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SMITIISfJNIAN MISCI'lLLANKOUS COLLECTIONS 



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district in north Manchuria. < )f his experiences Mr. Sowerby 

 writes: " Had a fearful trip this time owing to floods, insect ])ests, 

 and dysentery ; still I have some 70 or so mammal^ 35 birds and a 

 good collection of flsh. I have the skull of a good black bear. The 

 skin went bad owing to our being delayed by Russian police. Also 

 I have a good hide and skull of a wapiti, besides series of various 

 small mammals" ( )f the specimens obtained, only a small package 

 sent by mail has been received in Washington. It includes three 

 species not hitherto re])resented in the Museum collections. 



Fu;. 50. — The Iiii:^lr in winter (luarters at Nizhni Kolynisk 

 Photograph hy Ainory. 



December and b'lnuary found .Mr. .S()\ver])y at Shanghai and on 

 the Yangtzee. I Ic \isitc<l the .Sikawei Museum to see the collections 

 of Chinese large mammals that formed the basis of the writings of 

 Heude. As this is the first time that these specimens have been 

 examined by anyone ac(|uainted with present-day methods in the 

 study of mammals the result of Mr. Sowerby's observations will be 

 awaited with much interest. They must, however, be reserved for 

 a later report. 



GeRKIT S. MlLLI'.K, |k. 



WORK BY COPLFA' AMOm'. JR., IN I'.ASTERN SIBERIA 



In June, 1914. Mr. Copley Amory, jr.. a collaborator of the National 

 Museum, joined the i)arty accom])anying Captain John Koren to the 

 northeast coast of .Siberia. The party left Seattle on June 24 



