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ing from mounds and caves in the vicinity of Au Cayes and on an island near by that town.  The specimens have not as yet reached New York.

[[underlined]] Honduras [[/underlined]].  Mr. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges left New York in March to continue his archaeological researches on the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras.  Though not supporting this expedition in any way, Mr. Mitchell-Hedges has generously promised the Museum a gift of some of the results.

Captain J. Stuart Murray, under the auspices of the National Museum of Honduras, and with the government protection of that country, left New York the end of February for a general scientific survey of the interior of Honduras.  He has made arrangements to collect ethnological material for us, and this has been made practical by the very generous donation of Mrs. James B. Clemens.

[[underlined]] Mexico [[/underlined]].  Mr. David W. Amram Jr. of Philadelphia has donated to the Museum many valuable specimens of ethnology collected by him during his recent stay in the State of Chiapas, Mexico.  Mr. Amram has returned and will continue his work among the Indians, the results being presented to us.

[[underlined]] New Jersey [[/underlined]].  Due to the generosity of our trustee, Mr. Willard V. King, an archaeological reconnaissance was made possible under the direction of Godfrey J. Olsen, in sites in Monmouth County, and near Morristown, New Jersey.  Several burials and many shell pits were uncovered, and a notable collection was obtained, some of the pottery pipes and shell beads being unusual.

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[[underlined]] New York City [[/underlined]].  Mr. Reginald Pelham Bolton continued his excavating in the Throg's Neck section of the Bronx, and found besides one burial, many pits.  Pottery, stone, shell and bone objects of both Iroquois and Algonkian type were found.  These specimens, generously presented to us by Mr. Bolton, are a most valuable accession to our New York City collection.

[[underlined]] New York and Vermont [[/underlined]].  Through the generous support of our trustee, Mr. Henry L. Ferguson, an expedition to Fort Ticonderoga and vicinity was undertaken.  After a preliminary survey of several sites near the Fort, it was determined to concentrate on a large village site on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain just opposite the restored fort.  The dump of the village was first examined, then many pits were excavated, and finally at the end of the season, the cemetery was discovered and six burials found.  An extremely important collection of over two thousand specimens was obtained, including some rare types of pottery and stone objects.  During the entire time the expedition was in the field, from early in June until the end of October, every assistance was afforded it by Mr. Stephen H. P. Pell, the owner of the sites worked upon.

[[underlined]] Wisconsin [[/underlined]]. The library financed a trip for Mr. Paul Warner, of Chicago, to the remaining members of the Stockbridge and other eastern tribes, residing now in the vicinity of Shewano, Wisconsin, for the purpose of collecting old records and documents relating to their early history and known to be in their possession.  Mr. Warner was most successful in his quest and, incidentally, obtained a dozen specimens

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