Several expeditions have gone out under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator of Botany. In 

 1894 and 1895, Mr. Allison V. Armour took expeditions 

 to the West Indies and Yucatan in his yacht, Ituna, and 

 to the same localities again in 1898 and 1899. During 

 the years from 1904 to 1911, with the exception of the 

 year 1906, the flora of all of the Bahama Islands was 

 studied. In 1911 and 1912, an expedition made collec- 

 tions in Japan, China, the Philippine Islands, Java, 

 Ceylon and India. Collections were made on all of the 

 Florida Keys during 1904. There have also been 

 numerous botanical expeditions sent to all parts of the 

 United States. 



In connection with the work of the Department of 

 Geology, Dr. Oliver C. Farrington has conducted expe- 

 ditions into Mexico and various parts of the United 

 States, and is at present engaged in the collection of 

 minerals in South America. H. W. Nichols has made 

 collections of ores and minerals during several expedi- 

 tions through the Mississippi Valley, the Appalachian 

 Mts., etc. E. S. Riggs and his associates have col- 

 lected paleontological specimens in Colorado, the Da- 

 kotas and Alberta, Canada, and have recently em- 

 barked on an important expedition to Patagonia. 



Several large expeditions have been sent out by the 

 Department of Zoology. The first African expedition, 

 which went to Somaliland in 1896 and 1897 under the 

 leadership of Dr. D. G. Elliot and Carl E. Akeley, was 

 especially fruitful in results. It obtained material for 

 most of the fine groups of African mammals now on 

 exhibition. A second African expedition was in the 

 field during 1906 and 1907, headed by Carl E. Akeley 

 and Edmund Heller. This expedition obtained some 

 2,500 specimens. Fishes were collected in Mexico and 



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