﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  29 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  and 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Arts 
  and 
  Sciences 
  in 
  celebrating 
  the 
  200th 
  anniversary 
  of 
  the 
  

   birth 
  of 
  Linnaeus, 
  the 
  great 
  Swedish 
  naturalist. 
  Exercises 
  

   were 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Museum 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  May 
  23, 
  at 
  which 
  

   commemorative 
  addresses 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  communications 
  

   read 
  from 
  scientific 
  societies 
  both 
  at 
  home 
  and 
  abroad. 
  

   A 
  special 
  exhibit 
  showing 
  the 
  animals 
  known 
  to 
  Linnaeus 
  was 
  

   also 
  prepared. 
  Sessions 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  at 
  the 
  

   Botanical 
  Garden 
  in 
  the 
  Bronx, 
  and 
  a 
  bronze 
  tablet 
  was 
  

   unveiled 
  at 
  the 
  Linnaeus 
  bridge. 
  The 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  was 
  

   then 
  inspected, 
  and 
  evening 
  receptions 
  were 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  Aquarium 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Institute. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Seventh 
  Interna- 
  

   tional 
  Congress 
  of 
  Zo5logy 
  to 
  New 
  York, 
  they 
  were 
  entertained 
  

   at 
  the 
  Museum. 
  The 
  exhibition 
  halls 
  and 
  laboratories 
  were 
  

   thrown 
  open 
  to 
  their 
  inspection 
  and 
  luncheon 
  was 
  served 
  in 
  

   the 
  Loubat 
  Hall 
  of 
  Mexican 
  Archaeology. 
  In 
  the 
  evening 
  an 
  

   informal 
  reception 
  was 
  tendered 
  to 
  the 
  visiting 
  scientists 
  and 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  curators 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  field 
  explorations 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  illustrating 
  their 
  remarks 
  with 
  lantern 
  slides. 
  

  

  II. 
  COLLECTIONS, 
  EXPLORATIONS 
  AND 
  

   EXHIBITIONS. 
  

  

  A 
  geographic 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  territory 
  reached 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  expeditions 
  or 
  from 
  which 
  large 
  collections 
  have 
  

   been 
  received 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  World 
  Map 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  page. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  policy 
  of 
  exploration 
  has 
  been 
  

   extended. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  its 
  several 
  scientific 
  depart- 
  

   ments, 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  sent 
  representatives 
  or 
  expeditions 
  to 
  

   the 
  following 
  States 
  and 
  foreign 
  countries: 
  

  

  In 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Alaska. 
  Long 
  Island. 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  Florida. 
  New 
  York. 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  South 
  Dakota. 
  Wyoming. 
  

  

  In 
  Foreign 
  Countries. 
  

  

  Canada. 
  Egypt. 
  Korea. 
  

  

  Bahama 
  Islands. 
  Germany. 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  

  

  China. 
  Italy. 
  Switzerland. 
  

  

  