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Report of the President. 



Lectures. — Several lecture courses have been delivered 

 during the year. These include (1) a spring and a fall course 

 to Members of the Museum, (2) a public course given on 

 holidays, (3) a course given in conjunction with Columbia 

 University, (4) a spring and a fall course to pupils of the 

 public schools, (5) a nature study course to teachers, (6) a 

 course under the auspices of the Board of Education of the 

 City of New York, in cooperation with the Museum. 



Lectures to Members. 



Members of the scientific staff of the Museum delivered 

 the following lectures: 



January 



February 



— Mines, Quarries and " Steel Construction". .Louis P. Gratacap 

 — Western Holland — Middleburg to Helder, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 — Eastern Holland — Utrecht to Groningen, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 — The Traveling Indian Medicine Men of Bolivia. A. F. Bandelier 

 — Religious and Ceremonial Life of the North American 



Indians Dr. Livingston Farrand 



— Ruins of Mayan Cities in Central America, 



Prof. Marshall H. Saville 



Explorations in the Southwest and in Mexico during 



1904 George H. Pepper 



March 2. — The Game and Food Fishes of Our Atlantic Coast, 



George H. Sherwood 



9. — The Habits of Ants Dr. William Morton Wheeler 



16. — Northern Germany — Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 23. — Southern Germany — Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Rothen- 



burg Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



November 9. — The Bird Life of Florida Frank M. Chapman 



16. — Newfoundland : Its Scenery and People. . .Louis P. Gratacap 

 23. — Northern Mexico : Its Deserts, Plateaus and Canyons, 



Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey 

 December 7. — The Museum's Rocky Mountain Explorations of 1905, 



Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn 



14. — The Philippines — Manila Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



21. — The Philippines — Luzon Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



Public Lectures on Holidays. 



New Year's Day, January 2. — What the Lover of Nature may find in 



our City Parks Louis P. Gratacap 



Washington's Birthday, February 22. — Holland Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



