EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. 



CONTRIBUTIONS OF ORNAMENTAL TAXIDERMY FKOM THE NEW YORK EXHIBITION 



OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN TAXIDERMISTS TO THE TJ. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fig. 



1. " Coming to the Point " By W. T. Hornaday. 



Special Medal at Third Exhibition of S. A. 

 T. ; also medal at Cincinnati Exposition, 

 1884. 



2. " An Interrupted Dinner " By Frederic A. Lucas. 



Diploma of Honor at First Exhibition. 



3. Head of Caribou By W. J. Critchley. 



(Presented by Professor Henry A. Ward.) 



4. Peacock Screen By Thos. W. Frame. 



5. ' Wounded Heron " By F. S. Webster. 



Second Specialty Medal, Third Exhibition, 



S. A. T. 

 0. Dead Gull By Edwin A. Capen. 



7. Frightened Owl By John Wallace. 



Special Medal, Third Exhibition. 



8. Bald Eagle By John Wallace. 



{). Fox Squirrel By P. W. Aldrioh. 



10. Humming-Bird Group By Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Hedley 



11. Group of Gray Squirrels By Joseph Palmer. 



1 3. Group of Ducks By William Palmer. 



13. Grotesque Group of Frogs By J. F. D. Bailly. 



14. Frogs Skating By J. F. D. Bailly. 



15. Snowy Heron By Thomas Rowland. 



16. Portrait of Jules Verreaux By J. F. D. Bailly. 



