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STRAATMAN: Collecting methods
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by the forceps; otherwise it would certainly damage itself in the net. The bigger species, like Cbaraxes dephis, a most wonderful silver white and yellow one, may become "tame" and may be carried away sitting quietly on one's hand. The border of the big mangrove forests along the muddy coast is the place to collect Delias aglaia goda, and the big danaid, Idea leuconoe, sometimes sitting in numbers on the flowers of Lantana, but only in rainy weather. As soon as the sun comes out, it is impossible to get them, as they hide in the swampy forest where it is impossible to follow them in the mud. All this is to prove that just penetrating somewhere into the forest hoping to collect interesting things because the weather is fine, may be a very disappointing experience, when not knowing the right season and the habits of the species.
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THE SOUTHWESTERN RESEARCH STATION OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
The American Museum of Natural History has announced the establishment of The Southwestern Research Station. It is located on the eastern slope of the Chiricahua Mountains, near Portal, Cochise County, in southeastern Arizona. The property is within the limits of the Coronado National Forest at an elevation of 5400 feet.
The station was established for the purpose of making available research facilities for scientists and students in all branches of science, who have problems that can be investigated through the utilization of the faunal, floral and geological features of the area. It will be open during the entire year.
It is operated by the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York 24, New York and under the direction of Dr. MONT A. Cazier, Chairman and Curator of the Department of Insects and Spiders, to whom all inquiries should be addressed. Anyone interested in the station should write to the above named individual for the booklet which gives the details of the operation and a general description of the area.
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