The Asiatic Zoological Expedition 29 



Our work in Asia for the Asiatic Hall of the future has 

 begun most auspiciously through the entire success of our first 

 Asiatic Zoological Expedition under Mr. Roy Chapman 

 sia Andrews, assisted by Mrs. Yvette Borup Andrews and 

 Mr. Edmund Heller. The total cost of this expedition, namely 

 $14,000, was met partly by the Morris K. Jesup Fund and 

 partly by generous contributions from the following Members 

 of the Museum : 



Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Colgate $425 



Mrs. Adrian Hoffman Joline 100 



Childs Frick 100 



Lincoln Ellsworth 100 



James B. Ford 500 



Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bernheimer 400 



Temple Bowdoin 500 



Henry C. Frick 875 



Landing in China in May, 19 16, the party first explored the 

 Province of Fu-kien, west of Formosa, where they were greatly 

 assisted by the Reverend Harry R. Caldwell, a missionary of 

 the finest type and a most worthy representative of our country 

 in the Chinese Republic, also an enthusiast in natural science. 

 We have recently enrolled him as one of our Life Members. 

 After securing valuable collections in this region, the party 

 proceeded to explore the Province of Yunnan, spending nine 

 months in zoological and geographical exploration and bringing 

 back priceless photographic records and a superb collection of 

 2,100 mammals, 800 birds and 200 reptiles, a large number of 

 which, especially of the mammals, are new to the museums of 

 this country. Issuing by way of Burma, the expedition was 

 greatly aided by members of the British Government in India, 

 to whom our very special acknowledgments are made in Mr. 

 Andrews's report. His narrative volume will be published by 

 D. Appleton and Company. He is now engaged upon a special 

 scientific report which will appear in the American Museum 

 Bulletin. 



The American Museum Expedition to the Congo, after six 

 years of arduous work in the field under Mr. Herbert Lang and 

 Mr. James P. Chapin, returned to this country in 191 5, since 



