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might be mentioned are Swan Island (G. Nelson), Guadeloups and 

 other islands (G. K. Noble), Porto Rico (G. M. Allen), Bahamas 

 (C.J. Maynard and T. Barbour), Jamaica (T. Barbour; E. R. Dunn; 

 G. Wright). Grenada and Trinidad (R. Thaxter). 



South America. In Colombia the Museum has had numerous 

 helpers, principal among whom are Hno. Niceforo Maria, P. J. 

 Darlington, and Dr. W. H. White. In 1872 the famous Hassler 

 Expedition visited the Galapagos Islands, and reaped a rich harvest, 

 providing many types. In recent times W. S. Brooks secured a small 

 collection on the islands which filled certain gaps in the earlier series. 

 Whymper's collections from Ecuador and G. K. Noble's from Peru 

 likewise proved valuable. Carman's material from the Titicaca re- 

 gion is historic. In Chile, J. L. Peters and Carlos Reed collected; the 

 former also spent some time in the Argentine. Most of our Bolivian 

 collection was made by J. S. Steinbach and received in exchange 

 from the University of Michigan Museum. Barbour, however, col- 

 lected the types of a few interesting species in 1908. The Thayer 

 Expedition to Brazil brought back vast quantities of reptile and 

 amphibian life, and in recent years, through the instrumentality of 

 Drs. Vital Brazil, Alipio de Miranda Ribero, Adolopho Lutz, and 

 above all of Dr. Afranio do Amaral, the Brazilian snake collection 

 has been made almost complete, with long series of well preserved 

 specimens. 



Australia. The first collections of consequence from this area were 

 taken by Alexander Agassiz's expedition to the Great Barrier Reef. 

 Latterly two members of the staff — Messrs. W. S. Brooks and 

 Hubert L. Clark — have visited Australia and added to that collec- 

 tion, which has, however, been augmented from time to time by ex- 

 changes, carried out with the Australian Museums. Latterly the 

 Harvard Australian Expedition, with Drs. Wheeler, Clark, Allen, 

 Darlington and Dixson, as well as Messrs. Schevill and Ellis, have 

 given this Museum one of the most complete, if not the most com- 

 plete, representation from Australia in any museum. 



