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whereby Museums and Libraries might be of mutual asist- 
ance,’ by Mr. R. W. Brown ; ‘ The organisation of Picture 
Exhibitions in the Provinces/ by Mr. E. R. Dibdin ; ‘ The 
Cleaning and Restoration of Pictures/ by Mr. E. Howarth ; 
‘ The Case for a Royal Commission on Museums/ by Mr. 
J. Bailey. Mr. Leney’s scheme was a Committee of ‘ Friends 
of the Museum/ who subscribe funds to enable specimens to> 
be purchased on short notice, without calling upon the rates, 
and many valuable objects have been added to the Norwich 
Museum in this way. The questions of labels and the fading 
of Specimens were particularly useful, and Mr. Dibdin’s 
scheme for the organization of picture exhibitions in the 
provinces was valuable. At the final meeting, Mr. T. 
Sheppard was elected President of the Association, and it is 
hoped that next year at least one or two days will be spent 
in Hull, in order to give the members of the Association an 
opportunity of visiting the Museums. The Leicester Museums 
have recently been entirely rearranged and redecorated, 
fitted up with new methods of lighting, etc., and in these 
connexions, many useful lessons were learnt. The Conference 
was particularly successful, and Mr. E. E. Lowe and his numer- 
ous friends all worked well to make the meeting successful. 
PILTDOWN SKULL AGAIN. 
In Discovery for July, Mr. E. N. Fallaize, Hon. Secretary 
of the Royal Anthropological Society, has an article with the 
somewhat startling title, ‘ New Light on the Piltdown Skull/ 
This, it seems, is a summary of some recent work by Professors 
Elliot Smith and Hunter, which as a ‘ new construction 
generally is confirmatory of the accuracy of the earlier recon- 
struction of Dr. Smith Woodward and Mr. Pycraft. The 
result, as Professor Elliot Smith pointed out, is a skull like 
no other skull ; but its assimilation to the simian skull brings 
it into complete harmony with the chimpanzee -like jaw. 
The difficulty which arose from the discrepancy between the 
cranium and jaw has thus been completely and satisfactorily 
resolved, while the endocranial cast, as might be expected, 
takes up its place between that of Pithecanthropus erectus , 
the fossil skull from Java, and that of the recently discovered 
Rhodesian Man/ 
THE CUCKOO’S CHANCE. 
We learn from The Spectator, in reference to Mr. Chance’s 
work on the Cuckoo, ‘ He tells us, incidentally, that he has 
taken hundreds of cuckoos’ eggs, and he speaks of other 
collectors as having done the same. What of the Wild Birds 
Protection Acts? It is true that the cuckoos’ eggs are not 
protected in every county, but the bird itself is protected 
in all. And what is the use of making it illegal to kill the 
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