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Excerpt from Annual Reports, the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, for the Year Ending November 30, 1922
During the latter part of the summer of 1921, Dr. Theodore W. Boucbelle, a member of the Academy, suggested that an expedition be sent to Nicaragua to study and collect specimens of its fauna, generously offering to act as host after the expedition reached Prinzapolka. Having lived in Central America for some seventeen years, the greater part of this time in Nicaragua, he realized the possibilities for collecting under the most favorable conditions at Eden, where he was then stationed. Very little scientific collecting has been done in eastern Nicaragua in what is known as the Moskito Coast region, and apparently none whatever in the vicinity of Eden. It was the writer's good fortune to be intrusted with the plans for an expedition and the carrying out of the same for a three months stay in the tropical forest. Mr. J. Fletcher Street, a member of the Academy, accompanied the writer and assisted in the field work. Since we planned to make collections in as many branches of natural history as possible, a considerable amount of equipment and baggage was necessary.
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