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awarded to Dr. Frank M. Chapman, Curator of Ornithology, 

 the first Daniel Giraud Elliot medal and honorarium. These 

 are to be bestowed annually for preeminence in zoology or 

 palaeontology under the terms of the gift to the Academy, in 

 1916, of $8,000, by Miss Margaret Henderson Elliot to estab- 

 lish a fund in memory of her father. The result of Dr. Chap- 

 man's valuable contribution to Zoology, "The Distribution of 

 Bird Life in Colombia; a Contribution to a Biological Survey 

 of South America," was published in 1917 as Volume XXXVI 

 of the Bulletin of The American Museum of Natural History. 

 Although Dr. Chapman described therein a very large number 

 of species and subspecies of South American birds, it was for 

 the scientific value of his deductions and the establishment of 

 zonal and faunal boundaries over a wide geographical range 

 that the decision was made in his favor. 



New York University conferred the honorary degree of 

 Doctor of Public Health on Dr. Winslow. 



Mr. Roy C. Andrews was elected a Corresponding Member 

 of the Zoological Society of London at its meeting on De- 

 cember 19, 1917. 



The Angrand Foundation of France has awarded a prize of 

 five thousand francs to Dr. Herbert J. Spinden, in recognition 

 of his memoir on Maya Art, published by the Peabody Mu- 

 seum of Harvard University. This prize is awarded once in 

 five years for original investigations in the anthropology of 

 North and South America. 



The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolu- 

 tion of Man was organized at the Museum on April 16. The 

 first formal meeting was held at the home of Professor Osborn 

 on the evening of April 17. Dr. W. K. Gregory was elected 

 Secretary. 



Dr. F. A. Lucas, Dr. E. O. Hovey, Mr. Roy W. Miner and 

 Miss Ann E. Thomas represented the Museum at the meeting 

 of the American Association of Museums in Springfield, 

 Massachusetts, May 20-22. 



Dr. Ralph W. Tower and Miss Mary C. Dickerson were the 

 official representatives of the Museum at the meeting in cele- 

 bration of the 175th anniversary of the birth of Abbe Rene 

 Just Hauy, the great French crystallographer (1743-1822). 



