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Stove in — all this in the course of what the Captain called fairly good 

 weather! The Falklands are well-known in scientific annals chiefly 

 through the visitations of Darwin and of the " Challenger," and 

 through the collections of Air. Rupert A'allentin. Most helpful assist- 

 ance was extended me during more than a month's stay (February to 

 April, 1927) on East Falkland by the Covernor. the Colonial officials, 

 and all the private citizens with whom I came in contact. The interest 

 of the school boys of Stanley caused them to bring in a number of 

 specimens which might otherwise not have been obtained ; and a brief 

 talk to a class of pupils at Teal Inlet resulted in establishing a new 

 record of the occurrence of one of the rarer shrimps (Canipylonotiis 

 vagans Bate), heretofore known from the Straits of j\Iagellan, Cape 

 Horn and South Georgia, taken by Miss Eileen Felton from the 

 roots of kelp hauled from water aliout two fathoms in depth for the 

 purpose of fertilizing the fields. 



Taking advantage of an opportunity ofi:"ered while in the Falklands. 

 a trip was made via the once-yearly mail boat to Deception Island of 

 the South Shetlands, the headquarters of the whaling industry of 

 that region. On the way, several tow-net hauls yielded a number of 

 organisms new to the National Museum collections. 



In the course of my return journey to the States, beginning April 28 

 in the Falkland Islands, collections were made at several ports in 

 Argentine Patagonia : Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, San Julian, Deseada, 

 Comodoro Rivadavia. and Puerto Madryn. At Buenos Aires, 

 through the continuing kindness of Dr. Doello-Jurado, Director of 

 the Argentine National Museum, a loan of further study collections 

 of Crustacea was obtained. At Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Museo Paulista, 

 from which we have had most helpful cooperation for a great many 

 years, was revisited during the two days that the northward bound 

 steamer was taking its cargo of coiTee on board at Santos. I arrived 

 in New York on June 7, reaching Washington two days later. 



The most grateful acknowledgment is due to the memory of 

 Mrs. Virginia Purdy Bacon and her son, Walter Rathbone Bacon, in 

 whose honor she founded the travelling scholarship which made pos- 

 sible this general reconnaissance of the marine fauna of the greater 

 part of the coasts of South America, resulting in more than 15,000 

 specimens, and many valuable notes and observations. A great deal 

 of this material is new to the National Museum's collections, including 

 many additional records of occurrence and distribution, and, as far 

 as the limited preliminary studies have indicated, a number of species 

 new to science. 



