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representative, Mr. C. R. W. Aschemeier, sailed about the middle of 

 December, but were unable to reach *thc collecting grounds until 

 March. They encountered many difficulties along the way, but these 

 were finally overcome, so that serious work began in April. One 

 shipment of material has already been received and another is on 

 the way. Both mammals and birds from West Africa are of great 

 importance to our collections for comparison with the East African 

 material brought together by the Smithsonian African expedition 

 and the Rainey expedition. 



