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bridge Natural History, and hold very high rank among British 

 zoologists. Other visitors have been Sir John Murray, famous by 

 reason of his connection with the "Challenger Expedition," Dr. 

 Charles W. Andrews, of the British Museum, best known by his ex- 

 ploration of Christmas Island and his remarkable paleontological dis- 

 coveries in the Fayiim ; Dr. G. Severin, Director of the Royal Museum 

 in Brussels ; Dr. David von Hansemann and Dr. Richard Heymons, of 

 the University of Berlin ; Dr. Liihe, of the University of Koenigsberg ; 

 Dr. H. Schauinsland, Director of the Museum in Bremen ; Dr. Ver- 

 sluys, of Amsterdam, well known through his work in connection with 

 the "Siboga Expedition," and Dr. J. E. Hoyle, Director of the Man- 

 chester Museum. A constant stream of American men of science 

 passing through "The Gateway of the West," as Bancroft styles Pitts- 

 burgh, have made it a point to interrupt their journeys going and 

 coming in order to spend a day at the Museum of the Institute. We 

 have also enjoyed the honor of visits from many, both from home and 

 abroad, distinguished in other than the walks of science. One of the 

 most famous of these was General Kuroki, the illustrious Japanese 

 commander. 



The expedition of Mr. W. H. Utterback to the fossil fields of the 

 west was suddenly terminated by the summons which came to him to 

 return to the bedside of his father, who was dying at his home in 

 Franklin, Indiana, and who has since passed away at a ripe age, 

 greatly honored and respected by all who knew him. The results of 

 Mr. Utterback' s labors were somewhat lessened by the bad weather 

 which he encountered, but he sent in twelve large cases containing a 

 great deal of valuable and important material illustrating the osteology 

 of the Ceratopsia. In October Mr. Utterback returned to the Museum. 



Work upon the replicas of the skeleton of Diplodocus carnegiei 

 intended as a gift, one for His Imperial Majesty, the German Emperor, 

 the other as a gift to the President of the French Republic, has been 

 carried on vigorously during the past summer and fall, and it is ex- 

 pected that these two reproductions will have been put in place by the 

 end of June of the coming year. A rearrangement of the exhibits in 

 the Hall of Paleontology at the National Museum in Paris is taking 

 place in order to accommodate the skeleton of the western monster, 

 and Dr. Brauer, the Director of the Royal Museum of Natural His- 



