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Aliisenms 



BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 



Department of Zoology 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: F. C. Fraser, Keeper. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted systematic faunistic 

 research. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for about 

 15 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



collections: Research and identified reference col- 

 lections of all marine and fresh-water groups of 

 animals. 



size of staff: Twenty-three scientific officers; 20 ex- 

 perimental officers; 21 assistants. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



General systematics, zoogeography and morphology: 

 Foraminifera (R. H. Hedley) 

 Coelenterata, especially Hydrozoa (W. J. Rees) 

 Sponges 



Polychaeta and Pteropoda (N. Tebble) 

 Echinodermata (A. M. Clark) 

 Malacostraca (I. Gordon) 

 Entomostraca (J. P. Harding) 

 Nematoda (W. G. Inglis) 

 Turbellaria and Nemertinea (S. Prudhoe) 

 Polyzoa (A. B. Hastings) 

 Marine fishes (N. B. Marshall) 

 Fresh- water fishes (P. H. Greenwood) 

 Reptiles (A. G. C. Grandison) 

 Pinnipedia (J. E. King) 

 Cetacea (F. C. Fraser) 



Carhbergjondets "Dana" — Samlinger 



COLLECTIONS OF THE CARLSBERG FOUNDATION'S 

 "DANA" EXPEDITIONS 



PO,STAL ADDRESS: Charlottenlund Slot, Charlottenlund, 



Danmark (Denmark). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. E. Bertelsen. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Carlsbergfondet (Carlsberg 



Foundation) . 



YEAR folinded: 1920. 



SCOPE of activities: Sorting and scientific treatment 



of oceanic pelagic fauna from the "Dana" collections; 



distribution of the material to scientific collaborators; 



editing and publication of the Daiui Reports. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 



visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 



nearby. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 



pelagic and bathypelagic research collections from all 



oceans. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Three part-time at professional level; 



3 technicians. 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Dana-Reports (occasionally pub- 

 lished contributions) 



Chicago Matnral History Museum 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore 



Drive, Chicago 5, Illinois, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Leland Webber, Secretary and 



Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Privately financed. 

 YEAR FOUNDED: 1893. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library 

 (other facilities indicated under appropriate divi- 

 sions) . 



SIZE OF staff: Thirty-five at professional level; 20 

 technicians. 



DIVISIONS OF MUSEUM DESCRIBED: (Activities include 

 aquatic biology) 



1. Division of Amphibians and Reptiles 



2. Division of Fishes 



3. Division of Lower Invertebrates 



Division of Ampbibiain iiiid Reptiles 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Robert F. Inger, Curator. 



SCOPE OF activities: Taxonomy and ecology of am- 

 phibians and reptiles. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



COLLECTIONS: World-wide research and identified ref- 

 erence collections of amphibians and reptiles. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Herpetology of Borneo (R. F. Inger) 

 Revisional studies of various amphibian and reptilian 

 genera (R. F. Inger) 



Division of Fishes 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Loren P. Woods, Curator. 



SCOPE OF activities: LInrestricted research on pre- 

 served specimens, taxonomy, morphology and food 

 habits. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 itors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



