
MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 5 
12 May, 1914). He was accompanied by Mr. W. M. Mann and 
has most generously given to the Museum the specimens taken. 
These specimens are chiefly vertebrates, (mammals, birds, and 
reptiles), with smaller series of insects, myriopods, and other 
invertebrates. A partial examination of this material reveals a 
few novelties, but coming from a region entirely unrepresented in 
the Museum, it is especially valuable for comparative purposes. 
On the courteous invitation of Dr. A. G. Mayer of the Carnegie 
Institution, Dr. H. L. Clark was a member of the expedition sent 
by the Institution to Torres Strait. Through Dr. Mayer’s gen- 
erous and considerate assistance, Dr. Clark enjoyed exceptional 
opportunities for collecting, not only in the region of Torres Strait, 
but at several points during the voyage. His time and interest 
were almost entirely devoted to the study and collection of echino- 
derms, of which he got together a large and valuable series, num- 
bering about 2,700 specimens of 200 species; in addition, he 
collected a number of reptiles and some insects, mollusks, and 
other invertebrates. Dr. Clark also examined collections of 
echinoderms at several museums in New Zealand, Australia, and 
Hawaii. 
Dr. H. B. Bigelow was again enabled, through the kindness of the 
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, to enjoy the facilities of the U. S. F. S. 
GRAMPUS in working out some of the problems of interest, incident 
to a survey of the coastal waters between Marthas Vineyard and 
_ Halifax. Though unable to carry out his entire plan of operations 
in the north, Dr. Bigelow obtained full data as to temperatures, 
water samples, and ocean currents, at fifty-two stations, and made 
a large number of tows and hauls. As in his earlier GRaMPUS 
work, Dr. Bigelow has received much assistance in the determina- 
tion of the plankton collections, and for this service thanks are 
due Drs. H. J. Hansen, C. O. Esterly, C. McL. Fraser, and Mr. 
E. L. Michael. 
- Dr. R. V. Chamberlin’s field-work covered areas in Maine, 
New Hampshire, Minnesota, and among the Wasatch Mountains 
of Utah. His collections, chiefly myriopods and arachnids, em- 
brace many novelties, as well as specimens from type localities 
necessary for the determination of the species of earlier authorities. 
Prof. P. E. Raymond gave four months of the Museum year to 
an investigation of some of the Palaeozoic strata of Russia, 
Sweden, and Norway. He studied the stratigraphy and collected 
large series of fossils from deposits of Cambrian, Ordovician, and 
Silurian age. Professor Raymond also studied some of the Ordo- 
