September 



Research: Analysis of data assembled in a pioneering 10-year study of tropical 

 bats at Earro Colorado Island,. Panama, by National Museum of Natural History 

 mammalogist Charles 0. Handley, continued in 19S6. Dr. Handley's work is 

 illuminating the demography and natural history of a population of tropical bats 

 and their important role in tropical forest ecology. 



September 



Research: At the Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port, National Museum of 

 Natural History scientist M. G. Harasewych, began studies of mollusks, using DNA 

 hybridization and isoenzyme electrophoresis techniques to confirm the 

 evolutionary relationships inferred on the basis of shell morphcmetric and 

 anatomical data. This represents one of the first efforts to use DNA techniques 

 to study molluscan evolution. 



September 1 



News Service: Electronic transmission of the Smithsonian News Service to 

 selected daily newspapers began via Associated Press Data Feature, a computerized 

 wire service. A total of 1,550 other publications continue to receive the News 

 Service monthly feature stories, written and distributed by the Office of Public 

 Affairs, by mail. 



September 1 



Spanish Edition: The first Spanish-language edition of the Smithsonian News 

 Service, a product of the Office of Public Affairs, was distributed to 80 Spanish 

 language newspapers in 19 states, Washington, D.C, Puerto Rico, Canada and 

 Colombia. 



September 12 



Exhibition: "unknown Territory: Photographs by Ray K. Metzker" opened at the 

 National Museum of American art with 190 photographs documenting Metzger's 

 experimentation with photographic techniques. The artist discussed his work at a 

 subsequent complementary program. 



September 12 



Special Event: Sponsoring, Sustaining, Patron and James Smithson Society members 

 of the Contributing Membership attended the National Endowment for the Arts' 

 "1986 National Heritage Fellowships Program." Presented at the George Washington 

 University Lisner Auditorium, the program included performances by the master 

 folk artists and artisans chosen as 1986 Heritage Fellows. 



September 15-19 



Course: As part of the Conservation Analytical Laboratory's conservation 

 training program, a specialist course in the Indentif ication of Historic Textile 

 Dyes and the Preparation of Analytical Reference Standards was taught by the 



