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Miss Mallorv, formerly of the Departinont of Anthropology, visited 

 the Museum in December, on her return from Eastern Russia, where she 

 has been engaged in Y. M. C. A. work. She will sail for Europe on 

 January 25th, and will for a time be stationed in Berlin. From there she 

 will probably later go to European Russia. 



Mrs. Nelson will return to work in the Museum this month, in the 

 Department of Anthropology. Mr. Nelson has just completed an inspec- 

 tion of the anthropological collections from the Southwest in the Uni- 

 versity of California. After his field work in the clifT dwellings of the 

 Grand Gulch region, he visited the Aztec ruin and then proceeded to 

 San Francisco. He will be back at the Museum within a few davs. 



Captain George Comer has been elected to the Legislature of the 

 State of Connecticut. 



Dr. Robert C. Murphy will take up work at the Museum as an 

 Associate Curator of the Department of Ornithology. He will have 

 charge of the work on the birds of the South Pacific Expedition of which 

 announcement will ])e made later. Dr. Murphy will also work on the 

 Brewster-Sanford collection of South Pacific Avater })irds. 



Mr. Beck has reached Tahiti. His latest adventures will be recorded 

 in the next number of N^atui'al History. 



On January 10th, Dr. Lucas will go to Washington to take part in a 

 conference on the fur seal question. The conference will be particularly 

 concerned with the discussion of plans for the conservation and develop- 

 ment of the fur seal herds of the Pribilof Islands. 



Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have postponed their sailing for Asia to 

 i\Iarch 19th, when they will leave San Francisco on the "Golden State." 

 The staff will follow about a month later. The Pacific Mail Steamship 

 Company has been very helpful in the handling of freight for the expedi- 

 tion, and has made various concessions, including a reduction of the 

 passenger fares for the party. The Fulton Motor Truck Company has 

 also cooperated, having presented the expedition with two of its one- 

 ton trucks especially designed for rough work. Thes(> trucks are 



