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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  fisheries 
  investigations 
  in 
  

   Siam, 
  visited 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  that 
  country 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  

   December 
  of 
  1928 
  and 
  made 
  hurried 
  collections 
  on 
  Doi 
  Angka 
  and 
  

   Doi 
  Sutep, 
  two 
  previously 
  unexplored 
  peaks 
  of 
  the 
  Khun 
  Tan 
  

   Mountains. 
  Material 
  secured 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  particular 
  interest 
  and 
  

   has 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  new 
  and 
  rare 
  species, 
  among 
  them 
  

   seven 
  new 
  forms 
  of 
  birds. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  David 
  C. 
  Graham 
  continued 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Suifu, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Szechwan, 
  China, 
  and 
  in 
  July, 
  1928, 
  set 
  out 
  on 
  

   a 
  journey 
  to 
  Ningyuenfu, 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Yachow, 
  spending 
  about 
  two 
  

   months 
  on 
  the 
  trip. 
  Though 
  bandits 
  threatened 
  at 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   interesting 
  points, 
  many 
  valuable 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  During 
  brief 
  field 
  investigations 
  into 
  the 
  hosts 
  of 
  certain 
  para- 
  

   sites 
  in 
  Virginia 
  and 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Ewing, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  C. 
  S. 
  East, 
  of 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   parator 
  staff, 
  who 
  collected 
  a 
  small 
  series 
  of 
  birds 
  for 
  skeletons. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich, 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  insects, 
  began 
  work 
  in 
  May, 
  

   1929, 
  on 
  type 
  specimens 
  of 
  diptera 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  and 
  later 
  

   did 
  some 
  collecting 
  of 
  northern 
  insects, 
  principally 
  diptera, 
  in 
  Nor- 
  

   way 
  and 
  Sweden. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt 
  and 
  C. 
  R. 
  Shoemaker, 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  an 
  

   examination 
  of 
  the 
  crustacean 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  about 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  station 
  at 
  Beaufort, 
  N. 
  C, 
  secured 
  more 
  

   than 
  1,300 
  specimens 
  of 
  marine 
  invertebrates. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  O. 
  Malonej^, 
  by 
  

   invitation 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Copley 
  Amory, 
  was 
  detailed 
  for 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  of 
  1928 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  Canada 
  in 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  biological 
  

   survey 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Amory's 
  estate 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Lawrence, 
  near 
  the 
  Matamek 
  River. 
  Doctor 
  Bartsch 
  visited 
  the 
  

   Marine 
  Biological 
  Laboratory 
  at 
  the 
  Tortugas, 
  Fla., 
  from 
  August 
  

   17 
  to 
  August 
  30, 
  1928, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  crossbreeding 
  

   of 
  Cerions, 
  an 
  investigation 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  

   Carnegie 
  Institution 
  of 
  Washington. 
  While 
  at 
  the 
  Tortugas 
  Doctor 
  

   Bartsch 
  spent 
  a 
  day 
  under 
  water 
  with 
  the 
  diving 
  hood 
  and 
  the 
  

   undersea 
  camera 
  going 
  over 
  fields 
  photographed 
  formerly 
  in 
  order 
  

   10 
  have 
  a 
  continuous 
  record 
  of 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  reefs. 
  

  

  From 
  December, 
  1928, 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May, 
  1929, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  

   Leonard 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  botanical 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  northwestern 
  Haiti, 
  

   through 
  the 
  generous 
  support 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Abbott. 
  Large 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  (nearly 
  15,000 
  specimens) 
  were 
  obtained, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  

   material 
  assistance 
  in 
  making 
  known 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  Hispaniola, 
  a 
  proj- 
  

   ect 
  upon 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Leonard 
  has 
  been 
  engaged 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  

   During 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Killip, 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Smith 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Dennis, 
  honorary 
  

   collaborators, 
  has 
  prosecuted 
  botanical 
  explorations 
  in 
  eastern 
  Peru 
  

  

  