Plans are now fairly well completed for the five years' work. Headquarters will be in Peking. From there trips will be made lasting perhaps six months at a time. The first two years will be given up to the study of palcontolagy, ornithology, and herpetology. Mrs. Andrews, who is a colour: photographer, will go on most of the trips. The other members the first_two-year party are Mr. Walter Granger and: Mr. George Olsen, paleontologists, Mr. Clifford Pope, an expert on fishes and reptiles, Professor M. Berkey, a 1] geologist from Columbia Uni ersity, ames. Chapin, an ornithology ist, Mr. Martin Johnson, one of the best cinematographers—in the world, "and Mr. Bayard Colgate, in charge of transportation. The party will cover a large field, including Mongolia, Tibet, and Yunnan.
Mr, Henry Fairfield Osborne, one of the most eminent scientists in the world to-day, will come next year to make his contribution to the work.
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