76 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTTTUTION, 1940 



SOUTHERN ASIATIC EXPEDITION — Continued 



Scientific name Common name Number 



Threskiornis tnelanocephala Black-headed ibis 4 



StreptopeUa chinensis ceylonensis Ash dove 12 



Munia maja White-headed munia 3 



Mtinia punctulatus Rice bird or nutmeg finch 2 



Munia molucca Black-throated munia 10 



DiardigaUtis diaridi Siamese fireback pheasant 1 



Anthropoides virgo Demoiselle crane 6 



Oavialis gangeticus Indian gavial 3 



Crocodilus palustris "Toad" crocodile 2 



Varanus salvator Monitor lizard 1 



Testudo elegans Star tortoise 6 



Naja naia Common cobra 4 



Trimeresurus trigonocephalus Green pit viper 2 



Vipera russelli Russell's viper 2 



Dendrophis bifrenalis Green tree snake 4 



Dryophis mycterizans Asiatic whip snake 8 



Ptyas mvcosus Indian rat snake 4 



Kachuga tectum Spotted-bellied tortoise 7 



Triouyx punctata punctata Asiatic soft-shelled turtle 3 



Geoclemys hamiltoni Small spotted turtle 1 



Moroiia ocellata Turtle 10 



Python molurus Indian python 6 



ANTARCTIC AND 80UTH AMERICAN EXPEDITION 



At the invitation of the United States Antarctic Exploration Serv- 

 ice to send a representative from the Zoo, Malcolm Davis, Principal 

 Keeper of the National Zoological Park, sailed from Boston on the 

 M. S. North Star November 11, 1939, with Admiral Byrd and other 

 members of the exploration party that was going to the Antarctic to 

 establish bases on that continent. Mr. Davis assisted in the unloading 

 of the ship at the West Base and obtained some specimens including 

 an emperor penguin, which was shipped from Valparaiso, Chile, and 

 arrived in Washington March 5, 1940, having been brought through 

 the Tropics in the cold-storage room of a passenger vessel. 



Other specimens were left at Valparaiso while Mr. Davis remained 

 aboard the North Star, which went back to establish the East Base. 

 Here additional specimens were obtained, and Mr. Davis finally sailed 

 from Valparaiso on the Grace Line vessel Santa Maria, which arrived 

 at New York April 25, 1940. He brought with him a crab-eating seal, 

 probably the first to be brought north of the Equator, and a group 

 of Adelie penguins. These penguins, together with the emperor 

 penguin, were kept in the glass-fronted cold room in .the bird house, 

 where they enjoyed a temperature of 56°. However, crushed ice was 

 also put into the cage, and it was interesting to note that the Adelie 

 penguins would stand for hours on the crushed ice in a temperature 

 of 56°. 



