Exhibits— Zoology 



"Synopsis of the Animal Kingdom," an exhibit designed by Chief 

 Curator Rand to show the variety in the major classification of 

 animals, has taken much of Artist Joseph B. Krstolich's time. 

 Most of the divisions are represented, but the preponderance of 

 invertebrates has necessitated the special attention of Curator Haas 

 and Assistant Solem, while Staff Artist E. John Pfiffner and Miss 

 Marion Pahl, Staff Illustrator, have co-operated. The arctic 

 ptarmigan's moult from brown to white is dramatized in an exhibit 

 where transparent mirrors and alternating lights make a brown 

 bird in a green landscape seem to change into a white bird in the 

 snow while you watch in Hall 20 (Habitat Groups of Birds) . Another 

 exhibit was added to the synoptic series of birds of the world in 

 Boardman Conover Hall (Hall 21). Both exhibits were prepared 

 by Taxidermist Carl W. Cotton, who has begun a new exhibit on 

 color in birds. An exhibit to illustrate form and function in birds, 

 utilizing carved feet of different types of birds placed against 

 appropriate stylized backgrounds, was prepared by Artist Krstolich 

 for Hall 21. An exhibit of crocodiles and their relatives prepared 

 by Taxidermist Ronald J. Lambert was installed in Albert W. 

 Harris Hall (Hall 18, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Insects). The 

 local emergence of the seventeen-year cicadas (see page 61) was 

 commemorated by an exhibit showing life-history, habits, and 

 relatives. The exhibit, which was installed temporarily (see page 35) 

 in George M. Pullman Hall (Hall 13) and then placed in Hall 18, 

 was prepared by Krstolich, Lambert, and Assistant Laura Brodie. 



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