﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  19 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  increasing 
  demands 
  on 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  station 
  WKC, 
  it 
  became 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  inckide 
  the 
  talks 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  given 
  

   last 
  year 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  series, 
  in 
  the 
  regular 
  series 
  of 
  Smithsonian 
  

   talks. 
  During 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Africa, 
  under 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Mann, 
  letters 
  from 
  Doctor 
  Mann 
  were 
  

   read 
  over 
  WRC 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  public 
  informed 
  of 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  

   expedition. 
  Twenty-nine 
  talks 
  were 
  presented 
  between 
  November 
  

   24, 
  1926, 
  and 
  June 
  29, 
  1927, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  November 
  24, 
  192G 
  : 
  Bringing 
  Home 
  Living 
  Animals 
  from 
  Africa. 
  Dr. 
  William 
  

   M. 
  Mann, 
  Director, 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  

  

  December 
  1, 
  1926: 
  Early 
  American 
  Animals 
  — 
  Elephants 
  and 
  Others. 
  Dr. 
  

   James 
  W. 
  Gidley, 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  December 
  S, 
  1926: 
  Shooting 
  Stars. 
  Dr. 
  Willard 
  J. 
  Fisher, 
  Harvard 
  College 
  

   Observatory 
  (I'ead 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Austin 
  H. 
  Clark). 
  

  

  December 
  15, 
  1926: 
  An 
  Observatory 
  Among 
  the 
  Hottentots. 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  

   Abbot, 
  assistant 
  secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

  

  December 
  22, 
  1926 
  : 
  The 
  Invasion 
  of 
  the 
  Snowy 
  Owl. 
  Dr. 
  Alexander 
  Wetmore, 
  

   assistant 
  secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  January 
  5, 
  1927 
  : 
  Natural 
  History 
  in 
  Louisiana. 
  Mr. 
  Percy 
  Vicsca, 
  jr., 
  State 
  

   biologist 
  of 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  January 
  10, 
  1927 
  : 
  Dialogue 
  between 
  Miss 
  Sarah 
  W. 
  Clark 
  and 
  Dr. 
  William 
  

   M. 
  Mann 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  his 
  experiences 
  in 
  Africa. 
  

  

  January 
  28, 
  1927 
  : 
  The 
  Antarctic 
  Continent. 
  Prof. 
  Sir 
  Douglas 
  Mawson, 
  the 
  

   University, 
  Adelaide, 
  Soiith 
  Australia. 
  

  

  February 
  2, 
  1927: 
  Some 
  African 
  Reptiles. 
  Miss 
  Doris 
  M. 
  Cochran, 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Museum. 
  

  

  February 
  9, 
  1927: 
  White 
  Ants 
  or 
  Termites. 
  Dr. 
  Thomas 
  E. 
  Snyder, 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  February 
  23, 
  1927 
  : 
  The 
  Romance 
  of 
  the 
  Lighthouse 
  Service. 
  Mr. 
  John 
  S. 
  

   Conway, 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Lighthouses. 
  

  

  March 
  2, 
  1927: 
  Oyster 
  Farming. 
  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  F. 
  Prythercb, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Fisheries. 
  

  

  March 
  7, 
  1927 
  : 
  American 
  Wild 
  Horses. 
  Dr. 
  James 
  W. 
  Gidley, 
  National 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  March 
  16, 
  1927: 
  Fishery 
  Products 
  in 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries. 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  

   Radcliff, 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries. 
  

  

  March 
  21, 
  1927: 
  Beetles; 
  what 
  they 
  are 
  and 
  what 
  they 
  do. 
  Dr. 
  Edward 
  A. 
  

   Chapin, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  March 
  28. 
  1927: 
  Watchmakers 
  as 
  Inventors. 
  Mr. 
  Carl 
  W. 
  Mitman, 
  National 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  April 
  6, 
  1927: 
  The 
  Study 
  of 
  the 
  Sun. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  E. 
  Fowle, 
  Astrophysical 
  

   Observatory. 
  

  

  April 
  13, 
  1927: 
  The 
  Sea. 
  Mr. 
  Austin 
  H. 
  Clark,. 
  Smitlisonion 
  Institution. 
  

  

  April 
  20, 
  1927 
  : 
  Frogs 
  and 
  Toads. 
  Miss 
  Doris 
  M. 
  Cochran, 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  April 
  27, 
  1927: 
  The 
  Honey 
  Bee. 
  Mr. 
  James 
  I. 
  Hambleton, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Entomology. 
  

  

  May 
  4, 
  1927: 
  Mice. 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  J. 
  Poole, 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  May 
  11, 
  1927: 
  Fossil 
  Footprints 
  in 
  the 
  Grand 
  Canyon. 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  W. 
  

   Gilmore, 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  May 
  18, 
  1927: 
  Who 
  owns 
  Potomac 
  Park? 
  Dr. 
  George 
  P. 
  Merrill, 
  National 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  