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iiifi; trip in the mountains of northern New South Wales. Throufih Mr. 

 l-5urreirs influence, also, the}- were entertained as the guests of Mr. 

 Clifford Moseley, upon whos > station (ranch) thej^ had the oppcrtunity 

 of collecting a fine series of kang roos (Macropus giganteus) and numer- 

 ous flying phalangers and .small insectivorous marsupials. Mr. Jim 

 Wilson, of this locality, another friend of Mr. Burrell, placed his remark- 

 ably detailed knowledge of the habits of the marsupials at the disposal 

 of the Museum representatives. The party were thus enabled to 

 secure in this region not only splendid exhibition material but 

 also a series of skins and skeletons for the Department of Mam- 

 malogy, and many preserved specimens for dissection of the muscles, 

 etc., for the Department of Comparative Anatomy. Incidentally, the 

 collectors found it an in.spiring sight to see the kang roos making their 

 enormous leaps on the sunny hillsides, and the fljung phalangers skim- 

 ming from tree to tree in the moonlight. 



Birds were very numerous and abundant, but very few were collected 

 during the earl}- part of the trip, as it was felt to be more im])ortant to 

 secure the mammals first. 



Materials are now being secured from this region for a kangroo 

 group showing a mob of kangaroos fleeing from a pack of dingoes, or 

 native wild dogs. The latter will be shown in the act of .separating one 

 of the kangaroos from its fellows, and leaping up around it, snapping at 

 its h unches and endeavoring to overturn it. The prospects of Mr. 

 Raven's securing during the coming year a large and representative 

 series of Australian marsupials are excellent, and arrangements have 

 already been made for him to collect in various localities in Queensland, 

 New South Wales and Tasmania. Through the courtesy of Dr. Gorrit 

 S. Miller, Curator of Mammals in the United States National Museum, 

 IVIr. Charles Hoy, who has been collecting in Australia for that ^Museum 

 during the past two years, placed all his hard-won knowledge and e.xpe- 

 ri nee unreservedly at the service of his American Museum colleagues. 



As the available time was very limited, Dr. Gregory had to leave Mr. 

 Raven after three weeks' stay in camp. He then made a tour of the 

 ])rincipal cities of southeastern and southern Australia, and Tasmania, 

 where he established })ersonal contact with the leading museums and 

 museum oflficials, and gave a series of lectures entitled: "Australian 

 Marsu])ials and Why They Are Worth Protecting," "Glimpses of Evolu- 

 tion" and "A Review of the Evolution of Human Dentition."' The last 



