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obtained generally consists of species or objects not previously represented. The 

 duplicate specimens have therefore a high value as a purchasing medium, and have 

 been, as a whole, the principal resource of the Museum for filling gaps in the collee 

 tions, and for completing its series along many lines. Much valual)le material was 

 secured through this means during the past year from both domestic and foreign 

 sources, the institutions and individuals abroad entering into exchange relations 

 having been as follows: 



Great Britain: The British Museum of Natural History at London, the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens at Kew, Mr. E. Lovett, of Croydon; Prof. A. C. Haddon, of Cam- 

 bridge; Messrs. Sowerby and Fulton, of Kew; Mr. IT. Sidebottom, of West Stock- 

 port, Cheshire, and the Rev. F. W. Galpin, of Harlow. France: The Museum of 

 Natural History at Paris; Mr. Georges Lachenand, of Limoges; Prof. Michel Gan- 

 doger, of Arnas (Rhone); Mr. Rene Martin, of Le Blanc (Indre), and Prof. S. E. 

 Lassimonne, of Moulins, Allier. Germany: The .Senckenbergisches Museum at 

 Frankfort-on-Main; Dr. J. Thiele, Mr. L. Frobenius, and Mr. C. Schirmer, of Berlin; 

 Dr. Edward Rosenstock, of Gotha, Thuringen, and Dr. K. Schellwien, of Konigs- 

 berg. Austria: The Imperial Royal Natural History JNIuseum at Vienna. Italy: 

 The Royal Zoological Museum at Florence'; Prof. M. Bezzi, of Sondrio; Dr. Felippo 

 Sylvestri, of Bevagna, Umbria, and Mr. Luigi Gardinalc, of Vicenza. Switzerland: 

 Mr. E. von Fellenberg, of Berne, and Mr. M. Micheli, of Romilly, (jeneva. Por- 

 tugal: Prof. Paul Choffat, of liisbon. Holland: The Rijks ]\luseum of Natural 

 History at Leiden and Mr. M. Buysman, of Middleburg. Belgium: Mr. Victor 

 Mahillon, of Brussels. Sweden: The Zoological Institute of the University of 

 Upsala, an(l.Mr. Sven Ekman, of Upsala. Japan: The Imperial University at Tokyo. 

 India: The Royal Botanical Garden at Seebpore, near Calcutta. South Africa: The 

 Albany Museum at Grahamstown, and the Botan cal Gardens at Berea, Durl)an. 

 Brazil: The Museu Paulista, Sao Paulo. Chile: The National School of Mines. 

 Uruguay: Senor Serveriano de Oleu, of INIontevideo. Mexico: The National Museum 

 at the City of Mexico. Jamaica: .1 an uiica Botanical Gardens at Kingston. Canada: 

 The Geological Survey of Canada at Ottawa, and Mr. James Fowler, of Kingston. 



The exhihU'um lidlh. — The crowded state of most of the exhibition halls has pre- 

 vented extensive additions to the display collections except in a few directions. 

 Much work was done, however, toward improving tlie condition and appearance of 

 these collections by small additions, and by the substitution in many instances of 

 better material and of a higher class of jjreparations. Considerable progress was also 

 made toward completing the system of labeling. It had Iteen anticipated that pro- 

 vision would have to be made dui'ing the year for housing the Museum exhibit at 

 the Pan-American Exposition. A large part of the material was, however, sent to 

 the South ('arolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, l)ut before the close of 

 the year the entire collection was back in Washington. The objects returned directly 

 from P>uffalo have been mainly cared for by the transfer to storage of some of the 

 less desirable preparations j)reviously displayed, and by utilizing, though only tem- 

 porarily, a part of the lecture hall. 



In the Department of Anthropology several of the halls have Ihh'u lliomughly 

 renovated, in some the collections have been reinstalled, and si>ace has been found 

 for a few new ethnological groups. 



Among the additions in the Department of i'>iology were many finely mounted 

 specimens of American manunals and birds, a part of the display at the Pan-Amer- 

 ican Exposition, the fornu>r including a large specimen of Steller's sea-lion and a 

 skeleton of the Kadiak hear. In the soutii-east Museum range, allotted to reptiles, 

 batrachians, and lishes, some im])rovements have l)een made, several new cases being 

 ))rovided, many new preparations replacing older ones, and a number of large forms 

 not previously represented being added. Among the latter were a cast of the King 

 Cobra snake with accessories i'ei>resenting the edge of an Indian jungle, a very large 



