ANNALS 



OF THE 



CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME IV. NOS. Ill and IV. 



Editorial Notes. 



The Second Annual Meeting of the American Association of Mu- 

 seums, which was held in the Carnegie Museum June 4-6, was well 

 attended, and many who were present have since written expressing 

 their appreciation of the hospitality shown them by the Trustees of 

 the Institute and the citizens of Pittsburgh. The papers which were 

 read and the discussions which took place were interesting and instruc- 

 tive. The American Association of Museums may be regarded as 

 having been fairly launched upon a career of usefulness, and takes its 

 place as one of the important associations of scientific men in the 

 western hemisphere. The proceedings of the meeting held in June 

 will shortly be published. 



Dr. A. E. Ortmann, Dr. Percy E. Raymond, Mr. O. A. Peterson, 

 and the Director of the Carnegie Museum attended the sessions of the 

 Seventh International Zoological Congress which were held in Boston 

 at the end of August. Papers were read by all of the gentlemen who 

 represented the Carnegie Institute. 



A large number of men distingu : shed in the walks of science have 

 recently visited the Carnegie Museum. Among those from abroad 

 whom we have had the pleasure of welcoming were Mr. S. F. Harmar, 

 of King's College, Cambridge, and Mr. Arthur E. Shipley, of Christ's 

 College, Cambridge, who are associated in the editorship of the Cam- 



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