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brought out of Africa. By our arrangement with the Belgian 

 Government a set of duplicates and paratypes will be reserved 

 for the Congo Museum at Tervueren near Brussels. Further 

 duplications of the collection will be kept for exchange with 

 American and other foreign museums. Immediately after 

 cataloguing, the material was distributed to a number of the 

 most eminent zoologists in this country, leading experts in their 

 several lines, the remainder being divided among five members 

 of our own staff, namely, Dr. J. A. Allen and Mr. Herbert 

 Lang, for mammals, Mr. James P. Chapin for birds, Dr. Frank 

 E. Lutz for insects, and Mr. John T. Nichols for fishes. The 

 manuscript in every case, instead of lingering, has been pre- 

 pared with the utmost dispatch consistent with thoroughness, 

 accuracy and breadth of treatment. The printing has been 

 done largely on the new American Museum press and reflects 

 great credit on our superintendent of printing, Mr. Klassen, 

 and his assistants, both for the press and color plate work. 

 Scientific reports based largely on material brought back 

 by the Congo Expedition have already been published as fol- 

 lows: 



Introductory. — One article, 14 pages. 

 Mammals. — Five articles, 209 pages. 

 Birds. — Five articles, 68 pages. 

 Reptiles. — One article, 240 pages. 

 Fishes. — Three articles, 115 pages. 

 Insects. — Six articles, 687 pages. 

 Lower Invertebrates. — Five articles, 460 pages. 

 Total — Twenty-six articles, 1,793 pages. 



In addition to these there are in press a report on Crabs by 

 Miss Rathbun and an extensive report on Congo Ants and re- 

 lated subjects by Messrs. Wheeler, Bequaert, Bailey, Mann, 

 and Santschi. Several reports on mammals by Dr. Allen, one 

 on amphibia by Mr. Noble, one on snakes by Mr. Schmidt, one 

 on earwigs by Mr. Rehn, and one on annelid worms by Pro- 

 fessor Treadwell have been completed and are awaiting the 

 addition of collector's notes by Mr. Lang. Other reports are 

 in progress. At the same time a popular work is in prepara- 

 tion by Messrs. Lang and Chapin, based upon the less tech- 

 nical scientific researches. When this work appears, the Mu- 

 seum's great undertaking in the Congo, which began in 1909 



