Natural history . 1, 1900. pp. 1-72. 26 THE AMERICA X MUSEUM JOURXAL President Jesup provided the necessary pecuniary support for theexpedition, and Professor Osborn embarked on his undertaking withletters from President Roosevelt to Lord Cromer, the head of the Egyp-tian government, introducing him as Geologist and Palaeontologist ofthe U. S. Geological Survey, as well as Vice-president and Curator ofthis Museum, and from eminent English and German scientists whohave preceded him in the work of exploring this desert. ProfessorOsborn will return about April 1 and will doubtless have a story of
Natural history . 1, 1900. pp. 1-72. 26 THE AMERICA X MUSEUM JOURXAL President Jesup provided the necessary pecuniary support for theexpedition, and Professor Osborn embarked on his undertaking withletters from President Roosevelt to Lord Cromer, the head of the Egyp-tian government, introducing him as Geologist and Palaeontologist ofthe U. S. Geological Survey, as well as Vice-president and Curator ofthis Museum, and from eminent English and German scientists whohave preceded him in the work of exploring this desert. ProfessorOsborn will return about April 1 and will doubtless have a story ofexperiences very different from those incident to the exploration of ourown western country, to which he has devoted so much time in thelast fifteen years, interesting as the latter have been. The party goesby camel train southwestward from Cairo three days journey into thedesert, and the region in which work is to he carried on is at least fiftymiles from the nearest source of water. THE MUSEUM BULLETIN FOR HE twenty-second volume of the BULLETIN of the Ameri-can Museum was issued during the year 1906. Thearticles, which pertain to the scientific work of themuseum and arc technical in character, are also pub-lished separately and, like the volume itself, may heobtained from the Librarian. The table of contents of the volume is as follows: Page 1 Art. I. The Habits of the Tent-Building Ant (Cremastogasier lineo-ZatoSay). By William Morton Wheeler. (Plates! VI) Art. II. On the Skull of Edaphosaurus pogonias Cope. By E. C. Case. (Plate VI1) 19 Art. 111. Descriptions of twonewGenera (Echmatemys and Xeno-chelys) and two new Species (Xenochelys formosa and Terrapeneputnami) of Fossil Turtles. ByOLiVEB P. Hay. (7 text figures) 27 Art. IV. On the Founding of Colonies by Queen Ants, with specialreference to the Parasitic and Slave-making Species. By Willi \wMorton Wheeler. (Plates VIII-XIV) 33 Art. V. The Orthoptera of the Bahamas. By James A. G. (4 text figures) 107 Art.
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