- 
seum, visited the Museum several times 
during the month of December. Professor 
von Luschan, who delivered the Huxley 
lectures some years ago, had been one of the 
guests of honor at the Australian meeting of 
the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science. He is primarily a specialist in 
physical anthropology, but has done notable 
work in ethnography, being especially in- 
terested in the Oceanic and African fields, 
and has also conducted archeological re- 
searches in Asia Minor. He found many 
specimens of great interest in the South Sea 
hall and pronounced the Jesup collection of 
tattooed Maori skulls to be unique. On 
December 17 Professor von Luschan lectured 
at the American Museum under the auspices 
of the American Ethnological Society; his 
subject was “Culture and Degeneration.”’ 
He dwelt particularly upon inherited physical 
disabilities and the alarming decrease in the 
birth rate among the wealthier classes in the 
cities of Europe. 
A Memortrat Meetine in honor of the 
late Professor Albert S. Bickmore will be 
held at some time during the latter half of 
January. Mr. Joseph H. Choate, and Mr. 
Cleveland H. Dodge, who were intimately 
associated with Professor Bickmore, will give 
brief addresses in which they will recount the 
steps that led to the founding of the museum 
and the story of the early days of the institu- 
tion. Mr. L. P. Gratacap, curator of miner- 
alogy of the Museum faculty, will present 
personal reminiscences of Professor Bickmore. 
Tue following note from Science for Decem- 
ber 18 is of interest to JOURNAL readers: 
At the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, November 
24, Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn was pre- 
sented with a Hayden medal. In present- 
ing the medal Dr. Samuel G. Dixon called 
attention to the fact that Mrs. Emma W. 
Hayden, widow of the well-known scien- 
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