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On the third floor of the Museum is the Members' Room, a 

 pleasant place to rest during visits to the Museum. Members 

 desiring to have the most interesting features of the exhibits 

 shown them may make known their wishes to the attendant in 

 this room, and an instructor will meet them. 



Every year, besides the regular courses of lectures for Mem- 

 bers, a number of special illustrated lectures are given, to which 

 Members are welcome. 



The American Museum of Natural History, in conjunction 

 with certain other museums, is reciprocating with the Buffalo 

 Society of Natural Sciences in the exchange of membership 

 privileges. When a Member of the American Museum visits 

 the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and 

 presents his membership card at the office, the privileges ac- 

 corded its Members will be accorded the Member of the Ameri- 

 can Museum. This plan, with which we are heartily in accord, 

 was suggested by the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, with 

 the hope that such a step would promote the friendly relations 

 already existing between these museums, encourage and stimu- 

 late the interest of Members, and serve to increase scientific 

 knowledge. 



Some of the lectures and meetings to which Members were 

 invited are the following: 



The Spring Course of Lectures to Members included: "Wild 

 Life on Mullein Hill," by Dallas Lore Sharp; "Thirty Thou- 

 sand Miles in China," by Charles K. Edmunds; 

 Members ° " Five Years with the Birds of the Congo Jungle," 

 by James P. Chapin; "Camouflage in Nature and 

 in War," by Gerald H. Thayer. 



The Autumn Course was as follows : "The Way of the Sperm 

 Whaler," by Robert Cushman Murphy; "Over the Andes of 

 Southern Ecuador," by H. E. Anthony; "New Zealand and Its 

 Nature Wonders," by C. E. (^ummings; and "Travels in Siam 

 and Java," by Henry E. Crampton. 



The Spring Course for the Children of Members was as fol- 

 lows : "The Calendar of the Animals," by Ray- 

 ChUdrenor m ° nd L * Ditmars ' "Hiawatha," by Ruth E. 

 Members° Crosby; "Neighbors of the Sand and Sea," by 

 George H. Sherwood; "The Spring Awakening 

 of the Flowers," by G. Clyde Fisher. 



