Museum Bulletin 



ERRATUM — Please note 



The pagination of the August issue of the Bulletin (num- 

 ber 1 of volume III) was erroneously continued from the pre- 

 ceeding final number of volume II. The pages numbered 50 and 

 51 in the August issue should, therefore, be corrected and designated 

 respectively as pages 2 and 3. 



We are pleased to report that our African spiny lizard, 

 whose escape was noted in the August Bulletin, was discovered, 

 after some two weeks of liberty, wandering around the Museum, 

 and appeared well satisfied to be returned to its regular quarters. 

 What its source of food supply may have been during that period 

 is more or less problematical ; but there was no apparent indica- 

 tion that it had undergone any hardship in this connection. 



The notice posted on the bulletin board in front of the 

 Museum evidently attracted considerable attention and a number 

 of inquiries were received, both verbal and by telephone, some in- 

 tended to be humorous, others apparently serious, the latter in- 

 cluding requests for information in regard to whether the animal 

 was poisonous or otherwise dangerous. Should the occasion 

 again arise a statement to the effect that the animal is harmless 

 will be incorporated in any notice that may be issued or posted. 



The exhibit of Indian bead embroidery which was on dis- 

 play during July and August has been removed and replaced in 

 part by objects of revolutionary, colonial and general antiquarian 

 interest, among which are several recent accessions, and in part 

 by a special exhibit of bronze, silver and gold medals selected 

 from the Museum collection. These latter include medals issued 

 in connection with the Hudson - Fulton, the Commercial Ter- 

 centenary, and the Safe and Sane Fourth of July celebrations in 

 recent years ; the Crystal Palace in 1853, and others issued in 

 commemoration of foreign historical events. 



