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Suifii, clmracterizin^ the trip as a successful reconnoissance. A 

 number of forms in tlie diiFerent «^roups enumerated are new to the 

 Museum, and the entire collection is of y;reat importance. 



Throu<rh the cooperation of Mr. Lee Parisli, of TuL^a, Olda., there 

 was orfrani/cd in the late winter the Parish-Smithsonian expedition 

 to Haiti, on which Mr. Parish, and Mr. and Mrs. S. AV. Parish were 

 accompanied by Mr. W. M. Porryjjjo of the taxidermy staff. The 

 party sailed from Miami, Fla., on February 15, on the yacht Esper- 

 anza^ passinjx alon*; the north coast of Cuba, where stops for col- 

 lect in <? were made at Gebara, Moa Key, the mainland opposite Moa, 

 and Port Tanamo. In Haiti visits were made to Gonave and Petit 

 Gonave Islands, both north and south sides of the southern penin- 

 sula, Ile-a-Vache off the south coast, and Navassa Island. Mr. Per- 

 ry^o returned by steamer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 28, 

 arrivin<^ in New York June 2. The specimens brought back include 

 35 mamnuds. about 600 birds, 206 reptiles, 281 fish, marine inverte- 

 brates, and ecliinodcrms, as well as some live animals for the National 

 Zoological Park. The material is of importance and will give much 

 information of value concerning the area covered. 



The Museum has also had the valued cooperation of the Hon. 

 Gifford Pinchot in the Pinchot South Sea Expedition which sailed 

 from Brooklyn, N. Y., on March 30, 1929, in the auxiliary yacht. 

 Mary Pinchot. The party consisted of the Hon. Gifford Pinchot, 

 Mrs. Pinchot, Dr. H. A. Pilsbry of the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, and Dr. A. K. Fisher of the Biological Survey, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, who through cooperation of the survey 

 was detailed to make collections for the National Museum. No stops 

 were made until Key West was reached on April 7, when four days 

 were spent at this interesting place. A short stop was made at 

 Habana, whence the expedition proceeded to Grand Cayman Island. 

 On April 16 and 17 a collection of birds and other zoological speci- 

 mens was made there, and the party then continued to Swan, Old 

 Providence, and St. Andrews Islands. A hummingbird new to 

 science was taken on the island of St. Andrews. Cristobal, in the 

 Canal Zone, was reached on April 29 and on account of engine 

 trouble the expedition was detained for the following month in the 

 Canal Zone. On June 1 the Mai'^ij Pinchot left Balboa for Cocos 

 Island, where several days were spent collecting specimens. They 

 continued to the Galapagos Islands on June 11. The first stop was 

 made at Tower Island, followed by visits to Indefatigable, Seymour, 

 Charles, Hood, Chatham, Barrington, Albemarle, Narborough, and 

 a number of smaller islands. Considerable collections of birds and 

 other zoological material wore obtained by August 26, when the 

 party continued westward. At Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, the 

 Ihghtless cormorant and penguin were found. From the Galapagos 



