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Mr. Nelson and Mr. Hyde have left on a ()-\veeks" e.xpedition. They 

 have gone to Grand Gulch, Utah, where twenty years ago an expedition 

 was conducted by the Wetherills under the direction of Mr. B. T. B. 

 Hyde who, with his brother, was at that time financing expeditions in 

 the Southwest. The present trip is planned to locate definitely the caves 

 and ruins from which the collections were taken formerly. This region 

 was occupied by the cliff-dwellers who built the many-roomed houses 

 often placed in caves, and also by another people of quite distinct physi- 

 cal type who are known particularly for their baskets, of which a large 

 collection is owned by the Museum. The party now in the field hopes 

 to determine the relative ages and times of occupation of these peoples. 

 The expedition is financed and accompanied by two friends of the Mu- 

 seum. 



Dr. ^Matthew has left on a visit to Europe, where he will remain 

 until about the first of December. He is accompanied by Mrs. Matthew. 

 His primary object is to examine a large private collection of vertebrate 

 fossils, recently offered to us for purchase, inEsthonia. Incidentally he 

 will visit museums in Stockholm, Upsala, Frankfort, Munich, Basle, 

 Lyons, Paris, Brussels, London, and other cities. He will probably also 

 go to Italy. 



Dr. Reeds and ]Mr. Hill spent the month of September collecting in 

 Xew York and Pennsylvania. Judging from the amount of material 

 already arrived at the Museum, they have been very successful. 



THE BOOK SHELF 



The latest Bulletin of the Xew York Zoological Society is given 

 over entirely to a paper by Mr. Lang on the White Rhinoceros of the 

 Belgian Congo. 



Dr. Crampton has an axiicle in the current National Geographic on 

 South American field-work. 



Articles by Mr. Andrews will appear in early numbers of Asia and 

 Harper's. 



