SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 107 
Albatross Hupedition.—tIn February an arrangement was 
made with the United States Bureau of Fisheries by which the 
New York Zoological Society, the American Museum of Natural 
History, the New York Botanical Garden and the United States 
National Museum cooperated in a voyage of the United States 
Fisheries Steampship Albatross to the Gulf of California. The 
expedition was in charge of Dr. C. H. Townsend, Director of the 
Aquarium, and the Albatross was in command of Comdr. G. H. 
Burrage, U.S. N. 
The vessel sailed from San Diego, California, February 28, 
1911, and the voyage was concluded at San Francisco April 28, 
1911. About one month was devoted to marine investigations 
and inquiries respecting the fisheries of Lower California, and a 
large collection of fishes and invertebrates was obtained chiefly 
by deep sea dredging, some of the hauls being as deep as two 
miles (1,760 fathoms). Another month was spent in a zoolog- 
ical and botanical reconnaisance of the coastal region of the 
Peninsula and the outlying islands. Large collections were made 
of mammals, birds, reptiles and plants, among which were many 
species new to science. 
An incident of the cruise that aroused the interest of zoolog- 
ists generally, was the re-discovery of a herd of elephant seals on 
Guadalupe Island, specimens of which were secured. The ele- 
phant seal, a species long supposed to be extinct and about which 
comparatively little is known, was carefully observed and photo- 
graphed by Director Townsend, who published a special account 
of it in Zoologica (Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoo- 
logical Society). He has also prepared an account of the fishery, 
hydrographic and general results of the voyage for publication 
by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. Special faunal papers 
are in preparation for publication by the American Museum of 
Natural History. <A brief account of the scientific results was 
published in the Zoological Society Bulletin for July, 1911. 
