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district in north Manchuria. Of his experiences Mr. Sowerby 
writes: “ Hada fearful trip this time owing to floods, insect pests, 
and dysentery; still I have some 70 or so mammals, 35 birds and a 
good collection of fish. I have the skull of a good black bear. The 
skin went bad owing to our being delayed by Russian police. Also 
I have a good hide and skull of a wapiti, besides series of various 
small mammals.” Of the specimens obtained, only a small package 
sent by mail has been received in Washington. It includes three 
species not hitherto represented in the \luseum collections. 
Fic. 59.—The Eagle in winter quarters at Nizhni Kolymsk 
Photograph by Amory. 
December and January found Mr. Sowerby at Shanghai and on 
the Yangtzee. He visited the Sikawei Museum to see the collections 
of Chinese large mammals that formed the basis of the writings of 
Heude. As this is the first time that these specimens have been 
examined by anyone acquainted with present-day methods in the 
study of mammals the result of Mr. Sowerby’s observations will be 
awaited with much interest. They must, however, be reserved for 
a later report. 
GERRIT S. MILLER, JR. 
WORK BY GOPLEY AMORY,. JiR; IN EASTERN SIBERIA 
In June, 1914, Mr. Copley Amory, Jr., a collaborator of the National 
Museum, joined the party accompanying Captain John Koren to the 
northeast coast of Siberia. The party left Seattle on June 24 
