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SMITHSONIAN .MISCELLANEOUS COLLECITONS 
VOL. 98 
Stephen Early, Air. Frederick B. Adams,- Air. Basil O'Connor, 
Capt. Daniel J. Callaghan, U.S.N.,' Col. Edwin AI. Watson, LAS. A., 
and several of the oEicers of the Housto}}. Other specimens were 
taken hy the crew with hand lines over the ship’s side or were picked 
ti]) ashore. ’ 
It is not i)ossihle tounake adequate acknowledgment to all aboard the 
Houston who contributed in one way or another to make the expedition 
an unqualified success, from the Captain and Wardroom down through 
the whole shi])’s com])any. There are many more among the ship’s 
officers and ]iersonnel to whom I am much indebted for many kind- 
nesses and much real and helpful assistance than I am permitted to 
mention in this limited account. I should like to call them all by name. 
Jack Barron was detailed as my assistant, and I am grateful toXAptain 
Barker for assigning so fine a seaman to me, and to Barron for all 
the hel])ful services that he rendered me. R. B. Thompson, of the 
paymaster’s clerical force, an experienced amateur ])hotogra])her, was 
kind enough to assist me in taking ]fictures, with the result that I am 
indebted to him for most of the photographs that I brought back to 
the Institution from tlie cruise. Enique among the photographs which 
he took are three of leaping porpoises, taken off Hood Island on 
July 28. 
Under Lieutenant Commander Kelly’s able direction, we made our 
successful landing on Clijiperton. To Captain Barker and to his 
executive officer. Commander Bailey, in particular, all thanks are due 
for the wonderful coojieration extended me on all occasions through- 
out the cruise. 
The scientific results of the Presidential Cruise have proved to be 
of extreme interest. X^ot only have a number of new records of 
occurrence been established and hitherto unrepresented species been 
added to tlie Aluseum’s collections, hut more than 30 new species, 
Hibs])ecies, and varieties have been discovered. These will be described 
in a series of scientific ])a])ers which are to follow. 
The fact that the collections in the Gala])agos were made at a time 
of the vear when these islands have seldom been visited hv investigators 
adds materially to their scientific interest and value. Likewise, the 
avifauna of Clipperton Island, not heretofore represented in the 
Aluseum collections, lias now hccome well known to us. 
“ Air. Adams took a number of very worth-while color photographs for the 
purpose of recording the color of the fresh specimens as they were landed in 
the fishing boats. 1 hese he has ver}' generously contributed to the collections 
of the Smithsonian Institution. 
I am indebted to Captain Callaghan for a number of notes* 
