THE MUSEOLOGIST 



This little magazine is devoted to the internal affairs of the Museum. It 

 exists for the sake of all the Museum workers, and offers itself as a ready 

 medium through which they may come into closer touch with each other and 

 with the Corporation. 



It is issued by the Publicity Committee. 



Volume 2 March. 1921 Xuni!)er 3 



One of the most familiar figures in the Museum is that of 

 Dr. Frank M. Chapman, who, next to Dr. Allen, has been 

 longest in the Museum's service. It was in March, 1888, 

 that Dr. Chapman came as Assistant Curator to the Depart- 

 ment of Ornithology and Mammalogy. In 1901 he became 

 Associate Curator of the same department, and in 1908, 

 Curator of Ornithology. 



Before coming here, Dr. Chapman had made an expedition 

 to collect and stud}^ the birds of Florida. During his thirty- 

 odd years at the ^Museum, he has organized and conducted a 

 number of exploring trips in temperate and tropical America, 

 has published frequenth^, has edited Bird-Lore since helping 

 to found it in 1898 and has been Associate Editor of TJu Auk 

 since 1894. 



It was Dr. Chapman who originated and directed the 

 making of our habitat bird groups and seasonal exhibits of 

 birds. These — particularly the habitat groups — have be- 

 come widety famous, and justly ; for apart from their interest 

 as the first groups of their kind, the}^ combine beauty and 

 realism with great educational effectiveness. 



A Fellow of the American Ornithological Union and of the 

 New York Academy of Sciences, Dr. Chapman has been Vice- 

 President of the former since 1907, and was Vice-President of 



