Report of the President 2 7 



Under the patronage of Mr. Archer M. Huntington, 



Curator Goddard and Assistant Curator 



nmi v p v kelson continued their investigation of 



of the Southwest ^ Indjans of New Mexico and Arizona, 



while Dr. Spinden was assigned to make archaeological investi- 

 gations in Guatemala and San Salvador. 



Curator Wissler has organized an archaeological survey 



of various localities in New Jersey and 

 Local Archaeology _. . ,. , . , . . \. . 



Pennsylvania, which is bringing to light 



important and interesting data concerning the early man of 

 this region. 



Our most important zoological expedition in North America 

 is the biological survey of Porto Rico, undertaken in coopera- 

 tion with the New York Academy of Sci- 

 °^ . - ences. Messrs. Crampton, Lutz, Miner, 



Watson and Nichols have been engaged 

 in this work. Supplementing this survey, entomological col- 

 lecting was done in Florida by Messrs. Watson and Mutchler. 

 Curator Chapman, accompanied by Mr. Louis Agassiz 

 . Fuertes as artist, visited Heron Lake in 

 Minnesota and secured material for a habitat 

 uroup group of this region. 



The Honorable George Shiras, 3d, a Life Member of the 

 Museum, conducted an expedition to Panama for the purpose 

 of securing the mammals of the Gatun Lake 

 Mamma s o re gi on> Upon his invitation, he was accom- 

 Panama pa nied by Mr. H. E. Anthony, and all the speci- 



mens collected were presented to the Museum by Mr. Shiras, 

 who also bore all the expenses of the expedition. 



The other field expeditions in North America include the 



„ ^. . , geological survey of the Arbuckle 



Expedition to the ™ • ™ , \ , ^ ^ 



.,.,«« . Mountains in Oklahoma by Dr. Reeds, 



Arbuckle Mountains , 



who began this work some years 



ago for the Geological Survey of Oklahoma, and the expedition 



„ ,. . _, ., to Florida, conducted by Curator 



Expedition to Florida ; - 



f _. . Hussakof and Mr. Russell T. Coles, 



and Ohio t . . , / , ' 



to secure material for casts of the 



Manta or devilfish. Later Dr. Hussakof visited fossil beds 



