REPORT OF THEi SECRETARY 81 



ACCESSIONS 

 FIELD WORK 



S5IITHS0NIAN-FIKEST0NE EXPEDITION 



A partial account of this expedition was given in the 1940 annual 

 report of the Director of the National Zoological Park. 



Through funds donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the 

 Firestone Tire & Eubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, a party was sent to 

 Liberia, West Africa, for the purpose of collecting specimens for 

 the National Zoological Park. The party consisted of the Director, 

 Mrs. Mann, Kalph Norris, and Koy J. Jennier. They sailed on the 

 American-West African Line on February 17, 1940, for Monrovia. 



A preliminary shipment of animals collected was made from Li- 

 beria to Boston in the care of Roy J. Jennier, who arrived at that 

 port on May 17, 1940. A list of these animals can be found in the 

 1940 annual report. The remaining members of the expedition ar- 

 rived in Norfolk, Va., on August 6, 1940, with 100 specimens, several 

 of which were species new to the history of the collection. We 

 again wish to express our sincerest appreciation to the members of 

 the Firestone staff, both in Liberia and here, for the aid and 

 hospitality given the expedition. 



A list of the live animals which arrived in Norfolk on August 6 

 follows : 



SMITHSONIAN-FIRESTONE EXPEDITION 



Scientific name Common name Numier 



Civettictis civetta African civet 2 



Oenetta poensis Darls genet 2 



Nandima hinotata African palm civet 1 



Oalerella melanura Dwarf civet 1 



Perodicticus potto Potto 1 



Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus White-crowned mangabey 1 



Cercocehus sp Mangabey 6 



Mandrillns sp Mandrill 1 



Papio papio Baboon 1 



Euxerus erytliropus lacustris African ground squirrel 2 



Mellivora capensis Ratel 1 



Cricetotnys gambianus Uberiae Liberian giant pouched rat 2 



Choeropsis Uheriensis Pigmy hippopotamus 2 



Atherura africana West African brush-tailed porcupine 1 



Hyemoschus aquaticus Chevrotain 4 



Cephalophus niger Black duiker 3 



Cephalophus nigrifrons Black-fronted duiker 3 



