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C. Lithgow and the former is a splendid example of Mr Lithgow's 

 workmanship. Each of these pictures measures fourteen feet 

 across the base and fills the entire spring of the arch. 1 



The extensive walls within the Iroquois halls have also been 

 decorated throughout in conventional Indian designs which add 

 greatly to the attractiveness of the Iroquois exhibits and relieve the 

 bald expanse of monochrome surface with which they were sur- 

 rounded. The cost of this decoration has been borne by Mrs 

 Frederick F. Thompson. 



Seneca bark lodge. The full-size bark lodge, such as was used 

 by the Seneca Indians in precolumbian days, has been built in the 

 small room at the east of the Iroquois chambers on the west mezza- 

 nine. This construction, erected by matching and tying, that is to 

 say, without nails, was put together by a Seneca Indian of the Cat- 

 taraugus reservation, now in France as a lieutenant in the United 

 States Army. The elm bark required for the construction was 

 obtained by Indians of Wisconsin. The lodge stands fully equipped 

 as in the ancient days and helps New York people to understand the 

 fact that our Indians did not dwell in tents or wigwams. This 

 lodge has also been provided by the generosity of Mrs Thompson. 



The Arnold collection of birds eggs. Mr Benjamin W. Arnold 

 of Albany has presented to the Museum his very extensive collection 

 of birds eggs, the results of a lifelong active interest in this field of 

 study. Through this gift he has equipped the Museum with a 

 collection in oology which must be reckoned as one of the most 

 ample and complete known. The scope of the collection is general 

 but the North American birds are represented by about iooo species, 

 while the collection abounds in representatives from the rest of the 

 world, especially from the West Indies, South America, the South 

 Atlantic islands, New Zealand and the countries of Europe. There 

 are about 15,000 eggs in this collection. On receipt of the gift the 

 Regents of the University, in recognition of its interest and worth 

 and in Mr Arnold's attainments of ornithology, recorded an expres- 

 sion of their appreciation of Mr Arnold's consideration and conferred 

 on him the title of honorary curator of ornithology. 



The collection was received in perfect order, completely labeled. 

 Preparations were at once made, under Mr Arnold's supervision, for 

 its installation. It was decided to arrange it along the walls of the 



1 Mr Lithgow did the writer the honor to base his conception for the Sun 

 Worshipers on a sketch entitled " The Vision of Ongwe " which was printed in 

 " Sketches of Gaspe." 



