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purpose being to ascertain the status of the rodent population of the region. 

 Incidentally specimens of certain desirable birds were secured, and much 

 information relative to local bird distribution was obtained. This work 

 was prosecuted by Mr. Swarth and Mr. Grirmell, with two assistants. 



Miss Annie M. Alexander and Miss Louise Kellogg with two assistants 

 spent the three summer months in the high mountain region of Siskiyou 

 and Trinity Counties, collecting birds and mammals, in continuance of 

 work begun by them during the previous winter. The series of specimens 

 gathered includes several species new to the Museum, one bird being new 

 to the known fauna of the State, while much information bearing upon the 

 relationships of the Shasta and coast faunas was obtained. 



The period from June 15 to September 15 was occupied in exploration 

 of the mountainous region lying between Tehachapi Pass and Mount 

 Whitney. Mr. Grinnell, Mr. Taylor, and three assistants were engaged 

 in this work, the results comprising, aside from large series of specimens of 

 mammals, birds, and reptiles, an increased knowledge of the complex 

 faunal conditions at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada. 



All of the above field work was made possible through special gifts by 

 Miss Alexander of funds for its support. 



Mr. Samuei. N. Rhoads returned from Ecuador early in August after 

 a very successful trip of about six months. He collected at various points 

 along the railroad which runs from Guayaquil to Quito, especially at Bucay 

 (975 ft.), on the Chanchan River (2000 ft.), Huigra (4000 ft.), Mt. 

 Pichincha (8000 ft.), Riobamba (10,000 ft.), and in the vicinity of Quito. 

 He brought back about 1600 birds, some mammals and reptiles, and a 

 number of invertebrates. His collection is now at the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia. 



Mr. Roy C. Andrews, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy in the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, sailed for Korea, December 13. He ex- 

 pects to spend about two months at the whahng stations there, for the 

 purpose of studjdng and securing specimens of the Cahfornia Gray Whale, 

 and Humpbacked Whale. He then plans a trip into the mountains of 

 northern Korea, known as Chokaku San, where about four months will be 

 spent in collecting mammals and birds, if possible in regions not hitherto 

 visited by zoologists. 



Mr. Alex. Wetmore will represent the Biological Survey, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, in Porto Rico .this winter, cooperating with the 

 insular Board of Agriculture in studying the economic relations of the 

 birds and mammals of the island. 



Mr. E. A. Goldman of the Biological Survey will return to Panama about 

 January 1, 1912, to resume his investigations of the birds and mammals of 

 the region. 



