92 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1920. 



JSIuseiim (Bulletin 09) based lar<>ely on the material collected by 

 the Smithsonian African Expedition under the direction of Col. 

 Theodore RooseA^elt, 1909-10, and the Paul J. Ra^ney African Ex- 

 ]>edition, 1911-1912. He also made some progress on the Artio- 

 dactyla, but is seriouslj' hampered by the present inconvenient ar- 

 rangement of the specimens on three different floors of the Museum. 

 Dr. O. P. Hay, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, District 

 of Columbia, has made constant use of the collection in connection 

 ■with his AYork on the Pleistocene fauna of North America. Dr. 

 "W. AV. GraAes, of St. Louis, Missouri, spent about a week examining 

 the shoulder blades of the primates and certain other mammals in 

 connection with his study of human scapulae. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, associate in 

 zoology, examined the birds of Haiti and Santo Domingo in con- 

 nection with work he had recently done on the island, and Avith 

 respect to further needs of the Museum. Mr. A. C. Bent, Taunton, 

 JSlassachusetts, spent three days examining the eggs and terns, and 

 selecting specimens for illustration in the next bulletin on life his- 

 tories of North American birds. Mr. Francis Harper, of the Bio- 

 logical Survej^, Avorked out the identifications of Aarious specimens 

 collected in France, and of diving petrels. Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 

 also of the Survey, continued his volunteer Avork among the skele- 

 tons and alcoholics, particularly the former, and in making special 

 determinations of skeletal material as needed by the Museum. Dr. 

 H. C. Oberholser, of the same survey, continued to determine speci- 

 mens in the Museum collections, both in the North American series 

 and in the JNlalaA^an material collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott and 

 others. jNIr. W. H. Osgood, Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago, Illinois, Avas instrumental in furnishing information that 

 led to the recovery of the important type material of birds from the 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences, mentioned above. 



Dr. Thomas Barbour, of the Museum of ComparatiA-e Zoology, 

 during several visits examined and identified reptiles and amphibi- 

 ans in connection Avith his studies of West Indian herpetology. 

 Mr. E. E. Dunn, of the same museum, identified a number of sala- 

 manders during his visits to the INIuseum, and Mr. G. K. Noble, of 

 the American Museum of Natural History, NeAv York, Avas likeAvise 

 helpful in connection Avith South American amphibians. 



In the diA'ision of fishes Mr. AValter Koelz examined the Avhite- 

 fishes in connection Avith his Avork for the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 

 Doctor Kendall, of the same bureau, examined certain Scorpaenoid 

 fishes of the Avest coast for the purpose of more certain identification 

 of specimens collected by Doctor Coker in Peru. Dr. Carl PI. Eigen- 

 mann. State University of Indiana, determined 47 specimens of fishes 

 collected in South America by Dr. J. N. Rose. 



