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yan Indians of the Bahamas and the Arawak of Hispaniola and to 

 the tribal migration of the Lucayans at a comparatively recent date 

 from the island of Hispaniola. 



Dr. Waldo E. Wedel, assistant curator of archeology, devoted some 

 time to the supervision of excavations at an Indian village site near 

 Seneca, Montgomery County, Md. On May 15 he left to conduct a 

 general archeological survey of northeastern Kansas and to excavate 

 part of an old Kansa site near Kansas City ; he was still in the field 

 as the year closed. 



Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology, assisted by 

 four students, during July and August 1936 investigated sites on the 

 Aleutian Islands, in continuation of his Alaskan researches. He un- 

 earthed an important burial cave on Kagamil Island, transportation 

 being furnished through the cooperation of the United States Coast 

 Guard. In May 1937 he returned again to the Aleutians to continue 

 the work. 



Dr. T. Dale Stewart, assistant curator of physical anthropology, 

 visited Indian-burial sites along the Potomac River, assisting private 

 investigators. Also, with the help of Dr. Wedel, ho excavated two 

 ossuaries at Boiling Field, D. C. 



Biology. — Gerrit S. Miller, curator of mammals, assisted by Charles 

 M. Wheeler, spent 3 months in Panama making collections for the Mu- 

 seum. With Corozal, C. Z., as a base, he worked over most of the 

 Canal Zone from Gatun and Barro Colorado to the Pacific coast and 

 along the national highway of Panama, with side trips to the Pearl 

 Islands, Taboga Islands, and the Indio Eiver. The material brought 

 back includes about 450 mammals, 150 birds, 150 reptiles and amphibi- 

 ans, and 400 plants, as well as fishes, shells, marine invertebrates, and 

 Indian artifacts. 



Dr. Remington Kellogg, assistant curator of mammals, was one of 

 the three delegates to represent the United States at a whaling con- 

 ference, which convened in London on May 24, 1937, on invitation 

 of the British Government. 



H. G. Diegnan continued collecting in Siam and sent three large 

 shipments of birds and other material to the Museum. Dr. Alexander 

 Wetmore collected birds in the highlands of Guatemala in the fall 

 of 1936 and brought back a series of valuable specimens. W. M. 

 Perrygo and Carleton Lingebach collected birds during the year 

 in West Virginia and Tennessee. Dr. David C. Graham continued 

 his work in western China, forwarding collections mainly of birds 

 and insects. 



Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, assistant curator of fishes, and E. D. Reid, 

 aid, made several successful collecting excursions into Virginia as 

 part of a survey of the fresh-water fish fauna of that State. 



