Article XXIV.— VOYAGE OF THE 'ALBATROSS' TO THE 

 GULF OF CALIFORNIA IN 1911. 



By Charles Haskins Townsend. 



By a special arrangement with the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 

 the American Museum of Natural History, The New York Zoological Society, 

 the New York Botanical Garden and the United States National Museum, 

 cooperated in a two months' voyage of the 'Albatross' in the Lower Cali- 

 fornia region early in the year 1911. 



Mr. Arthur Curtiss James, a Trustee of the American Museum, con- 

 tributed -57,500 to the expedition. The Zoological Society and the Botanical 

 Garden each contributed $1,000. The National Museum contributed the 

 services of a naturalist. The Bureau of Fisheries furnished the 'Albatross,' 

 with her officers and crew. 



The various collections were to become the property of the institutions 

 participating: all the preserved zoological collections to the American Mu- 

 seum, with a series to the National Museum; all the living specimens. to the 

 Zoological Society and the botanical collections to the Botanical Garden. 



The Bureau of Fisheries desired information respecting the fish and 

 fisheries and the oceanographical features of Lower California and the Gulf 

 region, referring especially to the desirability of further knowledge regard- 

 ing the supply of edible fishes, oysters and turtles, with the view to inaugu- 

 rating a fish trade with our southwestern states. 



The 'Albatross' being available for two months only, the voyage was 

 accordingly arranged to include brief visits to as many different parts of the 

 coast and islands as practicable, leaving time for considerable deep sea work 

 during the return trip. The following itinerary shows that anchorages were 

 made at thirty different points where marine and shore explorations were 

 made : 



Ports Visited Arrival Departure 



San Francisco Feb. 23 



San Diego Feb. 25 Feb. 28 



Guadalupe Island Mar. 2 Mar. 4 



San Diego Mar. 6 Mar. 7 



San Benito Ids Mar. 9 Mar. 10 « 



Cedros Island Mar. 10 Mar. 12 (3 anchorages) 



San Bartolome Bay Mar. 13 Mar. 15 



San Cristobal Bay Mar. 15 Mar. 15 i 



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