﻿32 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  man-of-war 
  bird 
  and 
  the 
  booby, 
  and 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  where 
  he 
  

   secured 
  data 
  and 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  White 
  Heron 
  Group, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  attractive 
  yet 
  constructed. 
  The 
  cruise 
  among 
  the 
  

   Bahama 
  Islands 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Physalia," 
  the 
  boat 
  of 
  the 
  

   Carnegie 
  Laboratory 
  at 
  Dry 
  Tortugas, 
  in 
  command 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Alfred 
  G. 
  Mayer, 
  who 
  personally 
  accompanied 
  Mr. 
  Chapman 
  

   and 
  facilitated 
  his 
  work 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  possible. 
  In 
  South 
  

   Carolina 
  the 
  breeding 
  haunts 
  of 
  the 
  egrets 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   private 
  preserves 
  of 
  the 
  Santee 
  Club. 
  Mr. 
  Chapman 
  was 
  

   greatly 
  assisted 
  by 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  Club, 
  especially 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Ludwig 
  A. 
  Beckman, 
  the 
  Chief 
  Warden, 
  who 
  placed 
  con- 
  

   veyances, 
  boats, 
  etc., 
  at 
  his 
  .disposal 
  and 
  contributed 
  much 
  to 
  

   the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  connection 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  many 
  

   courtesies 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  party 
  both 
  by 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  

   Institution 
  and 
  the 
  Santee 
  Club. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  months 
  Mr. 
  Chapman, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

   Louis 
  Agassiz 
  Fuertes 
  as 
  artist, 
  went 
  to 
  Saskatchewan 
  to 
  

   study 
  the 
  nesting 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  goose, 
  and 
  later 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  Rockies 
  were 
  visited, 
  where 
  specimens 
  were 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  and 
  studies 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  Ptarmigan 
  Group. 
  

  

  LIVING 
  REPTILES 
  AND 
  FISHES. 
  

  

  The 
  Assistant 
  Curator, 
  Mr. 
  Roy 
  W. 
  Miner, 
  has 
  devoted 
  

   much 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  collections. 
  

   The 
  corridor 
  forming 
  the 
  approach 
  to 
  the 
  laboratories 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  Wing 
  has 
  been 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  department, 
  and 
  here 
  

   the 
  fishes 
  have 
  been 
  installed. 
  The 
  exhibition 
  collection 
  com- 
  

   prises 
  mounted 
  specimens, 
  casts 
  and 
  colored 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  families 
  of 
  fishes, 
  which 
  are 
  accompanied 
  by 
  full 
  

   descriptive 
  labels 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  good 
  nucleus 
  for 
  an 
  adequate 
  

   representation 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  interesting 
  and 
  useful 
  animals. 
  

  

  EXTINCT 
  MAMMALS, 
  BIRDS, 
  REPTILES 
  AND 
  FISHES. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Vertebrate 
  Palaeontology. 
  — 
  In 
  prep- 
  

   aration 
  for 
  the 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Congress 
  of 
  Zoolo- 
  

   gists, 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  August, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  

  

  