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SCIENCE 



[Vol, LVI, No. 1437 



working relations with the government authori- 

 ties and as a result the small collections of 

 fauna of that continent which we now possess 

 will he greatly enriched. Captain Harold E. 

 Anthony and George K. Cherrie, on an expedi- 

 tion to Ecuador, secured 4,000 specimens of 

 birds and mammals. On this expedition the 

 little-known country of the head hunting Jivaro 

 Indians was penetrated, and valuable photo- 

 graphs secured. In Africa, Carl E. Akeley has 

 been successful in obtaining a family of five 

 gorillas. With the photographs and accessories 

 which this well-known taxidermist, sculptor 

 and hunter has secured, it will be possible to 

 complete the finest group extant of these man- 

 like apes. Entomological work has been car- 

 ried on by Dr. F. E. Lutz in the Pine Barrens 

 of New Jersey and Northeastern United States. 

 Ethnological studies were made in Utah, New 

 Mexico, California and Peru. By far the most 

 important work in this field of science has been 

 made possible through the funds provided by 

 Mr. Archer M. Huntington for the completion 

 of a restoration of the ruins at Aztec, New 

 Mexico. Earl H. Morris, who has this work 

 in charge, has forwarded highly important 

 specimens found in these ruins and his observa- 

 tions will go far toward establishing the cul- 

 tural area of the early inhabitants of our great 

 southwest. Mr. Barnum Brown has sent im- 

 portant paleontological specimens from Egypt, 

 Abyssinia and India, and Albert Thomson has 

 continued, with success, work in the fossil fields 

 of Nebraska. Through exchange and by gift, 

 as a result of the Neolithic tour in Europe. Pro- 

 fessor Henry Fairfield Osborn secured collec- 

 tions enriching our European archeology and 

 established most agreeable working relations 

 with eminent scientists of England, Norway, 

 Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and France, to the 

 end that new discoveries bearing on the an- 

 tiquity of man in those countries will at once 

 be forwarded to the American Museiun. 



At the beginning of the year the trustees 

 recommended the grouping of the scientific 

 work of the museum into four divisions in order 

 to harmonize the work of the different depart- 

 ments, and in order to produce greater effi- 

 ciency and economy for the future harmonious 

 development of the exhibition halls of the 



museum. The following scheme of work is now 

 in effect: 



I. Division of Mineralogy, Geology, Paleon- 

 tology and Paleography: Curator William Diller 

 Matthew, F.E.S., in charge. Under leadership of 

 Curator Matthew, Curators Whitloek, Hovey, 

 Eeed, Osborn, Granger and Brown will confer 

 and cooperate in the development of their respec- 

 tive subjects and exhibition halls. 



II. Division of Zoology and Zoogeography: 

 Curator Frank Miehler Chapman, N.A.S., in 

 charge. This division will include mammals, birds, 

 reptiles, amphibians, tishes, insects and marine 

 and terrestrial invertebrates. Curators Andrews, 

 Anthony, Gregory, Chapman, Murphy, Noble, 

 Dean, Nichols, Gudger, Lutz and Miner will con- 

 fer and cooperate in the development of their 

 respective lines of exhibition and scientific work. 



III. Division of Anthropology : Curator Clark 

 Wissler, Ph.D., in charge. This division will be 

 coordinate with the present Department of An- 

 thropology but will include direction of the Galton 

 Laboratory and progress of the Galton Society, 

 also WiUiam K. Gregory as representative of 

 comparative anatomy, J. Howard McGregor in 

 human anatomy. Honorary Curator Osborn in 

 geologic relations and prehistory of man. 



IV. Division of Education, Books, Publication 

 and Printing: Curator George H. Sherwood, M.A., 

 in charge. This division will include the officers 

 and chief of the Department of Public Education, 

 of the library, of Natural History, of the printing 

 and publication departments, and of public infor- 

 mation. 



Outstanding PuMications : The publications of 

 the American Museum of Natural History for the 

 year have been the Bulletins, the Memoirs, the 

 Anthropological Papers, the Novitates, Natural 

 History, and the Museum Journal. 



THE NECESSITY OF BALANCING 



DIETARIES WITH RESPECT 



TO VITAMINES 



The fairly recent discovery that small 

 amounts of unknown substances are necessary 

 constituents of a complete diet has opened up 

 a large and evidently attractive field of re- 

 search. The enthusiasm with which this work 

 is being prosecuted and the novelty of many 

 of the results obtained, have apparently led 

 to the conviction in many quai'ters that vita- 

 mines are of great importance in practical 



