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ing with the collection, December 21, 1906. Of the intervening 

 fourteen months, twelve months were spent in active field work. 

 The tangible results are represented by a shipment of over seventeen 

 tons of natural history material, chiefly zoological. The collection 

 includes some four hundred skins of mammals ranging in size from 

 that of a rabbit to that of an elephant, about twelve hundred small 

 mammal skins, eight hundred bird skins and a fair number of mammal 

 and bird skeletons. The expedition also secured about one thousand 

 photographic negatives, as well as other studies of the material col- 

 lected, such as plaster casts, measurements, leaves, mounting ac- 

 cessories, etc. A small collection of anthropological material was 

 obtained from among the Masai, Kikuyu and Kamba tribes. 

 The collection of large mammal skins includes material for groups 

 of about twenty species of antelopes; a bufifalo group of six indi- 

 viduals; a fine series of lions — eight specimens; two large elephants, 

 complete; one rhinoceros; one hippopotamus and many other speci- 

 mens of more than passing interest. 



The following list indicates the 32 various expeditions sent out 

 during the year: 



Locality. Collector. Material. 



Bahamas Louis J. K. Brace, . . Herbarium Specimens. 



Bermudas, . . . . T. H. Bean, . . . Fishes, Reptiles, and In- 

 vertebrates. 



Guatemala S. E. Meek, .... Fishes and Reptiles. 



Guatemala, . . . . N. Dearborn, . . . Birds. 



Mexico, J- M. Greenman, . . Herbarium Specimens. 



Mission Region, So. Cali- 

 fornia C. L. Owen, . . . Ethnological Specimens. 



The Everglades, Florida. Chas. B. Cory, . . . Nests and Eggs, Birds, 



and scientific notes. 



Joliet, 111., . . . . H. W. Menke and Assist- Material for Bird Groups. 



tants. 



Nebraska and Wyoming, E. S. Riggs, .... Vertebrate Fossils. 



Henry, 111 J. F. Ferry, .... Birds. 



Henry, 111., . . . . S. E. Meek, .... Fishes. 



Guatemala, . . . .CM. Barber, . . . Birds, Mammals, Fishes 



and Reptiles. 



Cairo, 111., . . . . E. Heller, .... Mammals. 



North Pacific Coast, . C. F. Newcombe, . Haida Ethnology. 



Andaman and Nicobar 



Islands, Alfred R. Brown, . Ethnological Specimens. 



Illinois, E. B. Chope, . . . Insects. 



Little Traverse Bay, Mich. A. W. Slocom, . . . Invertebrate Fossils. 



Romeo, 111., .... A. W. Slocom, . . . Invertebrate Fossils. 



Chicago Basin, . . . O. E. Lansing, Jr.. . . Herbarium Specimens. 



