An introduction to the art of Africa and Oceania.

Excerpt from Catalog of the Type Specimens of Mammals in the United States National Museum, Including the Biological Surveys Collection The numerous type specimens of Malayan and African mammals have come from two main sources, namely, the Malayan explora tions of the late Dr. W. L. Abbott during the years 1897 to 1909 and the Smithsonian and Rainey African expeditions of 1909 - 1910 and 1911 - 1912, respectively. No less than 462 type specimens have been designated among the mammals presented to the National Museum by Dr. Abbott. Those in the African collections number about 100. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.