The Washington herald., 1910-04-03
HUNT TROPHIES HERE
Roosevelt Sends Final Ship
ment of African Game.
INCLUDES RAREST SPECIMENS
Containing First Two BOngOs shot
in Africa Number of Strange
Horse Tail - Interesting Human
skuIIs-Greatest Collection known.

The Smithsonian Institution has just
received the sixth instanment of speci-
mems from the Smithsonian African ex-
petition Of which Col. Theodore Roose-
welt is the leader II completes the ship
ment Of material collected in British
East Africa and comprises about one
third OF the entire collection. This con-
Segment was bulky and required nearly
nifty barrels and many boxes for its
packing.
Most conspicuous and also Of the great
est interest were about 80 skins of the
larger mammals. nearly all Of which
were obtained by Col. Roosevelt or his
son Kermit. and were prepared by Ed
mund Heller. one OF the field naturslists
Of the expedition.
BOngOs Bagged by Kermit.
Perhaps the most important of these
larger specimens were the skins Of two
bongos: for they are the first known to
have been shot by a white man in East
Africa There is. however. an earlier
record of one which was obtained by a
white man in West Africa. The bongo,
it may be added. is a large antelope,
and although caught by the natives has
been successful until the present time in
evading the gun of the white man, for
# is found only in dense forests where
stalking is almost impossible. The two
specimens were obtained by Kermit
Roosevelt.
OF the new Ozanna Roosevelt there are
three splendid skins. one each OF bull,
COW, and calf. This interesting ante
lope is characterized by long curved
horns. To the interchangeable energy Of
Kermit Roosevelt is due the addition of
these three specimens 10 science.
Horse Tall Monkey.
There were a number Of skins OF the
curious horse tail monkey which has the
strange white name and tall These
were exceptionally good skins and in
several the white hair was nearly two
feet in length. Interesting also are the
skins Of the giant black forest pig, which
Stanley was one of the first TO mention
and Sir Harry Johnson one of the first
to obtain specimens.
Neither expense nor energy has been
spared by the members Of the Smith
sonian African expedition in bringing to-
gether this important collection, and its
greatest value to science lies perhaps in
the fact that an unbroken series of
species. such as never has been gathered
in the past from this region, will be
available for students to visit and study
in the National Museum, thus comforting
a greater benefit TO science than If a
part of these specimens were to be dis
tributed among a large number OF insti-
tutions
$500 Smaller Animals.
The shipment also included nearly 1900
skins of smaller mammals, such as the
coney and various rodents, most OF which
were collected by J. Alden Loring. who
is one of the field naturalists Of the ex-
petition, and there were about 1900 bird
skins which were collected by DR.. E. A.
Mearns. In addition, there were many
crabs, shells. insects. plants, and a few
fossils and minerals, all of which will
be distributed among the specialists in
the museum staff for study and classifi-
cation.
A few chronological specimens were re-
ceived with the natural history material
as well as a number of human skulls
that had been gathered on the slave
trails. The latter. it is believed. will be
found of interest by the anthropologist.
who may perhaps be able to learn from
their study some interesting facts con-
corning the origin of the native African.
How Brothers Met After 20 Years.
From the Chicago Tribune.