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150 to 200 specimens. There were also collected on this expedition 

 some shells and crustaceans. As soon as these collections are studied 

 they will be divided between the U. S. National Museum and Field 

 Museum. The Panama Railroad and Steamship Company trans- 

 ported the entire party and equipment from New York to Colon and 

 return free of charge; also provided the party with living quarters 

 when in the Canal Zone free of charge, with free transportation on 

 the Panama Railroad, besides granting other favours. The Curator 

 of Botany began in February a botanical exploration of the Turks 

 and Caicos Islands, Bahamas. He chartered and provisioned a 

 small sloop, enabling him to explore the following islands that 

 would otherwise not have been possible: South Caicos, Long Cay, 

 East Caicos, North Caicos, Parrot Cay, Stubb's Cay, Pine Cay, Dellis 

 Cay, Little and Great Ambergris Cays, Sand Cay, Salt Cay, Cotton 

 Cay, Penniston Cay, Eastern Cay, Gibbs' Cay, and Grand Turk Island. 

 The expedition resulted in a very satisfactory reconnaissance of these 

 islands and concluded the botanical survey of the Bahamian Archi- 

 pelago that has received the combined attention of this Museum and 

 the New York Botanical Garden for the past seven years. The 

 Assistant Curator of the Division of Dendrology has spent the full 

 year in field work upon the Pacific Coast, securing material for the 

 North American Forestry Collection. He has shipped several con- 

 ' signments of tree material from Oregon and California; a large number 

 of herbarium specimens, economic material, dried fruits, photographic 

 negatives, and other interesting specimens. His work includes the 

 securing of a Redwood trunk, "Wheel" and large plank intended for 

 trophies in the Dendrological Hall of the new building. Mr. Lansing, 

 of the Division of Herbarium, who has been collecting in the southern 

 Lake Michigan area for the last decade, has continued the work during 

 the past season through, making several trips in Michigan from Benton 

 Harbor to New Buffalo. He also spent the month of June in a botan- 

 ical invest'igation of the Ozark Mountains, Missouri. The Curator 

 of the Department started September 6th, on a tour of the World in 

 quest of additional economic material. His intention is to work in 

 Japan, China, Philippines, Straits Settlements, Java, Ceylon, and 

 India. The Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology obtained 

 by collection about 150 specimens of invertebrate fossils at Chanahon 

 and Thornton, Illinois, about 100 specimens at the Falls of the Ohio, 

 near Louisville, Kentucky, and 134 specimens at Traverse Bay, Michi- 

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

 report: 



