Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., Assistant Curator of Birds, unpacks the Koelz Collection 

 of 20,591 birds of Asia, the arrival of which was an outstanding event of the year. 



(purchase). Representing work of more than twenty years by 

 Walter N. Koelz, of Waterloo, Michigan, these collections fill many 

 of the major gaps in the Museum's collections from southern Asia 

 and permit the staff of the Division of Birds to work out many 

 taxonomic problems that could not be approached before because 

 adequate material was lacking. Other accessions were 590 birds of 

 western Colombia (purchase) collected by M. A. Carriker, Jr., and 

 9 birds of Formosa collected and presented by an enthusiastic young 

 scientist, Master Fraser Walsh, aged nine. The exchange program 

 of the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles with other institutions 

 resulted in much important material, including that from the 



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