. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH 75 pleted a report on the decapod crustaceans of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. Mammals.—Curator David H, Johnson, although responsible for the general development of exhibits in the newly opened hall of oste- ology, found time to study the distribution of hares and certain species of bats in southeastern Asia, and to continue his general survey of the mammals of that area. Direction of the field parties collecting specimens of mammals and their ectoparasites in Iran and southern Africa
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH 75 pleted a report on the decapod crustaceans of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. Mammals.—Curator David H, Johnson, although responsible for the general development of exhibits in the newly opened hall of oste- ology, found time to study the distribution of hares and certain species of bats in southeastern Asia, and to continue his general survey of the mammals of that area. Direction of the field parties collecting specimens of mammals and their ectoparasites in Iran and southern Africa occupied much of the time of associate curator Henry W. Setzer; this field program is car- ried on with the cooperation of the Army Medical Research and Development Command. Dr. Setzer joined the African party in September; from late October to mid-December he directed the field operations in Iran. He worked in the museum collections identifying mammals of Egypt and the Sudan collected by a Naval Research Unit. Associate curator Charles O. Handley, Jr., continued his mono- graphic research of the bat genus Artiheus by a study trip to the Uni- versities of Kansas and New Mexico, and to Texas A&M In newly opened hall of osteology, differences In skeletal structures and postures of man and manlike apes are related to their specialized ways of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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