128 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th Ser. 



XII 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM FOR 



THE YEAR 1920 



BY 



BARTON WARREN EVERMANN 

 Director of the Mtiseum 



The annual report of the Director for the year 1919 was 

 presented to the Academy at the annual meeting February 

 18, 1920. At that time all except one of the spaces for large 

 habitat groups in the mammal and bird halls had been filled. 

 The one remaining space has been reserved for a Grizzly 

 Bear Group. The grizzly bear is now extinct in California. 

 None of us will ever see a living example of that magnificent 

 animal which figured so prominently in the early history of 

 the State; it is said there is no really good specimen of the 

 species in any museum in the world. It has therefore been 

 decided to put in a habitat group of a closely related species 

 (Ursus imperator) which occurs in the Yellowstone Park, 

 Dr. Saxton Pope (a member of the Academy) of San Fran- 

 cisco, offered to secure the necessary animals, without ex- 

 pense to the Academy, if the necessary permit were secured. 

 Application was made to the National Park Service for a 

 permit for Dr. Pope to kill the necessary animals, the pemiit 

 was obtained, and Dr. Pope secured the animals. The taxi- 

 dermists have begun the preparation of the group which, it is 

 believed, will be completed by September, 1921. 



When Mr. Ogden Mills visited the Museum recently he 

 was so pleased with what the Academy has already accom- 

 plished in habitat group installation that he generously gave 

 his check to the Academy for $5000 to cover the cost of the 

 proposed Grizzly Bear Group. It is very gratifying to know 

 that this Museum is so appreciated and the Academy feels 

 grateful to Mr. Mills for this expression of his appreciation. 



Small Habitat Groups. — With the completion of the Grizzly 

 Bear Group all the available spaces for large groups will have 

 been utilized. There will remain only spaces for 24 small panel 



