96 Report of the President 



by Mr. F. Schneider, under the supervision of Mr. Lang, from 

 his field studies and photographs of the animals living or in 

 the flesh while leader of the American Museum Congo Expe- 

 dition. 



A large male Sea Elephant has been mounted, thus com- 

 pleting the group of three adults and three young planned for 

 the Hall of Ocean Life. The group, provisionally installed on 

 the second floor, makes a very impressive appearance. A fine 

 group of Howling Monkeys has been added to the series of 

 Primates, small groups of Wildcats and Coyotes added to the 

 North American Mammals, and a number of representative 

 mammals have been mounted for various systematic exhibits, 

 among them a Giant Armadillo and a Tasmanian Wolf. 



The Curator has devoted his time almost exclusively to the 



investigation of the Primates secured by the Congo Expedition 



of the American Museum, which comprise more 



Research and ^^ ^qq specimens of this order. The report 



Publication . c . f 



on them is now nearmg completion and will be 

 richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs, in coop- 

 eration with Mr. Lang. 



A card index of the literature of African mammals, com- 

 prising some 20,000 cards, has been prepared under Mr. Lang's 

 direction, and an additional set of over 5,000 locality cards, 

 giving the latitude and longitude of points where collections 

 have been made by explorers and collectors, which will be of 

 great use in determining type localities and distribution of 

 forms, information of great utility in other fields as well as 

 in mammalogy. The assistance of Miss R. D. Evans has 

 rendered possible much of this exacting work on African bibli- 

 ography and zoogeography. While much of Mr. Lang's time 

 has been devoted to the preparation of the reports on mam- 

 mals, he has also contributed field notes to the various collabo- 

 rators in other fields for incorporation in their respective 

 monographs. The appointment of Dr. J. Bequaert, as Research 

 Assistant in Congo Zoology, has proved of great assistance in 

 the preparation of the Congo reports, owing to his long field 

 experience in Africa as an explorer and collector. The Okapi 

 Monograph, by Dr. H. von W. Schulte, with many anatomical 



