EXPLORATIOXS AND FIELD-WORK OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION IN 1916 



Every year the Smithsonian Institution initiates or takes part in 

 numerous expeditions to all parts of the world for the purpose 

 of increasing" the knowledge in various branches of science. The 

 present pamphlet deals with exi)lorations and field-work in geology, 

 zoology, botany, archeology and ethnology, and astrophysics, during 

 the year 191 6, the variotis accounts being written largely in the 

 words of the investigators themselves. 



Friends of the Institution have generously aided this work, par- 

 ticularly during the past few years, throtigh the contribution of fvuids 

 for specific ]Hirposes. Most of the field-work is carried on directly 

 through the branches of the Institution, including the National 

 Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Astrophysical 

 Observatory, and the National Zoological Park. Wherever funds 

 are not available for specific explorations every opportunity is taken 

 to send representatives of the Institution with such expeditions in 

 order to add to the nattn"al history and archeological collections. 

 The Bureau of Ethnology conducts extensive field-work among the 

 Indians themselves, detailed accounts of which are published in 

 the reports of the Bureati. The Astrophysical Observatory has 

 continued observations in this country and abroad in connection 

 with its work of studying the sun ; and the National Zoological 

 Park has cooperated with similar institutions in securing from 

 other countries animals desired for the collections. 



These various activities result in valuable additions to scientific 

 knowledge of unexplored and imperfectly known regions, and bring 

 to the collections of the National Museum important material for 

 exhibition and research. Many o])portunities for undertaking" im- 

 jxjrtant field researches and for participating in various expeditions 

 are lost to the Institution every year througii lack of sufficient fluids. 



GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 



In continuation of work carried on for several years past in the 

 Canadian Rocky Mountains Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, was engaged during the summer 



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