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mens received in exchange from the South African museums, gives 

 us over two-thirds of the species known from the South of the Zam- 

 besi. From the East coast came the A. Loveridge collection of 191 5- 

 23, and later ones resulting from the expeditions of 1926 and 1929- 

 30 and 1933, so that the Museum only lacks about thirty species 

 from the whole region lying between the Tana and the Rovuma 

 Rivers. From Somaliland and Ethiopia there is little material, and 

 from the Sudan only a moderate-sized collection, made by Dr. J. C. 

 Phillips and Dr. G. M. Allen. The collection made by F. R. Wulsin, 

 in Madagascar, is a noteworthy one, and other material has been 

 purchased, from time to time, but a lesser proportion of this rich 

 fauna is in hand as compared with that from Africa. 



North America. Since it is one of the objects of the National Mu- 

 seum to build up an extensive collection of North American forms, 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology has attempted to avoid any 

 rivalry or overlapping in this direction, and has confined its scope to 

 collecting but a small representative series of each race or species, but 

 it has gratefully accepted, as gifts, series from the several faunal areas. 

 North American Salamanders, largely E. R. Dunn's collecting, are 

 well represented, and many of L. M. Klauber's beautifully preserved 

 specimens will be found among the series of Californian reptiles; 

 equally noteworthy are W. W. Brown's material from Arizona and 

 Texas. 



Central America and West Indies. The Museum has such extensive 

 Antillean collections that only a few can receive mention. A large 

 number of types resulted from S. Carman's collecting in this region, 

 and in recent years Dr. Barbour has contributed quantities of ma- 

 terial, not only from the Isthmus and West Indian Islands proper, 

 but particularly from Cuba where he has collected on innumerable 

 occasions. From the latter locality C. T. Ramsden also has sent 

 many choice things. Some of the major collections were received 

 from Mexico (W. W. Brow^n; E. R. Dunn; J. L. Peters; J. E. Thayer), 

 Yucatan (L.J. Cole; E. Thompson), Guatemala (W. B. Richardson; 

 A. E. Anthony), Costa Rica (H. S. Blair; E. R. Dunn), Panama 

 (E. R. Dunn; J. B. Shropshire; J. Zetek). Haiti (G. M. Allen; W.J. 

 Everdam; W. M. Mann; J. L. Peters and T. Barbour). The latter 

 has collected on most of the West Indian Islands at one time and an- 

 other and gathered much valuable material. Other collections that 



