Fourth Archbold Expedition
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to New Guinea Completed
r pHE fourth Archbold Expedition of the ■ American Museum of Natural History has completed its 1953 survey of the natural history of Cape Vogel, Mt.
Dayman and Goodenough Island areas of Eastern Papua.
Under the leadership of Leonard J.
Brass, Botanist and a member of the three previous Archbold Expeditions, the work of the party was conducted on the plant and mammal life of the region.
Hobart M. Van Deusen, of the American- Museum of Natural history, was in charge ■ of the mammal studies, and Geoffrey M.
Tate conducted the general zoological! !i collecting.
Interviewed en route to Sydney, Mr.
Van Deusen said that by reason of its j long geological isolation, many plants and animals are found only in New Guinea, “Any resident in doubt as to the identity of any animal found in the area,” said Mr. Van Dusen, “need only forward its head, preserved in methylated ' spirits, to Messrs. A. H. Bunting, Samarai, , who will immediately forward the speci men to our Museum for identification.”
The Department of Agriculture’s ; Herbarium at Port Moresby will receive ■ a complete set of the plant specimens j collected by the expedition.