34 Report of the President 



The Museum's collection of mammals is naturally richest 

 from North America, but through the Roosevelt and other 

 South American expeditions our South American series is 

 gaining rapidly. Our African series is especially strong from 

 the Congo region, and we are planning to fill gaps in other 

 portions of Africa through field exploration, purchase and ex- 

 change. Through successive explorations in the West Indies 

 and on the west coast of South America, Mr. Anthony has 

 greatly extended our knowledge of the former relations of the 

 Antillean region with South America. Through the First and 

 Second Asiatic Expeditions of Mr. Andrews, we are becom- 

 ing strong in the temperate region of Asia, and the Third 

 Asiatic Expedition will give the Museum a unique representa- 

 tion of temperate Asiatic life. In tropical Asiatic life we are 

 still far behind, and it is necessary to look forward to future 

 exploration in the so-called Indo-Malayan region. The sum 

 of our mammal collections at present from the various con- 

 tinents is as follows: 



North America 28,200 Europe 550 



South America 9,000 Africa 7,000 



Asia S,ooo Australia 250 



This gives the Museum materials for two series of mam- 

 mals, one arranged geographically in the great faunal halls 

 of North America, Asia and Africa, another series arranged 

 according to the relationships of the mammalian groups. 



COOPERATION AMONG MUSEUMS OF 

 AMERICA 



With the famous Bishop Museum of Honolulu, the Ameri- 

 can Museum, through journeys of the President and of 



Curator Wissler to the Hawaiian Islands, has es- 

 Vanishing tablished a cooperative research, beginning with 

 Polynesia t ^ ie physical survey of the Hawaiian natives by 



Mr. Louis R. Sullivan. Between three and four 

 thousand dollars have been expended by the Museum on this 

 joint undertaking, as follows: 



The President's journey to Hawaii $1,500.00 



Curator Wissler's journey to Hawaii 600.00 v< 



Mr. Sullivan's services 1,565.00 r^ ,';. 



