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given all details regarding such ship- 

 ment, in order to arrange for free entry 

 (exemption from payment of duty). 

 The Resident Custodian should also 

 be notified in advance of the arrival of 

 the scientist in order to have everything 

 in readiness. 



Upon arrival at Cristobal, C. Z., the 

 person should take the train to Panama 

 City and go from there to Hotel Tivoli 

 in Ancon. After becoming established 

 at the hotel, he should proceed to Ancon 

 Hospital grounds where the Resident 

 Custodian has his office. The post- 

 office address of Mr. James Zetek is 

 Box 245, Ancon, C. Z. Mail may be 

 sent in care of Mr. Zetek. 



It is not necessary to have a pass- 

 port or to see any foreign consul when 

 going to the Canal Zone. Once estab- 

 lished in the Canal Zone, there is no 

 restriction on entering the Republic 

 of Panama. If steamers of the Panama 

 Railroad Company are used, especially 

 when equipment is sent as freight, a 

 minimum of trouble will be experienced. 



President Porras of the Republic of 

 Panama has set aside a very excellent 

 section of land north of the Gorgas 

 Memorial Institute for a Marine Bio- 

 logical Station and Aquarium, and at 

 present writing prospects are very 

 favorable so that within a few years 

 such an institution and aquarium will 

 be built on this land, and thus the 

 fundamental aim of the Barro Colorado 

 Island laboratory will be increased .to 

 include marine research. 



The library facilities of the Board of 

 Health Laboratory, Ancon Hospital, 

 The Panama Canal Library, and the 

 Gorgas Memorial Institute are available. 



V. BIBLIOGRAPHY (B. A. G.) 



The following bibliography includes 

 only the titles of a few of the more 

 important general works bearing upon 

 the biota of Panama. For a bibliog- 

 raphy of the mammals see Goldman, 

 1920. 



Wafer, Lionel. 

 1729. A New Voyage and Description 



of the Isthmus of America. 

 3rd edition, London, 1729. 

 Published as pp. 263-460 of 

 the third volume of Dampier's 

 Voyages. The original edi- 

 tion was published separately 

 under the same title in 1699. 

 (Includes quaint and interest- 

 ing accounts of the biota 

 based on observations made 

 in eastern Panama in 1681.) 



Biologia Centrali-Americana. 

 1879-1915. An elaborate treatment in 

 52 volumes by various authors 

 of the mammals, birds, in- 

 sects, and plants of Mexico 

 and Central America. 



Ridgway, Robert. 



1901-1919. Birds of North and Middle 

 America. A descriptive cata- 

 logue of the higher groups, 

 genera, species, and subspe- 

 cies of birds known to occur 

 in North America, from the 

 Arctic Lands to the Isthmus 

 of Panama, the West Indies, 

 and other islands of the 

 Caribbean Sea, and the. Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago. Bull. 50, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., pts. 1-8, each 

 separately paged have been 

 issued (others to follow), 

 covering families in reversed 

 order Fringillidae to Alcidae. 

 Washington: Govt. Printing 

 Office. (The current authori- 

 tative systematic account of 

 the birds of the region.) 



Bangs, Outram. 



1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. ZooL, Vol. 39, 

 pp. 17-51, April, 1902. (An 

 annotated list of 63 species 

 and subspecies mainly from 

 the Volcan de Chiriqui, west- 

 ern Panama. One of the 

 most important single contri- 

 butions to knowledge of the 

 mammals of Panama.) 



Elliot, Daniel Giraud. 

 1904. The Land and Sea Mammals of 

 Middle America and the West 

 Indies. Pub. Field Columb. 

 Mus., Zool. Ser., Vol. IV, pts. 

 1-2, pp. 1-850. Chicago, 1904. 

 (Contains list of species with 

 original references, brief de- 

 scriptions, type localities, and 

 geographic distribution.) 



Goldman, Edward A. 



1920. Mammals of Panama. Smith. 

 Misc. Coll., Vol. 69, No. 5, 

 pp. 1-309, pis. 1-39. (An 

 annotated list of species and 

 tentative treatment of life 

 zones.) 



