Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expedition, by Wilfred H. Osgood.

Expedition of FieldMuseum in 1928-29, by division into three sections, was able to cover a wide extent of territory in central and southeastern Asia.Each section touched faunal areas not reached by the others and the resulting collection of mammals is one of unusual size, variety, and interest.The species represented are from such diverse regions as the tropical coast of Cochin China and the lofty mountains of western Szechwan toward the borders of Thibet.Nevertheless, it seems best to record the entire collection in a single report.In fact, as appears later, there are advantages in doing so, for western China, in spite of its temperate climate, has a mammalian fauna many elements of which extend into French Indo-China.The expedition, so liberally financed by the late William V.Kelley, a Trustee and Benefactor of Field Museum, was one of the best equipped ever to take the field in Asia and, considering the short time of actual operations, the results are quite remarkable.