The American Museum Journal 
Vou. VIII OCTOBER, 1908 No. 6 
TO THE BAHAMAS FOR CORALS. 
S noted in the April Journat, Dr. B. E. Dahlgren and Mr. H. 
Miiller of the Department of Invertebrate Zodlogy were sent 
to the Bahamas last spring to study the marine life of those 
islands and to collect material for the reproduction at the Museum of a 
AMERICAN MUSEUM EXPEDITICN TO THE BAHAMAS. 
The schooner ‘“Astarte’’ at anchor inside the coral reef. 
coral reef with ail its richly varied fauna. ‘The expedition left New York 
in March and returned about the end of May with many choice speci- 
mens. Permission to collect was readily granted by the Bahaman 
government, and the governor, Sir Edward Grey-Wilson, and the officials 
in general extended every possible courtesy to our representatives. The 
account of the trip may be given in Dr. Dahlgren’s own words: 
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