U.S.S. HOUSfCtl 
Subject! Continuation of Progress Report on the Scientific Oollectlone 
Bade daring the Presidentiai Cruise of 1933» 
1. A list of the flshee tafeen by various aerab^a of the Presi- 
dential Party, including soae cau^t by the ship’s personnel, or collected 
by us asMre, is app«tided. to t^s aeiiKirandua. Speolaeas of species 
sMch (wuld not be definitely detePEilned with available llteratore were 
preserved for future study at the MussfUB!. 
2. At our first Ckdapagos stop, Sulivan lay, Jtily shore 
collecting was uhderttdc^, and a variety of tide-pool anlnals oht^ned. 
3* ifhile the ship was anchored off Tagus Cove, July the 
shore party secured several narine iguanas on adjacmt Harborough Island. 
Alaost a dosea were collects, along with some specimens for an 
exlilbit group of these ^Ique animals. 
4. On the l45 fathoms of anchor chain paid out at the 
Gove anchorage four species of animals were found! A starfish, a number 
of seaHurchins, a qucoitity of red shrimp-like crustaceans, a spire shell; 
a calcareous alga was attached to the latter, 
5. At Hizabeth Bay, July 26 , similar good ludc was had when 
the anchor was hauled in. A long whip-coral or alcyonarlan came up on 
one of the flukes. To it in turn was attached a second species of alcyonar- 
ian. Ashore two pairs of fli^tless corworants were discovered nesting. 
One neat contained two half grown young, while the female of the other 
l^r was incubating ttw) eggs. Rear by in a pelican nest in a tree there 
was a young one and a fresh egg as well. Specimmas of several lichens, 
abundant on the rocks near the landing place, were saved and other material 
collected in a small salt water lagoon near by. 
6. During our brief sojourn at Post Office Bay, ^aarles Island, 
July 7» ^ att^pt ims made to reach the timer establishment some hours 
inland, (be the Journey^ vMch for lack of time ended two- thirds of the 
way to their hoae^ specimens w^e saved of all species of plants seen to 
be in flower. 
7* At Sood Island, July 28, the famous' breeding grotmd of the 
Oalapagoe Albatross was visited. E^rettably, we were some weeks late 
for the maximum breeding period. Some tiiirty birds were seen. Almost a 
third of these were actively incubating e^s, an indication of a more 
extended egg laying interval than ^t recorded. We had hoped to obtain 
