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6. WHAT EXPLORATIONS (1) BY THE MUSEUM AND (2) UNDER OTHER AUSPICES, HAVE RESULTED IN ENRICHING THE COLLECTIONS UNDER YOUR CARE?

The trips undertaken by the curator in the fall of 1894 to the Bad Lands of South Dakota resulted in a fair representation of the scanty reptilian fauna of that region.  Mr. W. Palmer of the National Museum during a trip to Florida in the spring of 1895 also added some interesting material to the collection.  The explorations undertaken by the Museum Boundary commission, the Agricultural Department and Fish Commission have been noted under no. 2.