Jan., 1910. 



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of the Museum were obtained. In addition much information of 

 value in the study of migration, variation, and geographic distribu- 

 tion was secured. In May, June, and July Mr. Ferry again took the 

 field and worked in the vicinity of Prince Albert and Quill Lake, 

 Saskatchewan, where he secured 195 birds, 22 mammals, 36 sets of 

 birds' eggs with nests, and a large amount of accessory material for 

 the preparation of exhibition groups of the water birds which breed 

 in this region. Later a second expedition to the same locality was 

 undertaken by Mr. Ferry, accompanied by Mr. L. L. Pray, to procure 

 a series of pelicans and additional accessory material, which proved 

 successful. In the early part of December, Mr. C. A. Corwin, Artist, 

 and Mr. L. L. Pray, Taxidermist, spent two weeks in northern Louis- 

 iana, securing sketches and accessories for bird groups in course of 

 preparation. During March, April, and May, Assistant Curator Meek 

 and Mr. Heim visited Key West and Dry Tortugas, Florida, for the 

 purpose of collecting fishes and accessory material for fish groups, 

 as well as making studies for the same. On this expedition 1,300 

 alcoholic specimens together with 400 fish skins were secured, rep- 

 resenting 50 species. There was also collected a large quantity of 

 sea ferns, sea feathers, sponges, corals, starfish, sea urchins and other 

 material for accessory work. Of the 400 fish skins about 200 were 

 preserved in brine, 175 are mounted but not finished, and 25 are mount- 

 ed, ready for exhibition. Over 1,500 entomological specimens were 

 collected by the Assistant Curator of the division on a trip made in 

 the late summer to the southern part of Illinois. Among the insects 

 obtained were a number of interesting species which are not found in 

 the northern section of the State, where most of the field work has 

 been done in the past. As a result of a trip made by Mr. Freisser to 

 Northern Mexico, over 200 very desirable insects were obtained from 

 that section. 



Following is a list of the expeditions since the date of the last 

 Report : 



Locality. 

 Key West and Tortugas . 



Collector. 

 .S. E. Meek, 



Material. 



Fishes for groups and study 

 material. 



Margarita Islands and va- 

 rious other islands off 

 north coast South America J. F. Ferry, 



Saskatchewan . . . .J. F. Ferry, 



Birds and mammals. 



Birds, birds' eggs, nests, etc., 



Jamaica '. 



Fiji — German New Guinea 

 (Huon Gulf) 



B. E. Dahlgren, 



for groups. 

 Tropical fruits. 



A. B. Lewis, 



General Ethnological collec- 

 tions. 



