Report of the President 29 



New York. It is expected that the entire expedition will 

 reach New York early in the year 1915. The collection of 

 Messrs. Lang and Chapin is undoubtedly one of the finest ever 

 made in this part of Africa, and the problem of its proper 

 care upon arrival is a very serious one. 



The Museum is fortunate in enjoying the continued inter- 

 est of Mr. Paul J. Rainey, who has presented several speci- 



^ , ,. _ . mens of big game animals from British 



Paul J. Rainey „ xr . ,, ^ . , , 



„-.,.. East Africa. Mr. Rainev has also pre- 



Expedition , . . A t r 



sented to the Museum a complete set or 



the series of motion picture film negatives of his recent 



African hunt. 



The traverse of Africa by the Barnes-Kearton Expedition, 



under the auspices of the Museum, from the east coast to the 



_ „ west, resulted in the collection of another 



Barnes-Kearton \ . , 



superb series of photographs, represent- 



ing the human and animal life, the type 



series of which has been presented to the Museum by Mr. 



James Barnes. 



ARCTIC 



Owing to difficulties of communication, we do not know 



the final results of the Crocker Land Expedition, organized by 



_ , the American Museum of Natural History, 



Crocker Land 



,_, .. . the American Geographical Society and the 



Expedition __ . . , T11 . s . y ^ T \ 



University of Illinois. No report has been 



received from the leader, Mr. D. B. MacMillan, since his 

 hazardous journey over the Arctic Ocean, accompanied by 

 Ensign Green. A letter received from Mr. Ekblaw, another 

 member of the party, through the courtesy of the Danish 

 explorer, Mr. Knud Rasmussen, indicates that Crocker Land, 

 the main objective of the expedition, does not exist — at least 

 at the supposed locality. It is a relief to know that the 

 members of the expedition are invgood health. The meteoro- 

 logical, geological and zoological investigations that they 

 are carrying through in the North will prove of great 

 scientific value. 



