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November 24 



HUNTING MONKEYS 



IN THAILAND 



Dr. Jack Fooden. 



Associate, Mammals 



Dr. Fooden will discuss his 1967 trip 

 into west-central Thailand to collect 

 monkeys. Reasons for the trip, his col- 

 lecting experiences and the exp)edition 

 results will be included in the talk, as 

 well as descriptions of various areas he 

 visited. 



(Photos, left) Dr. Fooden's campsite near the 

 village of Pong Nam Ron in Western Thai- 

 land; leaf-eating monkeys {genus Presbytis) 

 from an area near Thailand's western border. 



November 1 



CENTRAL AMERICAN 



MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS 



Dr. Louis 0. Williams, 



Chief Curator, Botany 



The Museum's history of intensive re- 

 search on the botany of tropical America 

 will be reviewed by Dr. Williams, who 

 will also discuss the terrain and flora of 

 the Central American countries. 



(Photo, right) Low clouds surround the Cen- 

 tral Mountains rising behind this farm and 

 forest in Honduras. 



December 1 



THE'AMAZON VALLEY FOREST 



Dor)ald R. Simpson. 



Assistant Curator, 



Peruvian Botany 



The westernmost region of the Ama- 

 zonian jungle in eastern Peru has been 

 little explored by scientists. Mr. Simp- 

 son has made two field trips there and 

 will describe some of the plants of this 

 wild forest region and how they are used 

 by both local inhabitants and in export 

 areas for food, medicine, ornament and 

 building. 



(Photo, below) Dr. Louis O. Williams and a 

 Peruvian botanical collector examine flora in 

 a small man-made clearing in the dense Ama- 

 zonian jungle. 



November 1 7 



ESKIMOS AND RUSSIANS 



IN SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA 



Dr. James W. VanStone 



Associate Curator, 



North American Archaeology 



and Ethnology 



In the 19th century, the Russians pene- 

 trated southwestern Alaska, exploring 

 and trading with the Eskimos and estab- 

 lishing missionary outposts. Dr. Van- 

 Stone will describe the history of this 

 period and relations between the Rus- 

 sians and the Eskimos. 



(Photo, right) Present-day Eskimo women 

 clean fish along the banks of the Nushagak 

 River in Alaska. 



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