Right: Palaeoniscoid fish from Garrard 

 Quarry, Indiana 



Below: An Eskimo curlew, one of the "vanish- 

 ing" birds featured in a special Member^ 

 Night exhibit 



tans, traced all the way backjo the bo- 

 tanical origins of each pattern in the 

 glens of Scotland, will be colorfully por- 

 trayed in an unusual botanical exhibit 

 prepared especially for Members' Night. 

 Members will see how the distinctive 

 tartan patterns used as a means of iden- 

 tifying the many Scottish clans owe their 

 particular selection of colors to the char- 

 acter of the vegetation that grew in the 

 areas where the respective clans had their 

 beginnings — for it was from these local 

 plants that the tartan dyes were made. 



In the Plant Reproduction Laboratory 



Demonstrations will be given on the 

 processes involved in making the Mu- 

 seum's world-famous plant models. 



In Botany Workroom No. 9 



Lichens, an example in the plant world 

 of co-operation between two dissimilar 

 plants enabling the two, together, to live 

 under conditions in which neither could 

 exist alone, will be the subject of an in- 

 teresting graphic display. 



Zoology (3rd and 4th Floors) 



In the Division of Lower Invertebrates (4th 

 Floor — South) 

 Exquisite "gems of the Everglades" —  

 part of the Winte and DeBoe collection 

 of Florida tree snails recently acquired 

 by the Museum — will be superimposed 



on a large-scale map of Florida to show 

 the color ranges and variations among 

 the different populations of tree snails. 



In the Department of Taxidermy (4th Floor 

 — North) 

 A series of new exhibit screens en- 

 titled "What Is A Mammal?" will be 

 seen in process of construction. 



In the Division of Birds (3rd Floor- — South- 

 west) 

 "Extinct and Vanishing Birds'' is the 

 subject of a display, selected from the 

 Museum's collection of skins, of Old and 

 New World birds that are fast becoming, 

 or already are, extinct. 



In the Division of Fishes (Ground Floor — 

 Northeast) 

 An exhibit of fish jaws and teeth will 

 show different types of dentition and how 

 each type is adapted to the particular 

 foods eaten by various fish species. 



A new feature, introduced for the first 

 time at this year's Members' Night, will 

 be a Mexican market place, to be set up 

 at the north end of Hall 2, on the main 

 floor of the Museum near the Book Shop. 

 Here authentic Mexican imports — rugs, 

 clothing, baskets, pottery, jewelry, 

 wooden ware, and many other decora- 



tive items — may be purchased from 

 gaily costumed sales persons, making it 

 possible for each Member to possess a 

 permanent and valued remembrance of 

 Members' Night, 1961. 



Above: Carved wooden 

 figure from New Zea- 

 land on exhibit in Hall 

 F 



Left: A Bapende initi- 

 ation mask from the 

 Congo area on exhibit 

 in Hall of Primitive 

 Art 



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