18 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
from the Colonial Governments and the Quebec Steamship 
Company under the implied agreement to undertake the pro- 
posed expedition, we were under considerable moral obligation 
to carry out the undertaking unless prevented by obstacles too 
serious to be overcome. 
As to the individual members of the party, each was expressly 
informed that the director would take no personal responsibil- 
ity whatever of their going under war conditions. Each was to 
be wholly responsible for himself or herself, the director agree- 
ing of course, to do all in his power to carry the expedition 
through to a successful issue. 
After careful consideration, it was finally decided to go on 
with the project, President Jessup and Dean Seashore heartily 
concurring; and so the Barbados-Antigua Expedition became a 
definite undertaking, and we at once set about maturing our 
plans. Much preliminary work had already been accomplished 
by the trip undertaken by the writer. The necessary contact 
with the men on the ground had been definitely made. Sir 
Francis Watts had agreed that his Department of Agriculture 
at Barbados would act as advance agent for us in making pre- 
liminary arrangements regarding quarters, servants, ete. He 
also advised us that Mr. A. E. Collens at Antigua, an official of 
the Imperial Department of Agriculture, would act in a similar 
capacity at that island; and I wish here to acknowledge our 
very great obligation to Mr. Collens for the efficient manner 
in. which he looked after our interests at the expense of much 
time and trouble for which he received no recompense whatever. 
Meetings of the Zoology Club were held each week, at which 
our plans were discussed and various committees appointed. 
These committees were as follows: Executive Committee, C. C. 
Nutting, Professor H. F. Wickham, and Professor F. 8. Strom- 
sten. The two first mentioned had been members of the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Bahama Expedition twenty-five years 
before. Professors Wickham and Stromsten were unable to 
accompany the party for reasons beyond their control, and Pro- 
fessor A. O. Thomas and Mr. Dayton Stoner took their places in 
the expedition some time before leaving Iowa City. 
The ‘‘Committee on Care of Collections’’ was under the echair- 
manship of Mr. Dayton Stoner; who also acted as treasurer of 
