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Sperm Whale. Until such time as the mammal halls may be 

 relieved of the present congestion, by the possible expansion 

 into additional space, it is well-nigh impossible to bring out 

 new exhibition material. 



The late Dr. J. A. Allen, Honorary Curator of this depart- 

 ment, was working upon the collections of the Congo Expedition 

 when his last illness took him. He had brought 

 Research and to completion the reports upon the Carnivora, 

 Publication nearly all the Primates, all of the Chiroptera and 

 Insectivora, and a large part of the Rodentia. 

 Mr. Herbert Lang, the Assistant Curator of African Mammals, 

 has been collaborating in this work, giving the benefit of his 

 field experience in the notes on habits, life histories, etc. Much 

 of the work is practically available for the press; some of it 

 needs but little additional labor to make it so. No small part 

 of the time of Mr. Lang has been occupied with the supervision 

 of the drawings for the illustration of the Congo reports, while 

 other details of these reports have demanded constant attention 

 from him. 



Associate Curator Roy Chapman Andrews has described a 

 new Serow from Yun-nan Province, China, and has also pub- 

 lished on the hind limbs of the Humpback Whale. In addition 

 he has published accounts for the general public, dealing with 

 his work in Asia, the most important of which is his book 

 "Across Mongolian Plains." 



Associate Curator H. E. Anthony has done research work 

 upon the mammals of Ecuador and the mammals of British 

 Guiana. He has begun a systematic report upon the mammals 

 of Ecuador with the view of publishing a handbook that will 

 serve as a working basis both for the scientific worker and for 

 the educated traveler in South America who wishes to know 

 something of the mammal life there. The completion of this 

 report will probably require several years as it will be necessary 

 to do additional field work, but already there is sufficient 

 material on hand to warrant the publication of the most extended 

 regional report yet made upon the mammals of South America, 

 by this or any other museum. The bibliography for this hand- 

 book is practically complete, and a preliminary report on new 

 species has been published in Novitates. Another report is nearly 

 ready for press. 



