THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
ers and others who have attended the exercises. The programme 
of the series was given in the last number of the JOURNAL. 
Tue head of a large African elephant, mounted in realistic 
style, has been hung on the wall of the East Corridor hall of the 
second floor, and an excellent head of the two-horned African 
rhinoceros has been put in a similar position on the third floor. 
These specimens have been deposited with the Museum by Mr. 
William F. Whitehouse, Jr., of Banbury, England, an enthu- 
siastic hunter of large game. 
THE head of a large Alaskan moose, presented by Mr. L. S. 
Thompson, has been mounted and placed in the East Corridor 
hall, near the entrance to the main mammal hall. The head is 
remarkable, not only for its size, but also for the unusual develop- 
ment of the antlers, a series of tines having grown out from the 
middle of the palms on each side. 
THE Osprey group, the material for which was collected last 
year on Gardiner’s island by Mr. Frank M. Chapman, has been 
completed and placed on exhibition in the West Corridor hall of 
the third floor. It makes a notable addition to the series 
of groups representing the life history of birds. 
THE birds and mammals brought back by Mr. N. G. Buxton 
as a result of his visit to northeastern Siberia, in connection with 
the Jesup North Pacific expedition, have been examined by the 
Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology. The material 
proves a valuable addition to the collections of the Museum for 
the purposes of study and exhibition. The value of Mr. Bux- 
ton’s observations in Siberia is enhanced by the large series of 
photographs which he brought back with him. 
es EPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY.—The Mu- 
‘ei seum is fortunate in having procured for the 
Ss) ;| Department of Anthropology the Raff collection 
;; of wood-carvings from the tribes of western 
Africa. The objects are mostly of religious or 
ceremonial character. All are old and in an excellent state of 
preservation. 
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