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purpo.se of initiating the officers of the v^cout organization into the 

 l)leasuro8 and advantages of field work. 



The workers in tlie Construction Department wish to express 

 through the Museologist their appreciation of the generous increase 

 which they received. Coming as it did just after the vacation period, it 

 was doul)ly welcome. The Department has received additional equip- 

 ment funds and has added four new names to its roster. They are G. 

 Coughlin, a painter; H. Otto, a machinist; and C. Schwarz and C. 

 Zabriskie, carpenters. 



Henry Hundertpfund, as delegate of the Wallace A. Downs Post 

 (No. 26) of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, attended the national con- 

 vention of the organization recently held in Washington. 



Miss Vreeland and Miss ]\Iook were among late vacationists. 



On his recent visit to Morehead City, Mr. Bell was successful in 

 obtaining a large number of excellent casts. The species secured include 

 the Tiger, Black-tip, Sandbar, Bonnet-nose, Hammerhead, Nurse and 

 Cub Sharks, and a very large Whip Ray. A small devilfish was also 

 obtained. On opening up one of the Tiger Sharks, Mr. Bell found the 

 undigested remains (in five or six pieces) of a shark which must in life 

 have measured between eight and nine feet. The casts will soon be 

 placed on exhibition. 



James McGovern, our head night watchman, who has been on a 

 three-months' leave of absence following his breakdown, has recovered 

 his usual health, and returns to the Museum the first of October. 



A new small group showing four coyotes on a typical bit of prairie 

 sparsely dot'ed wi'h buffalo grass and rose-mallow has jus!: been placed 

 on exhibition in the Hall of North American ^Mammals, near the Timber 

 Wolf Group. 



Dr. O'Connell has returned to the Museum. She is working on a 

 collection of Jurassic ammonites from Cuba which were obtained by 

 Mr. Barnum Brown. 



