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Transportation. — As heretofore we have been greatly 



assisted in our field work by the liberality of various railways 



and transportation companies through the granting of passes 



to curators and their assistants, in reaching and returning 



from their distant fields of exploration, and reduced rates of 



transportation for their collection, without which generous aid 



extensive field work would be impossible. The list of railways 



and transportation companies to whom we have been indebted 



during the past year is as follows: 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Mexican Central Railway. 



Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Mexican National Railway. 



Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Northern Pacific Railway. 



Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway. Southern Railway. 



Canadian Pacific Railway. Southern Pacific Company. 



Canadian Northern Railway. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. 



Erie Railroad. Union Pacific Railroad. 



Great Northern Railway. Wabash Railroad. 



Lectures. — The courses of lectures include (1) a course 

 to teachers, (2) a course to members of the Museum, (3) a 

 public course given on holidays, (4) lectures to the children 

 of the public schools, (5) a course under the auspices of the 

 Board of Education of the City of New York, in cooperation 

 with the Museum. 



The spring course to teachers was given as usual by Profes- 

 sor Bickmore under a grant from the State. At the end of this 

 course the State failed to renew the grant, and the fall course, 

 owing to the illness of Professor Bickmore, was given by other 

 members of the Museum Staff. These courses were as follows: 



Lectures to Teachers. 

 Spring Course. By Professor Bickmore. 

 January 23. — Holland — Amsterdam and Haarlem. 

 " 30. — Holland — Amsterdam and Haarlem. 



February 6. — Holland — Rotterdam and the Hague. 

 13. — Holland — Rotterdam and the Hague. 

 20. — Belgium — Antwerp and Bruges. 

 " 27. — Belgium — Antwerp and Bruges. 



March 5. — Belgium — Brussels and Waterloo. 



12. — Belgium — Brussels and Waterloo. 

 Fall Cotirse. 

 October 22. — The Birds of Autumn and their Habits. . .Frank M. Chapman 

 29. — The Most Profitable Methods of Bird Study for 



Teachers, Pupils and Bird Lovers Frank M. Chapman 



