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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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DEER FROM TIBURON ISLAND. 



Killed by Lt. Stanley of the Albatross. 



Photograph by H. E. Anthony. 



attractive mu.seuni exhibits of such forms of life. 



The land work included not only the collect- 

 ing of mammals, birds, reptiles and plants, but 

 the collectinji of fislies and marine invertebrates 

 along shore. 



The scientific staff consisted of eight persons, 

 representing the United States Bureau of Fish- 

 eries, the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, the New York Zoological Society, the 

 New York Botanical Museum and the United 

 States National Museum. 



The expedition obtained 650 birds, 200 mam- 

 mals, many hundreds of reptiles and a very 

 large collection of jslants. 



Lower California, with its islands, is a desert 

 region, and a large proportion of its animals 

 and plants are peculiar to it. Many of the most 

 interesting of these were obtained. 



Several islands in the Gulf of California 

 hitherto unvisitcd by naturalists, yielded new 

 species. On Tiburon Island, about forty miles 

 long and lying near the head of the Gulf, we 

 obtained a new species of jack-rabbit and other 

 new mammals of smaller size. The deer and 

 coyote of Tiburon, of which specimens were se- 

 cured, may also prove new to science. Impor- 



BEAM TRAWL OF THE ALBATROSS. 



A haul from a depth of two miles (17H0 fathoms). 



Photograph by C. H. Townsend. 



tant finds on the islands of San Esteban and 

 Ceralbo were new and large lizards as large as 

 iguanas. Specimens of the black jack-rabbit 

 known only from Espiritu Santo Island were 

 obtained. 



As director of the expedition, my own time 

 was largely devoted to a study of the fishery re- 

 sources of Lower California. The region is 

 well supplied with fish, turtle and other sea 

 foods, and tliere is an important )jearl fisherj^ 

 which has been in operation ever since the dis- 

 covery of Lower California. 



The members of the scientific staff found the 

 time all too short for the opportunities each day 

 brought with it. All worked harmoniously, and 

 all profited by the facilities provided by Com- 

 mander Burrage and the naval officers under 

 him. 



RETURN OF THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR 



"LOCUST." 



By Raymond L. Ditmars. 



DURING the latter part of May great 

 swarms of the Seventeen- Year Cicada, im- 

 properlj' called locust, appeared in a num- 

 ber of areas adjacent to New York City. The 

 legions of this vast brood simultaneously 



