The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07

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Get A.sOI Mammals. Absat s.OaDo
Bsrsis. 3.OoO Reptiles and s0ss FIsh.
WASuINOroN. Apri! -Representa-
time Mann 81 Illinois arose In the HouSe
TO-DAY and real a report signed by
Theodore Roosevelt The document
was the az -Prssi,ient . report 70 the
Smithsonian Institution a. head oI the
Smithsonian African expedition. u
was dated khartum. February ~ and
was RoOseveltian even TO- Instances
o. Aimplifled spelling.
The former President reports that the
expedition has gathered all told ~ Sa7
specimens Tor the institution. OF which
about $3.50 are mammals aud ? OsO birds
IN" Hons, listened to the report With
- good deal Ol interest and nON ana then
grin. Here - the report
kHsHTrN. FEBRUARY Is. 1910
Y" h' H"s. Charles Woicor. SECRETARY 81
'rr SmIASoR,aH
SIH have the honor 80 report that the
Smithsonian African eNpeditIon which
was entrusted to INV chsrge has nov com-
ple'ed iiS work Full reports viii b. made
later nv The three Raturalsts MeSSrs
N~arn-. Heller and IorinK I s.nd this
preliminary statement 10 summarize what
has hrsn done. the figures given are sub
10
changed slightly ~ the dnal reports
We landed NJ Monbs-a on ApriI p. Iaa
aud r~a"hsd khaT'um IN Marrh H. IsI0
TN landinK 40 were Joined by Mes-r.
y tnninRha me aud IlszlIs = IaTlton.
no FORMER was with rs throughout our
entire triT. the latter until ne lsf' Past
AIr"a. and both worked a. 7ealousIv and
~W'ien'N Tor N" success NJ the expedition
a. any 1hrr member thereof
Ne atUk
Nr'"H We c"ll-"t-d carefully IN various
portions of rh- ABB and kapuiI plain- IN
he So'is sud Round lake Naivashl MsS.rs
Neafn- and l.oriuR made = thorough tho.
Logical survey of Mount Kenia. while N.
rect oi The party skiT'ed it, western ba.a
went - aud up the OussO Nero aud later
Nls'ied the satin Gei-ha region and both
sides ~ The Riff valley Messrs krrmi,
Roo~~Veli aud 1Rrlion sent ~ The I.aiI.
siI'ia and Lake Harrin Rtou and DR. Msarns
and hermit koo-~velt made SEPARATE wins
Ia 'he coas' region near MO,nbasa
I'm De e'nher 10 the expedition left EAsi
AfTtcs. crossed Uganda and went down
the white MI" North OF Wadolat We
'rOss%d snd spent over thre. weeks IN the
lAdo. and from GOndokoro Kermit Roose-
welt and ] again "ros~sd into the I.ado
spending eight or ten days ~ the n-iRhbor.
hood 81 Hsdjaf
A. t'OndokorO ws we're met nv the
s'rsW witch the Srdar 18th Rrea, .onr.
t~sv had PIT a. our disposal On the wav to
khsriuni We made collection. At Lax.
No ana on the Bshr ~ GhazaI and tlar 81
Ierh We owe oar warme-' thanks for
tho generous "ourtssy sho~n - aud the
all freely gwen u- nos Ohiv nv Tho siT,Isr
hn' bv all the British oti.'isl- ~ tAst Nfr,ca
sHuda and the Sudan and by th. Bels,an
o'icial- m the ado and TN. Of . ours. mean.
that Se sT- alsn Indebted 10 The home
governments 81 knsia nd aud belgium
On The Trip Mr. Heller mas prepared .n7o (
-ps linens Of mammals. the majority Of |
large s'ys- Mr. IoribR has pr-Sared = Ia1
and DT N@arn-. 7ia total NJ 4 ss7 man
mails ~ birds Dr Mearns has prepared |
nearly a.ioo Mr. LorinE ssa. and Mr Heller |
about - total ~ about, t08 bird.
~ reptiles and batraChians MeSsrs |
MeArns. lnsinz ana Heller collected about l
p a
~ fish shout So we've collected Dr
N-sTn- collected marine sshe. near Nom
ha-a aud fresh ~ateT h-h ei--w here m
Hes. and he sud Cuntnghame ,olIsr'sd /
1-h IN rhe white Nile This maks- " al I
NJ vert~brate- Nsmmais esq birds
ab"u'' s."Oo r~p'ilss and btWa.hians
shout , TE fab about ssh toiaI u aa7 F;
The Invertebrates we're colle~fsd aye
iuliv bN Dr. Mearns with some asa-,an.s
rom Ne--rs IuninRhams and kermr
Roosevelt
f~S marine shells we're Collecisd near
MOinba-a. and land and fresh water shells
throughout The regions visited a. v~ll a.
rah-. h~"rle~ ni'ip~ds snd o'her IA
gertebrate-
several thousand plants we're oIie, tod
throughout The reg ous visited nv Dr Mearna
4 ho employed aBd trained Tor the work a ,
NyumueTi named MakSnGRrri. Who soon
earned hHw - make veTv good specimens
md turned ont an sx"~ile0t msn IN every
ssv
Au'hrOpOiOEi"ai materials we're Gathered
ly DT N~aTn@ vt'h some assistance from
''hsrs coll~"tion VS. contributed hv
Va 'or Ross an Austt"su IN ~. Government
.SrNicp ~ NairObr
! have he honor To- no very truly vours
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