X0. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, [912 ,} 



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A ZOOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO DUTCH 

 EAST BORNEO, MAINTAINED BY DR. W. 1.. ABBOTT 



As a result of the zoological and ethnological explorations carried 

 mi tor many years by Dr. \Y. L. Abbott in the East Indies, the 

 National Museum, through his generosity, contains the largest and 



most important collections from that part of the world to be found 

 in any museum. Having discontinued the work himself, he was. 

 nevertheless, desirous that collections should be made in Dutch East 

 Borneo, a region which he had not visited, and with much liberality 

 he provided the means for sending Mr. II. ( '. Raven into that terri- 

 tory to procure characteristic mammals as well as any ethnological 

 material that might prove of interest. A letter from Mr. Raven, 

 who left the United States about March 1. [912, and is still in the 

 field, announces that he has had a successful trip and has made a 

 large c< >llecti< in. 



.MR. I). I). STREETER'S EXPEDITION TO BORNEO 



Mr. Daniel Denison Streeter, Jr., of Brooklyn, X. Y., offered his 

 services as a volunteer collaborator for the National Museum, lie 

 -ailed from New York about April 15. [912, and returned to the 

 United States in December, lie passed from Sarawak into Dutch 

 Borneo by ascending the Rejang River and crossing the mountains 

 on the dividing line to the Kajan River, lie then ascended to the 

 head of this river, and crossed another range to the head-waters of the 

 Mahakam River which he descended to the Strait of Macassar. A 

 small but interesting collection of mammals was secured, including 

 two skulls of the Rhinoceros. 



