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THE ATLANTIC SLOPE NATURALIST. 



is more shy and difficult to study 

 than the mourning warbler. His 

 record is as valuable to science in 

 one case as the other. 



When the cause of science is really 

 furthered I say nothing, however much 

 I regret the growing necessity of kill- 

 ing and robbing, but it is sate to say 

 there are one hundred unnecessary 

 cases to one that is necessary. 

 Yours truly, 



Frank Bruen. 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTES. 



It is reported that Dr. W. J. McGee 

 has recently resigned his position in 

 the Bureau of Ethnology, at Washing- 

 ton, in order to assume charge of the 

 Department of Anthropology and Eth- 

 nology, of the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition. If this resignation has 

 been accepted it means a great loss 

 to the department. Why could not a 

 leave of absence have been granted 

 Dr. McGee? Under his able super- 

 vision the exhibit of the Department 

 of Anthropology and Ethnology at the 

 Exposition, promises to be very fine. 

 In order to illustrate development in 

 the arts, it is designed also to exhibit 

 family groups of peoples living in the 

 stone age, others just at the begin- 

 ning of metal working, others engaged 

 in primitive pottery making, basket 

 weaving, etc. Special attention will 

 be given to the aborigines of the Lou- 

 isiana purchase. In addition to a 

 model Indian school, various bribes 

 will be represented by family groups 

 living in houses of native type and 

 engaged in occupations developed be- 

 fore t the coming* of the white man. 

 At least one tribe (the Muskwaki) 

 will plant and cultivate on the Expo- 

 sition grounds corn, beans and other 

 crops of native stock still preserved, 

 by the methods pursued in prehistoric 

 times. 



Prof. Arthur Thompson delivered an 

 address before the International Medi- 

 cal Congress, at Madrid, on April 25th 



last, on "Man's Cranial Form," to- 

 gether with some remarks on the 

 "Attitude of the Medical Profession 

 towards Anthorpology. " He contend- 

 ed that the medical practitioner could 

 render much service to anthropology, 

 if he would but avail himself of the 

 opportunities for making observations 

 which are placed at his disposal, in 

 the practice of his profession. He 

 illustrated his meaning by taking up 

 the question of the cranial form and 

 the significance of the cephalic index. 

 Information on the prognathism of the 

 adults and children of the various 

 races could be obtained. The muscles 

 connected with the mandible have an 

 influence on the production of cranial 

 form, and he generalized that long 

 heads are, as a rule, furnished with 

 more powerful temporal muscles than 

 the short heads. 



The journey to the West Indies made 

 by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, in the in- 

 terest of the Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology and the National Museum, has 

 been productive of very gratifying re- 

 sults. Much data was secured both 

 on notes, photographs and specimens. 

 The collection is one of the largest 

 that has ever been brought to the 

 United States from the West Indies. 



In Science for July 31st, 1903, 

 Prdf. Charles N. Gould, of the Univer- 

 sity of Oklahoma, gives an account of 

 his examination of Jacob's Cave in 

 southwest Missouri. This cave, like 

 the majority in this country, is situ- 

 ated in limestone formation and con- 

 tained humau bones, pottery, imple- 

 ments, shells, and other things which 

 clearly indicate that at one time it 

 was the domicile of man. Reference 

 was made to this cave in the last issue 

 of this journal. 



Prof, von Richthofeu, of Berlin, 

 has been awarded the Vega medal of 

 the Stockholm Society of Anthropology 

 and Geography in recognition of his 

 researches. 



W. E. R. 



