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in one of the early days of the trip which hampered his work from the 

 start and finally compelled his return to America before the Expedi- 

 tion had covered half its itinerary, the collections were far smaller 

 than his hopes and inclinations had promised. Prof. Holmes fitted 

 out for surveys and observations in Archeology. He secured at .all 

 points a large amount of valuable information that he is now embody- 

 ing in a contribution to the Museum publications, illustrating his 

 work from the wealth of sketches obtained by him on the trip. He 

 secured altogether about one thousand specimens in Archeology from 

 Yucatan, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz and the valley of Mexico. He 

 also established desirable scientific connections and correspondents 

 in all parts of the country visited, and, as with Dr. Millspaugh, 

 secured a knowledge of the countries and the peoples visited that 

 will be of great value in future work. The expedition as a whole was 

 out for three months, and during that time covered a great deal of 

 very interesting territory, much of it theretofore unvisited by scien- 

 tists. Four lectures in the Museum course have resulted from the 

 trip, two delivered by Dr. Millspaugh in the Spring series, and two 

 by Prof. Holmes scheduled in the present course. All of the expenses 

 of the expedition were borne by Mr. Armour, and to him the Institu- 

 tion and the Curators who accompanied him are indebted for the 

 priceless results obtained. 



The expedition to San Domingo was conducted by Mr. Geo. K. 

 Cherrie, Assistant Curator in the Department of Ornithology. He 

 departed in November, 1894, and returned in the latter part of May, 

 1895. His work was very thorough, very laborious, at times quite 

 dangerous, and exceedingly successful. Most of his work was done 

 in the interior and on the Caribbean slope and along the Nigua river, 

 and the climatic danger to which the Curator was subjected is appar- 

 ent from the fact that four of his guides were stricken with fever dur- 

 ing his stay upon the Island. Mr. Cherrie obtained one thousand 

 nine hundred and fifty-eight bird skins, sixteen mammals, eighty rep- 

 tiles, and a number of specimens of fish and Crustacea. Among the 

 birds, two species proved neAv to science and a number of others are 

 very interesting as representing rare and little known forms. 



Capt. Miner W. Bruce, unattached, but a student in Ethnology 

 and an explorer in the Northwest, of repute, was outfitted by the 

 Museum for an expedition to Alaska and Siberia in June, 1894. Capt. 

 Bruce failed to reach the point of his destination last season on 

 •account of an accident to the machinery of the vessel in which he 

 sailed, but he will imdertake the work again this season, using the 

 material he had purchased for exchanges last year. Resulting 

 thus far from the expedition has been the acquisition of valuable 



