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the air resulting from this survey, though not yet completely studied, 

 indicate results of importance. 



Doctor Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology, during the 

 summer of 1929 made his second expedition to Alaska. The work of 

 the present season covered the Yukon from White Horse to Fort 

 Yukon as a reconnoissance, and from Fort Yukon downward con- 

 tinued as an intensive exploration in abandoned and partly washed- 

 away village sites, resulting in valuable collections of skeletal remains 

 and archeological implements. Physical measurements were made 

 on several hundred living natives, some of them the last represent- 

 atives of their tribes, and facial casts and hundreds of photographs 

 were taken. 



Dr. Paul Bartsch, through the Walter Kathbone Bacon Travelling 

 Scholarship of the Smithsonian Institution, continued this season 

 the exploration of West Indian Islands for the study of their terres- 

 trial molluscan fauna, a work begun last year. He left Norfolk, Va., 

 in June, 1929, for Porto Rico, wdiere at San Juan a schooner, the 

 Guillermito, was chartered. Doctor Bartsch was accompanied by 

 Dr. William W. Hoffman and his assistant, J. Oliver, wdio were en- 

 gaged in other biological studies. The work began in Porto Rico 

 and then continued to Culebra and St. Thomas. On July 11 the 

 party visited the island of St. John and on the 15th St. Croix. Stops 

 were next made at Tortola, San Martin, Anguilla, San Bartholo- 

 mew, St. Eustatius, St. Cristopher, Nevis, Montserrat, and Grande 

 Terre. On July 31 they had reached Guadeloupe, and August 1 and 

 2 were on the Saints. They next visited Maria Galante and Domin- 

 ica, and August 7 and 8 were at Martinique. This was followed by 

 exploration of Santa Lucia, St. Vincent, and on August 17 of the 

 Grenadine islets. The expedition arrived at Grenada on August 25 

 and remained there until the 28th. September 1 to 4 were spent on 

 Trinidad. Margarita Island, off the Venezuelan coast was visited 

 September 7 and 8, followed by stops at Orchilla, El Roque, Bonaire, 

 Curacao, and Aruba. On September 21 the party arrived once more 

 at San Juan, Porto Rico. In addition to a rich harvest of moUusks, 

 this expedition as a by-product secured numerous specimens of ani- 

 mals of many groups as detailed elsewhere in this report. 



Rev. David C. Graham, long a cooperator in the field work of 

 the Smithsonian, in the summer of 1929 made a collecting expedi- 

 tion to the Mupin district in Szechwan, the type locality of many of 

 the species discovered by the Abbe Armand David. Doctor Graham 

 started from his headquarters at Suifu on June 15 and reached 

 Mupin 11 days later. He made collections at several localities in 

 the district with good results, obtaining numerous specimens of 

 mammals, among them three flat skins of the " giant panda," birds, 

 reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and insects. He returned in August to 



