U "i NaTUI m 1 I VI. 



imilarly supplied by modelling fn 

 gwre sp onding forms, The work of reconstruction of this 



still in progre> I -t 1 1 it is hoped U Lee it soon COmpl A 



iplendid poif of lower jswi oi the Columbian Mammoth which « 



nnluded with the gift Sfli DTI 



esse with other bones of t! nmoth. Owing to nands, 



hut little time I: i available for WOrk Upon the Stud) OTS, 



bat opportunity was foun I to unpack ind install u 



tartaric li I study o >Uection nun.' , tad 



the collection of roda <>f Lake Superior numbering 



bdl were installed with the mens and 



the collectkmi provided. The itudy collections m 



tol ly unpacked and distributed in b or 



upon shelves, though the complete organization of this * 



not yet bo implished. 



Reinstallation of the exhibits in the Department of Zoology 

 co n t in ued from January until the opening of the Museum, I ire 



• tf being engaged in this work continuously The great 



presented by the large habitat groups of birds and mamm. 

 The^e bad been entirely dismantled for moving and. although 

 :  ' . ind Bowers had been 



W1 :uently d: ted and required skillful r mblinaj. The 



tual groundwork of these a was inevitably d 



altered that in most cases it was n< . • : 



. such BJ those in the Polar I'.ear. Musk 

 groups, -uttered especially and were completely redone. 

 of African game animals, the Deer group, and others had been DOO- 



 graphed from various angles and these photographs sen 



m reinstalling the scenes in their original form. The work 1 



bed expeditiously and successfully at the expe: 

 time and labor on the part of the taxidermists. New la!*!- were 

 written and printed for all the larger groups and for much other 

 material. < hving to the lack of -pare in any one hall for the entire 



tematk exhibit of mammals, this exhibit was divided by plac 

 the ||ed '"horned and hoofed'' mammals in Pullman Hall and 



other mammals, from marsupials to ape- and monkeys, in the .. 

 joining Hall i; Prom May until !«-r unsettl 



j r e ve nte d co nt i n uous work OH new exhibits of mammals and bir 

 but sx> far I -lble the taxidermist - have modeled and prcpa: 



manik I r the group of < dvmpic Elk and have n I and rc- 



mnuir tor tl. hibit Field Hall. 



three new groups wer ! and installed. One of these shows a 



