CHAPTER VII 



FLORIDA: THE GULF COAST 



The fall of 1878 and the following winter was 

 spent in building up the museum collections in 

 general, and in adding the material obtained in 

 Colorado to that already on exhibition. 



During the summer of 1879 I passed some 

 time at Ithaca, securing birds of that locality for 

 the growing collection. During this vacation 

 a second trip to Florida was planned, particularly 

 to examine the bird fauna of the Gulf coast 

 of that region. This expedition was carried on 

 largely through the assistance of Andrew E. 

 Douglass, Esq., of New York, who was desirous 

 of having certain ethnological investigations made 

 in the region in question. He wished to locate 

 definitely some of the burial mounds of the ancient 

 inhabitants of Florida, and to have one or two of 

 these explored with a view to obtain, not only the 

 implements of the aborigines, but, if possible, 

 crania and other parts of the skeleton. 



The month of September was spent largely 

 in preparations for the proposed expedition. 



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