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giant ant-eater, capuchin monkey and caiman. The most not- 

 able was a young red howling monkey, George by name, the first 

 ever brought up successfully and established in the collections 

 of the Zoological Society. 



Some of the members of the expedition are widely scattered. 

 Prof. J. F. M. Floyd returned to his department in the Univer- 

 sity of Glasgow ; Dr. Alfred Emerson now holds the position of 

 Assistant Professor in the University of Pittsburgh, and Clifford 

 Pope is engaged in herpetological work in central China on the 

 American Museum Asiatic Expedition. 



MAY. 



An elaborate exhibit of the artistic work was held in the 

 Administration Building on the occasion of the Annual Garden 

 Party of the Zoological Society. This included several hundred 

 paintings by Isabel Cooper, photographs and drawings, a collec- 

 tion of Indian bead aprons, and a selection of the more interesting 

 new or rare species of mammals, birds and insects. 



MAY TO DECEMBER. 



During this period the Director completed the manuscript 

 and proof of Volume III of the Pheasant Monograph, and com- 

 pletely finished the manuscript of Volume IV. 



The entire British Guiana collections were catalogued, index 

 files established, and much of the vast quantity of material ar- 

 ranged and correlated ready for publication after another sea- 

 son's accretions. 



Several weeks were devoted to perfecting a new method of 

 hand-colored lithography, which will be put into operation next 

 year in issuing a series of one hundred large colored plates to- 

 gether with life histories. 



OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. 



In aid of publicity, the Director gave about twenty-five lec- 

 tures in various cities, dealing with the work and activities of 

 the Tropical Research Station. Addresses were also made before 

 the Annual Dinner of the New York Academy of Sciences, the 

 American Geographical Society and the Annual Meeting of the 

 Board of Managers of the New York Zoological Society. 



