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Congo Beige, and is in the closest touch with zoological develop- 

 ments in the Congo. The Musee du Congo Beige at Tervueren near 

 Brussels has very extensive zoological collections and a staff of 

 specialists, under Dr. H. Schouteden, who has himself made not- 

 able contributions, especially on the birds of the Congo. 



In the Belgian Congo itself there is no official game organization 

 apart from that which controls the Pare National Albert and the 

 Pare National de la Kagera. These two parks are under the super- 

 vision of the Institut des Pares Nationaux du Congo Beige, which 

 is ruled by a commission and a direction committee. The com- 

 mission consists of twenty-four scientists, chosen from Belgium, 

 Great Britain, France, Holland, Italy, Sweden, and the United 

 States. The direction committee in Brussels has eight members 

 under the presidency of Dr. V. van Straelen. 



PORTUGUESE 



Both Angola and Mozambique have game reserves, but no 

 special staff comparable with the game departments of British 

 colonies. 



AMERICAN 



In addition to the institutions mentioned above, several of the 

 museums and universities of America include on their staffs zoolo- 

 gists who specialize in the study of African fauna. From time to 

 time, moreover, expeditions have been organized in the United 

 States on a large scale to investigate zoological problems in Africa 

 and to make collections of African fauna for their museums. 



The American Committee for International Wild Life Protec- 

 tion, with headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been 

 active on the question of conserving wild life in Africa, and has 

 published valuable works on the subject, referred to below. 



RESULTS 



TAXONOMY 



In zoology, as in botany, the accurate naming of animals is 

 essential as a preliminary to all other scientific work. In spite of 

 the vast literature on systematic zoology, the worker in Africa is at 



