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Straus, made large and valuable collections of zoological material 

 in Senegal, the French Sudan, Nigeria, and Angola (Portuguese West 

 Africa). It was led by Mr. Rudyerd Boulton, Assistant Curator 

 of Birds. Mrs. Straus herself accompanied the expedition during 

 several months of its work. Other members of the party were Mr. 

 John F. Jennings, of Chicago, who was in charge of photography; 

 Mr. Frank C. Wonder of the Museum's taxidermy staff, who collected 

 mammals; and Mrs. Laura C. Boulton, who traveled with the exi)edi- 

 tion while engaged in ethnological work under a grant from the 

 Carnegie Corporation, of New York. In addition to extensive 

 general zoological collections, material was collected for several 

 proposed habitat groups of birds. 



The Leon Mandel Guatemala Expedition of Field Museum, 

 continuing work begun in 1933, made a comprehensive collection of 

 characteristic Central American fauna, and obtained important 

 material for several habitat groups of birds. Mr. Mandel, the 

 sponsor, participated in the work for a part of the time. The leader 

 of the expedition was Mr. Karl P. Schmidt, Assistant Curator of 

 Reptiles. The personnel included Mr. F. J. W. Schmidt, mam- 

 malogist; Mr. Emmet R. Blake, ornithologist; and Mr. Daniel 

 Clark, general assistant. 



Important new discoveries in connection with the history and 

 culture of the ancient Mayas resulted from the excavations conducted 

 by the Joint Archaeological Expedition of the Carnegie Institution 

 of Washington, D.C, and Field Museum, to British Honduras. 

 The expedition was led by Mr. J. Eric Thompson, Assistant Curator 

 of Central and South American Archaeology. Much valuable 

 material was collected for addition to the Museum's collections 

 relating to the Mayas. The share of the finds assigned to the Belize 

 Estate and Produce Company, owners of the land on which the 

 excavated ruins are located, was purchased for Field Museum by 

 means of a special grant of $300 generously provided by the Carnegie 

 Institution. 



The Field Museum Archaeological Expedition to the Southwest, 

 financed by the Julius and Augusta N. Rosenwald Fund of the 

 Museum, carried on its fourth season of excavations on the Lowry 

 ruin, a prehistoric Indian site in Colorado. As in its previous 

 operations, the expedition was under the leadership of Dr. Paul S. 

 Martin, Assistant Curator of North American Archaeology. The 

 expedition brought back to the Museum a large collection of artifacts 

 and human remains, and many important discoveries were made 



