[Proceedings United States National Museum, 1884. Appendix.] 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



TJN'IXEX) ST-A.TES N J^rCZON A.1L. MIXJSETJM:. 



No. 29. 



PROVISIONAL PLAN FOR A COLLECTION OP MAMMALS TO BB 

 EXHIBITED AT THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CEN- 

 TENNIAL EXPOSITION OF 1884-85. AT NEW ORLEANS. 



By FREDERICK IT. TRUE, 



Curator of the Department of Mammals. 



The Mammals to be exhibited may be divided into three groups : 

 I. A series representing all North American species. 

 II. Eepresentatives of economic species occurring in all parts of the 

 globe. 

 III. A series representing the existing orders and suborders into which 

 the class Mammalia is divided. 



I.— NOETH AMERICAN SPECIES. 



It is intended that this series shall include every species of Mammal 

 inhabiting the American continent north of the Isthmus of Panama. 

 The names and distribution of the species will be found in the pro- 

 visional list appended. The great majority are already represented in 

 the collections of the Museum, but some are still among its desiderata. 

 The species will be represented : 



a. By mounted skins. c. By drawings. 



b. By models. d. By skeletons. 



II.— ECONOMIC SPECIES OCCURRING IN ALL PARTS OF 



THE GLOBE. 



This series will be represented in the same manner as Series II, and 

 arranged either with that series or in connection with the collection of 

 animal products. 



a. Species employed as draught-animals and aiding in other ways in 

 the pursuits of men. 



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