32 Report of the President 



which were previously represented in the Museum's collections. 

 On leaving the "Albatross" at Nagasaki, in February, 1910, 

 Mr. Andrews was able to arrange with the President of the 

 Oriental Whaling Company of Osaka for opportunity to secure 

 skeletons of a considerable number of whales and porpoises, 

 all of which have safely reached the Museum. They include 

 the Sulphurbottom, Finback, Sperm and Sardine whales, all 

 fully adult and of large size respectively for the species; also 

 two Killer whales and ten porpoises, representing four species, 

 one of them new to science. He was able also to study, 

 photograph and take measurements of 180 large whales, and to 

 study and photograph various parts of skeletons in situ, the re- 

 lations of which cannot always be satisfactorily determined 

 after maceration. Not only is Mr. Andrews entitled to great 

 credit for the use he made of his opportunities, but the Museum 

 is greatly indebted for courtesies and material assistance 

 rendered to Mr. Andrews by the President and other officials 

 of the Oriental Whaling Company, without whose cordial assis- 

 tance such success would have been impossible. 



Early in the year (February to May) Mr. F. M. Chapman, 

 Curator of Birds, made a trip to the Mount Orizaba region of 

 Mexico to secure material and data for a large "habitat 

 group " to illustrate American tropical bird life. The trip 

 was eminently successful, everything having been secured that 

 can be required in the construction of the group. 



Thus far no material has been received from the Museum's 

 Congo Expedition under the leadership of Messrs. Herbert 

 Lang and James Chapin. This expedition, which was made 

 possible through the contributions of a number of friends of the 

 Museum, left New York in May, 1909, with the expectation of 

 remaining in the Congo for three years. Advices received from 

 them give assurance that they have thus far met with most 

 excellent success along every line of their work, the collections 

 already made numbering thousands of specimens of birds and 

 mammals, besides much material in other departments of 

 natural history. 



Mr. W. B. Richardson, who for three years collected 

 mammals and birds for the Museum in Nicaragua, was sent on 

 an expedition to western Colombia in October of the presen 



