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SMITIISOXIAX MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 72 



also placed about the water tower at the northern end of the island, 

 in order to have additional material if it should he needed for hreeding 

 purposes in the future. 



While at the Tortugas a careful bird census was made, as usual. 

 By the use of a blind, a series of photographs of the beautiful roseate 

 tern, nesting here abundantly, was secured. The accompanying illus- 

 tration shows one of these birds together with an unhatched egg and 

 a babe. 



Fig. 51. — Roseate tern, vdung. and egg. Lkisli Key. Tortugas, Fla. 



ENTOMOL(3GICAL EXPEDITION TO ALASKA 

 In May, 192 1, Dr. J. M. Aldrich, Associate Curator of Insects, U. S 

 National Museum, was detailed to collect insects in Alaska, especially 

 in the interior. The museum had very little material from Alaska, 

 except from the coast region. The government railroad, extending 

 from the southern coast north to Fairbanks, was nearing completion, 

 and otTered opportunity for travel not heretofore existing. It ap- 

 peared also that the completion of the railroad would probably lead 

 to an increase of population which would create greater interest in 

 the insects of the region. 



