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already existing between these museums, encourage and stimu- 

 late the interest of Members, and serve to increase scientific 

 knowledge. 



Among the special lectures and meetings to which Members 

 were invited, mention may be made of the following : 



The Spring Course of Lectures to Members included : "With 



the Big Game Animals of the Yellowstone," by Norman Mc- 



Clintock; "Tahiti and the Islands of the South 



!v£ c mbl" to Seas >" by Henry E - Cram P ton ; " The Stor y of 



Our Furs," by Frederic A. Lucas; and "Big 

 Game Hunting in Mongolia," by Roy C. Andrews. 



The Autumn Course was as follows: "With John Bur- 

 roughs in His Favorite Haunts," by G. Clyde Fisher ; "Hawaii 

 and Its Volcanoes," by Edmund Otis Hovey; "The Bird 

 Islands of Peru," by Robert Cushman Murphy; and "Chile 

 and the Fuegian Archipelago," by Charles W. Furlong. 



The Spring Course for the Children of Members included: 

 "Song Birds as Good Citizens," by William L. Finley. The 

 lecture which was to have been given by Mr. 

 Lectures to Ernest Thompson Seton on "Woodland Tales and 

 Member»° Indian Stories" was not given owing to the ill- 

 ness of Mr. Seton. In its place, some new stories 

 about Buster Bear, Reddy Fox, Johnny Chuck and Peter 

 Rabbit were given by Mr. Thornton W. Burgess. The other 

 lectures were : "The Great Bird Colonies of Peru," by Robert 

 Cushman Murphy, and "Our Animal Allies of the Great War," 

 by Ernest Harold Baynes. 



The Autumn Course to the Children of Members included: 

 "Some of My Mascots," by Ernest Harold Baynes ; "Folk-Lore 

 of Our New England Indians," by Mabel F. Knight; "Our 

 Feathered Neighbors," by Frank M. Chapman; and "Making 

 Friends with the Wild," by Clinton G. Abbott. 



The twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Scenic and 

 Historic Preservation Society was celebrated at the Museum 

 on January 13, at which time several addresses were made. 



