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A givat iiiunluM- of intoresting i)i('turos of the country and natives 

 was obtained on the expedition. SHdes are beinfj; made for lecture 

 purposes. The feature of the expedition which has made the greatest 

 po|)ular api)eal was the visit to the country of theJivarosor head-hunters. 



IMr. Olsen will not sail with Mr. Granger on May 28th, hut will fol- 

 low at a later date. 



At the meeting of the New York Academy, Section of Mineralogy, 

 held on March 21st, Dr. Whitlock gave a very lucid talk on the history 

 and development of the science of measuring crystals and the instru- 

 ments used. He pointed out the superiority of the method of measur- 

 ing by projection, as compared with earlier methods. His talk was 

 illustrated with some very interesting working diagrams. 



On Manh 14th, Dr. Hovey lectured in Dobbs Ferry on "The 

 Hawaiian Islands and Their Volcanoes." 



Mr. Crocco has appeared in a new role — that of artist. After waiting 

 for some time for a bid for re-painting our flag-poles at a less cost than 

 the cost of replacing them with brand new poles, the Museum authorities 

 found out that Mr. Crocco, in addition to his other accomplishments, 

 is an expert steeple-jack. Accordingly, he was supplied with a paint- 

 pail and brush, and our flag-poles are again white. 



The Department of Geology has purchased from Ward's and placed 

 on exhibition in the Arthropod Alcove a small collection of trilobites 

 with spines. 



On March 26th, the New York Bird and Tree C ub held its Annual 

 Meeting in the Museum. The meeting was followed by a talk on 

 "Where the Wild Flowers Grow and Why" given by Dr. Edgar T. 

 Wherry and illustrated with colored lantern slides. 



One of the first results of Dr. Matthew's trip abroad is the receipt 

 from Mr. C. Forster Cooper, of the Zoological Museum of Cambridge 

 University, of a beautiful skull of fossil English Ox and one of the fossil 

 European Bison. Both of these specimens, but especially that of the Ox, 



