Image # b22300 Lang's note: Young Kingfishers.
Faradje, Congo, Belge, March 31, 1911.
Chapin carried out many responsibilities during the expedition,
but his great passion was birds. Lang, his boss, let him indulge
that passion as much as possible. After his return from the Congo,
Chapin earned a doctorate from Columbia University and then joined
the American Museum's Department of Ornithology, eventually becoming
its Chairman.
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