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Ulke, of Washington, D. C, is one of the largest and most perfect 

 collections of the beetles of North America in existence. It is rich 

 in types -and cotypes, several thousand species being thus represented. 

 In addition to the North American collections of coleoptera, there are 

 vast accnnmlations of material from other parts of the world, especially 

 from Africa, tropical America and Japan. The collections in other 

 orders of insects represent mostly North American material, though 

 in every order there is more or less exotic material. 



In the ornithological collections North American species prepon- 

 derate. There are about nine thousand specimens of birds in the pos- 



A Peep into the Taxidermic Laboratory. 



session of the Museum, as the result of the accumulations made during 

 the last three years. Fully three-fourths of these belong to the native 

 series. Of the species of birds known to occur within the State of 

 Pennsylvania almost all are represented. Great skill and taste have 

 been displayed by Mr. Frederick S. Webster, the chief preparator in the 

 department of zoology, in the composition of a number of very life-like 

 and attractive groups representing some of the more remarkable as 

 well as the commoner forms of bird-life found in America. The groups 

 of flamingoes, Californian condors and brown pelicans are large and 

 effective. One of the most striking compositions is that of the famous 

 setter-dog, 'Count Noble,' flushing a covey of quails. 'Count Noble,' 



