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Dr. Frank M. Chapman was elected an Honorary Member 

 of the British Ornithologists' Union, at the annual meeting of 

 the Society, held on March 14, in London. (Not more than ten 

 "Honorary Members" are recruited from eminent ornithol- 

 ogists residing abroad.) 



At a special meeting of the Argentine Society of Natural 

 Sciences (Buenos Aires) and the Ornithological Society of the 

 Plata (Buenos Aires), Dr. Frank M. Chapman was made an 

 Honorary Member of the Ornithological Society and a Cor- 

 responding Member of the Society of Natural Sciences. 



At the dedication of the Museum of New Mexico at Santa Fe 

 the Museum was represented by Dr. Clark Wissler, who gave 

 an address on "The Opportunities of the New Museum," and 

 by Mr. N. C. Nelson, who spoke on "Recent Archaeological 

 Discoveries in the Southwest." 



The Museum was represented by Dr. Clark Wissler, Dr. P. 

 E. Goddard, and Mr. N. C. Nelson at the joint convention of 

 the American Anthropological Association and the American 

 Folk-Lore Society which was held in Philadelphia, December 

 27-29. Professor A. L. Kroeber presided. A dinner was 

 given on the evening of December 2J in honor of Dr. Wissler, 

 in appreciation of his recent publication, "The American In- 

 dian." This book was the theme of the after-dinner discussion. 



Dr. Robert H. Lowie, Associate Curator in the Department 

 of Anthropology, left in August for California, where he is 

 acting as Associate Professor in Anthropology during the aca- 

 demic year 1917-1918 in the University of California at 

 Berkeley, in exchange with Dr. A. L. Kroeber, who becomes 

 Associate Curator in the Department of Anthropology, Janu- 

 ary i-July 1, 19 1 8. 



Dr. Thomas G. Hull, Dr. F. E. Lutz, Mr. Barrington Moore, 

 and Dr. C. C. Mook were elected Fellows in the New York 

 Academy of Sciences in December. 



At the twelfth annual meeting of the American Association 

 of Museums held in New York from May 21 to 23, Mr. Roy 

 W. Miner was elected a councilor for a term of three years. 



