THE OUTDOOR WORLD 



239 



when -he museum was closed to the 

 public, and no one knew what I was 

 photographing, and not even the cu- 

 rator or the donor knows what i am 



writing. 



The museum was opened to the pub- 

 lic April 1, 1903. More than seven 

 years have told the wisdom oi the in- 

 vestment and told it so effectively that 

 recentlv there has keen erected an 



BIRDS FOR SYSTEMATIC STUDY, AND IN 

 THEIR NATURAL ATTITUDES. 



extensive addition. In all these years 

 the collections have keen rapidly in- 

 creasing. 



The building itself is extremely at- 

 tractive and is an ornament to the city. 

 The architectural style is known as 

 Italian Renaissance. The main build- 

 ing is one hundred and fifty feet long 

 and seventy feet deep. It is built of 

 gray Roman stone. The purpose of 

 the museum is educational. 



The local collections in natural his- 



