New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
Museum Party Off To-day
to Explore Depths OF
Unknown Jungle.
MAY FIND SECOND
river OF DOUBT"
Birds. Mammals and Specialized
Bear Are Objective of EX-
petitions Hunters.

An exploring expedition under the
Joint auspices of the American Mu-
scum Of Natural History Of New York
and the Field Museum Of Chicago will
leave here tomorrow for the iungles
of Bolivia. Lee Garrett Day. young
sportsman and archaeologist, OF B
West 18th ST., organized the venture,
and will lead it into the South Amer
lean wilds With him will 20 Alfred
". Collins of Philadelphia, one or tne
most widely known big game hunters
I'm the United States and AFRICA;
George K. Cherrie. who accompanied
Theodore Roosevelt on his voyage
down the River of Doubt; Robert
n. Becker and ". X. Walker. Becker
represents the Field Museum, while
Walker is an enthusiastic sportsman.
The outfit. 20 be known as the Day
Collins South America Expedition, Will
sail tomorrow on the United Frult
Company liner Metapau. Members or
the party will 90 10 Colon, then
through the Panama Canal and down
the Pacific coast Of South America TO
Nollendo. Peru La Paz will be the
next point in the route, where the eN,
petition will engage a pack tram ana
cross the Andes into section OF DO
livia that has never been adequately
explored and where, II IS fully ex-
pected. scientific discoveries OF value
will be made.
All specimens Of birds that fall be-
fore the guns of the hunters VIII be
brought to the Museum of Natural
History. Mammals that are shot VIII
be preserved for the Chicago lnstltu-
ton. The length of time the eN-
plorers will be away is uncertain. AS
long as scientific interests justify their
remaining in the jungle the party WIZ
continue their work. II IL their m
tention to descend the Benie or Ma
more rivers 10 the Amazon and event.
ually reach its mouth. 80.
This IS 10 be purely a sclentluc
expedition" Mr. Day declared yester-
dav. but we are making no predictions
as 10 what we intend TO accompl sh'
We will wait until we return to make
known our successes or failures
AS for duplicating the feat OF COLO,
mel Roosevelt, who undoubtedly placed
moro than 1000 miles OF new river
on the map, we are making no guesseS.
An inspection of map of the country
which we shall penetrate. however, Will
convince any one that there "a large
field there for discoveries Of a geo
graphical nature. Probably in no part
of the world is there a region so little
known and explored as that part OF
Bolivia through which we intend to
PASS. We Will be awake 70 all oppor-
tunities."
Becker. Of the Field Museum, has
set his heart on shooting a specialized
bear. The animal is q jungle denizen'
with white rings about its eyes, which
render its appearance most learned ana
sagacious. The only live specimen
brought to this country was CUB,
which died at the Bronx Zoo, while
Wilfred Osgoods, who has done extern
sive shooting for the Field Museum, Is
the only American sportsman credited
with bringing the animal down with a
gun. The vicuna, of the llama family,
and the guanaco are other beasts
Becker is bent upon Dagging.
Day. the leader Of the expedition, rs
a graduate Of Yale, and has travelled
extensively. Most of his explorations
have been conducted in the Orient
and Northern Arabia. Last winter he
spent in Brazil, going over some OF he
Ground for the present expedition.
Collins has the reputation OF having
hunted big game wherever It IS found
the world over.
Becker devotes his energies exclu-
sively to the acquisition Of mammals.