Natural history . ckground is curved, so as to represent thehorizon in its natural position. Mention should be made of the wax-and-glass models of various invertebrates, particularly some insects,the familiar Squid of the New England coast and an Actinian (seaanemone). The exhibit from the Zoological Park consisted, for themost part, of maps, photographs, transparencies and samples of New York Aquarium, in addition to similar exhibits, showed someof the marine aquaria which are supplied to the public schools of thecity. The Brooklyn Institute Museum exhibited typical collections EXP
Natural history . ckground is curved, so as to represent thehorizon in its natural position. Mention should be made of the wax-and-glass models of various invertebrates, particularly some insects,the familiar Squid of the New England coast and an Actinian (seaanemone). The exhibit from the Zoological Park consisted, for themost part, of maps, photographs, transparencies and samples of New York Aquarium, in addition to similar exhibits, showed someof the marine aquaria which are supplied to the public schools of thecity. The Brooklyn Institute Museum exhibited typical collections EXPEDITIOX TO EGYPT 25 showing its efforts to disseminate knowledge outside the Sharks, Hag Fishes and other curious marine forms werevery interesting to the specialist, and Economic Entomology was illus-trated, in part, by the photographs, transparencies and specimens illus-trating recent progress in New Jersey in the extermination of themosquito and in methods of educating the public on the EXPEDITION TO THE DESERT OF FAYOUM, EGYPT. IN January 5 Professor Henry F. ()sborn sailed for Egyptaccompanied by Messrs. Walter Granger and GeorgeOlsen of the Department of Vertebrate Palaeontologyon an exploring expedition of three months into theFayoum desert. In 1000 Professor Osborn1 pre-dicted that the remote ancestors of the Proboscidea,Sirenia and Hyracoidea would prove to be of African origin, and soonafterward, through the extensive exploration and study of this regionby the Egyptian Survey, this prophecy came true. This desert hasyielded sonic of the most remarkable recent discoveries in palaeontology,among which may be cited, besides those in the three orders abovementioned, many entirely new and unique forms, one of which is Arsl-noitherium. Dr. C. W. Andrews of the British Museum and J. X. Beadnell of the Egyptian Survey have been the principalstudents of this fauna and have described their discoveries in a seriesof papers published during the l
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