Division Of Mammals Research Articles

Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land

THE National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution and the Commonwealth of Australia jointly are sending a scientific expedition to Arnhem Land at the close of the rainy season in March. The expedition will study the aborigines and the plant and animal life, including marine life, throughout the dry season, which normally ends late in October. Arnhem Land, which is an aboriginal reserve, has no charted trails suitable for motor transport ; the expedition‘s approach will be by small schooner to coastal stations on Van Diemen Gulf, the Arafura Sea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Natives will be enlisted as porters for journeys inland. Of five bases selected for the expedition‘s use, one especially suited for study of marine life is on Groote Eylandt just off the east coast in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Other bases are at the heads of navigation of mainland streams, where Christian missions established early in the century have been allowed to remain. The leader of the expedition will be Charles Pearcy Mountford, ethnologist of the South Australia Museum, Adelaide. Mr. Mountford, who has taken part in various anthropological and ethnological expeditions in Australia, is an authority on aboriginal art, customs and culture. Other members of the party are Frank M. Setzler, head curator, Department of Anthropology ; Dr. David H. Johnson, associate curator, Division of Mammals ; Herbert G. Deignan, associate curator, Division of Birds ; and Dr. Robert R. Miller, associate curator, Division of Fishes, all of the Smithsonian Institution ; and Harrison Howell Walker, National Geographic staff writer-photographer with several years of Australian experience. A similar group of Australian scientific workers will take part in the expedition.

Color Changes in Mammal Skins during Preparation

Journal Article Color Changes in Mammal Skins During Preparation Get access Stuart C. Downing Stuart C. Downing Division of Mammals, Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto, Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 26, Issue 2, May 1945, Pages 128–132, https://doi.org/10.2307/1375085 Published: 01 May 1945

The Red Bats of the Greater Antilles

The Red Bats of the Greater Antilles Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. Division of Mammals, United States National Museum Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 12, Issue 4, 11 November 1931, Pages 409–410, https://doi.org/10.2307/1373770 Published: 11 November 1931

Two New Mammals from Celebes

Journal Article Two New Mammals from Celebes Get access Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. Division of Mammals, United States National Museum Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 12, Issue 4, 11 November 1931, Pages 412–413, https://doi.org/10.2307/1373772 Published: 11 November 1931

List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 . By Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., Curator, Division of Mammals, United States National Museum. Bulletin 79, United States National Museum. Washington, Government Printing Office. 1912. 8vo. Pp. xiv + 455-

<i>List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911</i> . By Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., Curator, Division of Mammals, United States National Museum. Bulletin 79, United States National Museum. Washington, Government Printing Office. 1912. 8vo. Pp. xiv + 455-