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of fall or find, the weight of the specimen and its catalogue number. 

 A large number of miscellaneous labels in addition were prepared relat- 

 ing mostly to material received during the year. Several of these 

 labels were descriptive. Some of the series thus labeled include the 

 asphalt collection, a part of the petroleum collection, the collection of 

 Japanese volcanic material, the amber collection, a series of mammoth 

 and mastodon teeth, and about 200 miscellaneous specimens of min- 

 erals. The descriptive labels in Higinbotham Hall were provided with 

 white frames corresponding in color to the interior of the cases in order 

 to give a more attractive appearance to the installation. 



In the Department of Zoology cataloguing and labeling of specimens 

 was continued as usual. In the various inventory books all new mate- 

 rial received from Museum expeditions during the year was promptly 

 entered as soon as the specimens were identified, and also card-cata- 

 logued. Some rearrangement in the mammal and bird collection has 

 been made, and the revision of old labels continued. The work of 

 rearranging and transferring the exhibition collection of shells to new 

 cases was commenced and about 2,500 specimens were placed on newly 

 prepared tablets and a new arrangement of labeling adopted. Under 

 the supervision of Assistant Curator Gerhard the entire time of one 

 assistant was devoted to this work. The preparation of labels for 

 the shells to be installed in the new cases is now progressing. The 

 entire collection of humming-birds, including about 400 species and sub- 

 species, was rearranged in new trays and properly card-catalogued, and 

 labels for specimens of reptiles, fishes, and crustaceans, placed on exhibi- 

 tion during the year, have been prepared and installed. The large 

 mammal skins stored in the basement of the Museum have been re- 

 arranged, listed, and catalogued in such a way that they are now readily 

 accessible for quick reference. 



The following table shows the work performed on catalogues and the 

 inventorying accomplished: 



of Anthropology for the year have been made possible through the 

 generosity of friends. The collection of classical archaeology has 



