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EXPEDITIONS 

[[Underlined]] Greenland [[/Underlined]]. Captain Robert Bartlett, on the schooner "Morrisey", undertook to erect a monument to the memory of Admiral Peary at Cape York, Greenland. Captain Bartlett very generously consented, for a nominal sum, to allow one of his crew, Junius Bird. to excavate village sites for us during his stay at Cape York. The results of this work were most satisfactory, and valuable collections of about six hundred specimens were obtained, of a culture not formerly represented in our Museum. 

[[Underlined]] Honduras [[/Underlined]]. The expeditions of Mr. Gregory Mason and Mr. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges to Honduras, mentioned in the last annual report, were successfully brought to a conclusion during the summer months, and through their efforts about three thousand specimens, many of unique form and great importance, were added to our collections. 

[[Underlined]] New Jersey [[/Underlined]]. Through the generosity of a member of the Board of Trustees, the Museum was enabled to maintain an expedition to the Minnisink burial ground near Montague in Sussex County. The results were most satisfactory, and the Museum collections were enriched by many specimens, prominent among which were several new types of shell ornaments, and two fine pottery jars. 

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[[Underlined]] New York [[/Underlined]]. Mr. Reginald Pelham Bolton and Mr. William L. Calver excavated at several locations in Throgs Neck and near Pelham Bay Park. The resultant finds were most generously donated to the Museum by them. Conspicuous among these was a large perfect knife blade of argillite. 

COLLECTIONS PRESENTED 

A very valuable ethnological collection of about 200 pieces was presented by Mr. Jay Noble Emley. It consists principally of bead and quill work from the Santee Sioux, and baskets from the Hopi, Tulare, Pomo, Modoc, Karok, Makah, and the Tlingit and Haida tribes. There are also valuable specimens from the Micmac, Huron, Pima, Navaho, Arapaho, Comanche, and Cheyenne. 

A very welcome addition to our collections of local archaeology was the gift to us by Mrs. Ella Russell of the collection of her late mother, Mrs. Caroline Decker. This gift of 1,369 specimens, all from Staten Island, is the result of many years collecting. 

Through the generosity of Mrs. Henry F. duPont, the Museum acquired by gift, the ethnological collection of her late father, Mr. Edward Howe Wales. Of the 562 specimens in this lot, there were 171 from the American 

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