44 BROOKLYN IXSTITUTK MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 4. 
series of sea-elephant skulls was dbtained. No particular 
preparation was made for gathering invertebrate animals ; as 
the single scientific worker on the expedition I had planned to 
devote my field labors tn mammals, birds, and fishes. Never- 
theless a small aggregation of invertebrates, as well as g-eologi- 
cal specimens and plants, were collected, and some of these 
are reported upon by specialists in the following pages. 
The entire trip occupied a year. ])ut since it was made in 
a sailing vessel, withdul auxiliary --uaiii pnwcr. iiiucli of the 
time was s])ent in enforccil idleness so far as zoological collect- 
ing is concerned. 
1 left New ^'ork on May 25. i()i_>, and joined the "'Daisy"' 
at Barbados. 1'.. W. 1.. allbough the start of the actual voyage 
from the West Indies was dciayeil until Jtily ^^\. During the 
whole month of Jul\-. ho\ve\er, we cruised in the vicinit\- o 
riuadelou]ie, Dominica, and Martinii|ue. where a series o 
slculls of the blackhsh, { i.'lohioccf'lialus sf".) was secured, to 
gether with full llesh measurements of these mammals. Leav 
ing Roseau. Dominica, on the last dav of luh' we saile( 
