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Report of the President. 



Lectures. — Several lecture courses have been delivered 

 during the year. These include (1) a spring and a fall course 

 to Members of the Museum, (2) a public course g. on 



holidays, (3) a course given in conjunction with Colu.nb 

 University, (4) a spring and a fall course to pils of ne 

 public schools, (5) a nature study course to teachers, (6) a 

 course under the auspices of the Board of Education of the 

 City of New York, in cooperation with the Museum. 



Lectures to Members. 



Members of the scientific staff of the Museum delivered 

 the following lectures: 



January 5. — Mines, Quarries and " Steel Construction". .Louis P. Gratacap 

 12. —Western Holland — Middleburg to Helder, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 19. — Eastern Holland — Utrecht to Groningen, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 February 2. — The Traveling Indian Medicine Men of Bolivia. A. F. Bandelier 

 9. — Religious and Ceremonial Life of the North American 



Indians Dr. Livingston Farrand 



16. — Ruins of Mayan Cities in Central America, 



Prof. Marshall H. Saville 

 23. — Explorations in the Southwest and in Mexico during 



1904 George H. Pepper 



March 2. — The Game and Food Fishes of Our Atlantic Coast, 



George H. Sherwood 

 " 9. — The Habits of Ants Dr. William Morton Wheeler 



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November 9 

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December 7 



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— Northern Germany — Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 — Southern Germany — Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Rothen- 



burg Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



—The Bird Life of Florida Frank M. Chapman 



— Newfoundland : Its Scenery and People. . .Louis P. Gratacap 

 — Northern Mexico : Its Deserts, Plateaus and Canyons, 



Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey 

 — The Museum's Rocky Mountain Explorations of 1905, 



Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn 



— The Philippines — Manila Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



— The Philippines — Luzon .Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



Public Lectures on Holidays. 



New Year's Day, January 2. — What the Lover of Nature may find in 



our City Parks Louis P. Gratacap 



Washington's Birthday, February 22. — Holland Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 



