﻿SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



Fig. 14. — Choco Indian of Southern 

 Darien, Panama. Photograph by Pittier. 



Fig. 15. — Cim a Indian women and children from 

 Urgandi, Coast of San Bias, Panama. Photograph 

 by Pittier. 



a success. Special mention 

 should be made of the assist- 

 ance rendered by the officers 

 of the Isthmian Canal Com- 

 mission and the Panama Rail- 

 road Company, which was ex- 

 tended with much liberality 

 and was of the highest im- 

 portance in promoting the in- 

 terests of the undertaking. 



The Field Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, Chicago, hav- 

 ing planned for the collection 

 and study of the fishes of the 

 Canal Zone, this work was by 

 agreement carried on in con- 

 junction with that of the 

 Smithsonian Expedition. 

 It was at first proposed to con- 

 fine the collections 

 to the Canal Zone, 

 but as the natural 

 faunal and floral 

 areas extended 

 much to the north 

 and south, it was 

 found necessary to 

 extend the work 

 into the territory of 

 the Republic of 

 Panama. The gov- 

 ernment of Panama 

 not only gave the 

 necessary permis- 

 sion, but expressed 

 a strong desire that 

 as much work as 

 possible should be 

 done within i t s 

 limits, and aided the 

 collectors in every 

 way possible. 



