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After his return from Guatemala, Assistant Curator Schmidt 

 engaged in research on Chinese amphibians and reptiles, continuing 

 a collaboration begun in May with Dr. C. C. Liu, of Soochow 

 University, China. The gift of an especially valuable series of 

 snakes from Yucatan, by Mr. E. Wyllys Andrews IV, of Chicago, 

 made possible a comparative study of Yucatecan and Guatemalan 

 species, and a report on the collection made in Yucatan by Mr. 

 Andrews was drawn up for publication, Mr, Schmidt also prepared 

 a short paper on the breeding behavior of lizards and another 

 describing a new crocodile from the Philippines, 



Except for the important addition mentioned above to the 

 series on birds of the Americas, the only other publication of the 

 Department of Zoology during the year was Zoology Leaflet No, 13, 

 Sculptures hy Herbert Haseltine of Champion Domestic Animals of 

 Great Britain, in which are illustrated and described the sculptures 

 presented by Trustee Marshall Field and installed in the new Hall 12 

 during the year. 



Members of the Department staff contributed eleven signed arti- 

 cles and twenty-two other articles and items to Field Museum News 

 during the year, and supplied data for thirty-six newspaper articles. 



A few publications of members of the staff appeared under other 

 than Museum auspices. Most important of these are the 

 Genera and Subgenera of South American Canids, by Dr. Wilfred H. 

 Osgood, Curator of the Department of Zoology, published in Feb- 

 ruary in the Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 15, pp. 45-50; and Notes 

 on the Sea Trouts of Labrador, by Assistant Curator Alfred C. 

 Weed, printed in Copeia, 1934, pp. 127-133. 



As in 1933, the work of the Department of Zoology was some- 

 what affected by A Century of Progress exposition and the unusual 

 attendance resulting from it. The number of visitors of a profes- 

 sional character or coming with special introductions and requests 

 for service from members of the staff was less than in 1933, but still 

 large, and much time was unavoidably devoted to them. 



The association of Mr. Leslie Wheeler, a Trustee of the Museum, 

 with the Department of Zoology during the year made a gratifying 

 addition to the personnel. Mr. Wheeler has found an especial 

 interest in the Museum's collection of birds of prey, which has 

 been segregated and especially indexed. Preparations have been 

 made for amplifying it and studying it along systematic lines. 



The year was marked especially by activities connected with 

 the employment of numerous assistants provided by relief agencies 



