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Washington, at Cold Spring; Harbor, on Lonf2; Island. Here the delegates 

 were entertained by the Carnegie Institution and the Long Island Reeep- 

 tion Connnittee, and were given the ()])])()rt unity of inspeeting the Sta- 

 tion. 



All the members of the Museum staff will rejoice to know that after 

 two years of geological work in the field in connection with the discovery 

 of oil, jMr. Barnum Brown rejoined the Museum staff on August 1st 

 and soon thereafter re]K)rted to President Osborn in Paris for duty. Mr. 

 Brown has never, in fact, been out of touch with the Museum. Both in 

 Cuba and in Africa he made splendid collections in invertebrate paheon- 

 tolog}% which are now being worked up by Miss Marjorie O'Connell. 

 He also collected zoological and ethnological material in Africa. At 

 present, Mr. Brown is bound for southern Asia, where he will visit all 

 the great localities in which remains of primates, especially man, have 

 been found or are likely to be found, — namely, in Burma and the 

 Siwaliks and Bugti Hills of India. He takes with him the good wishes of 

 all his British friends who have worked in those fields, and he hopes to 

 enjoy the cooperation of the Geological Survey of India, particularly of 

 Dr. Pilgrim. His journey is made possible by the generosity' of Mrs. H. 

 C. Frick, who has placed at the disposal of the American Museum 

 Trustees a fund to be devoted especially to exploration in southern Asia. 

 ]Mr. Brown is one of the most enterprising and courageous of all our ex- 

 plorers. Just the qualities which he possesses will be needed to over- 

 come such difficulties as he is sure to meet among the natives on the 

 frontier lines of British rule in India. 



Dr. W. K. Gregory left New York on May 25th, on the ^Museum's 

 first Australian expedition, accompanied by Mr. Harry C. Raven, who 

 was in charge of field work. They arrived in Sydney on June 20th. 

 Headquarters of the expedition were soon established at the Australian 

 Museum, through the courtesy of the Museum officials. 



]Mr. Ellis F. Joseph, of Sj'dney, who is well known to the staff of the 

 New York Zoological Society for the many rare and interesting mammals 

 he has brought to the Park from Australia, was of great service to the 

 members of the expedition. Through his efforts, Mr. Harry Burrell, 

 also of Sydney, and known for his field studies of the life habits of mar- 

 supials, accompanied Dr. Gregory and Mr, Raven on their first collect- 



