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mens from Tibet, collected by the Rev. H. B. Marx, and pre- 

 sented by Mr. J. P. Morgan. 



Collections for the Oceanic Hall 



Years have been devoted to the plans, collections and expedi- 

 tions for the Oceanic Hall; in fact, the collection to be installed 

 in the gallery goes back to the first days of the Museum, when 

 many of the merchants of New York had private collections of 

 shells. Facing the entrance will be a Coral Reef Group, now 

 being designed by Curator Roy W. Miner. From the ceiling will 

 be suspended models and skeletons of whales. The floor will be 

 devoted to mammal groups, such as walrus, sea elephants, sea 

 lions and models of the whales. The following is a partial list 

 of the exhibits which are to go into this hall : 



Whales and' other Cetaceans, including 27 models and 8 

 skeletons on exhibition, 24 Whale and 15 Blackfish skeletons in 

 storage, life-size model of Sperm Whale, life-size models of 

 Humpback Whale, Killer Whale and small Cetaceans, specimens 

 and data for all of which were obtained by expeditions to Long 

 Island, Quebec, British Columbia, Alaska, Japan and Korea, by 

 Roy C. Andrews, 1907 to 1914, through contributions of Mr. 

 George S. Bowdoin and through the Jesup Fund ; Manatees : 3 

 skeletons, 1 model, 1 specimen, purchased from the Jesup Fund. 



Sea Elephant Group, 6 specimens; also 2 skeletons; obtained 

 by expedition to Lower California by Charles H. Townsend in 

 1911, through contributions by Mr. Arthur Curtiss James; Fur 

 Seal Habitat Group, 7 specimens, obtained through contribution 

 of Mr. D. O. Mills; other Seals: on exhibition, 27 specimens, 1 

 skeleton, 5 skulls; in storage, 40 skeletons, 80 skulls. 



Polynesia and the Pacific Islands 



Through the personal influence of one of our Trustees, Dr. 

 Leonard C. Sanford, Mr. Harry Payne Whitney decided to 



send Mr. Rollo H. Beck on a collecting expedition 

 „ . ? for birds of Polynesia, to extend over a period of 



Expedition ^ ve y ears > during which time he was to visit all of 



the principal islands. Thus was initiated, under the 

 most favorable auspices, the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 

 Mr. Beck, the leader of the expedition, is accompanied by Mrs. 



