NO. 



SMITHSONIAN i':.\i'i.okATioxs, 101 3 23 



which lime he c()nii)letcly circled tlie terrilorv. ;uul crossed the i)l;aeau 

 once 011 loot. In spite of the hackwanhiess of the season, he was 

 aljle to trace the l)oun(hiries of the Austral hfe zones in consideiahle 

 detail as well as to ^ather data which connect with the ])revious cor- 

 relation of these zones in the Western Alps and with the corresi)ond- 

 ino- zones in Xorth America. It was found that the hottom of the 

 entire \ al Su.yana helon,^s to the rpl'<-'i' Austral zone. ( )\vin,i; to the 

 rainy and inclement weather the results were less satisfactory in the 

 higher regions, though some important data corrohorating previous 

 conclusions were ohtained. 



The time from .May 7 to May 20 was spent in a study of the Etsch 

 \alley in Tirol, from I'rento to Schlanders, and of its tributary, the 

 Eisak, from T.ozen to its source on the Brenner Pass. 



The elaboration of the detailed observations will be incorporated 

 with a general report on the biological reconnoissance of the Western 

 Alps. 



To this preliminary statement are appended two illustrations show- 

 ing the character of the country in which the observations were made. 

 Figure 2^i, is a view of the mouth of Yal Frenzela, the narrow valley 

 through which the descent from the Sette Comuni was effected, near 

 \'alstagna. a small town a few miles north of I'.assano. Figure 24 rep- 

 resents the plateau near the commune of Gallio, about 3,500 feet above 

 the sea. looking- east toward Monte Grappa and showing the begin- 

 ning of \'al b^renzela. 



DR. ABBOTT'S EXPEDITION IN DUTCH EAST BORNEO AND 



CASHMERE 



In continuation of the exploring and collecting carried on through 

 the generosity of Dr. W. L. Abbott, by Mr. H. C. Raven, in Dutch 

 East r)Orneo. it may be said that the work is going forward with ex- 

 cellent results. 



Dr. \\\ E. Abbott is continuing his personal explorations in Cash- 

 mere, which he undertook a year ago, and. although the Museum has 

 received no detailed report, some fine specimens of mammals have 

 been added to the collections and many more are expected. 



In a letter received in January, 191 3. Dr. Abbott says that in his 

 last shipment the only really good specimen is a queer little silvery 

 grey shrew about 74 millimeters long, quite different from anything 

 he has before seen, of wdiich there are four specimens from Skoro 

 Eoomba. east of Shigar. There is also a magnificent snow leopard 

 with its complete skeleton. 



