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this, collections were made in the Clinch Mountains, and then the 

 party again visited the area about Reelfoot Lake to follow the fall 

 migration in that region. After further investigations in the cen- 

 tral and southern part of the State, they returned to Washington 

 the middle of November. The excellent collections of birds and 

 mammals secured will form the basis of reports similar to those pre- 

 pared for the work in West Virginia of last year. The work was 

 carried on under the W. L. Abbott fund. 



During October and November Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Assistant 

 Secretary, traveled in northwestern Venezuela to make studies of the 

 birds through arrangements perfected under the friendly cooperation 

 of the American Minister, the Hon. Meredith Nicholson, and the 

 gracious assistance of Dr. E. Gil Borges, Ministro de Relaciones 

 Exteriores of Venezuela. In this work a survey was made of the 

 bird life along a line extending from Ocumare de la Costa on the sea 

 coast through the mountain range of the Cordillera de la Costa to 

 Maracay and from there to the northern Llanos, in the vicinity of 

 El Sombrero. In addition to securing an important collection of 

 specimens, Dr. Wetmore made many observations on birds in life. 



Capt. Robert A. Bartlett again visited the western coast of Green- 

 land during the summer of 1937 on his schooner Morrissey and se- 

 cured important gatherings of marine animals that were presented 

 to the National Museum. Collections were made from Cape York 

 north by way of Northumberland and Hakluyt Island, to Smith 

 Sound. 



Dr. D. C. Graham continued his collecting work in western China, 

 forwarding many specimens of insects and of birds and other verte- 

 brates. 



Geology. — Dr. Charles E. Resser, curator of stratigraphic paleon- 

 tology, studied Cambrian rocks on the flanks of the Adirondack 

 Mountains in New York and Vermont and along the St. Lawrence 

 River in Quebec, making investigations in Pennsylvania en route. In 

 addition to collecting invertebrate fossils he was occupied in check- 

 ing the relations of the various strata examined in connection with 

 his work in the laboratory. 



Dr. G. Arthur Cooper, assistant curator of stratigraphic paleon- 

 tology, accompanied by P. E. Cloud, returned early in the year from 

 a month's investigations of the Devonian of Michigan. In the latter 

 half of September Dr. Cooper and Dr. Josiah Bridge visited the 

 Champlain Valley to study the Chazyan rocks, both trips yielding 

 excellent fossils. Dr. Cooper made a third trip in August, in company 

 with Dr. Bradford Willard, of the Pennsylvania Topographic and 

 Geologic Survey, to study the Tully formation along the Allegheny 

 Front and from Lock Haven to the Schuylkill Valley. 



