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further work in eastern Peru and northern Brazil. At date of last shipment 

 their collections of birds and mammals numbered over 2000 specimens 

 including a very large number of species, since they were successful in ob- 

 taining a representation of three very distinct faunas, the arid west coast of 

 Peru, the high Andean region, and the upper Amazon valley. On Decem- 

 ber 14, Mr. Robert H. Becker sailed from New York to join Mr. Anderson 

 for continuation of the work during the coming year. 



FoUB new 'habitat' groups of birds have been completed recently at the 

 Field Museum of Natural History, respectively showing the Northern Loon, 

 the Great Blue Heron, the Whooping and Sandhill Cranes, and the Golden 

 Eagle, besides a few species of smaller size. They have been installed in a 

 handsome quadripartite case of the style previously used for such exhibits 

 and show considerable advance in technique, especially in the perfection 

 obtained in the reproduction of various types of vegetation All have large 

 backgrounds by Mr. C. A. Corwin. The loon group shows two adult birds, 

 nest and eggs, and scene in northern Michigan The heron group includes 

 several great blues and a 'rookery' of large nests in trees is represented 

 on the painted background. The crane group contains three large ' Whoop- 

 ers,' one of them in the beautiful tan-spotted immature plumage. A single 

 adult Sandhill Crane is shown also and all four are placed in a beautiful 

 setting in the brilliant fall colors of the vegetation along a small stream 

 in northern Illinois. The Eagle group contains a pair of adult birds and 

 their young in a nest on the side of a particolored cliff in the badlands of 

 North Dakota. The background shows a picturesque bend of the Little 

 Missouri River with soft-colored terraced buttes in the distance. The 

 modeling and taxidermy of the four groups are by Messrs. Julius Friesser 

 and Leon L. Pray. 



Mr. Leo E. Miller, who met with so much success in Colombia collect- 

 ing for the American Museum, together with Mr. Francis X. Iglseder. as 

 his assistant, sailed from New York City on November 20, for South Amer- 

 ica, for the purpose of continuing the investigation of the birds and mam- 

 mals in the interests of the American Museum 



On December 10 Dr. John C. Phillips and Dr. Glover M. Allen 

 arrived in Port Said, Egypt, after a voyage which their cabled messages 

 describe as wholly pleasant. With few delays they will proceed to Khar- 

 toum and then meet a camel caravan which is ready and waiting their 

 arrival. The plan is to spend several months collecting for the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology in the Atbara River region near the borders of the 

 Sudan and Western Abyssinia. Especial attention will he paid to pre- 

 serving birds and mammals but efforts will also be made to secure represen- 

 tative series of other groups, such as reptiles, amphibians, fishes and insects. 

 Dr. Phillips hoped to be able to secure, in Khartoum, natives who had been 

 employed on previous expeditions and thus secure skilled assistance in col- 

 lecting.— T. B. 



