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prepared for the January ( 1923 ) number of Asia. In speaking of Mr. 

 Sullivan'.s work with tiie Bayard Dominick Expedition, Charles B. Daven- 

 ]X)rt, Director of the Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institute of Wash- 

 ington, remarks, "I feel that Sullivan's two contributions to Polynesian 

 somatology have advanced the subject more in one year than all the other 

 researches of the past twenty-five years." 



John W. Thompson, Preparator, has modeled eighteen fishes, painted 

 thirteen fishes and three eels and has prepared and painted crabs and sea- 

 weed accessories for use in a projected marine group. The years of con- 

 tact which Mr. Thompson has had with the markets while selecting fishes 

 for the collections have placed him in a position to aid Mr. Fowler very 

 considerably in his studies on the fish collections. It is largely to his 

 credit that the Hawaiian fish fauna is so remarkably well represented in 

 the Museum's preserved material, as well as in the excellent series of 

 models. 



Thomas G. Thrum, Associate in Hawaiian Folklore, completed the 

 "Geographic place names" for the revision of Andrews' Hawaiian Dic- 

 tionarv. (See p. 25.) He also made a critical analysis of the forty-two 

 manuscripts in the Poepoe Collection and a translation of Kamakau's his- 

 tory of Kamahemeha, which appeared originally in the Ka Nupepa Kuokoa 

 in 1866-1871. Progress was made in a study of the star lore of the ancient 

 Hawaiians, especially with reference to navigation. 



Stephen S. .\'isher, Bishop Museum Fellow for 1921-22, returned to 

 his duties as Professor of Geography, University of Indiana, after a field 

 trip to Honolulu, Fiji, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, and Tokyo. 

 Progress was made in the preparation of a monograph on the tropical 

 cyclones of the Pacific and their effects. Two Papers — "Tropical cyclones 

 in Australia and the South Pacific and Indian Oceans" and "Tropical 

 cyclones in the Northeast Pacific between Hawaii and Mexico," were pub- 

 lished in the Monthly Weather Review (Vol. 50, 1922 pp. 288-297). 



In addition to her work as Guide to Exhibits and hostess to an even 

 larger number of visitors than in 192T, Mrs. Lahilahi Webb gave lectures 

 to many classes of school children. She was of invaluable service in edit- 

 ing the Hawaiian Dictionary and to members of the staff in their studies 

 of Hawaiian lore. In the exhibition Iialls she has been ably assisted by 

 Miss Anna Ho. 



Gerrit P. Wilder, Associate in Botaii)-. has added valuable specimens 

 to the Museum collection and continued his work of providing correct 

 labels for the casts of fruits in the exhibition halls. His knowledge of 

 the Hawaiian Bird Reservation has been utilized in planning an expedi- 

 tion for the coming year. 



