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they will be repaired and made available for exhibition and study. 
Most of the pottery bears decorations in color, and some of it shows 
close relationship to pottery found in ancient Hopi ruins of north- 
eastern Arizona. Studies by the Bureau of American Ethnology 
among the Indians of the latter region show that some of their clans 
came from the Jemez country, and the archeological studies in the 
Jemez valley likewise show early connection between the occupants of 
these two areas. In addition to the pottery, numerous objects of bone, 
stone, and shell were found. Among the most significant of the finds 
are the remains of a necklace, accompanying the skeleton of a child, 
consisting of 24 Venetian glass beads, substantiating the conclusion 
that Kwasteyukwa was contemporary with Amoxiumqua, which latter 
village, according to early Spanish records, was occupied within the 
historical period. 
A VISIT TO THE-PEFRIFIED FOREST-OF ARIZONA 
In the spring of 1911, Dr. George P. Merrill, Head Curator of 
Geology in the National Museum, was detailed, at the request of the 
Secretary of the Interior, to visit the Petrified Forest of Arizona for 
the purpose of selecting certain areas of the reservation from which 
schools, colleges, and scientific institutions might collect specimens 
under permits from the Interior Department, in accordance with the 
Act of Congress for the Preservation of American Antiquities, ap- 
proved June 8, 1906. 
The Petrified Forest is a government reservation of eighty square 
miles, containing fossilized trees and wood of great scientific interest. 
The nearest town is Holbrook, while just on the outskirts of the forest 
is the hamlet of Adama. The fossilized trees and other remarkable 
features of the reservation have proved a great attraction to visitors, 
but heretofore no collecting has been permitted, for an indiscriminate 
removal of specimens would have wrought great injury to this 
remarkable work of nature. It is believed, however, that after a care- 
ful examination of the forest it will be possible to set aside certain 
areas from which duly authorized institutions may be permitted to 
make collections for scientific and educational purposes, without 
detriment to the forest as a whole. 
BIRD STUDIES IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 
Some two or three years ago, Mr. A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Massa- 
chusetts, undertook the task of completing the work on the life- 
histories of North American birds, which was originally projected by 
