Vol. V] EVERM ANN— DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1914 15 



each other in the cars while in transit; or escape or suffer in- 

 jury when being unloaded. 



The experience of the last season will prove very profitable, 

 however, and it is believed that the undertaking next season 

 will be attended with even a greater measure of success. 



2. During the spring and summer, the curator of botany, 

 Miss Eastwood, spent several months on a collecting trip in 

 Alaska and the Yukon Territory, and brought back large and 

 very valuable collections of plants, particularly of willows. 

 The details are set forth in Miss Eastwood's formal report. 



3. The curators and assistant curators have been diligent 

 in arranging, cataloguing, caring for, and studying the col- 

 lections in their respective departments. The inadequate 

 quarters which the Academy now occupies make it impossible 

 to properly arrange the collections, and any study of them is 

 almost impossible. 



4. The department of mammalogy has made commendable 

 progress with the preparation of the exhibition groups which 

 are to be installed in the new museum building. 



The main exhibition hall of the new building is to be de- 

 voted to the large California mammals and the more interest- 

 ing of the smaller species. This hall will accommodate 10 

 large habitat groups each 25 feet long, and with a 15-foot 

 plate glass front. There will also be room for 20 smaller 

 habitat groups of the smaller California mammals. The rear 

 exhibition hall will have space for six large habitat groups and 

 12 small groups of the same size and general character as those 

 in the main hall. 



The curator of mammals reports that his taxidermists and 

 preparators now have completed and ready to instal in the new 

 building the following large mammal groups : Black-tail Deer, 

 four seasonal groups, — spring, summer, autumn and winter; 

 California Mule Deer; California Valley Elk; Desert Moun- 

 tain Sheep; California Antelope; Black Bear; California 

 Mountain Lion; California Sea Lion; Steller's Sea Lion; 

 Leopard Seal ; Galapagos Gigantic Tortoise ; Farallon bird 

 group ; Los Banos bird group ; and California coast bird group. 

 These and others in preparation will more than fill the pro- 

 posed available space. 



