Vol. IX] EVERMANN— DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1919 375 



FIELD WORK OF THE MUSEUM STAFF 



Within the year, the Museum carried on a number of field 

 investigations, as follows : 



Channel Islands.— A collecting party consisting of Dr. Van 

 Denburgh, Mr. Slevin, Mr. Van Duzee and the Director spent 

 a week (May 15-21) on the Channel Islands off the California 

 coast, the particular islands visited being Anacapa, Santa Cruz, 

 Santa Rosa, Prince, and San Miguel. 



The party was able to visit these islands through the courtesy 

 of the California Fish and Game Commission, and I wish to 

 take this opportunity to express to the officials of that Com- 

 mission, especially Mr. Carl Westerfeld, Executive Secretary; 

 Mr. Norman B. Scofield, assistant in charge of commercial 

 fisheries ; and Captain H. B. Nidiver of the Commission's patrol 

 boat "Albacore," the appreciation of the members of the party 

 of the courtesies extended. Captain Nidiver did everything 

 possible to make the trip a success. Our thanks are due also 

 the Messrs. Arthur and Fred Caire of the Justinian Caire Com- 

 pany for permission to land on Santa Cruz Island, to Vail and 

 Vicicers for permission to land on Santa Rosa Island, and to 

 Captain H. W. Rhodes, Inspector of the 18th Lighthouse Dis- 

 trict, to land on Anacapa and San Miguel islands. 



The trip to these islands proved quite successful and con- 

 siderable collections of natural history specimens were obtained, 

 the most important in the following departments : Entomology, 

 1965 specimens ; herpetology, 201 specimens ; oology, 190; con- 

 chology, 100. 



Riverside County.— Mr. Joseph R. Slevin spent May 21-31 

 in the vicinity of Mecca, Riverside County, making collections 

 for the department of Herpetology. About 70 specimens were 

 obtained. 



Lower California. — An expedition was sent to the Cape 

 region of Lower California to make collections for the depart- 

 ments of Herpetology and Invertebrate Zoology. The party, 

 consisting of Mr. Joseph R. Slevin, and Mr. G. F. Ferris of 

 Stanford University, left San Francisco June 14 and returned 

 September 23. Owing to illness while in the field of both mem- 

 bers of the party the expedition was not as successful as it 



