132 ANNUAL KEPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



British North Bot^Tieo. — Mr. D. D. Streeter, jr.. of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 volunteered to collect in British North Borneo for the Museum and 

 was appointed collaborator for two years. He left New York about 

 April 15, 1912, and has sent a few reptiles and bats taken in Algeria 

 on his way eastward. 



Alaskan houndary. — Mr. Copley Amory, jr., of Cambridge, Mass., 

 \olunteered to accompany the Coast and Geodetic Survey party en- 

 gaged in survejdng the Alaskan-Canadian boundary. He was ap- 

 pointed collaborator of the National Museum and joined the party 

 in the field about July 10, 1912, remaining throughout the season. 

 He reports excellent results, including the capture of six or more 

 caribou, probably of a species hitherto known from a few skulls only, 

 but no specimens have yet been received. 



North China.— 'Mv. A. de C. Sowerby is making collections in 

 North China for the National Museum through the liberality of a 

 gentleman who desires that his identity be not disclosed. Mr. Sow- 

 erby's work has been interrupted by the Chinese revolution, but he 

 has recently sent in six wild sheep, two Manchurian wapiti, and a 

 few other mammals, birds, and reptiles collected in northern Shansi 

 in May, 1912. 



Siheria and Mongolia. — I would ask the board's attention to the 

 anthropological researches conducted in Siberia and Mongolia by 

 Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Curator, division of physical anthropology, 

 United States National Museum, as mentioned on page 11 of the 

 annual report. Dr. Hrdilcka is now preparing for an expedition 

 to South America, where he will work in conjunction with the 

 Panama-California Exposition of San Diego. His specimens will 

 ultimately find their way to the National Museum. 



BEGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 13, 1913. 



Present : The Hon. Edward D. WTiite, Chief Justice of the United 

 States, chancellor, in the chair; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Senator 

 A. O. Bacon; Eepresentative John Dalzell; Dr. Alexander Graham 

 Bell; the Hon. George Gray; Mr. Charles F. Choate, jr.; Mi'. 

 John B. Henderson, jr.; and the secretary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 



REAPPOINTMENT OF REGENT. 



The secrfetarj' announced the reappointment of Judge Gray as a 

 citizen Regent, by joint resolution of Congress, approved by the 

 President, to serve until February 7, 1919. 



