ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



By Mr. George R. Agassiz's generosity, the permanent funds of 

 the Museum have been increased by his gift of twenty-five thou- 

 sand dollars ($25,000. — ), the income to be available for the 

 general purposes of the Museum. 



Gifts for present use for which grateful acknowledgements are 

 due have been received from Miss A. A. Sprague, Col. John E. 

 Thayer, Drs. Thomas Barbour and John C. Phillips, and Mr. 

 Louis Agassiz Shaw. 



From its own resources and from the voluntary aid of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries, Col. John E. Thayer, Dr. J. C. Phillips, Dr. 

 Thomas Barbour, Prof. Theodore Lyman and others, the Museum 

 has benefited by the field work of several of its staff and of others 

 engaged temporarily. 



Professor Lyman's trip to the Altai Mountains Was referred to 

 in the Report for 1911-1912; it has added to the collection a fine 

 series of about 150 mammals and 287 birds. Mr. Bangs has 

 published (Bull. M. C. Z., 54, p. 461-474)) a report on the birds, 

 and Mr. Hollister has described some of the mammalian novelties 

 in advance of a complete review of all the species obtained. This 

 trip of Professor Lyman's also added a few specimens in groups 

 other than birds and mammals. 



Dr. John C. Phillips accompanied by Dr. G. M. Allen spent the 

 winter months in the Sudan. Their collections, which Dr. Phillips 

 has presented to the Museum, contain more than 500 vertebrates, 

 including a number of skeletons of large mammals, interesting series 

 of birds and small mammals (skins and skulls), together with a 

 number of insects and terrestrial invertebrates. 



By the generosity of Col. John E. Thayer, Mr. C. J. Maynard 

 was engaged to visit the Bahamas. As the Museum already has 

 extensive suites of Bahaman material in many groups, Mr. May- 

 nard's object was selective rather than general collecting. On 

 account of his earlier explorations among the Bahamas, important 

 results were anticipated from Mr. Maynard 's visit, but unfortu- 

 nately, after a few days' work in New Providence, he met with a 

 serious accident, and was obliged to abandon the trip and return 

 north. 



Dr. Thomas Barbour made another successful trip to Cuba early 

 in the year, (January-March, 1913). He was accompanied 

 during part of the time by Prof. W. M. Wheeler and Mr. Louis 

 Agassiz Shaw, and during his entire stay in Cuba had the benefit 

 of the enthusiastic cooperation of Dr. Carlos de la Torre. Dr. 

 Barbour secured, in addition to many interesting invertebrates, 



