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Albatross Expedition (1911); Albatross Expedition to the Gulf of California (1911); AMNH- Bureau of Fisheries Expedition to Lower California aboard the "Albatross"
event: 1911
To collect mammals, incluing birds, fishes and reptiles in the Lower California peninsular and surrounding islands
2 months starting on February 25
Personnel: Townsend, Charles H., leader (New York Aquarium), and seven investigators and collectors representing the US National Museum in Washington, N.Y. Zoological Society, and the N.Y. Botanical Gardens, and Bell, G.B., of the AMNH Preparation Department
Department: Various departments of the AMNH, and other institutions (mentioned under personnel), and the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Sponsors: Bureau of Fisheries, AMNH, and the various institutions cooperating in the expedition, and James, Arthur Curtiss
Sources: AMNH #43 Annual Report for the year 1911, p. 42; A.M. Journal, vol. 11, no.3, March 1911, pp. 100-102; A.M. Journal, vol. 11, no.3, April 1911, pp. 109-112