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to the above, were immediately turned over to other departments of 

 the Museum. 

 A number of skins were received to be remade, as follows : 



Skins received. 



Primates 4 



Carnivora. 14 



Uugulata 8 



Chiroptera 3 



Rodentia 30 



Insectivora 2 



Total 61 



There were thirty-one skins received for jioisoning, cleaning, or 

 drying. 



The following table shows the number of dry skins made up : 



Skitts made up for the study series. 



Rodeutia 53 



Marsupialia 1 



Primates 19 



Carnivora 52 



Ungnlata 28 



Chiroptera 71 Total 161 



Insectivora 1 ! 



In addition, twenty-nine skins were reshaped and dried, and two 

 heads of deer were poisoned. 



Twenty-six skins were returned to the Department of Agriculture 

 during the year. 



The number of sijecimens mounted is as follows : 



Mammals mounted. 



Primates 4 



Carnivora 6 



Ungnlata 1 



Rodentia 15 



Chiroptera 4 



Insectivora 2 



Total 32 



About three months were spent on work for the Tennessee Cen- 

 tennial Exposition. For this purpose four specimens of lemurs were 

 mounted and eighteen other specimens cleaned and i^acked; a cast of 

 a large Galapagos tortoise was made and painted ; three casts of ceta- 

 ceans were made; a cast of the head of a large turtle was cleaned and 

 placed on a new shield; a model of the National Zoological Park was 

 finished and packed; a groui) of monkeys and another of gibbons was 

 renovated and put into condition for exhibition, and models of a giant 

 squid and an octopus received similar attention. Mr. Palmer devoted 

 three weeks' time to the work of setting up this and other exhibits at 

 the Exposition. 



About 200 pair of elk, caribou, and moose antlers, which have been 

 accumulating in the Museum for mauj^ years, were turned over to the 

 taxidermist for attention. It was decided to select a series to mount 

 ut)on shields for decorating the piers of the mammal hall. Those hav- 

 ing skulls were cleaned and bleached. The bases of the others were 

 built up and covered with brown velvet. Twenty-seven sets were thus 

 prepared and hung on piers. 



Other work has been attended to as follows : Four mounted heads of 



