﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  1 
  

  

  EXPLORATIONS 
  AND 
  FIELD 
  WORK 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  30 
  field 
  expeditions, 
  in 
  whicli 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  took 
  a 
  leading 
  part, 
  went 
  out 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  The 
  record 
  

   is 
  doubly 
  interesting, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  almost 
  no 
  unrestricted 
  

   funds 
  for 
  field 
  work 
  were 
  available, 
  each 
  expedition 
  being 
  separately 
  

   financed 
  either 
  by 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  some 
  friend 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  or 
  

   through 
  a 
  cooperative 
  arrangement 
  with 
  some 
  other 
  organization 
  

   whereby 
  the 
  costs 
  and 
  collections 
  were 
  shared. 
  Such 
  a 
  program 
  of 
  

   field 
  work 
  is 
  of 
  necessity 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  haphazard, 
  since 
  each 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  presented 
  must 
  be 
  grasped 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  it 
  fulfills 
  the 
  exact 
  

   objects 
  most 
  valuable 
  to 
  the 
  Institution, 
  The 
  more 
  desirable 
  method, 
  

   obviously, 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  followed 
  if 
  the 
  Institution 
  had 
  

   complete 
  financial 
  independence, 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  map 
  out 
  in 
  advance 
  the 
  

   essential 
  expeditions 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  a 
  definite 
  plan. 
  

  

  The 
  year's 
  field 
  work 
  covered 
  such 
  widespread 
  territory 
  that 
  an 
  

   enumeration 
  of 
  the 
  countries 
  visited 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  Abroad, 
  

   Smithsonian 
  expeditions 
  worked 
  in 
  South 
  West 
  Africa, 
  East 
  Africa, 
  

   Sumatra, 
  China, 
  Alaska, 
  Canada, 
  Mexico, 
  Guatemala, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  

   Panama, 
  Ecuador, 
  Peru, 
  Chile, 
  Jamaica, 
  Haiti, 
  England, 
  France, 
  and 
  

   Germany. 
  In 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  California, 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  Florida 
  

   led 
  with 
  three 
  expeditions 
  each 
  ; 
  Washington 
  and 
  Louisiana 
  followed 
  

   with 
  two 
  each; 
  and 
  Montana, 
  Wj^oming, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Mississippi, 
  

   New 
  York, 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey 
  were 
  visited 
  by 
  one 
  expedition 
  each. 
  

  

  Brief 
  extracts 
  from 
  accounts 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  expeditions 
  will 
  

   be 
  given 
  here 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  and 
  its 
  preliminary 
  

   results. 
  Accounts 
  of 
  other 
  field 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  

   on 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  bureaus 
  under 
  administrative 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Insti- 
  

   tution, 
  appended 
  hereto, 
  namely, 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  and 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory. 
  The 
  

   Institution 
  also 
  publishes 
  each 
  year 
  an 
  exploration 
  pamphlet, 
  giving 
  

   an 
  illustrated 
  summary 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN-CHRYSLER 
  EXPEDITION 
  TO 
  AFRICA 
  

  

  The 
  outstanding 
  expedition 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  popular 
  in- 
  

   terest 
  was 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Africa 
  to 
  collect 
  

   live 
  wild 
  animals 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  under 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  direction. 
  The 
  expedition 
  was 
  financed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  P. 
  

   Chrysler, 
  automobile 
  manufacturer, 
  and 
  headed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Mann, 
  

   director 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park; 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  were 
  

   Mr. 
  Stephen 
  Haweis, 
  artist 
  and 
  naturalist; 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  G. 
  Carnochan, 
  

   of 
  New 
  York; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  Loveridge, 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   parative 
  Zoology 
  at 
  Cambridge. 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Charlton 
  was 
  sent 
  by 
  

   the 
  Pathe 
  Review 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  motion-picture 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

  

  