60 REPOET OF NATIONAL MFSEUM, 1905. 



$12,000 and a rather small, but otlier\¥ise satisfactory, space in the 

 Government building were allotted for the exhibits of the Institu- 

 tion and Museum. These, in accordance with law, were selected as 

 far as possible from the collections displayed at St. Louis, but a few 

 other objects were added. Among the latter the most important 

 were skeletons of a Dodo, of a Great Auk, and of an adult Piked 

 Whale. 



The largest objects in anthropology sent from St. Louis were four 

 of the models of ancient Mexican temples; and in geology, the res- 

 torations of the extinct reptiles Triceratops and Stegosaurus. From 

 the large game series the rhinoceros, lion, tiger, Norway elk, chamois, 

 mouflon, and Marco Polo's sheep were selected for exhibition in 

 Portland. The collections of birds and minerals -were arranged in 

 wall cases, with light backgrounds, and presented an especially 

 attractive appearance. 



The exhibits of the other bureaus of the Institution, and of the 

 Institution itself, were substantially the same as at St. Louis, though 

 the installation was necessarily modified to meet the requirements 

 of the more restricted space. In the case of the National Zoological 

 Park, however, the large aviary was abandoned, the work of the 

 bureau being illustrated b}^ maps and photographs of the park and 

 of the cages and other enclosures for animals. The reproduction of 

 the children's room was also omitted for lack of space. 



INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES. 



At the Sixth International Zoological Congress, held in Berne, 

 Switzerland, from August 14 to 19, 1904, under the presidency of 

 Prof. Th. Studer, the National Museum was represented by Dr. Leon- 

 hard Stejneger, curator of reptiles and batrachians, Mr. Gerrit S. 

 Miller, jr., assistant curator of mammals, and Dr. C. W. Stiles, custo- 

 dian of the helminthological collections, all of whom w^ere also dele- 

 gates on behalf of the United States Government. Doctor Stejneger 

 served as one of the vice-presidents at the second general session, and 

 Mr. Miller and Doctor Stiles in the same capacity at the fourth gen- 

 eral session. The total number of delegates from the United States 

 in attendance was 22, 6 of whom read papers, as follows: Prof. H. F. 

 Osborn, of the American Museum of Natural History, ' ' Ten years' 

 progress in the mammalian paleontology of North America" and 

 " Evolution of the horse — Recent discoveries and studies;" Prof. W. 

 B. Scott, of Princeton University, ' ' The mammalian fauna of the 

 Santa-Cruz beds of Patagonia;" Prof. J. C. Merriam, of the University 

 of California, "A new group of marine reptiles from the Triassic of 

 California;" Prof. Bashford Dean, of Columbia University, "Some 

 embryological evidence as to the position of Chimeera;" Dr. Charles 



