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1919. Late advices indicate that his efforts have been extraor- 

 dinarily successful. His field work ended late in November, 

 and preparations for his return with the collections early in 

 1920 were under way. His collection of mammals numbers 

 about 2,000 specimens and comprises good series for mounting 

 of the larger game animals of the region, including the Argali, 

 Goral, Takin, Elk and Deer. The smaller species are repre- 

 sented in large series, the collection as a whole forming the 

 most important ever procured, by a single expedition, in 

 eastern Asia. 



Mr. H. E. Anthony, Associate Curator of Mammals of the 

 Western Hemisphere, left New York in November on an ex- 

 pedition to Jamaica for an intensive exploration of the island 

 for fossil and recent mammals. A preliminary report indi- 

 cates that the results of his field work will prove of high im- 

 portance, especially in respect to the extinct mammal fauna of 

 Jamaica. 



Mr. H. Watkins is continuing his field work in Peru, from 

 whom about 2,500 bird skins have been received during the 

 present year. 



The indexing and rearrangement of the research collection 

 of mammals has made progress, although the work has been 



greatly retarded by the absence of two members 

 cm? 7 H °^ t ^ ie sta ^ during the greater part of the year, 



Associate Curator Andrews having been in the 

 field as head of the Second Asiatic Expedition, while Asso- 

 ciate Curator Anthony was retained in the United States mili- 

 tary service during the early months of the year. On his re- 

 turn to the Museum in April, he took up the work of identify- 

 ing and distributing recently accumulated material. Rather 

 more than a thousand specimens of North American mam- 

 mals were identified and installed in their proper sequence, 

 and similar work was begun on the large accumulation of 

 South American specimens. The department was unfor- 

 tunately deprived of the services of Albert E. Lurch through 

 his illness and death later in the year, thus further reducing 

 the force, removing a faithful and efficient assistant whose 



