Department of Zoology 



Research and Expeditions 



Expeditions by nonstaff members were made in Colombia and in 

 Peru. In Colombia the Macarena Mountains, rising to an altitude of 

 5,500 feet, form an isolated little-known mountain-mass east of the 

 Andes, Mammals were the main objective of the expedition in this 

 area, but birds, reptiles, fishes, and invertebrates were also collected 

 by Kjell von Sneidern of Popayan, Colombia, who carried on the 

 work (see page 34). An important geographic area in Peru, unrepre- 

 sented in our collection by mammals, was investigated by Celestino 

 Kalinowski of Cuzco, Peru, who worked in the Amazonian regions 

 bordering Brazil (see page 34). Although he specialized in mammals, 

 he collected other groups of animals. 



Staff members carried on field work in Egypt, Angola, Philip- 

 pines, Nepal, western Caribbean, equatorial Atlantic off northern 

 South America, and the United States. Field Associate Harry Hoog- 

 straal continued his work in Egypt, sending us collections that were 

 especially important in mammals. Research Associate Rudyerd 

 Boulton, during a visit to Africa, made a collection of birds for us 

 in Angola. Field Associate D. S. Rabor collected birds in Samar, 

 Philippine Islands (see page 34), and Field Associate Robert L. 

 Fleming, stationed with his Mission in Nepal, found time to continue 

 his bird work there. 



The collection of deep-sea fishes that resulted from activities of 

 Curator Loren P. Woods in co-operative field work with the United 

 States Fish and Wildlife Service (see page 34) was made by trawling 

 from the motor vessel Oregon. Trawling was carried on in the west- 

 ern part of the Caribbean Sea in August and September in depths of 

 10 to 500 fathoms. During November trawling was done in the 

 Atlantic Ocean off northern South America (from Trinidad to the 

 mouth of the Amazon) from 20 to 50 miles offshore to about the edge 

 of the continental shelf in depths of 10 to 100 fathoms. Field work 

 in the United States (see page 34) included insect collecting by Cura- 

 tor Rupert L. Wenzel in the Big Horn Mountains and eastern slope 

 of the Rocky Mountains and by Associate Curator Henry S. Dybas 

 (who was joined by Research Associate Alex K. Wyatt) in i he Pacific 

 Northwest. 



The check-list of South American mammals in preparation by 

 Curator Philip Hershkovitz, aided by a grant from the National 

 Science Foundation, is making good progress, and the sections on 



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