34 Report of the President 



Captain Roald Amundsen has presented the Museum with 

 one of three sledges used by him on his successful expedition 

 to the South Pole. This makes a very desirable companion 

 piece to the Morris K. Jesup sledge which was used by Rear 

 Admiral Peary on his North Polar trip. 



The Museum is indebted to Paul J. Rainey for the gift of 

 a collection of 87 mammals from British East Africa, contain- 

 ing excellent material for Leopard, Cheetah and Forest Pig 

 groups, and a record Lion. Through the assistance of Mr. 

 Rainey many important additions are being made to our 

 African collections. 



The interest taken in the work of our expeditions by 

 residents of the country to which they go is frequently 

 responsible in great part for the success of the expedition. 

 Usually this help consists of information concerning local 

 conditions, letters of introduction and the like. In this way 

 Carlos de la Torre of Havana and Charles T. Ramsden of 

 Guantanamo were of great assistance to Dr. Lutz and Mr. 

 Leng in their recent trip to Cuba, but they contributed in a 

 tangible way also by the gift of species which the expedition 

 would not otherwise have obtained. Dr. de la Torre gave us 

 more than six hundred specimens of relatively rare Cuban land 

 shells and Mr. Ramsden about two hundred and fifty specimens 

 of insects from eastern Cuba. 



MEMBERSHIP AND STAFF 



At the Annual Meeting in February, Frederick F. Brew- 

 ster was elected a Trustee in the Class of 1916. Mr. Brewster 

 is interested with Leonard C. Sanford in making a collection 

 of oceanic and shore birds of South America, which is being 

 deposited at the Museum. 



It is with extreme regret that we announce the resignation 

 of William Rockefeller, who because of ill health feels obliged 

 to retire from our Board. Mr. Rockefeller has been a Trustee 

 since 1895, and has always been a generous supporter of the 

 institution. 



There have been few changes in the Scientific Staff during 

 the year. We greatly regret that the demands upon Curator 



