REPORT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 45 



Mounted 1 elk-leg trophy. 



Made 5 traps. 



Made 2 groups of small mammals. 



Packed New Orleans exhibit of mammals, and installed the same, 

 the taxidermic exhibit and skeleton exhibit in the New Orleans Ex- 

 position. 



Mr. Henry Marshall has been engaged upon his regular work — that 

 of mounting birds — during the whole year. A large number were pre- 

 pared for the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati Expositions. In 

 liis work he has had the valuable assistance of his son, Mr. (leorge 

 Marshall. 



(b) Osteological preparator. 



Mr. Lucas has devoted his time, under the direction of the curator 

 of mammals, to the removal of the collection of mounted skeletons from 

 the Smithsonian building and its arrangement in the east south range 

 of the New Museum building. The two large whale skeletons have 

 been suspended from the ceiling, and nearly one hundred skeletons, 

 skulls, and other osteological specimens mounted and placed on exhibi- 

 tion. A large number of specimens have been cleaned and rendered 

 available for study. The necessary work of caring for the numerous 

 fresh specimens received has precluded the possibility of devoting very 

 much time to the exhibition series. 



During the summer, while i)reparations for the New Orleans Exposi- 

 tion were being most busily carried on, an additional assistant, J. W. 

 Scollick, was assigned to this section. 



In November, on account of the low condition of the New Orleans 

 appropriations, it was found necessary to dispense with Mr. McCormick's 

 services. Mr. Scollick was transferred to the Museum roll. 



(c) Modelers. 



Mr. Joseph Palmer has been engaged in liis usual work of making 

 casts. He has prepared for exhibition and set up in the Museum the 

 plaster casts of George Washington, Benjamin Silliman, and also the 

 bronzed plaster cast representing an Indian group. Several casts of 

 fishes, Indian pipes, reptiles, «S:c., were prepared by liim for tiie New 

 Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati ^Expositions. Two large casts, one 

 of the spiny shark and one of the sperm whale porpoise, have been 

 made with the assistance of Mr. William Palnu^r, wl)o also rendered 

 valuable service in unpacking, setting up, and rei)acking the colUn'-tions 

 sent to the Louisville and Cincinnati Expositions. 



Mr. J. W. Hendley has made progress in the preparation of casts of 

 animal and vegetable foods. It is intended that these casts sball be 

 exhibited in the Department of Foods, accompanied by a statement of 

 the chemicS'l pomposition of the objects which they represent. 



