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rainy season and a limited amount of time, some 1,300 specimens of 

 birds and mammals were seciired. By special agreement these will be 

 divided equally between the two Museums. The expedition sailed from 

 New York December 26, 19 14, and proceeded via Panama to MoUendo, 

 Peru. From there a short trip was made to the highlands near Lake 

 Titicaca and specimens were obtained of the larger mammals of the 

 region, especially the guanaco or wild llama, and the vicuna. It is of 

 great interest to note, as illustrating the scant means available for study- 

 ing South American animals, that these vicunas were the first to be 

 brought to a North American Museum, notwithstanding the fact that 

 the species is of relatively large size and of great economic importance. 

 The expedition continued through the Andes to Cochabamba, BoHvia. 

 From Cochabamba it was decided to descend to the Madeira River and 

 the Amazon by way of the Chapare and Mamore rivers instead of by the 

 more frequented route via the Beni River. The difficult journey was 

 made with a train of twenty-four pack mules at considerable expense 

 of time, money and personal hardship. The remainder of the trip was by 

 canoe and small steamer to the Madeira-Mamore railroad by which 

 the rapids of the Madeira were passed and thence to the Amazon at 

 Manaos where steamships of good size were available. The collection of 

 mammals secured by the expedition has not yet been studied and the 

 specimens of birds, which will ultimately come to this Museum, have 

 not been received. In September and October, Taxidermist Friesser 

 made a successful expedition to the Olympic Mountains of the State of 

 Washington, where, through the courtesy of state officials, he was permit- 

 ted to obtain fine specimens of the Olympic or Roosevelt Elk. These 

 and the accessory material secured at the same time will be used for a 

 large group of these animals, which has long been planned and for which 

 a striking backgroimd has already been painted. 

 The following is a list of the expeditions: 



Locality Collector Material 



British India. Geo. A. Dorsey. Ethnology. 



Olympic Mountains. J. Friesser. Mammals. 



Peru, Bolivia and 



N. Brazil. R. H. Becker Mammals and Birds. 



INSTALLATION, REARRANGEMENT. AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT. Thc WOrk 



and efficiency of the Department of Anthropology in matters of installa- 

 tion have been fiilly maintained during the year. A total of 68 new 

 cases have been placed on permanent exhibition, many of these being 

 completely labeled. The material installed in these cases is distributed 

 as follows: Classical archaeology 6 cases; Hopi ethnology 10 cases; 

 Tibetan ethnology 18 cases; Chinese ethnology 8 cases; Chinese archae- 



