Acknowledgments 



For the collecting of specimens and for aid in some aspects of the 

 field work, I am indebted to James H. Shaw and Henry W. Setzer. 



My sincere appreciation is extended to the following staff members 

 and technical personnel of the United States National Museum, 

 Smithsonian Institution, and of the Bird and Mammal Laboratories, 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for their assistance in various 

 ways: Terry K. Cederstrom, Helen S. Gaylord, Arthur M. Greenhall, 

 Theodore A. Heist, David H. Johnson, Burrowes T. Lovinggood, 

 Mary W. Mann, Richard H. Manville, John H. Miles, Jr., John L. 

 Paradiso, and Lyman B. Smith. 



I would like to acknowledge the assistance of Donald J. Ortner, 

 Museum Technician, Division of Physical Anthropology, for informa- 

 tion regarding statistical computations; and Jack Scott and other 

 members of the Photographic Laboratory, Museum of Natural 

 History, for the reproduction of the maps and charts which appear 

 in this publication. 



Many additional staff members and technical personnel from other 

 divisions of the United States National Museum have also given 

 freely of their advice and services. 



For the acquisition of various items of field equipment and assist- 

 ance in all of the field work in Libya, I thank the following officers 

 of the 64th Engineering Battalion, Base Topographic Survey, Wheelus 

 Air Force Base, Tripoli, Libya: Lt. Col. Thomas Whitchurch, Major 

 Guy Brunnacci, Captain William McMullen, and Chief Warrant 

 Officer Lynn Walters. In addition, I would like to acknowledge the 

 assistance of the many other officers and enlisted men of the 64th 

 Engineering Battalion, who aided in the field work in Libya. 



I desire to express my appreciation to the following individuals for 

 their contributions enabling me to operate more efficiently in Libya: 

 Dr. Mohammed Ayub, Director of Antiquities for the Fezzan, Libya; 

 Randy Bowmar, Director of United States Overseas Mission, Fezzan 

 District, Libya; Aiad Ali Elwinsi, guide and interpreter; James R. 

 Jones and Gordon Chase Tibbits, hydrologists of the United States 

 Geological Survey and assigned to the United States Overseas Mis- 

 sion, Libya; Howard Meadows, Agricultural Advisor for the Fezzan, 

 United States Overseas Mission, Libya. 



For permission to study specimens in their collections and for the 

 loan of comparative materials, I thank Dr. G. C. Corbett and Mr. 

 G. W. Hayman of the Mammal Room, British Museum (Natural 



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