Exhibits— Zoology 



The revision of exhibits of reptiles and amphibians that has been 

 going on for several years in Albert W. Harris Hall (Hall 18, Reptiles, 

 Amphibians, and Insects) was nearly completed. The work, most 

 of which was devoted to reorganization and reinstallation of eight 

 cases so that all the Chicagoland reptiles and amphibians are brought 

 together, has been the responsibility of Artist Joseph B. Kjstolich, 

 aided by Assistant Taxidermist Peter Anderson. Taxidermist Carl 

 W. Cotton prepared a model of a gavial for the crocodilian case and 

 has prepared a model of the giant alligator snapping turtle to go into 

 a final case with the giant Galapagos tortoise, and this will complete 

 the revision of these exhibits. 



The fine marine shells presented to the Museum by the estate of 

 the late Dr. C. W. Yarrington (see pages 22 and 73) provided much 

 excellent material for a special exhibit in Stanley Field Hall (see 

 page 26). Assistant Curator Solem and Artist- Preparator Samuel 

 H. Grove, Jr. (Botany), prepared a series of exhibits that featured 

 shells as parts of the living animals. For this. Artist Krstolich made 

 models of the soft parts of the animals, and these models were painted 

 by Miss Marion Pahl, Staff Illustrator. This is perhaps the first 

 shell exhibit in an American museum to emphasize the living animal 

 rather than the shells only. 



Taxidermist Cotton and Assistant Taxidermist Anderson mounted 

 the birds and prepared some of the decorations for a Christmas tree 

 for birds that was used during December by Raymond Foundation 

 (see page 34). 



With the great amount of zoological material on exhibition in 

 fourteen halls occasional repairs and renovations are necessary to 

 keep the exhibits in first-class condition. The repairs may be small 

 in themselves, but access to the cases, removal of the material, work 

 on the material, reinstallation of the material, and then closing the 

 cases are time-consuming both for taxidermists and for maintenance 

 and engineering crews. This year renovation of two fish habitat- 

 groups and a number of specimens in the systematic series of fishes 

 has been the major repairwork. 



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